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Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) 1600MHz PC3-12800 CM3X2G1600C8D

With the introduction of the Core i7 processors came the idea of triple channel RAM. This development has enabled companies like Corsair to start producing RAM that is aimed more at performance than ever before. The Dominator CM3X2G1600C8D 6 GB kit is one of such RAM kits aimed at gamers and intensive computer users all around the world. Is this kit worthy of the Dominator name? Read on and find out...

ASUS WL-520gU Home Gateway Wireless Router

ASUS has been establishing themselves as a top tier brand in the past few years, building on their already solid reputation for quality motherboards and graphics cards with an increasingly large line of computer peripherals and even complete systems. Today we'll be looking at the WL-520gU, a low-cost home gateway router offering 802.11g wireless, 10/100baseT Ethernet, and a fair number of promises about performance. With the home networking market already dominated by Linksys, Netgear, and D-Link, ASUS is going to have a rough time establishing a foothold. Take a look with us, and see if the 520gU is up to the challenge.

Thermaltake BlacX Duet Docking Station

If you have multiple hard drives, are a computer technician, or find yourslef constantly installing and uninstalling hard drives then you need to read our review of the improved BlacX Duet. With room to install 2 hard drives simultaneously and swap either at the push of a button the BlacX Duet should find a home on your desk and we tell you why.

GlacialTech F101 CPU Cooler

GlacialTech has products in a few different areas of PC hardware, but one of their primary markets is in coolers. The F101 is supposedly inspired by the General Electric turbofan jet engine of the same name. Personally, I don't think this was the wisest of marketing decisions. After all, when I think of a jet engine, I think of an ear-shatteringly loud device that shoots a column of flame out of it's backside—not qualities I want to see in a CPU cooler. Luckily, nobody in marketing seems to be talking to the engineers, as the F101 is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a jet engine.

6GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer

RAM is one of those things that can be easily overlooked. It can be confusing picking out what kind and how much you need. However RAM is one of the most important pieces of your machine, and can be a serious bottleneck if you don't have the optimum RAM speed and amount. With more RAM you can do more things at once. Multitaskers rejoice, because here's the Crucial Ballistix Tracer 6GB Kit.

LITE-ON BD Combo Drive iHES208

As the demand for playback of HD content on PC's rise so does the need for a good Blu-Ray player to read and play that content. For those who want the ability to playback Blu-Ray content on their computers, media center PC's, and HTPC's but who don't necessarily want to buy a Blu-Ray writer or swallow the cost of a writer a Blu-Ray reader is an ideal choice. Today we take a look at the iHES208 Blu-Ray drive from Lite-On one of the best names in the industry to see what this drive has to offer.