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Asus Xonar Essence ST Soundcard Review

Sound cards: an industry that has long been dominated by the likes of Creative; with their Sound Blaster series of add-on devices. One could say that using the aforementioned company products is a mixed bag as they blessed us with decent voice synthesis to replace the old Adlib cards. Since then Creative has dominated the [...]

Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Mid Tower Case Review

Thermaltake offers a wide variety of computer chassis to fit almost any system configuration and price point.  Today we are going to take an in-depth look at the V3 Black Edition Mid Tower.  Given it’s suggested retail price of a mere $49.95 USD, the V3 Black Edition case is at the lower end of Thermaltake’s [...]

Thermaltake BlacX Duet Review

Thermaltake keeps on cranking out new and innovative products as of late and the new BlacX Duet hard drive docking station continues this new product onslaught.  Since it’s beginning in 1999 Thermaltake has rapidly become one of the industry leaders in cooling products, cases, power supplies, and a host of other computer accessories. Headquartered in [...]

Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler Review

Thermaltake needs no introduction to most of you, they have been around since 1999 providing a wide range of computer products.  From their initial offering of CPU coolers, Thermaltake has blossomed into a company providing a wide range of products.  Thermaltake’s current product offerings include computer cases, power supplies, hard drive enclosures, hard drive docking [...]

XSPC RASA CPU Water Block Review

Introduction In the performance water cooling industry, we have seen many CPU blocks vie for our attention; with many products and a myriad of interesting ideas. A company that has hugged the limelight is with their heat killer range of blocks and indeed they have been bestowed with the performance’ crown for a log time. With [...]

G.Skill [ PIS ] F3-16000CL6D-4GBPIS (2x2GB kit)

Introduction Its not often that we see any major changes in the computing industry regarding your computers memory. Every few years a new standard of memory appears that offers the next boost beyond that of the old. DDR3 is no different to this trend, offering greater speeds at voltages that are gradually getting lower.  Today sees [...]

G.Skill ECO DDR3 1600mhz cl7 1.35v 4GB kit (2×2GB)

Introduction Its not often that we see major changes in the computing industry regarding your computers memory. Every few years a new standard of memory appears that offers the next boost beyond that of the old. DDR3 is no different to this trend, offering greater speeds at voltages that are gradually getting lower.  Today sees [...]

OCZ Solid 2 Solid State Drive Review

Introduction One lives in interesting times: An old Chinese proverb that this reviewer uses on occasion. Indeed, as far as Solid state drives are concerned we are heading for those aforementioned times. Memory manufacturers are clambering all over each other in their eagerness to gain our attention and our hard-earned cash. However, this is for [...]