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Jetway JNC84-LF

If you are looking to build a small HTPC and the IPC boards are just not giving you enough juice, Jetway presents an excellent solution. Read on and find out.

IN-WIN AMMO USB Hard Drive Enclosure

There are a lot of hard drive enclosures out there. No, really! Go punch "USB HDD enclosure" into Google or NewEgg some time, you'll be buried in them. This makes it rather hard for any one enclosure to have much success. Generally, the only way to stand out is to make it a funny shape, or offer some unusual feature. IN-WIN have decided to do both with the AMMO 2.5" HDD enclosure, shaping it like the magazine of an AR-15 and offering hardware-based encryption with RFID token-based access. Is this combination enough to make it worth your while? Let's find out.

Antec Notebook Cooler Designer

The design for laptop cooling differ in many aspects. They may differ in size, shape, airflow direction, number of fans, power consumption, and they way they draw power. All of these will play a role in which cooler you should buy. For review we have Antec's Notebook Cooler Designer, we'll check out it's features and ability to cool.

MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard

TechwareLabs takes a look at MSI's latest offering, the 890GXM-G65. Gearing towards both the HTPC and portable gaming market, does this board have what it takes to satisfy both groups or is it spreading itself too thin? Find out if this motherboard should be in your next build.

GlacialTech Igloo 5760

CPU coolers are one segment of the DIY PC market where you're spoiled for choice. There are a hundred different companies marketing a thousand different coolers, all of them claiming to be the best solution for your needs. Today we'll take a look at the Igloo 5760, a multi-platform cooler from Glacialtech designed for the budget user who needs a bit more oomph than the stock AMD- or Intel-supplied units can provide.

Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive

The only SSD drives that are affordable to most end users are mearly 80GB SSDs which is pretty small and doesn’t leave much room for applications and/or games. There is a new option on the market provided by Seagate® called Momentus© XT which is a hybrid drive which has the storage of a SATA and SSD-like performance