Upgradable AMD board get top marks

OVERCLOCKER Cafe explores the A-Top Xplode gladiator case. It has a quality built with lots of room for expansion and a mesh screen as side window. Also included in the bill is a 450w X-Blade LED PSU. All for a meagre $100. Xtremeresources on the other hand tests the A-Top Xplode version, without the Gladiator bit. Turns out they are pretty much similar, with an additiohnal ambien temperature gauge.

Our dear Spodesabode presents is with a massive 13 graphic cards review divided into two categories - PCI-e and AGP. They even included a Radeon 9800 Pro and give you a 3DMark 2005 pound per mark benchmark. Useful.

Digitlife reviews the Asrock K8Upgrade-760GX, a socket754 board that should be high on your list should you want to upgrade to a socket 939. It allows a socket939 daughterboard to be plugged into a proprietary socket. Even if you are not intending to upgrade, its price and sheer functions makes it a good entry level choice.

Bytesector sends us a test of the ATI TV Wonder Elite Tuner card which comes with the latest Threatre 550 Pro video processor. For a change the TV tuner has been developped in house. The card is small and lovable but not cheap.

The Zyxel Prestige 2602HW ADSL VOiP gets its chance at Trustedreviews. On top of being a fully fledged ADSL router complete with WAP capabilities and security features, it also allows you to do VOIP calls as well.

Belfian website Madshrimp reviews the Corsair Xpert TwinXP1024-3200XL which comes with LED display as well as one of the better thermal dissipators on the market. They test it both on AMD and Intel platforms, in normal and overclocked versions.

Beyond3D just tested the Abit RX700 Pro-256PCIE Radeon card featuring the X700 Pro chipset and finds it particularly strange that Abit has included more expensive 1.6ns DDR3 memory rather than the 2.0ns ones. µ