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Canned Air Computer Maintenance
Many people don’t think of their computer when doing a bit of cleaning around the home, but perhaps they should. We’re talking about an effort far less unpleasant than doing windows or cleaning the bathroom, and the use of a can of compressed air can take care of a bulk of the work for you. Cleaning your system on a somewhat regular basis can easily help extend the life of components, increase system stability, and reduce noise. This Tech Tip will take a look at a few areas to focus on, and all you really need to do is open your case and pull the trigger!
This is so important, it’s unreal. I try to do a good job of airing out the computer once a month myself. If you don’t regularly clean your PC, check out the full article over at Big Bruin.
Jetart HCA05 HDD Guard 3.5" Bay Hard Disk Cooler Review
Ever since the introduction of the 7200 rpm spindle speed in desktop drives, thermal dissipation has become an important issue for hard disks. Today, we will take a look at the new Jetart HCA05 HDD Guard hard disk cooler. Let’s see how well this slim cooler does!
Check out the full review at Rojak Pot!
ASRock 775Dual-880Pro Review
Although ASRock is generally regarded by computer enthusiasts for producing poor and inadequate motherboards when compared against its rivals, they do manage to manufacture incredibly inexpensive and extremely innovative products. Currently, ASRock offers a combo, dual, and upgrade series – each of which series brings their own unique features. In fact, the focus of this article is the newly unleashed 775Dual-880Pro motherboard that not only supports DDR and DDR2, but also AGP and PCI Express, while supporting Intel’s new dual-core processors!
Check out the full article at Phoronix.
AMD socket 754 Athlon 64, Sempron Motherboards List, Guide, Review
In our following review pages handy to use lists we hope you find as useful as we do the range of AMD Athlon 64, Sempron socket 754 motherboards from Abit, ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Chaintech, DFI, ECS, Epox, Foxconn, Gigabyte, MSI, Shuttle, Soltek & Soyo which we hope will give enough details to help you choose which motherboard you want.
Head over to check out the full guide at A1 Electronics.
Amacrox NB Kit Review
I’ll definitely say that the Amacrox NB Kit is a definite and welcomed addition to my travels with my notebook as it is a practical bundle of devices that most notebook users would require. I particularly found the USB 2.0 4 Port Hub very useful as I often have to resort to unplugging and plugging in USB devices as I have only 2 USB ports on my notebook. Now with the USB 4 Port Hub, this problem goes away.
Check out the full review over at PC Modding Malaysia.
Antec Vcool VGA Cooler Review
After doing a few reviews, the effect of ‘cool’ things coming in the mail kinda wears off; the excitement of new things coming isn’t there as much as it was when I first started. When the new 7800GTX came out, I decided I needed a new card, and of course bought it as soon as it came out. The first thing I notice besides the improved gfx performance, was the heat that it puts out!
Check out the full review over at Think Computers.
Novell Ships GroupWise 7
WALTHAM, Mass. – Aug. 15, 2005 – Novell today announced that Novell® GroupWise® 7 is now available worldwide. Novell GroupWise is the most secure and reliable collaboration platform in the industry and runs on multiple operating system platforms. GroupWise 7 delivers significant advances to increase end-user productivity such as integrated e-mail and instant messaging, enhanced Microsoft* Outlook* support and a pre-bundled license of SUSETM Linux Enterprise Server. As a result, customers benefit from reduced costs and increased productivity as GroupWise 7 manages mission-critical collaboration functions.
Organizations around the world are deploying Novell GroupWise to provide immediate benefit to their businesses. “Novell has provided us with a clear path to the future with GroupWise 7,” said Roger Fenner, infrastructure services manager for Comair, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. “It maintains the reliability and security we’ve come to expect and rely upon from Novell and GroupWise, while adding features that allow us to offer greater flexibility and capability to our user community. We’ve been waiting for the amazing features and broad-based support that only GroupWise 7 offers.”
Check out the full press release over at Novell.
