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Tsunami Ultimate II 3500 12th Mar - Cases
While we're reviewed some pretty expensive and feature heavy hard drive enclosures and NAS drives in recent weeks here at XSR, not everyone wants something so complicated and all encompassing. What of those that want ...
Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB 9th Mar - Graphics cards
In recent weeks, ATI has continued to roll out its “Evergreen” Radeon HD 5 series range of DirectX 11 graphics cards. The Nvidia v. ATI rivalry that has existed in previous GPU ranges has been a non-starter with ATI ...
Steelseries Xai 8th Mar
There's no denying the value of a good gaming mouse. Laser technology has taken the optical sensor ...
Noctua NH-D14 and C12P-SE14 5th Mar
While many companies during the recession decided to diversify their business to stay afloat, one ...
Coolermaster Hyper 101 3rd Mar
Coolermaster produce a lot of different products, from massively high end cases to low end budget ...
Latest Articles
When Whoopty Met Coolermaster 22nd Jan - Events
Today was an interesting day. Not only did I get to check out some of the latest products from one of our fine sponsors, but I also got to meet the two members of the UK Pr arm of Coolermaster, Mingkei and Marloes.
Plasma vs LCD 20th Nov - Hardware
In a world where television is much more than a mere entertainer, where bulky CRT TVs which we once thought to be the best things on earth are on the verge of extinction, there seems to be a eternal battle that's waging ...
News
This is just a quick announcement that the XSR servers will be going through some upgrades in the next couple of days. This means backing up literally everything so please bear with us while we do that. This does unfortunately mean that any new content posted would be deleted when the move comes, so we won't be adding any until the upgrade is completed. Keep your eyes peeled and here's a faster, smoother site.
Read full news article: XSReviews Server Upgrade [external link]
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CPU COOLERS
- Coolink Corator DS Gapless Direct Touch by Legit Reviews @ 14:54 GMT
- ProlimaTech Armageddon by Benchmark Reviews @ 15:04 GMT
- Gelid Tranquillo by Hardware Canucks @ 15:04 GMT
CPUS
- Core i7 980X by Mad Shrimps @ 14:57 GMT
CASES
- GMC H-80 by Overclockers Club @ 14:57 GMT
- NZXT Hades by Futurelooks @ 15:03 GMT
- NZXT Hades by RBmods @ 15:10 GMT
DRIVES
- Seagate BlackArmor PS110 500GB by Big Bruin @ 14:55 GMT
- LITE-ON iHOS104-08 by Techwarelabs @ 14:55 GMT
GRAPHICS CARDS
- XFX Radeon HD 5670 1GB by Overclock 3D @ 14:56 GMT
- HIS Radeon HD 5770 1GB by TweakTown @ 15:02 GMT
HEADSETS
- Sennheiser HD800 by TechPowerUp @ 15:09 GMT
MOTHERBOARDS
- Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Ultra by NinjaLane @ 14:56 GMT
- Asus M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 by OverclockersHQ @ 15:09 GMT
- etway XBlue H55 1156 by Pro-clockers @ 15:11 GMT
OTHER PRODUCTS
- Zaward Vapor 120 by Overclockers Online @ 15:08 GMT
- Arctic Sound E361-BM by Techgage @ 15:09 GMT
- OtterBox iPhone 3G by PCShopTalk @ 15:10 GMT
- Arctic Cooling Arctic Sound E361-BM by AseLabs @ 15:11 GMT
POWER SUPPLY UNITS
- Antec CP-850 850W by Think Computers @ 15:03 GMT
RAM
- Kingston & Mushkin: High-speed DDR3 by InsideHW @ 15:09 GMT
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Following on from the remake of the Secret of Monkey Island, the first game in the series initially released in 1993, LucastArts have today announced that as of Summer this year, they will be re-releasing the second game in the series, LeChuck's Revenge in a special edition, graphical updated version.
Read more: Monkey Island 2 to get Special Edition [more available]
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Co-Founder of the torrent search and often controversial website, The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde has conducted an interview saying that while he does have some pretty hefty charges weighed against him, he's not letting them get him down. He also compared Piracy to Sugar, and speaks about courting a Google Executive.
Read more: Pirate Bay Founder Compares Piracy to Sugar [more available]
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During 2009, online cybercrime apparently hit an all new high, with "revenue" from the practice totalling a massive $560m (£371m) in 2009 which is way up from $265m (£176m) in 2008. This information was recently unveiled in the annual report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Read more: US Cybercrime Peaks [more available]
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"New in from Energy Sistems 7″ LCD TV with DVB-T recorder and rechargeable battery built-in. Record to external devices (pen drives, hard disks) and plays DivX videos, JPEG photos, MP3/WMA music through the USB port and card reader. Includes carry case adjustable to fit the car headrest"Read more: Glopipe: Energy Sistem Portable Media Player [more available]
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The Financial Times has stated that they believe Google has a 99.9% change of pulling out of China over the censorship and hacking fiasco that has taken place over the past few months. This is right off the back of China saying that there would be a crackdown on the company if it didn't censor its search results.
Read more: Google Will Probably Pull out of China [more available]
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While Blu-Ray is planned as the next step for many looking to upgrade their entertainment centre, the price of the hardware and perhaps more so the films themselves is whats holding people back from making that purchase. Now Target has unveiled its pricing on a line of players that will see the price drop to around $70.
Read more: Pick up Blu Ray Player for $70 [more available]
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American developer Creat has announced their next project is almost ready for release, and its known as Wakeboard HD. Its priced at €14.99, the PlayStation 3 download and its "20 high-speed, water-filled, arcade levels" and is set for release in Europe on March 18, then North America on March 25.
Read more: Wakeboard HD Coming to PS3 [more available]
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The FCC organisation in the US has announced that it wants to roll out 100MBps broadband across the country, making it accessible to 100 million people. Also referring to devices like Google's Powermeter to "track and manage real-time [home] energy consumption."
Read more: FCC to Push 100Mbps Broadband Nationwide [more available]
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