Review: Razer Salmosa Lightweight USB Gaming Mouse

Filed under: Hardware Review, Input Device — admin @ 1:35 pm February 3, 2010

Razer Salmosa Gaming Mouse

If you’re anything like me then you probably have a fairly decent general purpose desktop mouse. Used for average PC and office style tasks and a bit of gaming. However, when the gaming gets serious there are times when an 800 dpi wireless desktop mouse doesn’t quite cut the mustard. Well here we have a cheap, high performance mouse from Razer, the Salmosa.

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Article: Disassembly Instructions for the Toshiba NB100

Filed under: Knowledge — admin @ 2:14 pm January 28, 2010

Toshiba NB100 Netbook

Standard desktop PCs are simple to open and dismantle. Laptops are significantly harder but at least have hatches for access to batteries, hard drives and memory. The new mini Netbooks are as difficult as laptops and often don’t even have the hatches on the bottom, you can usually remove the battery easily enough but what about the hard drive? Well if you happen to have a Toshiba NB100 Notebook hopefully this guide will help you out.

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Review: Sony Ericsson MBR-100 Bluetooth Music Receiver

Filed under: Audio, Hardware Review — admin @ 1:33 pm January 5, 2010

Sony Ericsson MBR-100 Bluetooth Music Receiver

Small sleek and very unassuming, this little bluetooth gadget from Sony does it’s job perfectly with very little fuss. And strangely enough for a Sony product, it’s really not that expensive either.

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Modding: ‘Chilleditx’ scratch case build

Filed under: PC Mods & Projects — admin @ 2:07 pm December 29, 2009

Chilleditx small picture of google sketchup sketch

This is my latest from scratch PC case build. Consisting of mini-ITX components in a predominantly acrylic 200 mm cube and showing off a large CPU heatsink like those found only in ATX builds. This will be updated as a running work log for you to follow.

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News: Akasa release the ‘Nero S’ high end CPU cooler

Filed under: Akasa, News — admin @ 11:37 pm December 13, 2009

Akasa Nero S Cooler

Another CPU cooler release from Akasa, another Nero cooler and more of the S-Flow jargon and marketing fluff. Is that all it is or does the new Akasa Nero S hit the spot? Could this be the ultimate combination that Akasa have been looking for?

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Article : Comparison of readily available thermal compounds

Filed under: Air Cooling, Hardware Review — admin @ 10:39 pm December 7, 2009

Thermal Compound

TIM or Thermal Interface Material, Thermal Grease, Thermal Compound, Gunk etc… It has many names, is very important and there are several types. However you don’t want to be spending £2.17 on a tube just to pay an additional £4.59 postage (Scan) or £1.21 for a tube and an additional £4.99 for postage (YoYoTech). So what can you pick up in store at PCWorld or Maplin and is it any good?

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Review: Galaxy Black Mid Tower Case with Blue Bubble Light LED Strip

Filed under: Hardware Review, PC Cases — admin @ 10:22 am November 23, 2009

Galaxy Blue Bubble LED case

PC cases are very much a matter of personal taste and it is often the styling as much as the function that sells the product. This is especially true for a case like the one reviewed here, which has blue LED lighting on the front bezel and a styled clear perspex side window. However, even if you like the styling it’s nice to know whether or not it’s functionally decent too.

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Review: Be Quiet Pure Power 350W Power Supply

Filed under: Hardware Review, Power Supply — admin @ 11:27 pm November 15, 2009

Be Quiet Power Supply Fan

If you’re building a cheap low end PC for yourself, family or friends then you’ll want a decent power supply that won’t fail, is power efficient but won’t cost almost as much as the rest of the build. The Be Quiet Supply reviewed here may well fit that niche.

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Review: Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H Motherboard

Filed under: Hardware Review, Motherboards — admin @ 10:52 pm November 12, 2009

Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H

Is this Gigabyte motherboard the best mid-priced µATX board supporting the AMD 785 chipset? With integrated class leading AMD HD4200 graphics, Firewire, eSATA and RAID 0,1 and 5 could this be the board to buy for an ultimate budget setup? Hopefully I can let you know by the end of the review.

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Article: Guide to PC fans, heatsinks and general air cooling

Filed under: Cooling, Knowledge — admin @ 8:10 am October 27, 2009

fan

As computers have become more and more advanced they have also increased in terms of the heat they produce. Most computers are fitted with fans and heatsinks as a way to combat this build up of heat. This article covers everything to do with PC fans, heatsinks and air cooling.

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