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DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday

Radeon HD 5450
 @ AnandTech
 @ Legion Hardware
 @ Hardware Canucks
 @ Tweaktown
 @ OCC
 @ Legit Reviews
 @ Benchmark Reviews
 @ Techgage
 @ ASE Labs
 @ Pro-Clockers
 @ HardwareHeaven

Case
XClio Blackhawk @ Tweaktown
In Win Fanqua @ Hardware Bistro

Cooling
Noctua NH-D14 @ Pro-Clockers
Noctua NF-P14 @ BayReviews

CPU
AMD Athlon II X4 635 @ Legit Reviews

Memory
Corsair XMS3 Dominator @ TweakPC
Mushkin Blackline PC3 12800 4Gb kit @ OCC
Patriot Viper II Sector 5 PC3 16000 2000MHz @ Hi Tech Legion
OCZ Reaper Triple Channel PC3 15000 6Gb @ Ninjalane

Motherboards
Gigabyte H55M-S2H @ t-break

Peripherals
OCZ Sabre OLED Gaming Keyboard @ OCModShop

Portable
Asus G60J Notebook @ InsideHW

PSU
CoolerMaster GX 750w @ Hardware Secrets
CoolerMaster GX 750w @ PureOverclock
Antec CP-1000 @ Vortez

Storage
Kingston SSDNow V+ 128Gb @ TechwareLabs
Crucial RealSSD-C300 @ Benchmark Reviews
Crucial RealSSD-C300 @ Tweaktown
Silverstone Strider Plus 850w @ Bjorn3D

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Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By jonmcc33 on 2/4/2010 1:34:54 PM , Rating: 5
I was looking at this review and couldn't believe what I read...

quote:
Looking head on, we've got three connectors, a DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI connector and a blue one. A quick look in the manual told me that this blue one is a VGA port. Not sure who’s using that one these days, but figure it's the same crowd who are still using VCRs as well.


What is this, some 12 year old kid? A "blue" connector and he had to look in the manual to see what it was for? He isn't sure who uses VGA connectors these days?




RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By Chillin1248 on 2/4/2010 2:27:52 PM , Rating: 2
Indeed.

I for one still use the VGA port. Why waste a perfectly good 17" LCD which only has a VGA port?

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Chillin


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By themaster08 on 2/5/2010 5:46:40 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
Why waste a perfectly good 17" LCD which only has a VGA port?

Couldn't agree more. I have a HD 5770 and use the DVI to VGA converter for my trusty ViewSonic 22" monitor, which displays 1920 x 1080 with no problems.


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By rburnham on 2/5/2010 10:11:16 AM , Rating: 2
I still use an old VGA flatscreen 19" from Acer as a second monitor. It's an awful piece of hardware, but still handy for keeping my IRC and browser on the side.


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By stmok on 2/4/2010 2:34:10 PM , Rating: 1
quote:
What is this, some 12 year old kid?


The author at Tweaktown tried to be funny. Instead, it makes him look like an arrogant douche bag.


By VoodooChicken on 2/4/2010 3:34:51 PM , Rating: 2
And then his editor wants to push for a "payrise!"


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By BruceLeet on 2/4/2010 3:16:52 PM , Rating: 2
Hardware Canucks review of a 5450 included a benchmark of FarmVille


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By Etern205 on 2/4/2010 3:53:55 PM , Rating: 2
It's like those who says who needs IDE when you have SATA.


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By walk2k on 2/4/2010 5:51:46 PM , Rating: 2
Well if it only has 1 DVI and "Display port" yeah you're gonna need the VGA if you want a dual-monitor setup and don't have at least 1 monitor with "Display port" (and who does, it's a stupid format).


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By GodisanAtheist on 2/4/2010 6:34:12 PM , Rating: 2
That just reads like he's incredulous over the inclusion of a D-sub instead of HDMI, which would have made so much more sense for a card in this category.

Include a converter for the outdated crap.

It truly is like motherboards, as mentioned earlier. Why not simply have a daughter PCI-E 1x card with all the IDE/FDD/Parallel & Serial port connectors instead of wasting valuable motherboard space and putting my damn SATA ports under the VIDEOCARD?!

Ahem, sorry, get carried away sometimes.


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By jonmcc33 on 2/5/2010 10:15:29 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
That just reads like he's incredulous over the inclusion of a D-sub instead of HDMI, which would have made so much more sense for a card in this category.


I'd be confused at that as well, considering the Radeon HD 5450 would most likely be used in a HTPC of some type. But to ponder what the blue connector is and that anyone using a VGA connector must be using VCRs as well?

That just screams immaturity and he shouldn't be putting that in any sort of professional review. I sure hope that Tweaktown doesn't pay him at all.

I did check out the Contact page at Tweaktown and he does look rather young.


RE: Tweaktown Radeon HD 5450
By Knowname on 2/5/2010 7:47:55 PM , Rating: 2
Correct me if I'm wrong. But I beleive there is no electrical difference between DVI and VGA? perhaps there is a bandwidth difference but it doesn't matter a lick (in fact vga is better as it's more customizable, DVI just automates everything) under 1920x1080. Up until recently there was no reason to use DVI except to pay the man an extra dollar to upgrade your wires (20 bucks for DVI chords???).


meh
By buzznut on 2/5/2010 1:15:50 AM , Rating: 2
It seems to me the SSD review is the more important news. Toms says to wait for the already announced 5500 series, which should fall in between the 5750 and the 5450. This card looks like it would be useless for enthusiasts, and possibly obsolete when the 5500's come out.

I want a faster SSD! Oh wait, I don't have $800. I want a cheaper, faster SSD!




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