HIS HD 5570 Low Profile VideoCard Review

The HIS HD 5570 low profile accomplishes filling a void often left by other manufacturers who don't focus on HTPC videocards in their product lineup. Physically, there is nothing I can really pick out to be a fault for this videocard. The only thing I can mention as a disadvantage is the price.

Roccat Taito Kingsize mTw Edition review

A month ago Roccat presented the Taito Kingsize - mTw Edition mousepad at Gamescom. This new cloth mousepad is larger than the original Taito mousepad and is an officially licensed product of mTw, a German pro gaming clan that has been around since 1998.

AMD has released another slew of processors to the market focused on faster clock speeds with a cheaper price tag. One of these processors is the dual core Phenom ™ II X2 560 Processor code named “Calisto” which runs at stock at 3.3GHz out of the box. This processor has plenty of headroom, performance, and a low price we show you why it's a good buy in our review.

We tested the Spire TherMax Eclipse II CPU cooler, which has five heatpipes and two 120 mm fans. Is it better than the original TherMax Eclipse? Let's check it out!

We are testing today the Spire TherMax Eclipse II, a big CPU cooler with five heatpipes and two 120 mm fans. This cooler is aparently identical to the first version of the Spire TherMax Eclipse, which we reviewed some time ago, and both are very similar (for not saying identical) to the 3R System iCEAGE Prima Boss II. The first version of the TherMax Eclipse, however, has shown a far worst performance than the Prima Boss II's. Maybe Spire released this second version to address this problem. Let's test it and see if the performance of this CPU cooler got better.

CPU cooling is primarily dominated by air coolers, but recently a lot more interest has been placed on overclocking. This requires better CPU cooling and generally speaking overclocking enthusiasts tend to choose watercooling over the top end air coolers. However, with ever-improving heat dissipation technologies being applied to the latest air coolers can they win back some of the overclocking enthusiast market?

Today we have one of Novatech's latest systems on our test bench. The Revolution is a midrange desktop with 6-core AMD processor and Radeon 5700 series graphics. Can it live up to the high expectations generated by the recent Which report? Let's find out in a selection of real world tests ranging from Gaming to High Definition playback and media conversion.