"The ShockWave SU-201s were less than impressive and a letdown. The sound quality was only marginally better than what comes with my laptop, and they require power provided by the USB port while a second TRS connection is needed for the audio. The layout of speakers is also disappointing due to the location of the volume control dial. As the volume is increased on the SU-201s, distortion takes over and whatever you are listening to becomes nothing more than a muddy mess."

Although NZXT produces a wide-range of products, its fan controllers have become one of the highlights of its line-ups. The reasons are threefold: features, performance and price. We were left quite impressed with earlier Sentry models, and we can say that NZXT has done it once again with its Sentry LXE.

"The Diamond HD Media Wonder Full HD Media Player bridges all of your media to your TV. The HD Media wonder allows nearly all media to be played over the Internet, through USB storage, or over a computer network. The Media Wonder has full 1080p capability as well as UPnP options. There is built in RSS and Internet Radio features as well so you can be kept up to date on the news as well as stream your favorite online radio stations."

Solid State Drive storage devices have become the hot ticket for high-performance computer enthusiasts. Impartial towards either PC, Linux, or Apple platforms, SSDs have the power to transform slow computers into blazing-fast speed machines. The SandForce SF-1200 has quickly become the de facto SSD controller for companies seeking recognition, and for good reason. The G.Skill Phoenix Pro embraces the SF-1222TA3-SBH processor to produce up to 50,000 IOPS with only 7% over-provisioning to generate maximum performance with optimal capacity. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the 60GB G.Skill Phoenix Pro SSD FM-25S2S-60GBP2 against some of the fastest storage solutions on the market.

Icy Dock is proud to introduce its newest item to the 2.5" product line: The MB991IK-B 2.5" SATA/SAS Mobile Rack. This enclosure is constructed using heavy duty metal and is designed to work in 3.5" device bays. It includes ventilations slots for maximum air flow and cooling and a status LED on the front to display drive power and activity. Using our new full metal EZ Slide Mini Trays, the MB991IK-B offers a hassle free way to swap your drives between systems and a way to protect your drives during transport. The trays accommodate up to 15mm drive heights and are built to use all 2.5" SATA and SAS drives whether it is a 5400 rpm green drive, or a 15,000 rpm data monster.

Like to be comfortable? Who doesn't! I personally have a hard
time with my notebook. Typing papers or just simply using it could be a
pain. I usually end up working on the table or something straight. We all
know that the best place to use a notebook is on the couch or a really comfy
chair. The problem comes with notebooks overheating or becoming extremely
hot and there is a risk of getting burned of course. There are plenty of
gadgets out there which are designed to work with you while you are on the
couch and we are privileged to review today a newest member of Cooler
Master, Choiix Comforter.

"The new SilverStone PS05 costs only USD 50 (Newegg.com offers free shipping plus a USD 10 mail-in rebate, making it to be the bargain of the month). Is it worthwhile to buy this case? Let's check it out."

"V12XT-600 is a 80 Plus Bronze-certified 600 W unit with modular cabling system from Aerocool. For some reason this unit is sold only outside the United States."

" A few years ago, Thermaltake released the BlacX. It was one of the first (if not the first) hard drive docking stations for sale. Thermaltake was the company to really push the product to market. Now, Thermaltake is upping the ante by supporting two drives at once. "

Fremont, CA – July 6, 2010 – Lite-On (www.liteonit.com), a global leader of optical storage solutions, announces the immediate availability of its iHAS524 internal DVD writer. The iHAS524 delivers a maximum write speed of 24X on select DVD recordable media, which is among the fastest available drives in the in the market.  The iHAS524 features Lite-On’s latest patented LabelTag technology – a unique disc-labeling feature for CDs and DVDs.

Vantec has taken their NexStar 2.5" enclosure and upgraded the interface to USB 3.0 while keeping the looks identical. We take it for a speed to see if it makes sense for the small form factor.

There's no question that GRUB 2 brought on numerous improvements over earlier versions, but it also introduced a small downside... a relative overhaul to how things are done. There are no more menu.1st (or similar) files that keep a simple configuration, nor are all of the commands the exact same at the command-line. You might have been an expert with GRUB 0.x, but you'll still face a small learning-curve with GRUB 2.

The ASRock X58 Extreme 3 motherboard is a high-end solution for those of you looking to build a nice Core i7 system with tons of GPU, Stream Processing, CUDA and PhysX support.  It is a nice refresh to the X58 line from ASRock as it now incorporates USB 3.0, SATA 3.0 and eSATA 3.0 (6Gbps). . .

" 70 pages, and almost 300 booth babe pictures later its finally completed. There was well over 1500+ pictures to go through as well as editing the video of the ladies dancing, hence the reason it took so long to finish. But if you want to skip everything and go right to the booth babes we will understand. Enjoy the coverage until next year."

In September 2009, AMD unleashed a torrent of personal computing potential by introducing the market to the first sub-$100 quad-core processor, the Athlon-II X4-620 Since then, like it has with the entire Athlon-II series, AMD has been releasing newer versions of their inexpensive quad-core CPUs In this article, Benchmark Reviews takes a look at AMDs latest release in the Athlon-II X4 line, the Athlon-II X4-640 ADX640WFK42GM AM3 Processor Built on the Propus die, the Athlon-II X4 series cuts costs by eliminating any L3 cache and limiting the L2 cache to 512KB per core In looking at the performance of the Athlon-II X4-640, we will compare it to other recent AMD offerings in a similar price range, the Athlon-II X2-260 and the Athlon-II X3-445.

"This week Computer Ed is joined by Geoff Lyon from CoolIt Systems and they discuss enclosed liquid cooling systems. During the interview Computer Ed asks the tough question about why use an enclosed liquid system when air cooling can match it at better prices.
This is a very in-depth interview many questions were answered. CoolIt Systems will also be participating later this week at the Hi Tech Legion forums where they will answer questions and concerns. Always wondered why and how? Now is your chance to find out. Join us as we go deep into self contained water cooling and more."

"Try as I might, there's really nothing negative to say about Super Talent's USB 3.0 Express Drive . It's the same convenient, portable USB flash storage that we've all become accustomed to, but with the added benefit of performing up to ten times faster thanks to SuperSpeed compatibility."

Apparently with todays release of the Resurgence map pack on Modern Warfare 2 Steam forgot the include the maps in the map pack.

According to the MW2 forums on steam here

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1344521

Everyone has been having this issue. In order to fix it you have to deselect auto updates and then turn them back on. This will prompt steam to redownload the update. I would considerer forgetting the maps in as map pack to be a complete and total fail. Insert fail sound! 

"We test as many CPU coolers as we can because you just can't ever have enough cooling in any system. So today we are testing the Evercool Transformer 4 CPU cooler on our brand new rig to see how it cools that. This CPU cooler has four heat-pipes with large aluminum fins to cool effectively."