Cheap kill on a Cybersnipa Stinger

IT SEEMS THE Cybersnipa Stinger mouse, armed with its 3200dpi laser sensor is making an impression at Legion Hardware. Matt thinks it’s the best thing since sliced bread, and sends forth a flurry of compliments about the little mouse. Precise, ergonomic, fully customizable, he’s made it his gaming mouse. All together now… “heaadsshhoottt”.

Bit Tech has two hardware articles today that are worth giving a read. First off, the eeeeeeePC 1000, which is not to be confused with the other dozens of eeeeeePCs bobbing around. This one sports an Atom N270 CPU a 1GB of DDR2 *and*a 40GB SSD. They’ve even added Bluetooth to the lot. Although it is pricier than it’s brothers, Joe thinks it’s a great deal considering the SSD unit. Read about it here.

The second Bit Tech article is an early look at the MSI X58-based Eclipse motherboard. This setup supports a massive 24GB of DDR3 (good luck in buying 4GB DDR3 DIMMs), 10 SATA drives, enough spacing for dual-slot graphics cards and it even has a mysterious “Turbo” button on it… MSI is gabbing it’s powersaving tech is ahead of both Asus and Gigabyte. We’ll have to see it for ourselves… read about this one, here.

Hilbert is making another foray into the world of SSD. He’s tested the Silicon Power 32GB kit, that retails for “just” $350. Like he says, Silicon Power might not be that well known in €uroland, but maybe it’ll catch on. Based on SLC, the Silicon Power kit offers a bit more performance and reliability than the newer, cheaper, MLC. Numbers and eulogy, right here.

In dire need of upgrading your laptop’s wi-fi? Sharky Extreme has a review of the D-Link DWA-652 Xtreme N notebook adapter. It’s a Cardbus erm… card, suitable for older notebooks, so you can upgrade to 802.11n. Vince notices some great performance gains on par with modern notebooks with integrated 802.11n so you won’t be worse off, at all. Read about it here.

There are a gazillion P45-based mobos out there (or at least press samples), and Hardware Logic is the proud recipient of one of them. Mathew’s got a Gigabyte EP-45 Extreme on the bench for you. The EP45-Extreme is chock-full of features, enough to keep everyone busy and playing around for a while. Hybrid cooling keeps the chippery cool, and that comes in handy if you’re a heavy overclocker. Well, see what Mathew has to say.

Linux-lovers Phoronix is testing a Super Micro board that *isn’t* aimed at the workstation/server market. Based on the G45 chipset, Super Micro put out the C2SEA for the desktop. Being a Linux review, there are some pitfalls to be avoided (ICH10 support), but Michael seems to be pretty happy as-is. It’s also the first time we’ve read someone saying (entirely) good things about the X4500HD chip from Intel. He recommends you build a cheap Linux-based HTPC system around this board… Find out why. µ