Robot from outer space keeps its cool

OCZ HAS ONCE again put up a nice piece of engineering with the introduction of the PC2-8000 Titanium Alpha VX2, mentions rbmods.com. The module is specially tailored for extreme overclockers as it allows even more stable performance at higher clock rates than the stock frequency of 1000MHz. Being a DDR2 technology, the added latency can be actually reduced further thanks to an effective heat-spreader that will bring any excessive heat within norms. When put to the tests, the memory outperforms easily other brands even in a single channel configuration.

ASUS does not always mean serious business and for once, you will get something like the M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless Edition as reported by bjorn3d.com. Based on the new nForce5 chipset from Nvidia, the board is geared towards AMD CPU and will accept any socket AM2 Athlon 64 or Sempron type processors. Memory speed goes up to 800MHz and as the chipset is from Nvidia, support for SLI technology is implied. The interesting thing about the board is the array of added functionality that ASUS added to an already effective design: Dual GbE LAN, integrated WiFi card, dual RAID system with SATA on-the-Go among the latest technologies.

Standing on its four claws, the Cooler Master Hyper TX resembles a freaking robot from outer-space. The cooler owes its futuristic physiognomy to an efficient layout of the heatsink which is arranged vertically. The cumbersome becomes the handsome and this new stature will surely provoke jealousy and even clones. Performance-wise, Cooler Master Hyper TX does the job adequately and this is courtesy of U-type structures that populate the base. Comparative tests on sysopt.com play well in favour of Cooler Master, with reported noise level of 25dB for an advertised price of $45.

The all new Leadtek Winfast PX7900GS TDH 256MBk encompasses everything you want from an Nvidia based graphic card, according to bit-tech.net. The board is well designed, the main difference from previous versions being a better fan and heatsink that most of the time is actually inactive. The 256MB might seems small at times but the performance that this card offers together with an attractive price and warranty/support gives it a good chance of doing well at thanksgiving sales. The card is particularly well suited for overclocking and should be favoured by gamers.

Pcstats.com covers the latest Samsung SPP-2040 Colour photo printer. When one has to choose a photo printer to buy, the first thing on the wish list are long lasting cartridges, high quality print-outs and low cost consumables. Samsung adds even more goodies to this with on-board picture manipulation tools and an optional but very convenient wireless USB dongle that allows PC interaction remotely. It also features a wide range of memory storage interface with almost all types of cards supported.

Samsung delivers yet another great product with the introduction of the MCAQE32G5MPP-0XA, a 32GB Flash Drive, reports tomshardware.com. Without any moving parts and with less than a Watt of power consumption, Samsung has given proof that very high capacity flash memory could be place into new market areas, one which is still a stronghold for the older platter based hard-disk technology. The performance of the flash "disk" is impressive: think about booting XP right away, with little to no slack time. µ