Xandros Desktop 3.0 Business Edition Review
Xandros Business Edition provides a desktop environment that looks and feels much like a better-looking Windows 2000. Unlike Windows, Xandros is easy to install and maintain, and it doesn’t come with all of the security flaws and virus vulnerabilities that Windows has. As an added bonus, Xandros Business Edition includes the full edition of CrossOver Office 4.2 (other editions of Xandros include only a 30-day trial). That means that if there is a major Windows software package that you can’t live without, chances are you will be able to install and run it on Xandros through CrossOver. In short, Xandros is now ready to eliminate Windows from corporate desktop computers.
I have yet to try Xandros, and I find it hard that anything could take me away from SuSE. This OS intrigues me though. Check out the full review over at News Forge.
OCZ DDR PC-3500EL Gold Gamer eXtreme Edition GX Review
Over the years, OCZ has built up a great reputation for quality and their name is synonymous with performance. The EL in the name stands for Enhanced Latency. The Gold refers to not just the color of the shiny gold layered copper heat sinks, it also refers to the gold standard OCZ uses to denote the level of the memory in their performance line. OCZ PC-3500 Gold GX products are 100% hand-tested to ensure compliance with stringent quality standards.
Check out the full review here! Check back to see our review of this memory later this week.
Optorite ML100 Laser Mouse Review
The higher the DPI count, the more sensitive
the mouse becomes. While both techniques improve optical mouse performance,
no company has decided to combine the two – until now. Introducing the
Optorite ML100 laser mouse, the first mouse ever to feature both a laser
tracking system and a 1600 DPI sensor.
Head over to A True Review.
NEC ND3540A DVD-RW Review
NEC have kindly allowed us to review their latest dual-layer DVD writer drive, the ND3540A. This internal drive is capable of writing to most kinds of media available, at speeds of up to 16x for DVD’s and up to 48x for CD’s.
This excellent writer offers top burning performance and is available at budget prices!
Check out the full review at Cache-Community.
FREECOM Classic External 16x DVD+/- Dual Layer Writer Review
This simple looking external DVD writer from Freecom is a top performer. It offers dual layer recording as well as regular + and – format DVD and CD writing, and is also plug and play compatible via a fast, hot-swappable USB2.0 connection.
Check out the full review at Cache-Community.
Mushkin Ultra-Low Latency Memory Giveaway Contest
This is the FINAL week of the giveaway contest! At stake is a 1GB Mushkin PC3200 222 Level II V2 Dual Pack Memory Kit! This is your chance to get this amazing memory kit for free! So, hurry up before it’s too late!
Check out all the details at the Rojak Pot.
e-Geforce 7800GT 256MB PCIe VIVO
7800GTX works on 24 Pixel Pipeline and 8 Vertex Shader units while the 7800GT works on 20 Pixel Pipeline and 7 Vertex Shader Units. Obviously the card is inferior to 7800GTX but the price difference is worth considering. The 7800GTX currently costs around $542.00 and the 7800GT around $449.99, $100 difference between their prices. The 7800GTX is truly a beast but 7800GT provides great performance/price ratio to those who are neck to neck with their budget.
Head over to Gamer God for the full review!
Overclockers Online Gives Away 2 Thermaltake Coolers
It’s the summer and it’s HOT! To cool down our precious systems, Overclockers Online has teamed up with Thermaltake for this latest contest. We’re going to give away the Big Typhoon and Golden Orb II. Both of these bad boys can take the heat!
Check out all the details at Overclockers Online!
AOpen 6600-DV128LP Review
With SLI capable video cards, performance levels as high as the 7800GTX, one must wonder why Overclockers Online would have any interested in something like the 6600. Silence is what makes the difference with this card. No longer will we have to listen to any fans with AOpen’s silent solution.
Head over to read the full review at Overclockers Online.
Thermalright SI-97 GPU Cooler Mod Guide
The stock coolers on most graphics cards barely do the job. If you are into overclocking, you would most certainly opt for a third-party cooler from the likes of Zalman or Arctic Cooling. But for a select group of extreme overclockers who enjoy voltage-modding their cards for the extra edge, even third-party coolers just won’t hack it.
