Razor 4870 water block brings overclocking frenzy

A NEW waterblock for the HD 4870 has made it onto Bjorn3D, the XSPC Razor 4870 Full Coverage Water Block. The slab of copper only fits reference HD 4870s but that should suffice for your overclocking frenzy, it says.

The Asus S121 is on review at Thrusting Reviews. This new netbook brings a bit of quality to the materials used in the usual netbook builds. No more plasticky bits...

T'ink Computers finds the idea of custom-designed USB drives very appealing, so much that Bob ordered a couple from PromoLocker and found that not only are they cool, but they perform to his needs.

Hardware Canucks is testing the DFI LANParty UT X58-T3eH8 LGA1366 motherboard. It's an enthusiast board, as most X58 are, but built with the extreme overclocker in mind.

PC Perps is looking at the Asus VW266H, a budget 25.5-inch LCD panel which costs just $320. It offers 1920x1200 resolution and a plethora of video inputs. Should find a place in your living room.

Ninja Lane has a ThermalTake Element S case on review. If you're like us and don't like the big fan vents all over the place, you should know all the fans are there, you just don't see them.

Legit Reviews is testing the powerful Cooler Master V10 CPU cooler. It obliterates the competition, but it also weighs a metric ton and costs a gazillion pieces of gold. For the connoisseur, it seems.

Laptop Mag has a 14-inch Asus N81VP-C1 lappie. This reasonably priced notebook zooms past the competition but has some very poor battery life, says Jeffrey.

Tweak Toons is looking into the use of DDR3 and DDR2 on the AMD Phenom II processor. Like some other sites, Cameron has noted that DDR3-1333 and DDR2-1066 have barely any difference in performance... for shame.

Hexus is measuring up the value of the XFX Radeon HD 4850 XXX. The card costs just £125, but is very non-reference, with a dual-slot cooler that vents the heat out the back of your case. Great overclocker and fairly cheap, it seems.

Future Looks has a new Asus sound card, the Xonar Essence STX Headphone AMP soundcard. Built for headphone manics, you can manually adjust the impedance to suit your headphones. Pretty unique.

Gaming is one thing, photo-editing is another. Extremetech is looking at what hardware is best suited for Photoshoppery.

Today there's little difference between a TV and an LCD panel. Digital Versus is looking at lots of different LCD-TVs, a whole bunch of them actually. Great for that HTPC you were thinking about.

Computer Shopper is reviewing Gateway's bid to laptop gaming glory: the Gateway P-7808u FX. Sarah says it's the best gaming laptop she's tested, south of $2000. Looks good. µ