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XSpice Kira 530w 14th Oct - Power supply units
Another addition to the PSU Roundup which we’re currently going through is the X-Spice Kira CS. This power supply comes in 3 available wattages: 430W, 530W and 630W. We’ll be reviewing the 530W unit, which for today’s ...
Silver Power SP-SS500 10th Oct - Power supply units
Continuing what appears to be "PSU Week" here at XSReviews, we have the Silver Power SP-SS500, a 500w PSU. It's one of the more low output ones that we've reviewed recently, but that shouldn't stop it from taking up the ...
Genius Luxemate 525 9th Oct
Whilst in a game, aside from the ability to accurately shoot your opponent in the face, the ability ...
InWin Commander 750w 7th Oct
In the past, overclockers had a core set of components they needed to focus on to guarantee ...
Zotac 9500GT 6th Oct
Although ATI seem to have taken the throne for high performance graphics cards, there’s still a ...
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M Festival and i34 22nd Aug - Events
The UK isn’t known for massive industry events such as CeBit, but we do hold some fairly large LAN Parties and some small scale events such as the M Festival. This year, the M Festival and the 34th I-Series of LAN ...
Why PC Gaming Will Always Be 13th Aug - Gaming
Although console gaming has undoubtedly grown in size over the last decade, especially with the growth of casual gaming, and the introduction of the much more family friendly Wii console, PCs have remained a constantly ...
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Another addition to the PSU Roundup which we’re currently going through is the X-Spice Kira CS. This power supply comes in 3 available wattages: 430W, 530W and 630W. We’ll be reviewing the 530W unit, which for today’s standards, is quite a low output. Let’s see how it holds up to some of the pricier, higher wattage power supplies.
Read whole review: XSpice Kira 530w
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Well that should be enough GPU reviews for you, and we've even got a nice spread today with nVidia cards alongside the usual flood of 4 series cards from ATI.
CASES
- Apevia X-Qboii Micro ATX by Think Computers @ 12:05 GMT
- Thermaltake V9 by TweakNews @ 12:10 GMT
- NZXT KHAOS by DriverHeaven @ 12:22 GMT
DRIVES
- Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" by TweakTown @ 12:11 GMT
- Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" by TweakTown @ 12:20 GMT
GRAPHICS CARDS
- Palit GeForce 9800 GT Super+ 1GB by Benchmark Reviews @ 12:06 GMT
- MSI N9800GT by Overclockers Club @ 12:09 GMT
- ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra SLI by Legit Reviews @ 12:22 GMT
- PowerColor HD 4870 by Techwarelabs @ 12:26 GMT
- ATI RADEON HD 4670 512MB by Digit-Life @ 12:27 GMT
HEADSETS
- Monster Beats Headphones by Dr. Dre by The TechLounge @ 12:21 GMT
OTHER PRODUCTS
- Asus Eee 1000H by Overclockers Club @ 12:06 GMT
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Black Silicone was developed in the late 90s when researchers are Harvard thought that their funding would be cut, so they postulated some experiments to attempt to find a silicone that was more sensitive to light than the standard one. The newly developed material is 500 times more light sensitive than standard silicone, and should soon become commercially available.
Read more: Black Silicone to be Commercialised [more available]
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Utilising new mediums to spread the word that he is the man for the Presidential Job in America, Senator Obama has taken out adverts in Burnout Paradise. "I can confirm that the Obama campaign has paid for in-game advertising in Burnout," said corporate communications director for publisher EA, Holly Rockwood.
"Like most television, radio and print outlets, we accept advertising from credible political candidates," he added. "Like political spots on the television networks, these ads do not reflect the political policies of EA or the opinions of its development teams."
Read more: Obama Turns up in Burnout Paradise [more available]
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In Q2 2009, nVidia will be releasing their 40nm versions of the GTX 2 series of cards. Apparently they will be renamed slightly, so while the GTX 260 and 280 will remain, the new renditions of them will be the GTX 270 and 290. Performance parts will be between 230 and 250 with the GT prefix. Mid-range parts will have a GS after the game, and 210 and 220 cards occupying the low end.
Read more: Nvidia to move to 40nm in 09 [more available]
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Infogrames have completed their purchase of Atari and although they previously owned a 51% stake in it, they plan to push for the company's recovery and that they will hope to focus on online gaming. The total cost to Infogrames was $1.68 a share, and totalled $11 million.
Read more: Infogrames buys up Atari [more available]
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Microsoft has announced they will be offering discounted 20GB hard drives, for as little as $20, as part of an upgrade package, in their attempt to get people using the new "Xbox Live Experience" which requires 128MB of space. The new "experience" will be released on the 19th of November, and will introduce Netflix support, avatars and the ability to pre-install games for faster load times.
Read more: Microsoft to offer Cheap HDD Upgrades [more available]
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A few high end case reviews today, with perhaps the cream of the crop being BurnOutPC's Antec Mini P180 review.
CPU COOLERS
- Vantec Aeroflow FX92/FX120 HDT by VirtualHideout @ 11:55 GMT
- Cooler Master GeminII S by Overclockers Club @ 11:57 GMT
CASES
- Coolermaster HAF932 by Pro-clockers @ 11:55 GMT
- Apevia X-Sniper G Type by HardwareLogic @ 11:56 GMT
- Antec Mini P180 by BurnoutPC @ 11:59 GMT
DRIVES
- Kingwin Elite Series USB/eSATA External by Think Computers @ 12:00 GMT
GRAPHICS CARDS
- Sapphire HD 4870 TOXIC by Modders Inc. @ 11:58 GMT
MOTHERBOARDS
- ECS A790GXM-A by Phoronix @ 11:58 GMT
- DFI Lanparty DK P45-T2RS by Mad Shrimps @ 12:00 GMT
OTHER PRODUCTS
- Pioneer Blu Ray / DVDRW by Xtreme Computing @ 11:54 GMT
RAM
- Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1333 4GB by Think Computers @ 11:56 GMT
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In an instant messaging conversation between several different artificial conversational entities (ACEs), and interrogators, most of the AIs were able to fool at least one of their human counterparts, into believing that they were human. Although the rest of the time the human end of the conversation refused to be fooled, the brighter spark among the AI was able to convince 25% of the interrogators that it was indeed human.
Read more: Computers can make Believe they're Human [more available]
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At this year's Blizzcon event, Blizzard have shown off a playable build of Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 and their upcoming expansion to their biggest title, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the LichKing. However, they've also publicly shown off some screenshots from Stracraft 2.
Read more: Starcraft 2 Screenshots Shown at Blizzcon [more available]
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