MicroATX X58 board reviewed

SHRINKING AN X58 chipset plus X-Fi chip and Crossfire/SLI into a microATX format is quite a feat. The guys at Asus have done it quite well, it seems, with their ROG Rampage II Gene X58 mobo. Apparently it's a massive overclocker, just to put some icing on the cake. Overclock 3D has it.

The Firing Squad is testing Sapphire's enfant terrible, the Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4. Brandon says the GDDR4 accounts for a free 10% boost in performance with the card, and the price remains sub-$100.

Big Bruin is reviewing Sparkle's Geforce 9800GTX+ graphics card. The card looks pretty cool dressed up with a white cooler and doesn't cost much compared similar cards. It's also very quiet...

Trusted Reviews has a new netbook from HP. The Compaq Mini 700 is a 10.2-incher with a decent keyboard but where the specs fall short of the price tag.

It's been a long time since Shuttle products got coverage, to be honest. Well Think Computers has a Shuttle XPC Prima SX38P2 barebones, ideal for your Core 2 Quad setup.

If you're in need of some secure external storage, you can go to Surf Bits and take a look at the G-Safe Storage Solution, a solid RAID 1 enclosure with Firewire 800, 400 and USB 2.0 connectivity.

AMD's Maui platform is under the watchful eye of Lawrence and Mike at SPCR. Maui is AMD's solution for HTPC computing and the good news is that this one integrates the amp into the system.

Supermicro's Superworkstation 5046A-XB barebones system is being reviewed at Tom's Hardware Store. It's quiet, its powerful and you can stick in up to eight HDDs.

Phonescoop got their hands on the Pantech Matrix Pro smartphone. If you prefer minute keyboards to touchscreen typing, this might be the way to go.

PC Perps has a Thermaltake SpinQ CPU cooler venting some air on their CPUs. The cooler's turbine-like design works well but isn't suited for the extreme enthusiast.

Lenovo's IdeaPad Y650 16-inch notebook presents itself as a very competent performer with some interesting specs. The resolution on the screen is utter rubbish, though... 1366x768 pixels.

TechARP is analyzing Microsoft's Windows Experience Index under Windows 7. The benchmark now will score your PC up to 7.9 points and will use a variety of new tests to figure it out.

Laptop Mag is testing MSI's GT627 gaming notebook. Actually it's a cheap gaming notebook that gives you the chance to play while you're away from your desktop.

Hardware Secrets has a spec list of all of Nvidia's GPU since the Geforce 4 MX 440 up to and including the GTX 295. It's a good look-up reference table.

The Hardware Canucks tested Patriot's Warp v2 128GB SSD. A few quirks take away its glory, but it's still very well priced and performs well.

Legit Reviews is facing-off a couple of GTX 285 from PNY and XFX. Chris was well impressed with the developments in power consumption as well as giving its predecessors a sound beating. µ