Sunday News 2

With case modding popularity at an all time high lately, companies are producing more and more toys to satisfy even the most hardcore modder. From case windows to fan grills to lights - the choices are endless. Today we are going to concentrate on but one form of modification; adding lighting to your box. In this case (pun intended), we look at the Tweakmonster EL Lightstrip Rev 3.0.

Video cards there are lots of choices out there. You can spend up to $400.00 for the top card out there. Today I am looking at the Albatron nVIDIA TI4680 card. You can get a sub $200.00 card that will out preform the more expensive cards. I was totally impressed, as I think you will be also. Grab your favorite beverage and take a look at this offering from Alabatron

Why would any company put out a product that would make your RAM run at 433MHz, when RAM that runs at 400MHz is not even needed yet? The answer is very simple: Because. The ever popular drive to go faster and to get better performance has been with us since nearly the first computer. Be it the engineers who actually design the computers, or the end users trying to squeeze every last drop of performance out of their new toys; GeIL PC3500 Ultra Platinum 256MB DDR memory is the ideal component in any nForce2 motherboard system.

An interesting little project from OCAU today - a reader has taken an old Colecovision console and turned it into a multimedia PC capable of playing MP3's, DivX's and even DVD's!

One of the first things I noticed about the fan was the spaghetti tubing shrinkwrapped on at the edges. This helps an enormous amount with the appearance and to a small extent tidying up the wiring. If you want a messy or crowded case, then mine serves as an excellent example - see my CCFL fan review for the carnage.

We have a lot of cases pass through the office of all shapes and sizes, but never one as HUGE as this. Thermaltake's third foray into the high end PC case sector takes the already successful and famous Chenning Chassis and customizes it to their own specifications. Ladies and gentlemen we proudly present the Xaser III Super Tower Case.