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Xigmatek Aegir SD128264 CPU Cooler Review

Xigmatek are an interesting company who always look to push the performance and design boundaries of every heatsink they produce. One of the first heatsink manufacturers to successfully implement an...

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EVGA announces their latest GTX 580 Classified

Unsatisfied with what was currently out there, EVGA had set to make another version of the GTX 580 in a Classified version that would make the ‘ground shake’ with its overcloking abilities. While the...

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Super Talent announce their new USB 3.0 DataGuardian

Super Talent have decided to bring security and ease-of-use with their latest secure flash drive; the DataGuardian USB 3.0. Coming at an affordable price as well as being small, it’s also a very easy...

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WD announces two new My Passport portable hard drives for Mac

Western Digital, also more commonly known as WD, the pioneer in storage, has recently announced two new products that will please Apple’s ‘fan boys’; My Passport Studio and My Passport for Mac. Both of...

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iPhone ‘Roundup’

So after sometime without a word from the giant ‘fruit company’, we were willing to go and take a look about what has been going recently, and in the process, making it an all-in-one ’roundup’. Last...

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Amazon’s tablet to be revealed next week?

Amazon is trying to have a go at the tablet market with an more ‘technologically advanced’ version of the Kindle. Amazon has announced a press event to be hold in New York City on the 28th of September...

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Star Wars: The Old Republic gets its release date

The Eurogamer Expo saw the news of SWTOR release date and details of its subscription prices, SWTOR is set thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader and is an MMO set in the worlds of Star Wars...

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Deepcool announces their latest high-end VGA cooler

Recently announced, Deepcool’s new high-end VGA cooler is placed under the Gamer Storm series and is named after a famous vampire: Dracula. Although you may have guessed it, no blood is involved, it’s...

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Speedlink releases multi-platform Xanthos headset

After their successful Medusa gaming series, Speedlink has launch their latest model, the Xanthos stereo gaming headset. Multiplatform, it is compatible with Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The lightweight of...

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Battlefield 3 on Ultra settings…

Not so long ago, the system requirements for Battlefield 3 were released (see here), yet the recommended were only for Medium in-games settings, and recently we’ve been told a little bit more about the...

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Fate of the Pharaoh – PC Game Review

Today I’m looking at Fate of the Pharaoh, a release from Cateia Games. Now many of you may think that a game from Cateia Games may not be worth your few quid, but I’d typically beg to differ. With the...

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AMD Catalyst 11.8 Driver Analysis

Sorry for being a bit delayed on this one, but it’s here none the less, and that in our eyes is better than having no driver analysis at all, don’t you agree? In terms of AMD, we all know they’ve been...

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Thermaltake’s Chaser MK-I get’s an upgrade to LCS

After almost ten months into service, Thermaltake, the computer thermal solution giant, have upgraded one of their chassis with a new solution; the Chaser MK-I LCS. Already seen with the Level 10 GT as...

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Toshiba unveils Canvio 3.0 Portable Hard Drives

Toshiba have announced its Canvio 3.0 portable hard disk drive (HDD) line featuring cloud-based backup capabilities and comes in three capacities 500GB, 750GB and 1TB, and have been fitted out with USB...

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NVIDIA’s latest driver released and is aimed at Battlefield 3

NVIDIA has today released the latest BETA version of their GeForce driver suite. The GeForce 285.38 BETA is right on time for the highly anticipated Battlefield 3, which will get its beta started on...

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Ubisoft and CBS create the first NCIS video game

Ubisoft are working with CBS to create the first NCIS video game based on the popular TV series in which a team of Navy crimilist’s attempt to solve crimes in or against the US Navy, the game has been...

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Scan Computers Pro Audio Day

As a lot of you may know, we at eTeknix work with some of the biggest companies around and that includes the likes of Scan Computers, based in Bolton who from time to time offer up some unique days to...

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Asus announces three new all-in-one desktops in their ET series

All-in-one PCs start to be more and more popular, but how can you blame them? They take less space, they’re easy to use and great tools, and they feature the latest technology you’d find on high end...

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Be Quiet! announces two new Pure Power PSUs

Be quiet!, one of the few companies specializing in quiet power supplies have today announced a new product as well as a refresh: the latest L8 generation of PSUs and two refreshed versions of the L7....

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Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive Review

There are so many advantages to fitting the latest SSD into your laptop, including greatly improved battery life and performance, but the prices are still astronomical for any capacity compared to...

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Thermaltake Armor A30 Micro ATX Case Review

There is an ever increasing market for small form factor cases as consumers demand smaller PCs to fulfil their space requirements. Small form factor cases are perfect for people who want to build a...

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CoolerMaster unleash the CM Storm Trooper chassis

CoolerMaster have revealed their latest full tower gaming chassis the CM Storm Trooper with support for Micro-ATX, ATX and XL-ATX, the case dimensions are 250 x 605.6 x 578.5 mm (9.8 x 23.8 x 22.8 in)...

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Cooler Master improve the Hyper 212 and Hyper TX3 with Evo editions

Cooler Master have decided to upgrade their popular coolers Hyper 212 and Hyper TX3 to EVO edition CPU coolers both with an improved tower fin design, heat pipe layout, upgraded fans, and fan brackets,...

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AMD’s driver update for Battlefield 3 as well

Not long after the launch NVIDIA’s latest BETA driver optimized for Battlefield 3 beta, AMD has followed the pace with their own AMD Catalyst 11.10 Preview. The Preview versions are basically BETA...

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ZOTAC expand their GT 520 lineup for older systems

Due to some systems being old, as well as newer components being more expensive, some people don’t necessarily need the latest for everything. ZOTAC, having noticed it, announced a new version of their...

