Geeks rip Corsair padlock apart

HIPER RECENTLY ENTERED the world of case manufacturing, and its first case just got reviewed over at Benchmark Reviews. This case has somewhat sharp design and relying on highest quality materials to dissipate heat as efficiently as possible.

XSReviews came up with a preview of MSI X38 motherboard. This design is not finished and there are some things to finalize on the motherboard, but there is little doubt that MSI wants to get this one fast out the door. Then again, we heard that some companies are willing to wait with their real products until the "golden sampled" chips (X48) reach their manufacturing facilities in decent quantity.

Erin Kandel from ComputerShopper.com came up with a hands-on video on upgrading the Asus C90S notebook. Asus released this one for "easy upgrading", and judging by the video, that is something we can agree on. Still, a lot of notebooks on market are perfectly easy to upgrade, especially the memory and hard drive parts.

Legit Reviews published their take on Blue Ant Z9, a bluetooth headset. This headset is one of the smallest on the market, but with dual microphones and on-board DSP chip, manufacturer claims that they can achieve cancellation of noise, static and echo. See what was LR impression here.

NAS was a hot subject couple of days ago, and now time has come for a review of yet another NAS system, this time from QNAP. TS-109Pro is a single-drive device, so personally I am not too thrilled about it, but if you want more advanced case for HDD, you might consider this one. It sports 500 MHz CPU and 128MB of DDR2 memory for sharing and storing files, so performance is not an issue. Then again, all comes at a price, right...

Keeping it real in the world of storage, Bigbruin published a review of Corsair Flash Padlock drive, 2GB in size. While the idea was rather good, plasticky case was its weakest point, since it would only take a few minutes and basical knowledge in electrics - and the lock would be bypassed. Personally, if Corsair wants to address the premium market with innovative features, company should not scrounge on couple of cents and create something so easy to crack wide open. Premium market - premium price - therefore, premium quality.

Guru of 3D published his typically detailed review of HiS Radeon HD2900 Pro 512MB, so if you want to see what can sell for 249 dollars these days, you might want to check this one. Then again, you just might want to hold out until November 19th.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/review/463/

OCC took a look in one price range down, with a review of Power Color HD2600 Pro 512MB. We're surprised to see them quoting the RyderMark scores, but it seems that this non-existent benchmark just might start to exist in the world of 3D benchmarking.

Silence is a premium, and AcoustiProducts is all about manufacturing silent cases. TechGage brings the review of AcoustiCase 340.

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