Hardware Roundup for Nov. 11

Ahh, we are so close to the weekend, so don’t plan on heading out until you’ve had your daily review intake. There are a lot of power supply reviews happening today by a variety of makers. If you need a power boost, today is definitely the day to read up. If you are interested in SLi, Motherboards.org has a great article with dual XFX 7800GT’s. The performance is so good.. is GTX really necessary?

Dell has horrible customer service and they don’t sell AMD, but they do have open source systems! I would assume that if someone wanted a PC with open source software on it, they may be more apt to build their own computer, but I could be wrong. At either rate, XYZ has a nice writeup on the possibilities with those systems. Overclockers Online has upgraded their contest to include a new item, so check that out as well!

Cooling
• Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 Rev3 – InsaneTek
• PrimoChill ICE UV Blue Water Cooling Fluid – Big Bruin
• Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 Athlon64 Heatsink – Frosty Tech

Memory & Storage
• Buffalo Ministation 40GB Portable Hard Drive – Cache-Community
• OCZ Rally Dual Channel USB Flash Drives – Rojak Pot
• SanDisk ImageMate USB 2.0 CompactFlash Reader – Cyberwizard Pit

Motherboards & CPU’s
• Epox 9NPA+ SLI – AMDZone
• Foxconn WinFast 761GXK8MC-S Motherboard – PC Stats

Peripherals & Power Supplies
• BTC 6301URF Low Profile Keyboard & Optical Mouse Combo – Techniz
• Enermax Liberty 500W Modular PSU – Xtreme Computing
• OCZ PowerStream 520W – Tweak News
• Seasonic S12-600W PSU – Viper Lair
• SilverStone Strider ST60F 600W – InsaneTek

Video Cards
• Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT w/ Silent Pipe II – Hardware Zoom
• XFX 7800GT SLI – Motherboards.org

Etcetera
• ATI Catalyst 5.11 Official – NGOHQ
• Case Window How-to Guide – Pro-Clockers
• Dell’s Open Source Desktop Systems – XYZ Computing
• Epson Stylus Photo R220 Photo and CD/DVD Printer – Cache-Community
• 1GB Apple iPod Shuffle – Big Bruin
• Talk Back: Fighting Commoditization Of The Encoder Business – Design Technica

Contests
• Overclockers Online Give Away Prize Addition! – Overclockers Online
• Winners of the Crucial Ballistix Tracer Mod Competition – CaseModGod