Hardware Roundup: Wednesday Edition

Category: Affiliate News
Posted: May 13, 2009 04:36AM
Author: Nemo

Zotac has released a mini-ITX board based on Nvidia's ION platform that pairs a 1.6GHz dual-core Atom N330 processor with a GeForce 9400M onboard graphics processor that offers HD video playback capability and more. Moving to the other end of the motherboard food chain in terms of performance there is Gigabyte's EX58-UD4 board (reviewed by OCC here). If you're looking to build an AMD rig based on the latest socket AM3 Phenom II processors but want to stay with DDR2 memory there's the Asus M4N82 Deluxe motherboard. Of course today's roundup is not just all about motherboards so take the opportunity to check out the rest of the reviews below.

Cooling
Noctua NF-S12B FLX @ XSReviews
Hiyatek HY-CF-6288-1 Notebook Cooling Pad & Stand @ ThinkComputers

Gaming
Dawn of War II Gameplay Performance and IQ @ [H]ardOCP

Motherboards
Zotac's IONITX-A Mini-ITX board @ Tech Report
Zotac IONITX-A NVIDIA Ion-Based Motherboard @ HotHardware
Gigabyte EX58-UD4P @ Neoseeker
Asus M4N82 Deluxe SLI AM3 Motherboard @ Bjorn3D

Storage/Hard Drives
Is it worth upgrading your notebook to an SSD drive? @ TweakTown

Video
MSI N260GTX Lightning Black Edition Video Card @ Motherboards.org