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Written by Mikhail Ivanenkov   
Tuesday, 03 July 2007

Thermaltake Soprano DX case case at HEXUS:

A magnetic catch stops the door opening of its own accord and there's also an L-shaped mechanical latch mounted on the door. The latch is part of a clever dual-locking mechanism. As you can see below, the door has single lock but this has two functions, well, three, actually. Turn it one way and the front door opens. Turn it the other and the fascia swings away with the door. That reveals the front of the case proper and gives access to the external drive bays and the fan filter. Crafty or what?


More letters at Dan's Data:

It's exceedingly difficult to make a mic that can accurately capture those very high frequencies, since the length of the sound waves starts to match up with the size of various components and apertures in the mic. Since only audiophile nuts care, there's very little reason to compromise other elements of a mic design (including purchase price...) to push the treble that little bit further. Especially when you can just print "2Hz-40kHz" on the packaging of a 40Hz-14kHz mic and achieve very nearly the same effect.


Abit AN-M2D motherboard at XSReviews:

As I’ve said before, the labelled front panel connectors made that part easier and it worked first time. To make it easier in the future, abit provide a sticker which you can put anywhere in your case detailing the layout of the front panel connectors and where the all important CMOS jumper lies. Everything is labelled and made easy for anyone who is a little unsure as to where all the cables go.


ICY DOCK MB448UR Removable HDD Rack at Virtual-Hideout:

What we have here is a two piece unit, with one of the pieces being the removable tray and the other being a Receiving frame, which is secured into a 3.5" drive bay. The overall construction is aluminum and plastic to keep things on the light side. The front of the MB448U is where the two-piece action is happening. In the middle is the tray which holds the hard drive, and this tray is ejected by pushing in the tray, which locks or unlocks the tray from the receiving frame. On the right side is a sliding lock to prevent accidental removal of the tray.


Art.Lebedev Optimus Mini Three Keyboard at Pro-Clockers:

The Optimus Mini functions through a program called Configurator from ArtLebedev.com. This program allows users to assign various actions to each of the three available keys. Furthermore, you can instantly switch between six different key layouts by holding down the Ctrl, Shift, Alt-Shift, or Ctrl+Shift keys on your larger keyboard. Some of the bundled hotkey options for the Optimus Mini include options for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Outlook Express, and Windows Media Player, to name a few. It also has options that support Mac OSX functions like Mail and iTunes.


Xilence X1 gaming case at Bit-tech:

The sliding panel itself isn't remarkably interesting either and the mesh which covers the hydraulic door, while possibly intending to look minimalist and cool, comes across as bland and cheap. The hydraulics also fight back against every attempt to open the hatch too, so that pushing it down to lock in place requires a fair bit of strength and makes a fair bit of noise as the mesh grates against the casing.


Logitech X-540 Speakers at InsideHW:

Aforementioned subwoofer has one 5.25“ loudspeaker, predominantly to maintain compact system dimensions, given that Logitech has always preferred huge subwoofer units being capable to move the furniture. Also characteristic for X-540 is the fact that it is one of few, if not first, involved in problems related to positioning central satellite on TFT monitor. Given that the satellites are very light, rate of the laid central satellite can be converted by rotation in certain sort of clip which will be pretty stable attached to the top of TFT monitor. Logitech foreseen this very well, so interior is set in the manner there is no fear from scratching plastics, both on the satellite or TFT edge. Stands of other satellites can be turned into classical wall mount, with possibility of putting moderate dimension subwoofer somewhere where it would not incommode too much. All necessary controls are in separate command module connected to subwoofer with cable. Actually, there is not too much of them: volume control, bass control and turning on „Matrix“ playing mode.


Zotac GeForce 8800GTX AMP! Edition video card at TweakTown:

The biggest let down is the package. The inclusion of component cables is nice but it would have been good to see a game included as well. Though as mentioned earlier, there’s probably a good reason for this. Given the company has only officially launched earlier this year, it’s likely they haven’t been able to strike a deal up with the game manufacturers as yet. On the other hand, the card is clocked at the same speeds as the 8800GTX XXX edition from XFX, so the lack of any included games and the urge to be priced aggressively to compete in the market means that this could be a great alternative.


Cooler Master GeminII CPU/Motherboard Cooler at Tweaknews:

Along with the various mounting hardware, Cooler Master includes a syringe of thermal paste and a multi-language installation guide. We'll go over the mounting solutions in more detail later, but they look very robust and the guide has clear, illustrated instructions to make installation as painless as possible on any compatible motherboard. (We'll also discuss motherboard compatibility a bit later.)


Thermaltake V1 Heatsink at Hi-Tech Reviews:

The unit we are reviewing today may very well be the most unique heatsink we have ever laid our eyes upon. Of course we are speaking of the Thermaltake V1 Enthusiast CPU Cooler. Looking at this device and you can easily see where the name comes from, now we only have one question left to answer and that is just well does it perform under really life conditions.

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