Daily Reviews Summary 10/26/08

On thing to note about the Phenom X4 9950 BE is that AMD has two versions of the processor with a thermal envelope of 125W and 140W. The processor we have received is actually the newer 125W version of the X4 Phenom 9950 BE with label HD995ZXAJ4BGH. There is a 140W version available on the market for about $10~$15 cheaper with the label HD995ZFAJ4BG.

A couple days ago I took a look at the Super Talent Pico-C USB Drive, today of review I've got the Pico-D 8gb USB Drive for review. It's a small sized USB drive, though not as small as the Pico-C , but it's close. The Pico-D is a swivel style drive, the outer casing is metal and the actual USB drive is plastic and it swivels out from the metal and just like the Pico-C, the Pico-D is water resistant as well as rugged and durable.

Up on the review block to day is the Nexus BeamAir and it's an interesting little product that you attach to your case fan to actually guide the air flow. I'll be honest when I first heard of it I was skeptical, but after testing it out I found that it actually does do something as the temps on my video cards did drop while using the BeamAir.

If you are a PC gamer (or computer enthusiast for that matter), then you no doubt are constantly keeping on top of the curve of the latest video cards the industry is pumping out every three months or so. Many of these behemoths use up so much electricity and pump out so much heat that the stock cooling of these cards have to keep up with the times. Even with more robust default heatsinks, there is a lot of room for improvement. Third-party manufacturers like Zalman, Thermalright, ThermalTake, and Evercool make great heatsinks to replace your card's cooler.

Many of these aftermarket coolers look "cooler" than stock heatsinks, anyway. If you have a windowed case, then you certainly want to show off just how awesome you are with a tricked-out VGA heatsink. Evercool presents their Formula 2 VGA cooler, which appears to have the whole "speed" and "racecar" theme going for it. Let's see if it really can tame the heat demands of the latest "hot rod" video cards.