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Early Look - Gigabyte's GA-EX58-Extreme motherboard
Bit-Tech published an early look at Gigabyte's GA-EX58-Extreme motherboard

We have to remind ourselves that this /is/ an early look still and we've still yet a month to go before we get hold of the final retail sample and we know the EX58-Extreme board has already changed once in the last month or so. Yet, we can't but help feel a little /"meh"/ compared to the other X58 boards we've seen.

It's yet another evolution not revolution from Gigabyte and while its conservative nature means it's to some degree guaranteed not to go wrong and affect sales, without venturing out to try new things there's also no chance of getting it much more /right/ either. Launching the EP45-Extreme board was a great opportunity to try and do something different, to push the boundaries and justify the higher price, not just roll into the norm of slapping a big heatpipe on it and a waterblock on the northbridge that seems so popular these days.

The fundamentals of the Gigabyte X58 are certainly solid enough and if you like its boards to date it's very likely to be yet another to stick on the shopping list, but we do hope Gigabyte gets a serious injection of mojo sometime soon, simply to avoid becoming stale.
Early Look - Gigabyte's GA-EX58-Extreme motherboard

AXP Supernova 1000W PSU Review
DriverHeaven posted a review on the AXP Supernova 1000W PSU

AXP (known as Xion in the US) have been releasing many high performance products lately, trying to appeal to the widest possible user base of PC enthusiast. A while ago we had a look at one of AXP's PSUs, the Supernova 800W which we found gave great performance for the price. Today we test another AXP PSU, the 1000W model of the Supernova series. The 800W and 1000W models are much alike and share the same base design, but AXP tuned the newer 1000W version further and improved several of its key performance points.
AXP Supernova 1000W PSU Review

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Hardware Secrets compared the performance of ten different 500 GB SATA-300 hard disk drive models from Seagate, Samsung, Western Digital and Hitachi.

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Danger Den Custom Water Loop Review
Bjorn3D takes a look at the Danger Den Custom Water Loop

For many years, watercooling for PC's has been something that is seen as extreme. Many people look at those of us with anti-freeze running inside a computer case as being a little bit 'not quite right.' Of course, even my wife tells me I'm crazy for doing it. But then, there are those of us that understand just what all that liquid can do for you. Extreme overclocks, extreme voltages, and often a nice UV glow are all reasons those of us that have taken the plunge (so to speak) decided to do so in the first place. Besides, I enjoy getting really weird looks when I tell people that I have a radiator in my computer. Or, from those in the know, the looks of envy when you tell them just how big the radiator is, or which new blocks you just got. Competition is all part of the fun.

What all this means today though is that we have some new gear to play with. Danger Den is well recognized within enthusiast circles as a solution provider. When I got the word that they were going to be sending review samples for a custom loop, I was quite excited. Look further and see for yourself whether or not DD has delivered.
Danger Den Custom Water Loop Review

DXG-595V HD High-Definition Video Camera Review
TestFreaks.com posted a review on the DXG-595V HD High-Definition Video Camera

One such company that makes HD video cameras and sells them at very inexpensive prices is DXG, most people balk at the quality vs price with these cameras, they can't believe that a sub-$200 camera can produce a quality video. I've got the DXG-595V HD camera for review today, it's DXGs flagship camera, and by the HD in the name we can see it's a hi-def camera, and it can record up to 1080p resolution
DXG-595V HD High-Definition Video Camera Review