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• IN-WIN B2 Stealth Bomber Mid-Tower Case Review @ Hardware Canucks

  Published: Friday, May 9, 2008 | By: Will

  Well those busy beavers over at Hardware Canucks are looking at a very different side of IN-WIN cases. Yes, the case really looks like it has a B2 Stealth Bomber on it's side panel.

  "Prior to arriving on our doorstep, IN-WIN's B2 Stealth Bomber Mid-Tower case was already facing the unenviable task of overcoming several pre-conceptions on what we could expect from this case. In the past, our experience with IN-WIN cases has been positive, but impressions of their product line had them pegged as relatively conservative when it came to both styling and price. Add to this a street price at around $50 more than we'd ever expected to see an IN-WIN case listed for and you can imagine the B2 had some heavy lifting to do in order to win us over."

  I really don't know if this case is my style. Read to see what those crazy Canucks think. 

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• Thermaltake M9 Mid-Tower PC Case Review @ DragonSteelMods

  Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 | By: Will

  This looks to be a nice case for people on a tight budget. Check it out and see what you think. 

  "Today for review I've got the Thermaltake M9 ATX case, it's a mid-tower style case that is sort of a basic case but offers some nice features and looks good as well. Aesthetically the M9 is very pleasing with an almost solid black exterior, nice contour lines and an overall sense of style to it. When powered on the blue LEDs of the included fans make a nice contrast with the black and make for a very nice presentation, its also quiet and does a decent job of keeping your system cool."

  This case for the budget minded has many nice features. Having a removable hard drive tray, few 120mm fans, good air flow, and some glossy black style. I think the M9 looks pretty sexy.

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• 9800 GTX vs. SLI vs. 3-way SLI. vs. Quad SLI @ HardOCP

  Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 | By: Will

  Well it is time to turn the lights off, and the volume down on your computers. We are going to be watching some dirty geek stuff. HardOCP has a 2 way, 3 way, and an all out orgy of video card fun.

  "How does a 9800 GTX compare to SLI, 3-way SLI, and Quad SLI? We have completed an SLI scaling evaluation using our real world gameplay techniques as well as apples-to-apples testing to see what SLI, 3-way SLI, and Quad SLI can do to improve your gameplay experience."

   I want to be in on some of this fun.

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• OCZ ReaperX HPC DDR3-1333 2GB Memory Kit Review @ ThinkComputers

  Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 | By: Will

  I am a big fan of OCZ, and there products are great. Now I have to say we have a great debate about the use of Heatspreader on ram in the Forums here. You guys should check it out. 

  "In a few short years, OCZ has really made its mark in the PC enthusiast world. They have branched out into power supplies, CPU coolers, thermal compound, peripherals, flash media, they even have a new phase-change cooler for those extreme overclockers that need sub-zero temps. But, OCZ's forte is still high-performance system memory. Today I will be looking at OCZ's latest offering in the ReaperX series, the ReaperX PC3-1066 (DDR3-1333) 2 gig kit. Will the DDR3 ReaperX prove to be the awesome overclocker that its DDR2 little brother is? Read on and see..."

  Well I guess for the time being you can look at this review of some sexy looking ReaperX PC3-1066. 

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• NESTEQ ECS7001 700W Power Supply Unit Review @ TechwareLabs

  Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 | By: Will

  I would not usually look at a PSU here at Ninjalane, but the name is new to me. Lets look together to see what Nesteq has to offer us for power. 

  "Ruffy takes a look at the new NESTEQ 700W PSU which is rated at 80+ efficiency. We ran some in use tests and shows you why the attention to design detail from the modular design, types of cables, quantity of cables provided that in effect seem to double due to their patented Enhanced Easy Connection System is worth you taking a look at this PSU."

  Looks like we may have a new PSU with teeth coming from Nesteq.

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• ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi-AP @ Techgage

  Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 | By: Will

  Well Asus is one of the best board makers out there. The X48 looks like another chipset that they will make forever famous. 

  "X48 is new, but there are many boards already begging for your dollars. We are taking a look at the most robust of them all, the P5E3 Premium, which includes built-in WiFi, a great board design and fantastic overclocking abilities. It would almost be a perfect board if it weren't for the $375 price tag."

  To bad the famous part for Asus is the incredible price tag. So far the boards are only getting higher in price. 

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• VisionTek Radeon HD 3870 X2 Overclocked Edition Review @ OCC

  Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 | By: Will

  I do love looking at these dual GPU monster video cards. Don't know if they are all they are cracked up to be. Guess we should read to find out.

  "Overclocking a pre-overclocked card? Can it be pushed any further? The answer is yes. It didn't take me long to discover that this video card does not like to be pushed, but I was able to obtain a minimal overclock on the already overclocked beast of a video card. I reached 850MHz on the core clock from the stock frequency of 840MHz, and on the memory I obtained a frequency of 975MHz over the stock 960MHz. It's not much, but we'll see if it gives a performance increase at all."

   I do like not having to overclock my video card. Nice that the manufacture does it for you.

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• ECS GF8200A black edition mainboard review @ Guru3D

  Published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 | By: Will

   These new ECS boards are starting to look a little better for being on the cheap budget side.

  "It never ceases to amaze me how much fun the more budget oriented products can be. Recently we reviewed ECSes AMD 780G chipset based mainboard, feature-packed for a very small price. It offers just so much fun for the money spent on it. Yet we figured, that's based on an AMD chipset based solution, and NVIDIA recently released their GF8200 based mainboards. So why not grab a Phenom processor, some memory and the ECS GF8200A mainboard and see where we end up? And I'll tell you in advance ... for this kind of money, this little mainboard again is amazing for the price."

  Well the budget minded person can get a cheap case with a window, and feel proud that there board is not purple anymore. Be happy for the ECS Black Edition.  

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• Asus M3N-HT Deluxe @ HardOCP

  Published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 | By: Will

  The guys over at HardOCP have the new NVidia 780a Chipset under inspection. Lets see what they think of it. 

  "ASUS comes out swinging with their latest NVIDIA chipset based AMD offering, the M3N-HT Deluxe. Based on the AMD version of the NVIDIA nForce 780a chipset, the board packs a lot of promise."

  Is the Phenom starting to look more promising with the new chipsets?  

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• Sapphire Hybrid CrossFire 780G Motherboard @ Modders-Inc

  Published: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 | By: Will

  It looks like AMD is going to try, and make the Hybrid market the wave of the future for all boards. So lets start looking at what it is today. 

  "Are you in the market for a small form factor m-ATX motherboard that can give you blistering performance for your multimedia needs, plus the ability to play the latest Direct X 10 games? And as a bonus you can install a second card to gain CrossFireX for your games. Then you have to check out the Sapphire PURE Hybrid CrossFire 780G Innovation Motherboard."

  Well don't worry Nvidia has a big stick with Hybrid written all over it. Let's watch the beating begin in a few weeks from now. 

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