In the past year numerous manufacturers have hopped onto the gaming peripheral bandwagon in an attempt to expand their businesses. Gaming mice have become incredibly fancy, with 6000DPI, 1200Hz polling rate, and anywhere from five to twenty buttons. As companies attempt to product differentiate, the visual design of gaming mice are becoming more exaggerated. Steelseries take a different approach this time for the minimalistic Kinzu optical mouse. Benchmark Reviews peaks under the covers of this ordinary looking mouse to see where it lies amidst the hundreds of gaming mice out on the market.

SteelSeries Kinzu Optical Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews

"A good way to ensure that you get maximum life from your desktop is to do your part in making sure your system stays cool. A good CPU cooler is an excellent way to prolong the life of your desktop. Allowing you to work proficiently, and reduce the number of errors that are linked to overheating. The Spire TherMax Eclipse CPU cooler has it’s heat pipes strategically placed to ensure quick heat displacement. The TherMax Eclipse also has two fans that can be placed onto the heatsink for maximum cooling."

Spire TherMax Eclipse II CPU Cooler Review @ BayReviews.com

“Charging stations for iPods and iPhones have been few and far between. Now I'm not talking about the simple (and overpriced) apple single dock. That is virtually useless in my opinion. Many families have more than one device in the household and using the supplied USB cable and tying up a port and a computer can become inconvenient. Tying up multiple outlets can be cumbersome. So finding a solution to charging multiple devices at once is a niche that needed filled.”

[News] Griffin PowerDock 4 Charging Station Review @ Virtual-Hideout

I think it’s fairly common knowledge that the HD 5870 cards are powerful cards and HIS has upped the ante with its HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo 1GB model. Bumping up the factory clocks for both the core and memory and then throwing on their own efficient iCooler makes this HD 5870 card even more attractive. Bundled together with that is a copy of the hugely successful Modern Warfare 2 and you have another piece to tempt you.

News - HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo 1GB Review at Overclockers Online

Today we will take a look at two motherboards manufactured by Gigabyte. First is GA-MA890GPA-UD3H which is based on new 890GX chipset and the other one is GA-MA790X-UD3P which is based on the old highend chipset 790X. We will compare these motherboards against each other and see if the new chipset performs better than the old flagship.

Gigabyte GA-MA890GPA-UD3H & GA-MA790X-UD3P @ Rbmods

Now that everybody has arrived and settled in, the event is officially open since this morning. The welcome was presented by Cristina Garmendia, Minister of Science and Innovation. The case mods are installed, the dewars filled, let's roll....

Campus Party 2010 in Spain - Day 2 @ Madshrimps

"Today we are looking at a new cooler from Thermaltake designed specifically for overclocking and high powered CPUs. Thermaltake claim that it can dissipate up to 220W of heat, so it should be able to keep even an overclocked i7 running smoothly."

Thermaltake Frio CPU cooler Review @ XtremeComputing

"Overall, the Samsung SyncMaster XL2370 is an excellent premium 1080p monitor for the consumer wanting to pay more to get a top of the line product. The picture quality, color reproduction and contrast alone makes up for the difference in cost and after a weeks worth of use, the money will be deemed a good investment."

“If you were looking for that perfect brown leather flip case for your iPhone, you might want to hang on and wait until revision 2 of this unit, which I hope Incipio takes these ideas and makes it happen. At a retail price of just $29.99 too, this case could have made a huge splash in the market in my opinion. Considering some of the crappiest molded silicone junk is selling for $15-$25 as it is, this high quality leather flip from Incipio is a fantastic value for what you get. It's too bad they missed the mark, if even by a little, which is all it takes in this incredibly competitive market segment.”

Incipio Leather Flip iPhone 3GS Case Review @ Virtual-Hideout

We've taken a look at a handful of drives from Kingston's V and V+ Series of solid state drives, and this time around we actually have the smallest capacity drive on hand. This 30GB drive is intended for use as a boot drive, meaning you load your operating system and core programs to it, and use a second drive for file storage.

Kingston SSDNow V Series 30GB Solid State Boot Drive Review @ Bigbruin.com

In a recent Benchmark Reviews technical article, SSD performance was tested in AHCI and IDE mode using only the HD-Tune software to produce results. It wasn't intentional, but our test results were flawed by this single-threaded benchmark tool, and our conclusion did not properly illustrate IOPS performance. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the latest JMicron, Indilinx, and SandForce SSDs using a combination of tools to illustrate the true difference between SATA IDE and AHCI-mode, and demonstrates how one SATA mode is better suited than the other.

