Daily News for Nov 12

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 Dual-GPU Grapchics @ Benchmark Reviews
Sapphire is best know for taking an ATI product, and making better. It's rare that an AMD partner takes engineering into their own hands, a produces a self-made product. What's impressive is that they've decided to do so with a dual-RV770 Radeon HD 4850 X2 as their latest evolution in graphics cards. Benchmark Reviews compares performance against the GeForce 9800 GX2, CrossFireX 4850's, and the Radeon HD 4870 X2 to name a few, but add a collection of todays hottest video cards to make sure the Sapphire 11139-00-40R receives a workout.

Blu-Ray Performance - Intel X4500HD Versus Radeon 4830 Part 2 @ Legit Reviews
Many Blu-Ray movies use VC-1 and Shoot 'Em Up just happens to be one of those titles and it has DTS-HD MasterAudio 7.1 for audio. The Intel DG45ID motherboard with X4500HD integrated graphics averaged 29% CPU usage with the broken BIOS and 14% with the fixed BIOS installed on the system. The ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card had on average 11% CPU usage, which is 22% less than the integrated graphics.

Titan Cool Idol TTC-NK75TZ Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
Titan's Cool Idol heatsink is made from three separate aluminum fin sections joined to a copper base by six 6mm diameter copper heatpipes. The heatsink uses one 120mm PWM fan mounted on vibration absorbing rubber posts that is capable of spinning from 800-2200RPM. The use of six heatpipes and three aluminum fin sections is fairly unique, but at 850 grams in weight the Cool Idol is seriously under supported. The bulk of the heatsink hangs heavy on the fragile copper heatpipes, so right out of the box it was leaning to one side.

Silicon Power 32GB SLC SATA-II SSD @ Benchmark Reviews
Silicon Power is a rather unknown player in the North American marketplace, despite having numerous products available to the retail market. Not very long ago, Benchmark Reviews tested the first-generation Silicon Power SATA SSD. In that article we found ourselves torn between performance that left some room for improvement, and the press release announcement that Silicon Power had a new SATA-II SSD product ready to launch. As fortune would have it, we didn't have to wait very long to see if the marketing hype was true. In this article, the Silicon Power 32GB SLC SATA-II SSD SP032GBSSD750S25 receives benchmark testing and gets compared against a dozen other high-performance Solid State Drives.

Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB DDR3-1333 Memory Kit Review @ Bigbruin
The bottom line on the Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB DDR3-1333 memory kit is that it offers great performance right out of the box, and for those looking for more, they will gladly oblige. While they may not have the highest stock speed rating, even a novice overclocker should be able to get a few hundred extra MHz out of this kit.

MSI X48 Platinum Intel X48 Express Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
The raw specs for MSI's X48 Platinum motherboard are equally impressive. The board is based on the Intel X48 Express and ICH9-R variant Southbridge, and supports DDR3-800/1066/1333 and 1600 (XMP) memory formats. It has four DDR3 memory slots which may accommodate up to 8GB of RAM in a dual channel configuration. The real beauty of MSI's X48 Platinum is broad accommodation of videocards.

Antec MicroFusion Remote 350 Mini HTPC Enclosure @ Benchmark Reviews
Home Theater Personal Computers (HTPCs) have been a steadily growing market for nearly a decade now. However, up until the past few years, if you wanted a quality HTPC case you either had to build it yourself, or modify an existing desktop case. While there is certainly some merit to building your own case, most major case manufacturers these days have their own line of cases for just this purpose. Today at Benchmark Reviews, we will look at one of the recent additions to the Antec Veris line-up: the Antec MicroFusion Remote 350 Mini HTPC Enclosure. After a thorough inspection of the exterior and interior features, we'll put it through its paces with a full range thermal performance benchmarks.

FSP Power-Mod 700w Power Supply Review @ Club Overclocker
Today we will be looking at the latest modular power supply from FSP Group, the Power-Mod 700 Watt Modular Power Supply. While the name FSP Group may be new to you, it is likely you have used one of their OEM power supplies before under the name Fortron Source. FSP is currently the number 6 power supply manufacturer in the world and has been making both OEM and aftermarket power supplies since 1993. With a history like that, lets see what the Power-Mod 700W can bring to the table!


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