Daily Reviews Summary 03/29/09

Today I've got a little piece of software for review that could pretty much save your life, or at least save you a ton of hassles with your PC, it's called rebit, and it's a backup software that runs automatically and in the background all of the time backing up your system. So it's backup software, but it's more than that, it's also for complete system restore if your hard drive truly dies. One thing nice about rebit is that after you install it you never have to bother with it, it works automatically, behind the scenes backing up your system, the only thing you have to do is make sure the external hard drive is plugged in really.

When it comes to fans, people look at them as, a fan is a fan. There's not much difference in the way a fan operates from one to another. The only real difference is that some have high air flow but at the cost of noise, and some are silent but at the cost of high airflow. Trying to find a fan that is both quiet and provides enough airflow we need for our computers is a difficult challenge. So we end up buying several different types of fans in the hopes that we find that perfect one that meets our needs. And let's not forget that we also want them to be visually pleasing.

GELID Solutions, has a couple of different types of fans for those who want extreme silence along with the ability to speed itself up if it starts to get warm without getting loud, even at a full speed. This fan is called the Silent TC (TC is short for Temperature Controlled). I know what you're thinking, 'They never work properly'. Because half the time the probe is located on the wrong spot on the fan and it is always getting air blown across it so that causes these types of fans fail, or the little probe just does not work period. Well, I will say this that. This probe works and that it's not located on the fan at all. In fact its located on a extension.

The other type of fan from GELID Solutions is a Gamer fan. This fan is balanced to give the user both a decent amount of airflow and also have a quiet operation.

In working with the Cooler Master Sileo 500, I was utterly blown away by how well the sound dampening material works. Being the defining feature of this case, I can attest to the fact that the sound dampening material really sets this case apart from other cases I have worked with. In terms of other features, the Sileo 500 is your typical mid-tower case. With a minimalistic design, its elegance will appeal to everyone. The tool-less drive bays, simple hard drive mounts and tool-less expansion slots are great and make installation very quick and easy.

This USB Mouse not only built-in cooling fan for cooling and drying your hand, but also design with a LED message board function. Having this feature, you can create and store your own message in to the LED message board and it will be shown when the fan is turn on. It is innovative and useful!

The X48TurboTwins-WiFi is the X48 motherboard from ASROCK which offers integrated WiFi connectivity from a module that comes with it, support for DDR2,DDR3,Crossfire and very good performance coming from the X48 high-end chipset.

Cooler Master, one of the staff favorites here at Virtual-Hideout, to say the least. On the block today is the middle child in their family of high-end, automotive themed heatsinks. Offering a potential extra 20 watts of dissipation over the former champion V8, thanks to the inclusion of a Thermoelectric module and extra heatsink mass, the V10 promises to the be the premier item in the cooling market for the time being. The question then, is if the extra cost over the V8 is worthwhile, and if the inclusion of a TEC will be another rendition of gimmick flair - much like the Titan Amanda, or Ultra Chillitec - or if the V10 will actually keep things nice and chilly. Let's take a look.