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MSI P965 Platinum Intel Core 2 Duo Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS.com"The MSI Computer P965 Platinum motherboard is one such candidate with a healthy dose of enthusiast friendly features to match. The MSI P965 Platinum utilizes the Intel P965 Express Northbridge and Intel ICH8R Southbridge chipsets. It supports all Socket 775 processors that operate on a 1066/800/533MHz FSB. This includes the Intel Core 2 Duo/Extreme, Pentium 4/D/XE and Celeron D to name just a few. Standard equipment includes an Intel PCI Express based Gigabit network card, IEEE 1394a, a Realtek 7.1 channel Intel Azalia High Definition audio controller and an additional Serial ATA II/IDE RAID (0,1,0+1) controller. There are seven 3GB/s SATA connections and one IDE channel. Expansion is possible through a PCI Express x16 slot, one PCI Express Lite slot (in yellow, PCI-E x4 transfer rates), two PCI Express x1 slots and two 32 bit PCI slots for legacy devices."REVIEW URL: http://www.pcstats.com Jabra BT125 Bluetooth Headset Review"Created for the first-time Bluetooth wireless headset user, the Jabra BT125 is an intuitive, basic, easy-to-operate Bluetooth headset which offers surprisingly great performance. It isn?t as stylish or as flashy as some of Jabra?s other headsets, but its target market of newbies will certainly appreciate its basic design and user-friendly operation."REVIEW URL: http://www.bluetomorrow.com Saitek A-250 Wireless 2.1 Speaker System Give-Away"In the spirit of college football bowl season, Bigbruin.com has a new contest for registered members of the forum. Up for grabs is a brand new, unopened Saitek A-250 Wireless 2.1 Speaker System. Even if you know nothing about college football, you can still compete in this contest. All you need to do is enter your predictions for the final scores of the bowl games featuring the top 25 ranked teams."GIVE AWAY URL: http://www.bigbruin.com Sage TV 6.0 Review"If you crave the utmost abilities in your PVR software, there's little else which can do more than SageTV. Placeshifter is wonderful & is a nice alternative to Orb, albeit it at a cost. The ability to extend to televisions with an inexpensive Hauppauge MVP is a lot more attractive (and more powerful) than the several hundred dollars for Media Center Extenders."REVIEW URL: http://www.missingremote.com Alienware Area-51 m5550 15.4-inch Laptop @ ThinkComputers.org“Power and mobility are 2 very important factors when choosing a laptop. You want something that is powerful enough to suit your needs, but also portable enough so that it is not a hassle to travel with. We recently reviewed the Dell XPS M1210 laptop and it achieved both of those factors easily. Today we will be taking a look at Alienware's Area-51 m5550 15.4-inch laptop and we will see how it stacks up to the M1210 and if it is portable enough for our needs. So let's take a look.”REVIEW URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org Logitech G7 Wireless Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ Tweaknews.net"The G7 in my mind should be standard equipment for any computer user that wants to truly enjoy his/her computer with complete control, accuracy and problem free longevity you want for your money. Kudos to Logitech with their quick swap battery technology. Finally a wireless mouse that isn't heavy to use."REVIEW URL: http://www.tweaknews.net NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver v1.9381 @ NGOHQ.comThe NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the NVIDIA ForceWare driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with better performance and image quality. The Driver has support for all GeForce cards (including mobile series as well).DIRECT URL: http://www.ngohq.com Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC2-5300"As I am sure most of you know Crucial is a name that you can trust. I have personally used Crucial and Micron memory since I have built computers back when I was much younger than I currently am. It was not until recently that Crucial began to offer chips that had overclocking potential in the brand lines. This started with the new Ballistix line of RAM. In the past, Crucial had a stance that their RAM was for stability and not for overclocking, even though many people used it for both. Crucial RAM is rock solid, if you run it at the rated specs. Remember that overclocking is a variable thing; we shall see how Crucial stands up with their 2GB kit of PC2-5300."DIRECT URL: http://www.aselabs.com Albatron KI51PV-754 Mini-ITX Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS.com"Albatron takes Mini-ITX into a new direction with its KI51PV-754 motherboard, a high powered 64-bit compatible alternative based on a pair of very capable nVidia chipsets which boast an integrated Geforce 6-series videocard and MPEG-2/WMV9 High Definition video playback support. Outside of purely industrial single board computers (SBC), it was VIA that originally delivered the Mini-ITX formfactor in all its 170 x 170mm glory to mainstream computer geeks. The standard is quite a bit smaller than conventional ATX or BTX motherboards, but really the only features lost are expansion slots. With the high level of integration in most of todays graphics-enabled core logics, the loss of a few, or virtually every expansion slot is not that big a loss. Compact sizes also make the Mini-ITX motherboard a really versatile x86 platform."REVIEW URL: http://www.pcstats.com Tagan TG900-U95 900W Power Supply"The Tagan TG900-U95 900W Power Supply performs very well, and that's to be expected from a 900W Power Supply. If that's not enough power, Tagan has a 1100 watt model. Who needs this kind of power? If you are a serious gamer with a quad video card setup and have lots of other hardware, you require a high wattage power supply to keep everything running. While this power supply has plenty of sleeved/shielded leads they are not modular. Watch the Video to find out more..." |
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