Daily roundup - 30.11.2003 - 01.12.2003

“Hot Mods are about to announce details of a prize giveaway but it will only be open to members of the forum so if you want to win you will need to become a member… keep checking the site for details to be announced soon!”
Check out the hot mods!

"Following on from the Direct X 9.0 3DMark 03, I used my personal favourite test: Aquamark 3. Although the games based on the engine were not very successful, I think that the benchmark is very impressive. Happily I can say that both boards got the exact same score in this test! Good work from the DFI Lanparty. "
HardwareHell @ DFI Lanparty 865PE

"This is a great controller, you can have flashing lights, and full control for such. Couple this with a 3 channel (18w per channel) fan controller and you have yourself a bay device that will bring control of your fans and CCFL's to the front of your case."
Vantec Nexus Fan and Light Controller NXP-305 @ Viper Lair

"I was given the pleasure of putting the newest Aspire 500w PSU modded power supply up against a Zalman 400w Silent PSU and a Kingwin 450 watt PSU. While both of these other units have their own special features, silence and power respectively, the Aspire aims to topple both with better performance, quiet sound and dashing good looks. These days you have yourself an excuse to purchase one"
Aspire ATX-AS500W @ SubZeroTech

"Not only was the player physically robust, but its feature list would go toe to toe with any normal DVD player on the market. As stated earlier, the visual and audio quality were flawless and you would never tell the difference when compared to the bigger alternative."
NextBase MDV1 Small Form Factor DVD Player Review @ Tweaknews

"Leadtek as a company is well known for their video cards. Tonite though we are having a look at one of their motherboards. It's a Nforce 2 board that has the weird name K7 NCR18D. It seems to be a really nice board and has several good features. We are going to test it against another Nforce 2 board to see how it can really perform. Stay tuned as tonite we are having a look at another motherboard. "
Leadtek K7ncr18d Nforce 2@Rbmods

"About a month ago I had a close encounter with nVidia’s new FX5950 Ultra reference card. As retail cards are starting to make an appearance TrustedReviews has managed to get hold of the latest boards from Leadtek and MSI. So what makes these cards different from the reference design, well to be honest, not a great deal."
Three new reviews @ TrustedReviews

"SuperFlower is becoming more and more popular nowadays. The reason is simple. They make decent, good looking and competitively priced cases. We take a look at one of their latest offerings, the SF-561T2, a pre-modded case with some great features!"
SuperFlower SF-561T2 Review @ Madshrimps

" Even for an aged CPU like mine that tends to run quite hot these days, it was tamed by the Volcano 11+. The speed controller is a feature that many companies are adding to their products but Thermaltake has taken that concept one step further with two different options for manual speed adjustments and have also included a thermostat for automatic speed adjustments...."
New Review @ 3dXtreme

“I have a fun product to review today, have you ever been sitting at your computer for hours and uncofortable as hell, or had a hard day at work and just want to relax? If so, I have a cool new product that you will not want to live without. “
USB Massage Ball @ CyberCPU

“Fast forward to the second half of 2003. Lake Bluff, Ill.-based BFG Technologies, Inc. announces that the Boomslang is back...for real this time. You know BFG as the folks who produce the Asylum line of NVIDIA- based video cards. "
BFG's pro-level gaming mouse @ EnvyNews

"Geekshelter has officially launched. It is now divided into three websites: Geeklyreview, Geekreports, and Geeknowledge.All of which will help you in the world of technology, either by informing, educating, or keeping you alert. Hope you enjoy the new sites, and our progressing company."
Getting Geeky @ GeekShelter