Daily Reviews Summary 12/08/06

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TrustedReviews have a Panasonic HD Camcorder Preview

The big news was the announcement of two new high definition camcorders, using the AVCHD H.264 standard – that in itself is reason enough to rejoice, as anyone who’s filled their hard disk up with HDV footage will tell you! With your raw footage already efficiently compresses, it will make storage far less of a concern, while the need to edit and offload big projects won’t be as pressing.

Panasonic HD Camcorder Preview

TrustedReviews have looked at the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

It's quite big, due to the extended set of keys on the left (more on that later). All of the keys are actually transparent, and then painted in black, leaving the characters transparent, so the light from the blue LEDs underneath shines through, like Saitek first did with its Eclipse keyboard last year. However, it suffers from the same problem as the Saitek in that when you reboot your PC the keyboard light defaults to on. I generally only need the light on when I'm gaming in the dark, so I would have preferred a setting to do this.

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Review

Elite Bastards put up a Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU cooler review

The centrepiece of the affair is a large 92mm fan, surrounded by a plethora of wafer-thin copper fins. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder with these things, but it looks good to my eyes if aesthetics are your thing. This CPU cooler also differs from many you'll see due to its fan positioning - Whereas traditionally this would be placed parallel to the processor itself, here we find it aligned perpendicularly to pull in air from the rest of your system, take warm air rising from the CPU and deposit it out through the rear of your case. Of course, we'll see just how effective it is at doing that later.

Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU cooler Review

XSReviews has reviewed the Steel Sound 3H 4H Headsets

LAN parties are becoming all the rage these days, and manufacturers have realized that there is a niche that is yet to be fully exploited. Today I have the SteelSound 3H gaming headset, which is fully collapsible and ready for transportation.

Steel Sound 3H 4H Headset Reviews

PC Stats posted a Biostar Simga-Gate GeForce 7600GS V7603GS-21 Videocard Review

What's it like to overclock a videocard with full control over the voltage fed to the Geforce 7600GS GPU, and GDDR2 memory? Pretty darn cool! You can play it safe and overclock with the default voltage settings (for GPU/memory) of course, but the real fun happens when you open up a tool called the "V-Ranger" and key in some pretty serious voltage adjustments. There is enough room to manoeuvrer with the voltage values, that mainstream and hard core overclocking enthusiasts alike will be satisfied... again, all from the comfort of your Windows XP desktop.

Biostar Simga-Gate GeForce 7600GS V7603GS-21 Videocard Review

PC Modding Malaysia posted a review on the SilverStone ST50EF-Plus-SC PSU

The power supply looks and feels like the high-end brothers and everything is kept within the black theme. It also features a silent running 120mm fan which stayed pretty silent under heavy loads. In short, this is the power supply that you should be checking out if you plan to build a decent HTPC or SFF rig. The cables were short and perfect for any chassis that does not have much space for cable hiding/routing. The overall build quality was top notch and for $90, we didn't expect such exceptional package with the ST50EF-Plus-SC. The rails held up pretty well as the +5V and +3.3V showed exceptional stability without any fluctuations.

SilverStone ST50EF-Plus-SC PSU Review

PC stats posted a Biostar Simga-Gate GeForce 7600GS V7603GS-21 Videocard Review

Biostar Simga-Gate GeForce 7600GS V7603GS-21 Videocard Review

DreamWare Computers takes a look at the Samsung YP-T9 MP3 Player

The delivery of Samsung's latest MP3 player, the YP-T9, was something I eagerly awaited. After seeing the pictures and reading the features and some initial buzz around the WWW, this was one player I just had to test out for myself. The 35 hour rated battery life for audio playback was only one of the many very appealing things to me. Face it, with most MP3 player batteries being non-replaceable now, karma has it that they'll always die just after you leave home for that week-long getaway, the YP-T9 should keep you going well after you leave! Let us see just how good it really is now!

Samsung YP-T9 MP3 Player Review

Overclockers Online has posted a new review on the CoolerMaster Mars

Overall I was pleased with the Cooler Master Mars. The size and design of the Mars compliments installation on a number of motherboards and the mounting hardware included with the Mars makes it a snap to install on AMD or Intel. Performance wasn't quite were I was hoping in the AMD testing but the C2D from Intel responded quite well to the Mars.

CoolerMaster Mars Review

Techgage posted a review of DFI's budget C2D motherboard

Long known for their overclocker friendly motherboards, DFI is back with a board for the highly popular and extremely powerful Core 2 Duo. Using Intels 975X chipset, the DFI Infinity 975 X/G looks to introduce the enthusiast crowd to Conroe, DFI style. Using the BIOS that shipped with the board, we got less than spectacular results, forcing us to go with a poplar Beta. How high could we get the FSB and is the board worth it?

DFI Infinity 975X/G Review

ThinkComputers.org takes a look at the Ultra Grid ATX Case

Computers have really changed over the few years, gone are the days when a simple "duct-mod" meant that your cooling needs were more than met. Today's computers generally require a lot of cooling but at the same time the cooling must be efficient otherwise the noise level would be unbearable. Ultra has recently released the Ultra Grid ATX case that includes a slick paint job, stylish looks, and a 500 watt V-Series Power Supply which should be able to meet the needs of most mid level users without breaking their budget.

Ultra Grid ATX Case Review

XtremeComputing posted a review on the Silverstone LC20M Media/HTPC Case

The other piece of software that was installed was the Imedian software and the driver for the remote control. Installing the remote control was, again, simple all I had to do was pick my remote control out for a line up of a few different types and the software did the rest. It also went as far as setting it up so that winamp was controlled by it, which was great news as that is what I normally use.

Silverstone LC20M Media/HTPC Case Review

HEXUS posted a review on the Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTX FV-N88XMAD2-OD

Foxcoon is the latest in a long line to join the G80 party with its wonderfully named FV-N88XMAD2-OD. Read on to find out if its GeForce 8800 GTX makes for a better package than the competitions'.

Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTX FV-N88XMAD2-OD Review