Daily Reviews Summary 06/06/09

We transferred a 58Mb file across our wireless network using a Belkin Wireless G 54Mbps USB Adapter and the Belkin Wireless G+ 125Mbps USB Adapter to compare the 2 very similar products. From the chart above, you can see that there was a bit of a difference, by around 30%.

On the one hand, the answer is clear: if you want to save some money and not lose much (or any) performance, it will be reasonable to redistribute your budget and buy DDR2 memory, which is still cheaper. Also, the relatively old overclocker DDR3 memory kits for other platforms work well with Phenom II, and in most cases they even significantly exceed their recommended frequencies.

Our review of the 790GX-G65 left us with a nice taste in our mouth. Made us want the dessert of MSI motherboards. Well in this case, careful what you wish for because you just might get it! Today we are reviewing MSI's latest in AMD motherboards; The MSI 790FX-GD70. There where a few things that snagged us from before and MSI fixed all these little problems in their enthusiast board and even added a whole lot more that we didn't expect. From nice little knobs that overclock for you to extra voltage controls all the way to quad crossfire support, they give it all. When you open it you just expect great things. Well lets go take a look.

We've seen plenty of gaming notebooks that are meant to dazzle potential customers with outrageous designs, ultra high-resolution displays, twin GPUs, and quad-core processors. The MSI GT627-216US isn't such a notebook. Instead, the GT627-216US takes a more subdued approach to offer budget-minded gamers a powerful machine at an affordable price.

Although the MSI GT627-216US may take a budget-minded approach, it doesn't scrimp on what's important to gamers, namely the graphics card. The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS at the heart of this notebook helps it to produce respectable scores in many gaming benchmarks. In addition, the GT627 216US has an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor and 4GB of RAM. Come on by and check it out...

Today we will have a look at their latest and most powerful Silencer series unit, boasting a continuous output of 910W at 50C. PC Power Cooling markets the Silencer 910W as a mainstream product and sells it at a highly competitive price. We are going to thoroughly test the unit and see if it can also take on the competition in terms of performance.

Canon's PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II is an outstanding A3+ inkjet printer that's ideal for advanced photographers. With a resolution of 4800=D72400dpi and using a 10-colour pigment ink system, it produces fantastic quality photographs and razor-sharp text relatively quickly and quietly. Business graphics are also solid, should you want to impress the boss with the odd PowerPoint presentation. And as it uses both matte and photo blacks, it allows photographers to print on both gloss and matte media without changing ink tanks. It offers 16 bits per channel printing and dedicated monochrome printing, and the Ambient Light Correction option that adjusts the final print according to type of lighting under which the print will be displayed is a really neat feature. If you are looking for the closest thing to that photo-lab print experience in a printer that's reasonably within the budget of the serious enthusiast, Canon's PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II is a great choice. The only downside is that it's a monster of a device - especially with all the paper tray extended - so make sure you have the room for it. I'd also have liked plug-ins for either Apple's Aperture or Adobe's Lightroom.

The P193, like the P183, is really a sleek looking case that is not flashy and that's a good thing. All of the positives of the P183 are here; cable management, fan speed controls and good cooling. With the two larger 140mm fans in the top and the 200mm Big Boy in the side the gives the P193 a cooling advantage. On top of this you get the added advantage of room for eATX motherboards and full length video cards