Asrock P35 mobo gets on steroids

ASROCK CONTINUES ITS PARADE of mobos that would freak out Frankenstein, this time landing straight into Xbit’s lab. It’s called the 4Core1600P35-WiFi+, and as you’ve figured it’s a P35 mobo that does a little bit more than vanilla P35 mobos. It supports 1600MHz FSB and DDR3 (and DDR2, actually). It isn’t an enthusiast mobo, by any means, but as usual with Asrock, it gives you plenty of upgrade options if you’re still stuck with DDR2 and a slower CPU. Interesting stuff.

Guru3D knows that the right power supply is fundamental for your graphics-intensive gaming and computing, so they’ve been fiddling about with the Hiper Type-R MK-II 680W PSU. Hilbert tested things with a pretty power-demanding setup. A highly OC’d Q6600 on an eVGA 750i SLI FTW mobo plus a 9800GX2. Hilbert just didn’t say it was perfect on account of the PSU drawing 45W while the computer was powered down(!). That plain sucks. Find out the details here.

At XSReviews, we can find an odd piece of useful hardware (especially if you’re playing around with power settings and don’t have a UPS installed). It’s called the Spire PowerFuse SP162, and works as a circuit breaker in your PCIe power circuit, between the PSU and VGA card. Essentially it’ll save you from frying your card in case of the power peaking. It cuts power ripples by 50%, according to the tests. Unfortunately it’s a fire and forget affair. If it blows, you have to buy a new one, you can’t replace the fuse. Read it here.

Nokia’s Internet Tablets have come into their 3rd incarnation with the launch of the Nokia N810. MobileTechReview gave a gander at its updated features. First off, it’s running OS2008 – a Debian Linux port with the Gnome desktop manager and Nokia’s own UI. Considering it’s got every feature under the sun at a decent 800x480 resolution and is quite cheaper than some other MID devices out there (or some Nokia phones, for that matter), you might want to look at it too.

Madshrimps tries out some exotic cooling on Intel’s Q9300. The quad-core, a prime candidate for overclocking revealed some “flaws” of Intel design: the FSB tops out at 500MHz (approximately) – there’s a delicate voltage/FSB balance to be achieved, ‘cos if you up the voltage then you’ll hit a dead end, very fast, in the FSB department. Just to show that Quads aren’t the greatest of overclockers (although, granted, 500MHz FSB is a big OC already). Read about the experience here.

Small Net Builder got their mitts on the HP mv5150 Media Vault Pro NAS system. It’s similar to the one we mentioned some days ago, but it’s a more complete comparison, as SNB has tested a lot of this type of devices before. Craig thinks HP is trying to cater to two different markets, SMBs and home users. Oh. It supports Active Directory, which gives it a better business profile, but the lack of some features are keeping its head under water. Find the NAS here.

If you’re a frequent traveller, you are probably well acquainted with Targus. Targus is in the accessory business, mobile accessories in fact, and Think Computers picked up one of their products to put it through its paces – the APS03US Travel Power Outlet. Now we all know power outlets are a fickle thing, but Targus seems to be onto something here, as they’ve slimmed it down to something very easy to pack and travel. Read it here. µ