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Hardware 7/16/2008 Daily Hardware Reviews
Brandon Hill (Blog) - July 16, 2008 3:40 PM
Print E-mail del.icio.us 7 comment(s) - last by murphyslabrat.. on Jul 17 at 12:11 PM

Antec Three Hundred Gaming Chassis @ HotHardware.com
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday

Desktops
ASUS P-Series AMD 690G Barebone PC @ Techgage

Notebooks
Toshiba Portege R500 @ Logic TV

Motherboards
Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 Motherboard @ Sharky Extreme
Gigabyte EP45-DS4 @ Legion Hardware
Asus Maximus II Formula Intel P45 Motherboard @ HotHardware.com
EVGA 750i FTW Motherboard @ HardwareLogic
XFX nForce 750a SLI (MD-A72P-7509)  @ Bjorn3D

Memory
Patriot Viper 4GB PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Memory @ Virtual-Hideout
A-DATA Vitesta DDR3-1600X 2GB Memory Kit @ TweakTown
Kingston HyperX 2GB PC3-12800 @ ASE Labs
A-DATA Gaming Series DDR2-800 4GB Dual Channel Memory Kit @ ThinkComputers.org
Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2000 PC3-16000 2Gb Kit @ CPU3D

Video
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Graphics Card Preview @ Legit Reviews
ATI RADEON HD 4870 X2 (R700) 2x1024MB Preview @ Digit Life
ATI Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire @ AMD Zone
ASUS & Zotac Overclocked GTX 260 Cards @ t-break
Sapphire Radeon HD4850 @ High Tech Reviews
BFG GeForce 9800 GTX H2OC @ Guru3D
BFG 8800GT OCX & 9600GT OCX w/ ThermalIntelligence @ Bootdaily.com
ATI RADEON HD 4870 512MB @ Digit Life
PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512MB and CrossFire Performance @ Elite Bastards
ASUS EN9600GT SILENT Graphics Card @ TweakTown
Leadtek WinFast GTX 280 @ Bjorn3D

Displays
Hyundai 22in BlueH HM22D DVB LCD TV Monitor @ Trusted Reviews
BenQ G2400W @ OCC

Cases
Antec Three Hundred Gaming Chassis @ HotHardware.com
Chieftech Aegis Case and 500w Power Supply @ TechwareLabs
Thermaltake Xaser VI Mx VH9000BWS @ OCC
Tagan Black Pearl WCR Full Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
Sunbeamtech 9-Bay Acrylic Case @ Hardware Secrets
ThermalTake Armor+ MX Case @ Modders-Inc
Thermaltake Armor+MX Mid Tower Case @ CPU3D

Cooling
Best CPU Cooler Performance - Q2 2008 @ Benchmark Reviews
Xthermal BTF120PRO LED @ XSReviews
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler @ Hardware Canucks

Power Supplies
BFG LS680 680W Power Supply @ JonnyGURU.com
Coolmax CUQ-1350B 1350W Power Supply @ CPU3D
Tuniq Miniplant 950w @ XSReviews
OCZ EliteXStream 1000W Power Supply @ PC Perspective
Akasa Power Xtreme 1200W @ DriverHeaven

Storage
Crucial 32GB Solid State Drive @ DriverHeaven.net
Seven 2.5-inch Mobile Drives Compared @ The Tech Report
EagleTech N Series Enclosure @ Pro-Clockers
WD My Passport Studio 250GB USB Mac @ ASE Labs
Patriot Xporter XT 4 GB Ruggedized Flash Drive @ TechwareLabs
Eagle N-Series Pro Drive Enclosure @ OC Cafe

Peripherals
Lubix UBHS-NC1 Stereo Bluetooth Headset @ Bigbruin.com
Jabra BT8040 Bluetooth Headset @ BlueTomorrow

Consumer Electronics
Planar PD8150 DLP Projector @ Trusted Reviews
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 @ Trusted Reviews
Sharp Aquos LC-42XL2E 42in LCD TV @ Trusted Reviews
Pentax Optio M50 @ Trusted Reviews

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Wow check out those Power Supplies
By Smartless on 7/16/2008 4:21:29 PM , Rating: 5
Finally I can run my flux capacitor from my computer.




RE: Wow check out those Power Supplies
By ZaethDekar on 7/16/2008 5:19:55 PM , Rating: 2
A coworker of mine has a case that holds two power supplies... he uses 2 1200 watt PSU's.... and he blamed not having enough power as to why its not running properly.

He has a phenom 9850 a AMD 3870 (single card), 8 GB memory, and four 1 TB drives, a blu-ray drive, and a DVD burner w lightscribe.

Where we work he plugged it in for just a bit to show me the problem he was having.... and in 5 minutes it had warmed the whole room up about 10 degrees it seemed.

What is funny, is that his PSU was faulty.... so as soon as we switched to the other PSU, it worked just fine.

and yes, he was not even using one of the PSUs. He just had it connected and it would turn on but didn't use the power anywhere.


By MrBowmore on 7/16/2008 6:31:46 PM , Rating: 2
It's all about redundancy mate. It's all about redundancy...


By Makaveli on 7/16/2008 9:12:56 PM , Rating: 2
Is your coworker a tool?


RE: Wow check out those Power Supplies
By Bluestealth on 7/16/2008 9:23:13 PM , Rating: 3
If your computer isn't fast enough...
just throw more power at the problem...

hmmm... likely to work... can't wait till people start blowing their circuit breakers.


RE: Wow check out those Power Supplies
By FaceMaster on 7/17/2008 8:57:59 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
If your computer isn't fast enough... just throw more power at the problem...


That's why PC World is always pushing quad Geforce 280 systems in the face of people who want to have faster internet


By murphyslabrat on 7/17/2008 12:11:35 PM , Rating: 2
If they have the dollars without the sense, I have no pity.


"I'm an Internet expert too. It's all right to wire the industrial zone only, but there are many problems if other regions of the North are wired." -- North Korean Supreme Commander Kim Jong-il









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