Reviews
Asus Eee Box B204
Published in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys
When the Asus Eee PC was launched into stores, the low spec’d, portable and budget notebook took the tech world by storm. Its upgradability and low price tag meant that it was the perfect budget notebook solution for many. Asus is back, back with a desktop equivalent to the Eee PC. Introducing the Asus Eee Box…
Akasa 120mm Apache Fan
Published in Cooling, Reviews | Written by Rhys
Cooling fans have always been a sector of the computer market which has always been improving. With advancements such as silent bearings, PWM control and mixtures of blade designs, it’s always very difficult to choose the very best case fan. But today, Akasa hopes to make the decision simpler with their ‘Apache Fan’.
Thermaltake Element T Case
Published in Cases, Reviews | Written by Matt
The Thermaltake Element T (VK9000 Series) is one of ThermalTake’s latest cases to enter the ‘Element’ series. Sporting plenty of space for fans, I think it’s safe to say that this is designed more for the gamers amongst us and the more performance demanding of users. So lets open it up and see if it’s up to the job.
Cooler Master Storm Scout Gaming Case
Published in Cases, Reviews | Written by Rhys
The Cooler Master Storm Scout is the second case to enter the ‘Storm’ series. Alike it’s big brother, the ‘Storm Sniper’, the Scout shares all the same characteristics which targets it at the gaming market. Masses of space, efficient cooling, good cable management and fantastic looks are all what makes a gaming chassis. But for a small price of just £70, is all this possible? Let’s put it to the test…
CoolIT Domino A.L.C Water-Cooling Kit
Published in CPU Coolers, Reviews | Written by Rhys
For true CPU cooling performance and silence, air cooling is not thought to be the solution. You need water cooling. It seems a scary concept – cooling your processor with water – which is why many enthusiasts steer clear of the idea. Moreover, it can be costly with an average kit easily topping the £100 mark.
Nexus TDD-9000 Liquid Cooling Pad
Published in Cooling, Reviews | Written by Matt
Today at Tech-Reviews we have the TDD-9000 Nexus Cooling Pad. There are many different types of cooling solutions for notebooks available and each claim to work wonders, but the Nexus Liquid Cooling Pad specifically claims of a whopping 17 Degree drop in laptop temperature (based on their own independent tests). It’s now time to find out whether or not their claim is the result of an exaggerated marketing company or reality.
OCZ FATAL1TY 550w PSU
Published in Power Supplies, Reviews | Written by Andrew
There are many components inside a PC which seem to be requiring increasing amounts of power as they seem to require huge wattages to function correctly. This is why the PSU market has advanced massively in recent years with PSU’s with wattages up to 1200 watts and beyond not uncommon. Most PC’s however will not require such a huge amount of power which is why there are many high performance, lower wattage PSU’s currently on offer. With this in mind I introduce the: OCZ Fatal1ty 550w PSU.
Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME Rev.2
Published in CPU Coolers, Reviews | Written by Rhys
Manufacturers of the highly popular MX-3 paste, Arctic Cooling are definitely not a manufacturer unknown to computer cooling solutions. One range of product which Arctic Cooling is significantly growing its product base in is CPU coolers. Today we’ll be reviewing the latest processor cooler to enter their product portfolio, the Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME. Let’s see how ‘xtreme’ this cooler really is…
Vizo Saturno 2.5″ External HDD enclosure
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Andrew
Recently, it has become common for many people to have an external hard drive enclosure, these generally speaking have been purchased with the HDD already installed for a greater price than an enclosure and a HDD. This means that there is money to be saved by buying the components separately and fitting them yourself. With that in mind I introduce the Vizo Saturno.
Rosewill RX81-MP-US External SATA Enclosure
Published in Drives, Reviews | Written by Rhys
External hard drives have grown in popularity considerably in recent years. Most of us have experienced at least one dreaded hard drive failure and so we’ve learnt the importance of backing up files. One hardware device which makes backing up effortless and fast is an external hard drive. These are also useful for mass portable storage. Today we’ll be reviewing an external hard drive enclosure from ‘Rosewill’. This 3.5” SATA enclosure supports all the modern standards and can support even a 1TB hard drive. Time to take a look at the RX81-MP-US…
