Daily Reviews Summary 03/09/07

Whether or not the card is worth considering over a Radeon X1950 Pro depends on what games you're playing and your personal preferences for ATI and Nvidia hardware and / or software. The Radeon X1950 XT 256MB is generally a much better performer at 1280x1024, but it's also around £30 more expensive, too. At just over £100 including VAT though, the Inno3D GeForce 7900 GS iChiLL is a great buy if you're gaming at 1280x1024 and aren't too worried about DirectX 10 support for the time being.

Needless to say, the HTPC market is booming big time. With the constant drop in prices for home theatre setups, many people are looking into HTPCs to perform their multimedia duties.

Not surprisingly, a lot of new companies are forming to feed this need. One of them being nMedia PC. Formed in 2004, nMedia PC is on the forefront of the HTPC boom. Based in China and the US, they manufacture pretty much all you need for your home media center. Today, we are going to take a look at their HTPC 288BA case.

When we think of heat related issues in our computer we usually are referring to things link the processor, video card, and memory. The last thing we think of also seems to be the heat created by our hard drives. Whether it is a 7,500 RPM SATA drive or 10,000 RPM SCSI Drive, when you start adding multiple drives to your systems the temperature will increase considerably.

In the performance market, numbers mean everything. From MHZ to megabyte, the industry revolves around extremes. Today I have the Saitek GM3200 gamers mouse which promises the fairly unnecessary DPI of 3200. Will this be enough?

EHX has returned this year with renewed vigor. The electronic house expo has been around for quite a while. This year as was last year the expo is sponsored by many different organizations among which are Tech Home a division of CEA and CEA itself. The electronic house expo is the traditional venue where companies are able to demonstrate new technologies that range from security and wiring to audio and computing. With the advent of Microsoft Vista and Media Center we are now seeing unifying technologies arise that give home owners the ability to control everything from their audio, TV, and home lighting to their security systems and computer.

F610 features a brilliant full-color display for viewing music videos and photos, can play MP3/WMA, has FM radio and also can record from radio or mic. It comes with 512Mb to 2 GB and has a 128x128 OLED screen for video purposses. You can read the entire review.

Saitek's Eclipse II keyboard is the successor of the Eclipse. It features three different backlight colors and some very comfortable keys for stress and pain free gaming. The layout looks a bit futuristic, while keeping the size and weight at the same level as normal keyboards. We light it up and try it out with gaming and every day work and let you know how it fares.

Is bigger really better? Today, HardwareLogic takes a look at one monster cooler; so big in fact that it's marketed not as a merely a CPU cooler, but a CPU and motherboard cooler. The Cooler Master Gemini II supports two 120mm fans, and covers virtually half of your motherboard, but before you dismiss the Gemini II as over the top, look at the big picture.

The creators and early adopters will show the followers and commodity buyers why we should move to the next generation. And, this group will take their sweet time in making the move. After all the blue laser
burner/player/media is only one component in the mix of how we have to think about, storing, sharing and using our content.

Razer has developed gaming mice for a while, but all have been ambidextrous. The DeathAdder breaks that habit to become the first Razer right-handed mouse. Aside from that, we quickly found out that the DeathAdder is one of the best looking and most comfortable mice on the market today.