MSI's Bearlake motherboard previewed

FOR STARTERS, I wish to apologise for not making a direct L'INQ to a translated article containing a review of 105 PSUs yesterday, since the article was in French.

Even worse, both Google and AltaVista's translation proved rather ill-fated, so we were baffled to see power supplies mixed with food. However, 105 is still a really big number, so you can check translated articles here.

To get back to the regular programme, we kick off the roundup with a review of TallyGenicom 9330DN, over at BIOS Magazine. I remember this brand of printers even from the old days of Mannesmann Tally, when yours truly had a chance to take a Mannesmann D2 Mercedes-Benz C-Klass DTM for couple of laps at olde Hockenheim, before castrator Hermann Tilke created a karting track. Anyways, printer proved to be quite an interesting one...dual-sided printing is always a welcomed feature.

HardwareLogic tested Gigabyte's case. As it is the case with non-core products such as motherboards, newly appointed Peugeot distributor branded this one "3D Aurora", with added mark 570. Head over and check what happened with Gigabyte's latest offering.

And to be able to put something in that case, TweakTown reviewed DFI's UT SLI-T2R motherboard. This baby is based on Nvidia's nForce 680i LT chipset - yeah, one with a fixed revision of Northbridge.

TechReport dug into nForce 650i chipset, testing Abit's Fatal1ty FP-IN9 and MSI's P6N SLI Platinum. Interesting value propositions, to say the least. Favourite leaking web site, OCWorkBench.com tested Jetway's HI02GE nForce 680i SLI motherboard. Like we said previously, Designed by Nvidia.

To stay in motherboard world, HardwareSecrets unpacked MSI's P35 Platinum D3, a product supporting DDR3 memory up to 1.33 GHz. Due to NDA of idiotic type, this "review" was nothing more but a picture fest, but still - good look into the world of motherboards for fall of 2007.

HardOCP tested Thermaltake's Toughpower 1200W power supply. This badass PSU packs some serious power, as Kylie's team found out.

SysOpt tested Seagate Momentus 7200.2 with 160GB capacity. This scorching fast 2.5" notebook leaves no room for wonder - is as fast as desktop drives were in 2005, at least that's what SysOpt guys think. Head over there and see what you will be ordering for your next notebook, unless you opt for Solid State one.

Crucial produced an impressive $200 memory kit, at least that is what folk from TechGage saw. Overclocking the memory to 1.2 GHz is a non-issue these days, provided that you have a stable motherboard and a good PSU. But, main issue is the price, which this Ballistix Tracer kit passes with flying colours. So far, Crucial and Kingston lead the way in Value for Money segment.

Pro-Clockers tested a series of graphics cards from Zotac. Zotac is new daughter company of PC-Partner, world's graphics card manufacturing gigant. Just like Sapphire covers ATI graphics chips, Zotac will address Nvidia's market.

For the end, we would advise you to take a look into two opinions, editorial from TechARP about upcoming R600 and TweakTown's downfall of AMD. These guys missed a point or two, but they present a relatively light read. Oddly enough, nobody talks about K10.

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