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"Today we are going to be taking a closer look at newest release by Valve, Alien Swarm. Alien Swarm is a third person coop shooter that takes on Aliens head on. With great graphics and fun game play this release should be acquired by everyone. The major positive factor in this release is that it is absolutely free as long as you have Steam. So lets take a look at Alien Swarm and see what Valve has been working on in the spare time from Portal 2."

UMLan

"NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 graphics solution has convincingly dominated the mid-range price point, and its GF104 Fermi architecture threatens several competing high-performance products. Our benchmark tests have concluded that both the 768MB and 1GB version can offer great gaming performance, along with outstanding overclocking headroom. Combined into a SLI set, two stock-speed GeForce GTX 460's compete with the Radeon HD 5870 in terms of frame rate performance. In this article, Benchmark Reviews takes the highly overclocked PNY 'XLR8 Black Box' video card (model VCGGTX4601XPB-OC) and compares it against a field of DirectX-11 graphics solutions. If you're shopping for a powerful middle-market video card, this externally-exhausting 1GB GeForce GTX 460 product could be the perfect fit."

Benchmark Reviews

"When it comes to motherboards, they really do come in every shape and size. With high performance gaming motherboards, generally you have to get a full ATX motherboard to get a wide selection of features. Micro ATX is a little smaller but not small enough for true portability. That’s where Mini-ITX comes into play. Most of the Mini-ITX boards on the market use the older 775 socket and have a limited number of features. Today we have the opportunity to take a look at Gigabytes H55N-USB3, their first Mini-ITX board. With my recent obsession with small form factor gaming rigs, you will have to forgive my excitement to check this out."

LanOC

"After spending several weeks playing with the ASUS AT3IONT-I Deluxe Mini-ITX motherboard all I can say is - WOW! This motherboard is very impressive. With integrated Bluetooth, WiFi, a multimedia remote control, and even a power supply built in, you're well on your way to getting your media center up and running without buying much else."

Big Bruin

In preparation for my upcoming second year at University (a year that would mark a dependence on computer reliability), I decided to ditch my battery hogging Sony Vaio, and opt for something much more mobile. My budget, however, proved to lengthen the search for my laptop's successor. Thanks, however, to the information age's conglomeration of consumerism, nearly everyone is highly keen on getting the best possible deal. And, through the various bargain hunting websites on the internet, I found...

"In old days Arctic Cooling was an outstanding brand with its Accelero but today it is no longer limited with this graphic card cooler but it's also known with other tremendous products such as CPU cooler, chassis, PSU, audio products and so on. Today let us review one of its latest audio product; Sound P311 which is a Bluetooth headset and suitable for mobile phone, laptop and other music devices."

Hardware Bistro

"Frankly, when I first looked at NZXT's IU01 internal USB module I was prepared to be underwhelmed. After putting it through its paces, I now see how wrong first impressions can be. The device performed as advertised and can really be a boon to users with insufficient USB port availability and/or power hungry USB devices."

Tweaknews

"Today we'll review three graphics cards with ATI Radeon GPUs [ASUS EAH5850 TOP, Gigabyte GV-R575SL-1GI, MSI R5770 HAWK Graphics Cards]. The reason for the selection is simple: all three simply happened to be in our lab at the same time. All three cards have custom design and original coolers, so reviewing them promises to be interesting."

iXBT Labs

"When building a new computer, you have to keep in mind numerous things like ram speed, bus speed, video card speed and so on. Keeping these components cool is very crucial and so planning ahead for the cooling is always a plus. Cooling starts by using a simple fans and proper heat sinks in the places of need. What everyone seems to forget is the thermal compounds that provide a better heat transfer between components and the cooling equipment. Where it is a cpu or gpu or a chipset chips they all can benefit from using a thermal compound."

UMLan

Vizo is obviously on a mission to create the world's perfect notebook cooler. Previously, we took a look at their "Mini Ninja II", a notebook cooler that proved, through it's lackluster cooling performance, to be somewhat of a disappointment. Today, however, we are going to be taking a look at Vizo's "...

Both data and mobility are important components of today's world. Unfortunately, flash drives and optical media, while highly mobile, aren't capable of storing and transferring large amounts of data. Vizo's SHE-250 2.5", however, is a small enclosure that can hold 160 gigabytes at a much more economical price point than...

Most computer enthusiasts spend exorbitant amounts of money on the hardware components of their system, but neglect putting the same amount of money into the actual peripherals that output the audio and video generated by said system. Unfortunately, neglecting to purchase a quality monitor and set of speakers ...

"Hard drive bays come in all shapes, sizes, features, and functions. What exactly are important in a good external hard drive adapter? Especially when considering the smaller 2.5″ hard drives. Of course you’re looking for something that will obviously connect your hard drive and transfer data, but what about the other aspects that push the experience beyond average? Today we look at the Eagle 2.5″ External to see how it performs."

LanOC Reviews

"In simple terms, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is a basic clock speed bump from AMD's previous flagship CPU, the 955 Black Edition. This new addition to the family sees the CPU's clock speed increased from 3.2GHz on the 955 Black Edition to 3.4GHz, while of course this part retains the unlocked multiplier made so popular by the company's "Black Edition" branding, and thus making overclocking a cinch. AMD expect Phenom II 965 Black Edition parts to be slightly better overclockers than their immediate predecessors, although of course we'll have to wait and see if this rings true for ourselves, while power consumption is only expected to be very slightly higher for this new part."

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