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»Kingston MobileLite Card Reader @ ASE Labs.

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The MobileLite 9-in-1 USB2 card reader from Kingston combines a great design with mobile usability. Mobile users should take note of this product.

»Lexar 12-in-1 USB2 Card Reader @ ASE Labs.

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Lexar is a huge consumer brand for flash memory and support products. Their latest memory card reader handles great. Even better, they are owned by Micron.

<a href="http://hardwarelogic.com/news/132/ARTICLE/1555/2008-01-28.html">ASUS P5E3 Deluxe WiFi X38 Motherboard Review @ HardwareLogic.com</a>

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*Chances are, if you know what a motherboard is, you've heard of Asus. Over the years, Asus has carved out an excellent reputation for their products, ranging from budget to full featured enthusiast level computing solutions. With the introduction of their most recent fully featured motherboard, the Asus P5E3 Deluxe is a top contender in the motherboard arena. Borrowing a bevy of features from their vaunted Republic of Gamers line of motherboards, the P5E3 Deluxe boasts Asus' exclusive AI Lifestyle technology, and a penchant for serious overclocking ability.

<a href="http://www.bigbruin.com/2008/gamechamber_1">Daze_Products_Nintendo_DS_Game_Chamber_Review_@_Bigbruin.com</a>

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Quote: It is frustrating to spend $30 to $50 on a Nintendo DS game only to have it lost or damaged. A simple container to hold games securely and only allow one game out at a time is a great option! For a relatively small price you can potentially save yourself a good deal of money and avoid plenty of headaches with the Daze Products Nintendo DS Game Chamber.

<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1228">AMD HD3870X2 @ Bjorn3D</a>

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'The HD3870X2 is not your average video card. Instead of creating a single GPU with the power to compete with the 8800Ultra and beyond, AMD has chosen to go the multi-chip route instead. The HD3870X2, just as the name implies, simply is a card that has two HD3870 GPU's. It is not the first video card in history with two GPU's. The ATi Radeon Rage Fury MAX is one example and we all remember NVIDIA's first attempt, the GeForce 7950 GX2. Recently AMD tested a similar design with the HD2600 Gemini cards which were a very rare sight in the wild. NVIDIA is also working on a multi-GPU card that should be out pretty soon.'

<a href="http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=661">Sparkle 8800GTS 512MB Review: G92 Madness Continues @ Madshrimps</a>

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The G92 based Geforce 8800GT was a very exciting product, unfortunately NVIDIA was short of supply and lower priced ATI HD3850 & HD3870 gained a lot of popularity this way. The higher-end market still remained untouched; to fill up this gap NVIDIA came up with a second wave of 8800GTS video cards. With the GT in mind, could we be dealing with yet another great NVIDIA product? We find out.

<a href="http://www.pro-clockers.com/review.php?id=316">Sunbeamtech Rheobus Extreme @ Pro-Clockers</a>

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Sunbeamtech, the makers of fine cooling and nice cases, has another gadget up their sleeve. The new Rheobus Extreme is not only simple and sleek with its clean looks, and the blue glow of the six knobs goes well with anybody with blue LED lighting, but the best thing the Rheobus Extreme has to offer is the ability to support up to 30 watts on each control. For the novice out there, this means simply you can control multiple fans on each channel. A must for anybody with large cases with numerous fans.

<a href="http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1281/gecube_radeon_hd_3870_x2_graphics_card/index.html">GECUBE Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card</a>

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It's one of those cards we've heard about quite a bit, but often when it comes to these dual GPU models they're nothing more than a bit of a prototype. Sometimes they manage to also hit the media and on the rare occasion they actually go into mass production for all to get their hands on it. The whole card design is loads better than the GX2 we saw from NVIDIA in 2006 which was literally two separate PCBs connected by a little bridge. Ultimately though it doesn't matter what the card looks like, it comes down to how it performs and that's something we're going to be looking at in just a moment.

<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1220">Ultra X2 750W Extreme Titanium @ Bjorn3D</a>

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During my time here at Bjorn3D it seems like many of the reviews we have done have been power supplies. As mentioned in another review 2007 was 'The Year of the Power Supply'. Either way, as long as manufacturers keep producing this level of quality, keep them coming. The Ultra 750W X2 Extreme delivers power, low noise and a mirror. That's right, I said a mirror. Ok, so it is a 'titanium' case that, when you look at it, you can see yourself, a mirror. It is also completely modular down to the 24 pin power connector for the motherboard. Will this power supply have the power and efficiency a computer so requires? Let's find out.

