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Thermaltake ARMOR A60 Review

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:30:00 +0000

New case review over on OCIA.net. Case reviews are one of the more difficult pieces of hardware to review, but also some of the most enjoyable pieces.

Why do I say that? Well moving an entire PC from case to case takes a little bit of time and effort, but I love seeing what case manufactures are coming up with. It is a far cry from the old beige boxes I used to work with. The industry has really moved towards the enthusiast end.

Yet every case is different and it is fascinating to see how the different ones try to solve different issues.

Patriot Gauntlet PCGT25S USB 3.0 2.5 Inch Enclosure

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:11:12 +0000

New review up over on OCIA.net. Today I am taking a look at a 2.5″ hard drive enclosure from Patriot Memory. It is using the new USB 3.0 spec – something a lot of new mainboards and machines are starting … Continue reading →

Sentey Arvina GS-6400 Full Tower Case

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:13:28 +0000

It has been a busy month, but I finally have another review up over on OCIA.net. Reviewing PC cases, while a bit more labor intenstive are a blast. It is really interesting to see how far the industry has some since the days of beige boxes and home tweaks to make them look quicker.

Today I take a look at the Sentey Arvina GS-6400. Head on over and check it out!

Vantec USB3.0 adapter

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:27:31 +0000

I have a new review up on OCIA.net. Today we are taking a look at the Vantec NexStar SATA to USB3.0 adapter.

Adapters are always interesting to test – sometimes they work as advertised – and sometimes not.

Stop on over to take a look at our conclusions!

SilverStone Air Penetrator fan Review

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:30:12 +0000

While reviewing the SilverStone PS05B case, I also got a chance to review SilverStone’s SST-AP121 “Air Penetrator” fans. Check out the review over at OCIA.net.

I had actually been contemplating picking up a couple of these anyways as a possible airflow management solution. So since the case had 4 intake slots for 120mm fans, it worked out well to test those at the same time. If you are doing a new build or looking to make some changes to an existing case, this review is worth taking a look at.

SilverStone PS05B Case review

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:30:08 +0000

Over on OCIA.net we have a new review today. It is on the new budget model case from SilverStone. The PS05B. This is a budget model case that was actually quite fun to review.

Cases have come a long way in the last few years. Not slicing my hands up when working with cases and the hardware in them is still somewhat odd to me, but goes to show how far case manufactures have gone to accommodate enthusiast builds. Check it out and let us know what you think. I have been pretty impressed with SilverStone products and this one certainly didn’t disappoint.

OCIA.net Noctua Cooler Review

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:18:27 +0000

I recently had the enjoyable time over at OCIA.net reviewing Noctua’s NH-U9B SE2 heatsink.

The review has gone live today, so head on over to check it out. There are a variety of ways to approach CPU cooling and this one took the sound approach. I still haven’t taken it out of my machine because it is pretty impressive.

SilverStone HDDBOOST

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:49:44 +0000

We have a new review up over on OCIA.net. I recently reviewed SilverStone’s new HDDBOOST product. It is a unique product aiming to bridge the gap between aging tech and modern hardware.

Cooler Master NotePal ErgoStand

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:32:30 +0000

Head on over to OCIA.net where we have reviewed the Cooler Master NotePal EgroStand.

Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW 20.1? LCD

admin — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:03:13 +0000

So, you want a widescreen LCD? You want an affordable monitor that boasts high resolution, flat panel profile and enough screen real estate to spread out all your icons?Â Well, look no further than the Dell 2005FPW 20.1″ LCD.

Boasting a 1680 X 1050 resolution, it should display just about anything you want to a reasonable clarity. This is a mid-range LCD, so we can’t expect too awful much on the resolution end. It’s got 24 bit color and a 4 port USB hub built in. A 16:9 aspect ratio give it full widescreen capabilities.

Pricing starts at about $370 and can range up to about $500 so be careful where you buy from. Being especially frugal, one could find a discount somewhere and potentially pick up this CRT replacement for around $300.