SSD Benchmark Tests: SATA IDE vs AHCI Mode @ Benchmark Reviews

New family of SSDs designed around JMicron JMF612 controller to offer native Windows® 7 TRIM support along with aggressive pricing and performance

 

Fremont, California, USA, April 14, 2010 - Patriot Memory, a global pioneer in high-performance memory, NAND flash and computer technology, today announced the addition of the Zephyr series to its family of solid-state-drives (SSDs). The Zephyr series of SSD offer improved system responsiveness with quicker boot times and shorter application loading times over traditional hard disk drive storage solutions.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 15, 2010 - Intel Corporation today named 18 U.S. schools as finalists in the 2010 Intel Schools of Distinction Awards.

The finalist schools, to be honored in September at an awards reception in Washington, D.C., serve as outstanding examples of leaders in preparing tomorrow's innovators.

Each of the 18 schools will receive a $5,000 award from the Intel Foundation and a trip to Washington, D.C. in September, where 6 schools will be named Intel Schools of Distinction. These 6 schools will each win an additional $5,000 from the Intel Foundation and a package of goods and services valued at approximately $100,000. The packages will include hardware, software and teacher professional development products, all contributed by award sponsors who share Intel's commitment to improving and supporting math and science education in the United States.

A breakthrough case in the industry

15 April 2010, Keelung, Taiwan – Lian Li Industrial Co. Ltd Ltd, today officially launches the PITSTOP T1 Mini-ITX Spider Test Bench 2010 Special Edition, promising to be an eye-catching and most innovative testing bench in the industry.  Uniquely designed with spider’s four legs and M/B tray completely angle-adjustable available in red, silver and black colors, Lian Li’s PC-T1 is most ideal for hardware enthusiast looking to display an impressive computer system for the next LAN Party or to challenge family and friends with a unique looking HTPC.

After the PC-777 snail shell design and the PC-888 sail design, the PC-T1 challenges again the concept of how a PC case has to look. Since its first appearance at CeBIT 2010, Lian Li’s T1 mini-ITX Spider Test Bench has caused a great sensation and whirlwind of inquires.

"MSI released a definitely interesting motherboard. Consider it, if you have no prejudice towards microATX form factor, and if you're going to use as few expansion cards as possible. With this motherboard you can build a variety of PCs, including powerful gaming rigs with a couple of high-end graphics cards and a quad-core CPU."

iXBT Labs Review: MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard

Wednesday afternoon, Massman, me and 798 other people arrived in Madrid, Spain. We are gathered at Campus Party Europe 2010. One of the biggest events in the world when it comes to technology, creativity and digital culture online. Massman will be having fun aside the top European overclockers playing with some top notch hardware, provided by Gigabyte. In day 1 report we have look at some the fancy case mods!

Campus Party 2010 in Spain - Day 1

"We all know that heat is our computers worst enemy, so having a better CPU cooling solution can help improve your CPU's life and allow for better overclocking. We try to test as many CPU coolers as we can so you can compare and decide for yourself on the one you want or need. Today, we will look at the Coolink Corator DS CPU cooler that has four heat-pipes and a SWiF2 120mm high performance fan. So let's see how this cooler holds up against other cooling solutions in the industry from Noctua and Spire."

Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler Review @ BayReviews.com

64-Bit Operating Systems allow PCs to utilize more than 4GB of system memory, which is great news for multimedia professionals who need the extra RAM. Intel's X58-Express platform delivers triple-channel DDR3 performance, giving PC hardware enthusiasts and power-users the opportunity to choose between 3, 6, or 12GB system memory kits. In this article, Benchmark Reviews compares 12GB DDR3 memory kits against various 6GB versions. The 12GB Corsair Dominator CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 1600MHz CL8-8-8-24 DDR3 memory kit will be at the center of our attention as we discover exactly where that extra RAM is most helpful on our six-core Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition 'super-computer'.

12GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz DDR3 RAM @ Benchmark Reviews

In the end, the IDAPT I3 is a decent device and if it came loaded up with the iPod, Zune and NDS tips, I'd find it very useful.  The option to pick four of your favorite tips is a great way to get the IDAPT configured for your personal use.  Unfortunately, there is not Zune connector available and hopefully IDAPT will make the Zune one available in the near future.  It does save a lot of cable clutter and our own Fujitsu was sharing his own personal pet peeve of having an entire power bar dedicated to charging different devices. . .

IDAPT I3 Universal Desktop Charger - BCCHardware.com

MAINGEAR employs dual ECO ALC solution to aggressively dissipate heat with whisper quiet operation

Calgary, AB – April 14, 2010 – CoolIT Systems, leaders in advanced liquid cooling technology, is proud to announce MAINGEAR Computers has selected a custom Dual ECO ALC solution to liquid cool the new Quantum SHIFT Xeon workstation PC.  CoolIT’s technology will help ensure that MAINGEAR’s workstation users have powerful computing performance at lowered acoustic levels.