SM-Bot
6 Nov 2003, 11:24am
"The Philips Aurilium both looks and performs quite well for the price, and I'm sure a lot of people will be fine with the audio, but those with higher surround requirements will want to go with a good PCI based soundcard instead."
<a href="http://www.hwhell.com/index.php?m=show&id=10" target="_new">Philips Aurilium @ HardwareHell</a>
"We cannot argue that the Pioneer drive is great to look at and it would score a 9/10 on the coolness factor alone, but the poor CD-R write times leave something to be desired, at least on the desktop computer side. If you mainly use your laptop computer, then you are probably already used to the slower read/write times since laptops are behind desktops on the recordable CD/DVD side."
<a href="http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review748.html" target="_new"> Pioneer DVR-SK12D Slim External DVD Writer @ DesignTechnica</a>
"Serial ATA drives are great. They are quick, use thin cables and don't break the bank account in the process. Though what happens if you want to run drives external to your case? You turn to Highpoint with their e.SATA Kit V.2.0, of course!"
<a href="http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review&dId=568" target="_new">Highpoint e.SATA Kit V2.0 @ TweakTown</a>
“I know you’re thinking to yourself, “Not another cheap generic PSU that’s been modded...” I know you were thinking that, because that’s what I was thinking before I took the power supply out of the box. Dozens of power supplies have passed my hands over the years, and I’ve even thrown away more than a few that have failed prematurely. "
<a href="http://www.envynews.com/index.php?ID=588" target="_new">Aspire 500W Dual Fan Aluminum Power Supply @ EnvyNews</a>
"The W@lk Key might not be the fastest performer in flash drive land, but it has a couple things going for it that the competition is lacking. First, it is very stylish. The aluminum casing looks great, is light and should be very durable. Keep in mind that Plexuscom also makes a plastic W@lk Key. The second feature that most of the competition lacks is the small, slim form factor. The fact that the W@lk Key will not get in the way of your other USB devices is a big plus in my books."
<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=366" target="_new">128MB W@lk Key USB 2.0 Flash Drive @ Bjorn3d</a>
"The mouse works perfectly and installation is as simple as you would hope. Using the mouse is comfortable, and it performs just as well as my corded optical mouse. The only complaint I have is that it doesn't operate as smoothly on a hard surface as the corded mouse does, but put it on a mouse pad and it's great."
<a href="http://www.bigbruin.com/html/notebookmouse.htm" target="_new">Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks @ BigBruin</a>
"It looks like a car stereo and performs some of the same functions, but is far from that. The M1600A from Gigabyte is both DVD player and audio console combined, and what's more, it will run with the rest of the PC turned off. Dial in your favourite FM radio station while slugging it through a long word document, or after a hard day when the last thing you want to do hear is noisy cooling fans."
<a href="http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1488" target="_new">Gigabyte M1600A Multimedia DVD-ROM @ PC Stats</a>
<a href="http://www.hwhell.com/index.php?m=show&id=10" target="_new">Philips Aurilium @ HardwareHell</a>
"We cannot argue that the Pioneer drive is great to look at and it would score a 9/10 on the coolness factor alone, but the poor CD-R write times leave something to be desired, at least on the desktop computer side. If you mainly use your laptop computer, then you are probably already used to the slower read/write times since laptops are behind desktops on the recordable CD/DVD side."
<a href="http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review748.html" target="_new"> Pioneer DVR-SK12D Slim External DVD Writer @ DesignTechnica</a>
"Serial ATA drives are great. They are quick, use thin cables and don't break the bank account in the process. Though what happens if you want to run drives external to your case? You turn to Highpoint with their e.SATA Kit V.2.0, of course!"
<a href="http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review&dId=568" target="_new">Highpoint e.SATA Kit V2.0 @ TweakTown</a>
“I know you’re thinking to yourself, “Not another cheap generic PSU that’s been modded...” I know you were thinking that, because that’s what I was thinking before I took the power supply out of the box. Dozens of power supplies have passed my hands over the years, and I’ve even thrown away more than a few that have failed prematurely. "
<a href="http://www.envynews.com/index.php?ID=588" target="_new">Aspire 500W Dual Fan Aluminum Power Supply @ EnvyNews</a>
"The W@lk Key might not be the fastest performer in flash drive land, but it has a couple things going for it that the competition is lacking. First, it is very stylish. The aluminum casing looks great, is light and should be very durable. Keep in mind that Plexuscom also makes a plastic W@lk Key. The second feature that most of the competition lacks is the small, slim form factor. The fact that the W@lk Key will not get in the way of your other USB devices is a big plus in my books."
<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=366" target="_new">128MB W@lk Key USB 2.0 Flash Drive @ Bjorn3d</a>
"The mouse works perfectly and installation is as simple as you would hope. Using the mouse is comfortable, and it performs just as well as my corded optical mouse. The only complaint I have is that it doesn't operate as smoothly on a hard surface as the corded mouse does, but put it on a mouse pad and it's great."
<a href="http://www.bigbruin.com/html/notebookmouse.htm" target="_new">Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks @ BigBruin</a>
"It looks like a car stereo and performs some of the same functions, but is far from that. The M1600A from Gigabyte is both DVD player and audio console combined, and what's more, it will run with the rest of the PC turned off. Dial in your favourite FM radio station while slugging it through a long word document, or after a hard day when the last thing you want to do hear is noisy cooling fans."
<a href="http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1488" target="_new">Gigabyte M1600A Multimedia DVD-ROM @ PC Stats</a>