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IP Konfig has got hold of a Zalman Theatre 6.5.1 system, and puts it through its paces in a review, here.

RB Mods looks at an IDE adaptor that will plug into a USB port for those cases when you can't be bothered opening boxes and damaging your fingernails, painted or not. That's here.

Here's a review of a Bluetooth headset from Blue Take.

German site TuningTotal.de reviews the Aerocool AeroEngine Junior Gamer case, here.

Beyond 3D reviews an ATI Radeon X800 XT, which uses PCI Express, today.

OCW reviews the Epox 8RDA6+Pro NF2 Ultra 400+ Gigabit MC mainboard which not only has a heap of features but also one of the longest cognomens in the industry. Read that review, here.

The News of the Screws (Bit-Tech) looks at Nvidia's SLID technology here, and takes the SLID off it.

Driver Heaven reviews the Terratec Aureon Universe 7.1, here. What is it? It's a PCI card using Via Envy so gives Surround Sound at an ear numbing 24-bits.

RojakPot has upgraded its Definitive BIOS Optimisation guide and you can dip into that pot by pointing your browser here.

Short Media reviews the Gigabyte K8NSnXP-939, which as its name suggests is a Socket 939 motherboard.

The Mad Shrimps and Shrimpettes test a stack of different CD ROM players in a page which starts here.

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