NZXT Havik 140 CPU Cooler
NZXT have made a name for themselves in the enthusiast community already through products like the Phantom, showing that they understand what power users want and need in their PC components. Today we’ll be evaluating their first stab at another key area of performance PC building, the CPU cooler. The Havik 140 builds on existing design trends in air cooling, while adding NZXT’s own take on things. Read on to see how this cooler performs.
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EnGenius ESR-9850 Wireless Router
Shopping for a wireless router can be a bit of a crapshoot at times; every last one promises you the world, and problems can crop up with alarming frequency. Wading into this sea of uncertainty is a relatively unknown manufactuer, EnGenius. Their history is more with telephony than with networking gear, but this latest router they’ve sent us, the ESR-9850, shows some promise. Let’s see if it can hold up when it counts.
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ThermalTake Frio OCK CPU Cooler
Thermaltake has been in the business of producing CPU heatsinks and their related accessories for quite a while now. As we’ve seen in past reviews, Thermaltake’s engineers generally know what they’re doing. Today we’ll be taking a look at their Frio OCK CPU cooler, a souped-up version of the Frio cooler already reviewed here.
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Cubitek Tattoo Pro Case
Though most of the internals of a PC are heavily standardized, the case that houses them is one area where manufacturers have room to innovate. This, combined with the fairly undemanding requirements of the ATX specification, makes computer cases one of the most populous fields in DIY PC hardware. Cubitek, which got its start in OEM parts, has branched out into the consumer space with several cases. Today we’ll be looking at the Tattoo Pro, which is aimed at the budget enthusiast sector.
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Patriot SuperSonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive
USB flash drives have had many adjectives used to describe them: portable, handy, easy, ubiquitous. One word we’ve never used to describe them though, is fast. Taking advantage of the extra bandwidth afforded by the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed bus, the Patriot Supersonic 32GB promises speeds faster than what most hard drives can deliver. Can it make good on those claims? Let’s find out.
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Building Computers for the Weekend Geek, part 2
In this followup to part 1, we’ll be going over the remaining components that are essential to building a system from scratch. Grab your thinking cap and your anti-static wrist strap, and let’s get started!
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