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Foxconn Blackops Review
Hardware-TEST.dk posted a review of Foxconn's Blackops motherboard

Foxconn have sent us their most evil and well equipped enthusiast motherboard. Foxconn are really making an efford these days to make themselves seen in the PC enthusiast community. The combined engineering staff are bending over backwards to find new ways of buliding a motherboard, and impress even the most hardcore users. To obtain this you grab an Intel X48 chipset, the very best components you can find, and add some very advanced chipset cooling. The Blackops motherboard is capable of using any method of cooling between passive and liquid nitrogen.
Foxconn Blackops Review

Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Review
InsideHW.com has posted review of for Kingston DataTraveler HyperX

We get used to test fast RAM memories from Kingston Company. Hyper X brand was, until now, associated with fastest RAM modules. Still, Kingston decided to utilize this very recognisable brand on other Kingston products. So, thanks to that we were introduced to Kingston DataTravel HyperX USB flash memory. Of course, right from the start, we figured that we got one very fast device (brand name can tell you a lot), but we couldn't know, how fast.
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Review

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Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming notebook review
TechSpot posted a review on the Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming notebook

For years Alienware has been producing machines that cater to gamers and enthusiasts desires, coupling some of the industry's most radical designs with top of the line PC hardware. So when Alienware introduced the Area-51 m15x we were obviously keen to check it out.

Our review sample came configured with the new Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 "Penryn XE" mobile processor and a GeForce 8800M GTX (512MB) graphics card. In short, this is the combination of the fastest possible mobile CPU and the fastest mobile GPU out there. Of course, this won't come cheap as the retail value of our review sample was $4770.
Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming notebook review

Asus M3N78 PRO Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the Asus M3N78 PRO.

A few months ago, NVIDIA announced that any future chipset from the company would come with an integrated graphic chip built-in. This may come as a surprise to many enthusiasts, as many of us will never purchase a motherboard with integrated graphics since we are always going to need something stronger. However, in this increasingly environmentally-conscious world, going green is the talk of the town, and NVIDIA has taken this on by incorporating mGPU to their chipset. Confused? Read on.

The rationale behind NVIDIA’s decision is that while we need a super powerful graphics card in games, the computer system is actually not going to need all that graphical power while it is running desktop applications. In many cases, enthusiasts are using computers for web browsing, working, and running non-graphically intensive applications. It would be wasteful to have a powerful 3D graphics card sitting idle during these applications, wasting precious electrical power. Thus, by incorporating mGPU and combining it with NVIDIA’s “Hybrid power”, the computer is able to reduce the power usage (and energy bill) by switching off the discrete graphics card and using only the integrated graphics for low-demand applications. When the demand for graphic power increases, the dedicated graphic card will then kick in.
Asus M3N78 PRO Review