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Hardware 5/13/2008 Daily Hardware Reviews
Brandon Hill (Blog) - May 13, 2008 10:17 AM
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Asus U2E-1P057E 11.1in SSD Ultra-Portable Notebook @ Trusted Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Tuesday

Notebooks
Asus U2E-1P057E 11.1in SSD Ultra-Portable Notebook @ Trusted Reviews
Hypersonic Avenger AG2 12" Notebook @ Techgage

Motherboards
ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-Wifi Motherboard @ Hardware Canucks

Memory
Game Testing 2GB versus 4GB of Memory on Vista 64-bit @ Legit Reviews

Video
Overclocked Radeon HD 3650 Showdown, ASUS vs. HIS @ Hot Hardware
ASUS 8600GT TOP Video Card @ TheTechLounge
Sapphire HD 3650 OC ATi Video Card @ Pro-Clockers
GeForce 9600 GSO 386 MB @ Guru3D
XFX GeForce 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition @ Elite Bastards
Sapphire Toxic 512MB Radeon HD3870 Graphics Card @ Bigbruin.com

Cases
In Win B2 Stealth Bomber Mid Tower Case @ TweakTown
Apevia X-Telstar Red/Black Case @ OCC

Power Supplies
Enermax Modu82+ 625W Power Supply @ PC Perspective

Storage
Kingston DT 400 & OCZ Rally2 Turbo @ Driver Heaven
Corsair Voyager 32GB Flash Drive @ TechwareLabs
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 1TB External Hard Drive @ ThinkComputers.org

Consumer Electronics
Panasonic Viera TX-32LXD85 32in LCD TV @ Trusted Reviews
Fujifilm FinePix S100FS @ Trusted Reviews

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Pricey
By homerdog on 5/13/2008 1:08:13 PM , Rating: 2
It's nice to see Enermax making a comeback in the midrange PSU market - wait, $189.99 USD? Never mind.




RE: Pricey
By Clauzii on 5/13/2008 2:49:21 PM , Rating: 2
Most PCs don't need more than a good quality 400W supply anyway.


RE: Pricey
By therealnickdanger on 5/13/2008 3:28:58 PM , Rating: 2
I don't do any extreme OCing, not even moderate OCing. I'll bump up a CPU and GPU a couple hundred MHz, and with the exception of ONE computer, all my computers have whatever PSU came with the budget case. I've never had a PSU die on me, not even after years of use, swapping components, over-clocking, etc.

I keep seeing Anand's reviews of high-end systems and power consumption even on the highest-end SLI rigs with uber-OC CPUs don't top 400W when fully maxed out.

It's the dismal tide.


RE: Pricey
By AlphaVirus on 5/13/2008 4:31:50 PM , Rating: 2
I don't mind leaving the stock psu in but you can buy an overall better supply for $40-60 bucks. Sometimes they come cheaper with rebates. I usually try to find the ones with at least a 120mm fan, cool and quiet.


RE: Pricey
By homerdog on 5/13/2008 4:32:45 PM , Rating: 2
Well I would consider myself a moderate overclocker (if there is such a thing) and I had to replace the generic 450W PSU that came with my case when I got an 8800GT. I was getting random crashes for *no* reason until I swapped out for a 500W XClio. I haven't seen a blue screen since. So that's my PSU story :)

You're right though, if I hadn't overclocked I most likely would've been fine.


RE: Pricey
By BladeVenom on 5/14/2008 1:59:07 AM , Rating: 2
Dynex 400w DX-400WPS and Rocketfish 700w RF-700WPS PSU were reviewed at HardOCP today. Talk about overpriced junk, http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ...


SSD
By AlphaVirus on 5/13/2008 4:36:53 PM , Rating: 2
I still don't see buying SSD, with average 64GB drives it does not seem like such a great buy. I think the technology is great and wish I could use it, but I won't as long as the capacity is so minimal.




RE: SSD
By AlphaVirus on 5/13/2008 4:40:08 PM , Rating: 2
And the laptop review is what made me think of this.


Pricey??
By rgsaunders on 5/13/2008 6:54:17 PM , Rating: 2
Not sure where the reviewer is getting his pricing, my local computer store lists this unit at $147 CAN. Typically, US pricing is lower than Canadian pricing, so this sounds like a MSRP rather than real pricing.




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