Hardware Roundup for March 28

There’s a bunch going on today in reviews, so let’s get right to it. Building an HTPC can be difficult only because there are so many SFF cases on the market. Viper Lair today takes a look at Silverstone’s LC17B, which turns out to be a good choice despite it’s installation hassles. Looking for a solution to keep your chipset a lot cooler than a stock solution provides? Red & Blackness takes a look at the Microcool Northpole XE, which proved to have good cooling power but covers a few PCI-E slots!

Cases & Enclosures
• Silverstone LC17B HTPC – Viper Lair
• Ultra Products Aluminus – Big Bruin

Cooling
• Kingwin Big Air AMD Cpu Cooler – Virtual-Hideout
• Microcool Northpole XE – Red & Blackness
• Thermaltake BigWater 745 – A1-Electronics

Memory & Storage
• Mushkin 2GB XP2 PC2-5300 – AnandTech
• OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 XTC Platinum 2GB – Overclockers Online

Motherboards & CPU’s
• ABIT AN8 32X – Bit-Tech

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• Bluetake i-Phono Plus Headphones and BT007Ex Bluetooth EDR USB Adapter – Think Computers
• Keysonic Keyboards and Warp Laser Mouse – Technic3D
• TerraTec Space 7.1 Sound Card – Xtreme Computing
• Ultra X-Connect II 550W PSU – Legion Hardware

Video Cards & Monitor
• Leadtek 7900GT – GD Hardware
• NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT – Legit Reviews
• NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX – Rojak Pot
• XFX 7900GT and 7600GT – Overclockers New Zealand

Etcetera & Contests
• 5 Days Left In OCIA.net & CoolerMaster March Giveaway – OCIA
• AData FingerPrint Disk : AData FingerPrint Disk – T-Break
• Bytek Systems Diino Online Backup Service – BIOS Magazine
• MTB Keeping It Cool Contest 2006 – ModTheBox
• Nikon Coolpix S3 6.4MP Digital Camera – Bona Fide Reviews
• Samsung Yepp YP-U1ZB 1GB MP3 Player – PC Stats
• Transcend T.sonic 310 MP3 Player – XYZ Computing