Wireless Touch Pad keyboard reviewed

TWEAKTOWN tests the Asus P5N32-SLI motherboard. It is based on the new nForce 4 Intel edition x16 chipset and builds on the existing Nvidia-Intel SLI Legacy. You do not need SLI selectors on this one and it proves to be a rather exceptional performer especially when overclocked. You also have dual SATA controllers - including one e.SATA port, Firewire and dual GbE. Only cons, which was something expected from Asus, the fact that it is expensive.

This is actually an old review but there's a special reason why I am featuring it here. Actu PC, a French website has reviewed the Keysonic ACK-540 RF which is a wireless keyboard with an integrated touch pad and it is on sale in the UK for around £30. Not the ideal input device for playing but still a much better alternative to a remote control and a separate keyboard. Those who have used a laptop will be at ease with this solution. It uses RF technology and it has a range of 10m, which should be enough for most of us. Anyone has one, write to me.

Another special hardware review. This one from Inventgeek. Not really a review but a really good example of inventiveness and recycling abilities. The reviewer packed 14 hard disk drives and used a 450w PSU to power a RAID5 Attached storage. The drives are Seagate Barracuda 50GB SCSI ones. No need to say that they are powerful enough fo rmost tasks. The overall system is described in details and although some may question the viability of such a project, it is nice to see that some creativity exists out there.

Dan from Dansdata builds a new computer out of brand new pieces after lightning smoked its previous one. He goes in detail through the choice of pieces. Very detailed and quite entertaining unlike some other disguised marketing articles published out there. Dan tells you that Dual Core won't bring much to the user though and we'll tend to believe him. He has changed the looks of his website but the articles are still on one page rather than on 50.

Pentarsys tests the Bluegears X Mixtique 7.1 sound card. Sound cards seem to be considered as less important than PSU those days. Could be because Sound cards are already integrated and their quality is better than ever. Still adding a separate sound card can boost up even games. The Bluegears solution use the CMI 8768+ solution. It is a true 24 bit 8-channel solution with Dolby Digital Live support. The price is cheap and the product certainly solid. Was even considered as more stable than Creative's own Audigy range.

NGOHQ says that the Radeon X1800 is extremely overclocking friendly. They actually did not overclock it to prove their point actually but rather did a four-question interview of the guy who wrote ATI Tool, one of the more useful overclocking ATI software out there. Mentions about voltage mods and collaboration or the lack of it between writers and GPU giants, nice reading. µ