<a href="http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_3870_X2">HIS Radeon HD 3870 X2 1 GB @ techPowerUp</a>

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The HIS Radeon 3870 X2 combines the power of two ATI RV670 GPUs into one to reach for the performance throne in single card processing power. Even tough the implementation has some minor limitations the overall product is certainly interesting and can maybe bring AMD back in the game.

<a href="http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/video/msi/8xxx/8600tt/">MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo Video Card @ Viper Lair</a>

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Obviously, anything you can put into that PCIe slot to update the on-board video is going to give you a boost, the MSI NX8600GT Twin Turbo is not only going to do that, its going to do it while keeping those all important big bills in your savings account. nVidia has been king of the high end market space for some time now, and the midrange has been going their way as well. When they have cards such as the NX8600GT Twin Turbo being put out by Manufacturers such as MSI in this case, its no wonder.

<a href="http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/GeForce-8800-GT-Roundup.html">GeForce 8800 GT Roundup @ InsideHW.com</a>

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It's been more than a year since the first DirectX 10 graphics accelerator, containing the revolutionary G80, was presented to the public. Everyone should remember the delight it brought and the incredible performance which left all high-end competition in the dust. This time, we have a graphics card with the G92 chip on it, but the card is not from the 9xxx series as you might assume. The G92 is a carefully designed, polished version of the G80. Models based on this chip are named 8800GT and, should they appear in appropriate quantities, are bound to become very popular.

<a href="http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/audio/sandisk_sansa_clip">SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 Player Review @ TechwareLabs</a>

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Quote: If you are looking for a highly portable and cheap MP3 player then check out Jason's review of the SanDisk Sansa Clip. We compare the Clip against the very populat iPod on several levels and give you the results. Is the SanDisk Sansa Clip worth your money? Read our review.

<a href="http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=701>">Samsung SyncMaster 2232GW 22-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputers.org</a>

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Samsung is known for producing some of the most gorgeous LCD monitors this world has ever seen. Walk into just about any home theater that has been equipped with a larger Samsung LCD television and you'll be blown away by the vibrant colors, the crystal-clear resolution, and the crispness of the contrast. The same can be said about the LCD monitors that the company puts out for computers and one of the latest in the long line of monitors is the Samsung SyncMaster 2232GW.

<a href="http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1280/gigabyte_x38t_dq6_motherboard/index.html">GIGABYTE X38T-DQ6 Motherboard</a>

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series of the GIGABYTE boards denotes that it is a DDR3 variant of an already existing DDR2 model. X38 based motherboards are soon to take a nose dive in price since the chipset is due to be replaced as the enthusiast offering by the X48 which we have already managed to get our hands on and test in both DDR2 and DDR3 flavours.

<a href="http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_3870_Atomic">Sapphire HD3870 Atomic Edition @ techPowerUp</a>

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Sapphire's new HD 3870 Atomic Edition is a special version of the Radeon HD 3870 with a single slot cooler. This is only possible because Sapphire uses a new cooling technology called Vapor-X cooling that improves cooling performance considerably while keeping noise down. Another plus of this card is that it comes overclocked out of the box with full warranty.

<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11734">New Approach To ATI Linux Driver Installation</a>

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Back in June of 2005 with the ATI Linux 8.14.13 driver release was a new installer to more easily facilitate the installation of this binary graphics driver using a graphical interface for a generic setup or generating distribution-specific packages (at that time Red Hat was the only officially supported distribution). With time, this installer has evolved by gaining new features and more distributions are being supported through their --buildpkg command for generating custom driver packages. These packaging scripts are now even hosted in the open for more community interaction. With two new driver options that will be formally introduced next month in Ubuntu's packaging scripts for the Catalyst 8.02 Linux driver, the installation process of the ATI fglrx driver on Ubuntu will become several steps easier.

<a href="http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/11716/103/">Lian Li PC-P80 Case</a>

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Lian Li has named this full tower case the Armorsuit and it's targeted at the hardcore gamer. It has an all aluminum chassis so it's fairly lightweight considering its size. There are plenty of drive bays, lots of room to work, removable motherboard tray, five large fans, fits long power supplies & full length video cards and much more. The Lian Li PC-P80 Case is one of the best cases every released! Watch the video to find out more and check out the bloopers at the end.

<a href="http://www.legitreviews.com/article/652/1/">ATI Radeon HD 3450 and Radeon HD 3650 Video Cards @ Legit Reviews</a>

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Quote: The ATI Radeon HD 3650 is the direct replacement for the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro as you can tell from the chart above. The ATI Radeon HD 3650 is active cooled with a core clock of 725MHz and a memory clock of 800MHz and will be available with two kinds of memory ICs - GDDR3 and GDDR2. The slower and older GDDR2 memory chips will be used on the $79 price point cards, while the $99 cards will feature faster GDDR3 memory ICs...

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