Thursday, December 17, 2009

IT News HeadLines (InsideHW) 17/12/2009


InsideHW
Editors Choice Awards 2009 @ Benchmark Reviews
Benchmark Reviews offers its finest choices for the 2009 Editor's Choice Award in this article, and the selection process has not been easy. To choose one consumer electronics product as the best-of-the-best when the vast majority of products tested at Benchmark Reviews are already at the top of their game demands the highest quality. LINK (http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=417 Itemid=38)
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Noctua NH-D14 and NH-U9B SE2 CPU coolers
In the end, the Noctua NH-D14 is absolutely great! It's well built, quiet -- if not silent -- and performed beyond expectations. LINK (http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/noctua_nh_u9b/)
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XFX Radeon HD 5850 Black Edition 1GB Video Card
As we mentioned in our introduction, XFX have chosen to stick with AMD's reference cooling solution for their Radeon HD 5850 Black Edition, which means that all of the exciting stuff is going on under the hood with this particular card. This good stuff comes in the form of a 765MHz core clock (a 40MHz boost over reference speeds) set against an even more impressive 1125MHz memory clock, a 125MHz boost over a standard Radeon HD 5850. LINK (http://www.elitebastards.com/index.php?option=com_content view=article id=1059 catid=13 Itemid=27)
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Thermaltake Level 10 Chassis
This case was originally announced way back in March of 2009, with an anticipated street date in mid October. As the initial ship date of October passed, I grew skeptical that such a unique case would ever actually ship. I’m glad to say, I was wrong. This case rocks! Let me repeat that again, this case rocks! LINK (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=834)
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Thermaltake WingRS 301
For several years Thermaltake has been making cool hardware for the enthusiast. This includes heatsinks, fans, cases and other cooling solutions. We are taking a look at the WingRS 301 case today. This unit is aimed at the budget user and is part of a family of affordable cases which all share the same interior layout and structure. Only the outside design differs, with the WingRS 301 topping the list with a carrying handle. LINK (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/WingRS_301/)
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SanDisk Sansa Clip+ MP3 player
My disdain for the latest iPod shuffle is no secret. The Shuffle is a perfect example of Apple's obsession with form over function: a conscious decision to sacrifice useful and what some might classify as essential features in the name of producing the world's smallest portable audio player. Of course, mini MP3 players passed the point of diminishing returns on the miniaturization front a long, long time ago. LINK (http://techreport.com/articles.x/18106)
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ASUS UL80Vt and G51J
ASUS has been making laptops for quite some time; our first review of ASUS laptops was circa 2002, and I got my first hands-on experience three years ago. While there have been many interesting laptops from the company over the years, few have managed to truly set themselves apart from the crowd. LINK (http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3689)
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ZALMAN CNPS10X Flex CPU Cooler
ZALMAN is back with a new CPU air-cooler. This one sports a plethora of supported CPUs, tons of heatpipes, and a sleek new design while not weighing in so big that you must be concerned about it fitting inside your standard chassis. But now days air cooling comes down to performance and cost with so many in the market place. LINK (http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/12/15/zalman_cnps10x_flex_cpu_cooler_review)
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