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McAfee All Access for internet devices is launched

McAfee have launched their latest security suite aimed at users with the need to protect multiple devices on multiple platforms at a price point cheaper than protecting each device on an individual...

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Acer’s first AMD C-60 powered Aspire One now available

Acer’s Aspire One 522 netbook was originally released in January, but was equipped with AMD APUs less power-efficient than the update model which sees itself fitted with the low-power C-60 APU....

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Disney introduce Cars 2 Appmates toys

Chance are those of you with an iPad may have reason to see even less of your beloved device if you have kids as Disney have introduced Disney Appmates mobile application toys for use on the iPad as a...

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Samsung’s Series 7 Laptop available for pre-order

As we make our way closer to the future Ultrabooks, Samsung’s latest Series 7 notebook is now available for pre-order. This 15.6” laptop sports an incredible design featuring an entire aluminium...

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PowerColor Radeon HD 6770 PCS+ Vortex II Graphics Card Review

Rewinding time to a few years ago, the Radeon 5770 took centre stage and gave AMD a great boost in sales as it took the market by storm as an affordable mid-range card that had a lot to offer for a...

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Toshiba introduces a new 23″ All-in-One desktop

The Digital Product Division of Toshiba America have recently added a new product to the line-up with a new all-in-one PC; the DX735. Featuring a 23” touchscreen supporting 1080p HD, surrounded by a...

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Wednesday Affiliate Roundup

Cases: Raidmax Blackstorm Case Review @ Hardware Secrets NZXT Tempest 410 Elite Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ Techgage Fractal Design Core 3000 Review @MissingRemote Cooling: Akasa Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler...

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Sandy Bridge-E: release date and a couple of prices

Set to launch in Q4 2011, some stating a precise date of November 14th, here are some prices and specs of three new CPUs under the Sandy Bridge-E. Core i7 3820 The cheapest of them all, a quad-core...

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Kingston launch the Data Traveler 6000

Today saw the release of Kingstons latest ultra-secure Data Traveler 6000 USB flash drive, with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 validation and 100-percent encryption, an...

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Intel presents two new Extreme Series board based on Z68

Intel is releasing two new desktop motherboards under the Extreme Series, both based on the Z68 chipset and supporting the LGA1155 Core processors; the DZ68ZV and the DZ68BC. The DZ68ZV uses the same...

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Amazon reveal 4 new devices in the Kindle range

Amazon have gone all out with the news of their new range of Kindle Devices with the news of three new models of e-reader two of which are touch-screen and their new Android based Kindle Fire tablet....

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Corsair Professional Series HX1050 Power Supply Unit Review

Corsair are widely renowned for their top-quality components ranging from RAM to cases that cater for the enthusiast market. One area where Corsair has always delivered are power supplies- Corsair has...

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EA is having a $1.6m tournament on Battlefield 3 in 2012, but only with the...

Let’s analyze this for a second; Battlefield 3 is one of the most anticipated game of the year, with computers most likely to deliver the best graphics compared to the gaming consoles, so we got that...

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Toshiba unveil their Thrive 7″ Tablet

Toshiba have announced the news of their latest tablet to join their expanding range with the Thrive 7 inch, the device is loaded with Android 3.2 Honeycomb with a 1280×800 resolution multi-touch...

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Sapphire presents the Pure Platinum A75P motherboard

Based on the AMD A75 chipset, as well as being a more cost-effective FM1 motherboard, Sapphire has presented their latest product with the Pure Platinum A75P. With a more compact PCB compared to the...

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Prolimatech introduces their Panther CPU Cooler

Responsible for the high-end Genesis, it only seems fair that Prolimatech releases a CPU cooler for the more mainstream market, which is what they’ve done with the Panther. Combining the same...

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Asus introduces three new PCI-Express 3.0 motherboards based on the Z68 chipset

Asus has recently revealed three new motherboards featuring the support for the upcoming Ivy Bridge, as well as PCI-Express 3.0 (which we’ll let either MSI or Gigabyte judge if real), based on Intel’s...

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Patriot Pyro 120GB Solid State Drive Review

Patriot have been a big contender in the memory market for quite some time and are regarded by consumers to have some of the best memory kits on the market, and with this in mind, it was only right...

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Akasa Internal Cardreader with Bluetooth Review

If you look back several years, we all had Floppy Disk drives which were mostly of the 3.5″ form, and of course all cases had the 3.5″ bays at the front to take a floppy drive. Things have changed a...

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Touch Revolution launch a 21.5 inch multi-touch monitor

Touch Revolution have launched its latest multi-touch 21.5 inch monitor to their ever expanding range, the sceen is available now in desktop and open frame options both of which have a sleak bezel-free...

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Another IceQ from HIS based on the HD 6970

Not so long ago, HIS presented another IceQ GPU based on the HD 6870, today, HIS is adding yet another card to their series with the HD 6970 Eyefinity RTS. Featuring the base specs of AMD’s reference...

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L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition gets PC release date

Rockstar Games have announced the release of L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition for Windows PC, Steam and OnLive in North America on the 8th of November and Europe on the 11th of November 2011, in...

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Mad Catz Detonator Xbox 360 headset launches

The worlds first officially co-branded Xbox 360 headset from Tritton and Microsoft has been released upon the world, and is compatible with a wide range of MP3 players, cell phones and audio devices....

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Nox Xtreme release the Hummer 3.0 full-tower case with USB 3.0

Nox Extreme are updating their Hummer with the 3.0 version featuring the SuperSpeed USB 3.0. USB 3.0 is becoming more and more popular, therefore the update sees two USB 3.0 ports added to the front...

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Super Talent present a Storage POD enclosure featuring USB 3.0

Super Talent Technology has presented us amazing memory products and they keep doing so, more recently with the USB 3.0 Storage POD enclosure. As of today, USB 2.0 external storage are very common, yet...

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