Today, Max_87 shows us just how easy it is to mod a Thermalright SI-97 CPU cooler into an awesome GPU cooler capable of handling even voltage-modded cards!
Check out the full guide over at Rojak Pot.
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1GB 667 PC2-5300 4-4-4-10 Review
I have to say I was quite impressed with the size of the activity LED’s as I have never been a fan of the bling, bling ram because of the size and height of it, now here we have a set that hasn’t broke the standard heat spreader size and that makes these already more appealing to me. You have to understand the point, with other brands, they activity part is like a separate module on top and can lead to problems with installations of some of the best performance air coolers on the market.
Head over to Xtreme Computing for the full review!
ThermalRock Eclipse ATX Review
ThermalRock, a division of Thermaltake, has diverted away from the design of traditional ATX cases in favor of offering a new level of innovation with such things as CD storage on the front bezel. However, will their latest creation, the Eclipse ATX chassis, be anything more than a re-designed Thermaltake Soprano?
Head over to Phoronix for the full review!
VisionTek Xtasy Theater 550 Pro Review
Two months ago we reviewed the ATI All-in-Wonder X800 XT AGP which features the ATI Theater 200 Analog video decoder. After reviewing the Theater 200’s performance we were quite happy with the quality of the video that was captured. Today, thanks to VisionTek, we have the opportunity to try out ATI’s latest Theater band chip. The 550 Pro, found on the VisionTek Xtasy Theater 550 Pro add-in card, claims the title of the first PCI Express (x1) compatible chip making it an excellent candidate for ATI’s next round of All-in-Wonder cards.
Check out the full review at Bona Fide Reviews.
Steelpad Steel Sound 5H-USB Professional Gaming Headset Video Review
Two important requirements for a headset are quality sound & a great mic. This product satisfies plus it has a USB sound card. It has soft padded ear cups & headband which is ideal for extended use. This headset even comes apart in three pieces for easy & safe transportation. Another unique feature is the flexible retractable mic. It’s time to upgrade! Watch the Video to find out more…
Check out the full video review over at 3D Gameman!
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 Motherboard Review
Foxconn, once primarily an OEM supplier, has turned towards the vastness of the retail market with a core offering of entry level to high end motherboards that are surprisingly hot for their complex alpha-numeric names. Looking at the specs of its flagship Intel 955X chipset based solution, the 955X7AA-8EKRS2, we’re left quite impressed. The board supports up to 8GB of PC5300 DDR2 memory as well as 800/1066MHz FSB Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D and Pentium Extreme Edition processors.
Check out the full review over at PC Stats!
ECS RS400-A Review
ECS has built the RS400-A motherboard around ATI’s RADEON XPRESS200 chipset for the Intel LGA Socket 775 platform. Keeping cost down was a driving factor during development of this board. It can be used with DDR1 or DDR2 memory modules. Also available are slots for PCI-Express x16 and AGP. This board looks like an upgrader’s dream, but does it offer the performance enthusiasts want?
Head over to techPowerUp! for the full review!
Upcoming Dev Chats on Stratics
We have a star-studded House of Commons line-up for the rest of August. Note your schedules and join us at IRC Stratics for the following Developer Chats: August 15th 5pm pst / 8pm est – Planetside August 16th 5pm pst / 8pm est – Lineage 2 August 17th 5pm pst / 8pm…..
ECS KN1 Extreme nForce 4 Ultra Motherboard Review
In the first salvo we find the ECS KN1 Extreme nForce 4 Ultra motherboard, a concise example of how far ECS is willing to go to win over consumers. Hardware features on the socket 939 AMD Athlon64 ECS KN1 Extreme include an additional Serial ATA/IDE RAID controller, IEEE 1394a, a 5.1 channel audio codec and two network cards (one Gigabit, one 10/100). To top things off, ECS also throws in a decent software bundle and a little I/O slot exhaust fan. The board itself is based on the nVidia nForce 4 Ultra chipset, which means that one PCI Express x16 videocard is supported, but not SLI. Expansion comes care of the three PCI slots, and two PCI Express x1 sockets.
Check out the full review over at PC Stats!