Hardware Roundup: Wednesday Edition

Category: Affiliate News
Posted: March 18, 2009 04:12AM
Author: Nemo

Palit is known for its overclocked videocards the the Sonic series has proven to be highly overclockable and competitive performance wise (see the OCC review here). Home theater PCs are gaining in popularity and one of the challenges is finding an enclosure that can house all the components yet blend in with your other audio components. We turned up a review of five HTPC cases designed to do just that. We also get another look at Thermaltake's Toughpower 1000W PSU (reviewed by OCC here). Just follow the links below to continue reading today's collection from around the Web.

Cases
Lian-Li PC-E8 MID Black @ Motherboards.org
5 Beautiful HTPC Cases Reviewed @ TechSpot

Cooling
Scythe Mugen 2 @ XSReviews

CPUs
A fresh look at processor value @ Tech Report

Gaming
Resistance: Retribution @ [OC]ModShop

Memory
Kingston HyperX T1 1866 (KHX14900D3T1K3/6GX) @ Bjorn3D

Optical Drives
Lite-On eSAU108 External Slim DVD Writer @ TweakTown

Power Supplies
Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W @ [H]ardOCP

Video
PaLiT GeForce GTX 260 55nm Video Card @ Legit Reviews

Miscellany
Coverage from Live MST3K Show in Seattle @ [OC]ModShop