ASUS Cine5 Speaker and Xonar D2X Sound Card Review @ OCIA

Today we are reviewing the Asus Cine5 sound bar in combination with Asus' older Xonar D2X 7.1 channel sound card. The Cine5 is a compact speaker designed to simulate 5.1 channel sounds with just one front unit. While there are a few similar devices out there, the major advantage of the Cine5 is that it doesn't require any calibration or adjustment.

Case, Cooling and Peripherals

World-Exclusive: BitFenix Colossus Case @ techPowerUp .:. The Cooler Master HAF-X Full Tower Case Review @ Hi Tech Legion .:. Thermolab BADA 2010 CPU Cooler Review @ BCCHardware .:. Wicked Lasers Spyder III Arctic Blue Laser @ TechwareLabs .:. Urbanears Medis Headset / Earphones @ BCCHardware .:. ASUS SBC-06D1S-U External Slim Blu-ray Combo Drive Review @ ThinkComputers .:. Coolermaster Inferno Gaming Mouse @ Pro-Clockers

Interviews and Editorials

Weekly Tech Update Podcast #64 - $1000 Tablets to kill Laptops? @ BCCHardware .:. Desktop PC Platform - Saved By Overclocking @ Benchmark Reviews .:. Alan Johnson CryoPC Interview @ XSReviews

Today is the day the music died ... no wait, it's the day AMD dropped the ATI monicker. A shame, but as long as they keep making great products, I can deal with it :)

The death of an old friend: ATI @ Elite Bastards

I hate to say it, I really do, but the rumors are true. ATI is no more, AMD is retiring the brand name and will be marketing all the new cards they put out under the AMD Radeon logo as of today August 30th, 2010. Simple enough idea, but it took me a few days before I could fully process the information. It just seemed too surreal, a world without ATI? No more red team? What will the cards be marketed as, AMD? So it'll be green team vs the green team? What about all my buddies at ATI? Fired? Relocated? Shuffled around and reorganized? Most importantly, what about Ruby?

AMD Rebranding - The Death of ATI @ Rage3D

AMD are completing the assimilation of ATI with their next generation Graphics product release, due later this year. This will be first generation without ATI branding, and the introduction of a fully AMD branded product line.

ATI Eyefinity - Ecosystem Update @ Rage3D

New DisplayPort adapters are now available to lower the cost of entry into the immersive world of multi-display gaming. Read about the new self-powered DisplayPort to DVI adapters and their supported resolutions, plus information about the ATI Eyefinity ecosystem.

ATI Eyefinity Ecosystem DisplayPort to Single-Link DVI Adapter @ Hi Tech Legion

Enter the Active DisplayPort to Single-Link DVI Adapter enabling Eyefinity on three DVI displays for both productivity and gaming. There have been solutions that offer similar functionality namely one from Sapphire Technologies, but for the first time the Active DP to Single-link DVI adapter is completely plug and play requiring no additional power source. The Active DP to Single-Link DVI adapter is fully DPCP/HDCP compliant offering flicker free Eyefinity gaming modes up to 1920x1200 per monitor.

AMD Updates Us on Eyefinity & Announces $30 Cable @ Techgage

One of the big hurdles for Eyefinity adopters-to-be has been the expensive "active" DisplayPort adapters required for some setups. Last week, though, AMD let us know that it's been working with companies to help deliver $30 DisplayPort to DVI cables to the market. At the same time, the company also updated us on other Eyefinity happenings.

ByteSized

Seagate GoFlex Desk 3TB External USB Hard Drive Review @ EverythingUSB .:. Genius MaxFire Pandora-Pro USB Mini Gamepad @ Benchmark Reviews .:. How Hard Drive Encryption Works @ Computing on Demand .:. Cooler Master USNA 95: A Powerful and Small Notebook Charger @ InsideHW .:. Nexus FLC-3000 R2 vs. CoolIT ECO A.L.C @ Rbmods

AXLE GeForce GTX 468 Ace 1 GB @ techPowerUp

AXLE's GeForce GTX 460 ACE is the first GTX 460 to come with a triple slot cooling solution, by Arctic Cooling in this case. The card also comes pre-overclocked out of the box which results in a healthy performance boost over the reference design.

Mach Xtreme Armor 1600 MHz CL8 4GB Kit @ techPowerUp

Mach Xtreme is a new player, but their complete line-up of memory, SSDs and their USB 3.0 flash drive made some real waves. We are taking a look at the Armor 1600 MHz CL8 dual channel kit, which comes equipped with Xigmatek heat spreaders. Will its shell withstand our barrage of benchmarks or are we able to chip its armor?

GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 Motherboard @ TechwareLabs

Gigabyte is boasting a full featured motherboard in roughly half the size. I find it hard to believe that they included that much in a board this small. Lets take a look at the H55N-USB3 and see if it really is full featured without any compromises.

Sapphire Mini Projector 101: A Battery-powered Cinema @ InsideHW

The breakthroughs in LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) technology helped create a category of pico projectors. Cameras, mobile phones and similar devices containing a tiny projector have already appeared on the market, but as it usually happens, their price and “child diseases” will make us carry around a separate device for some time. Sapphire Mini Projector 101, for instance…

Case and Cooling

NZXT Hades Case Review @ BURNED iN .:. NZXT Sentry LXE External Fan Controller @ BCCHardware .:. Zalman VF3000N VGA Cooler for Nvidia GT200 Series GPU Review @ Hi Tech Legion .:. Dimastech EasyHard V2.5 Test Bench reviewed @ metku .:. Coolermaster NotePal U3 Laptop Cooler @ Pro-Clockers

Folding Contest @ Hi Tech Legion

Hello everyone Hi Tech Legion is having a Folding Contest for the next 3.5 Weeks. The Contest is not based on Points Produced so everyone will have a chance to win. The Prize will be an EVGA P55 Motherboard.

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