Cooling gets non-reference

IF YOU'RE INTO mean looking graphics cards, Legit Reviews has an Asus Matrix HD4870 512MB. Matrix-class hardware belongs in the enthusiast segment, so it's worth a look.

Xbit Labs is fiddling with an Intel Core i7 920. This is a rewriting of the overclocking book, so this is a bit of exploratory surgery.

The Imac-like HP Touschsmart IQ526 22-inch all-in-one PC is being reviewed at About.com. We dropped this one in because we haven't seen many around.

Guru 3D is testing out some new Corsair Dominator 3x2GB DDR3-1866 memory on their brand spanking new test rig. Very pricey stuff.

Dell and its S2309W 23-inch LCD screen are on review at The Tech Lounge. You know what? It draws less than a third of the power than our resident HP 2408W.

Nvidia's trying to enact an HTPC revolution, according to Tech Gage's hands-on with the Ion platform.

Small Net Builder has an USB KVM switch from ATEN, the CS661. This'll get you remote desktop access between a couple of Windows machines.

XS Reviews is... err... reviewing the Steel Series WoW mouse. The marketing concept seems a bit better than pitching products with gamer names.

Hexus has a guide to blow £250-£400 on a graphics card. This article is more of a face off of two different cards a Zotac GTX 295 and a Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Chile Hardware has a review of the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus (Googlenglish). The "Plus" adds FireWire to the formula, complementing the puny USB 2.0 interface.

Anandtech also got into some Core i7 overclocking, again with the same results as Xbit. They too are rewriting the book.

Gateway is having its UC7807U laptop reviewed by the very thorough people at Laptop Mag. It's a thin-and-light lappie for a low cost.

Hardware Canucks is testing Thermalright's Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT CPU cooler. Yes, it's the Core i7 version of the company's top performing CPU cooler. µ