Monday News, July 4th 2011

The latest PlayON!HD 2 FullHD Network Media Player by A.C.Ryan is the way to go for anyone out to buy an medium sized unit with a list of impressive features such as USB 3.0 to PC connection, 3.5inch EZ Drive tray, card reader, support for almost every available media format and the most user friendly GUI in the market.


With only a few days left before our In-Win Joint Contest comes to an end we decided to bring yet another lucky giveaway to all of you this time in cooperation with the boys and girls over at A.C.Ryan so head on inside and who knows you may walk away with their latest PlayON!HD 2 1TB FullHD Network Media Player.


Z68 has been on the market for quite some time, but not everyone is keen to jump onto the new platform due to its price and somewhat unneeded features. Obviously a lot of users will make use of the fantastic features that it has to offer, but others feel that paying for functionality that they don't want or need is a pointless exercise. For those users, the H67 based boards are still being stocked at retailers and are available to purchase for those in mind wanting a no frills option that makes full use of Sandybridge without the need for overclocking. Today sees us taking a look at the Foxconn H67A-S motherboard which falls directly within that category of users to see how it performs in terms of the on-board graphics that Sandybridge offers through this platform.


Case, Power and Peripherals






The game's main focus is as always trying to destroy whoever is in charge, which starts off with our power hungry friend from the original Portal game. As time ticks on, she soon becomes your alliance and you end up battling against the new taskmaster; Wheatley, played by British genius Stephen Merchant. You may know Stephen as the co-writer and co-director of popular sitcom; The Office. As of late he has always been signed up for the Barclays banking adverts which spouts a lot of humour which thankfully is included in Portal 2.


When Asus put time and effort into creating a modified, custom cooled graphics card the world sits up and takes notice, especially when it is based around Nvidia’s stunning GTX 580. Today we are looking at the new GTX 580 Matrix Platinum 1.5GB, which gets the special Republic Of Gamers treatment.


A definite plus in the SSD arena these days is the range of configurations available to meet consumer needs. Corsair was one of the first to jump in with its Performance 3 series which is now followed by the Force 3 for those seeking the power of a 'SandForce Driven' SSD minus the cost premium seen in enthusiast SSDs such as the Force 3 GT. Today we will be reviewing the Corsair' Force Series 3 6Gbps 120GB SSD.