External power supply tested

WE HAVE SEEN a ton of reviews of power supplies, but this time Bit Tech showed up with an review of an external power supply, named the Nesteq Nova 600W. This concept shows a lot of potential but, sadly for Nesteq, this one failed to make the grade.

If you are not bored with power supplies, Au-Ja.de is a German web site that just published a review of nine different models, including our usual suspects. The original text in German is here, and a Gurgle translation is here.

Some Kanucks decided to cool themselves off with a Koolance CPU-330 CPU water-block. The lads compared the expensive block against quite a few coolers but the results ended up in less-than-flattering comments.

XSReviews published a review of the NZXT Hush case, a product from a relatively young company. XS also reviewed MSI's P6N Diamond, one of first motherboards based on Nforce 680i chipset. In this revamped edition, this board is still one of best non-reference designs you can buy.

Since summer is a very good time of year for fun and joy, we're not surprised to see a lot of giveaways happening on different web-sites. This time around, Bjorn3D is giving away XFX 8800GTS 320MB graphics card bundled with Lost Planet, interesting Xbox 360 conversion.

ComputerShopper started a five-part video tutorial on creating one powerful machine for around 900 dollars if you live in the US, that is.

PC Perspective came up with a review of a Gigabyte motherboard based on now 15 month-old Nforce 570 SLI chipset. Hardware Logic stayed in tune with the brand, but this time it was a review of Intel-based motherboard - P35C-DS3R.

LegitReviews wrote up a review of BlueAnt Supertooth Light Speakerphone, interestingly-named car speakerphone that uses Bluetooth data protocol.

Legion Hardware tested Thermaltake's TMG ND4, a new cooler for Geforce 8800GTX/8800Ultra graphics cards. This one showed quite an impressive performance increase over previous generation.

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