February 5 News from Around the Web

[Amy]

Thermalright Ultima 90 Review



"How well did the Thermalright Ultima 90 actually do? On the Intel side, compared to the stock heatsink, the Ultima 90 won hands down. As per its other two competitors, both come equipped with 120mm fans that put out between 85 and 110 CFM, where the fan that I used only put out a max of 68 CFM. On the AMD side, while it was only compared to the ZeroTherm Nirvana and the stock heatsink, it performed just as well or better aside from idle temps while overclocked. The Ultima 90 is much lighter and compact than the Nirvana and the Tuniq tower, which to me is a plus since I always seem to cut my hands on the fins of the others."

@ OCC


Tuesday Web Reviews:

HARDWARE

Promise SuperTrak EX STEX8650 8-port SAS
B-Gear B-Envi HTPC Case Review @ Hi-Techreviews.com
ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP @ NordicHardware
NZXT Rogue SFF Gaming Case Review
Kingston MobileLite Card Reader @ ASE Labs
Intel Skulltrail Unleashed: Core 2 Extreme QX9775 x 2 @ HotHardware.com
Tuniq TX-2 Review @ OCC
HighPoint RocketRAID 2300 PCI-E SATA
ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard with AGP and PCIe Reviewed
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 TurboX
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Preview
ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n Motherboard Review
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP Sneak Peek @ HotHardware.com
6 High End CPU Water Blocks Tested and Compared @ Madshrimps
MSI P35 Diamond Motherboard
ASUS Triton 75 CPU Cooler
MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD 790FX Motherboard @ HotHardware.com
Ultra Products M998 Case Review
Intel SkullTrail Platform Review
BFGTech 8800 GTS 512MB OC2 WC Edition
FireGL V5600 vs. QuadroFX 1700 vs. FireGL V3600 @ HotHardware.com

Peripherals

3 MSI Webcam Models Compared @ Madshrimps
Steelseries Ikari Optical Gaming Mouse Review @ Tweaknews.net
Razer Pro|Click Mac Gaming Mouse Review @ Virtual-Hideout
Ideazon Merc Stealth Illuminated Gaming Keyboard Review @ OCC

Editorials

NVIDIA Moves In On PhysX IP. Ageia Acqusition Announced

Software

7 Things You Should Know About Windows Vista @ Review Spring

Events

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008 - Part 2 @ Virtual-Hideout

Games

PDC World Championship Darts 2008 PC Review

[vicaphit]

Software

7 Things You Should Know About Windows Vista @ Review Spring

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[Zertz]

Software

7 Things You Should Know About Windows Vista @ Review Spring

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[stev]

The 6 High End CPU Water Blocks Tested and Compared @ Madshrimps was a good read.

[KnightRid]

The 6 High End CPU Water Blocks Tested and Compared @ Madshrimps was a good read.

YES! I was surprised at how much of a difference the backplate made!

Mike

Now if only they would make it in the price line of fans ;)

[vicaphit]

Never noticed the HT missing from the link before.

Anyway, that link is great just for the User control disable information. I hated having to tell my computer it was OK to run fear.exe every time I clicked on it.

[stev]

Never noticed the HT missing from the link before.

Anyway, that link is great just for the User control disable information. I hated having to tell my computer it was OK to run fear.exe every time I clicked on it.

I never ran fear.exe because it was an old program. Currently I run fearthis.exe