MEGATechNews :: Mega Techie Goodness For the Masses http://www.megatechnews.com Techie goodness from around the world. From the weird, to the wonderful, you might find it here posted here. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:32:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 MegaTechNewshttp://feedburner.google.com Excellent Sunday! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MegaTechNews/~3/AQYk87jVKkE/ http://www.megatechnews.com/excellent-sunday/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:32:50 +0000 Beth http://www.megatechnews.com/?p=5447 Not only do I have the day off, but it’s actually taco week rather than chili dog week at the place I normally watch football! It’s going to be a fabulous day. Hope yours is wonderful as well! Hardware Canucks gets us going with the Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB Hard Drive PureOverclock weighs in [...] Not only do I have the day off, but it’s actually taco week rather than chili dog week at the place I normally watch football! It’s going to be a fabulous day. Hope yours is wonderful as well!

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Hardware Canucks gets us going with the Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB Hard Drive

PureOverclock weighs in on the AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE 125W

techPowerUp goes inside the Lancool Dragonlord PC-K58

Legit Reviews presents its Shattered Horizon PC Game Review and Interview With Maingear

Bjorn3D checks out some Kingston HyperX 8GB Kit 1600MHz (KHX1600C8D3K4/8GX)

TrustedReviews takes a look at the Asus 24T1E – 24in LCD TV Monitor

PCSTATS examines the LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer

Pro-Clockers spends some time with the Synology DS209 Advance NAS Enclosures

TechRadar gives a listen to some Teufel System 5 THX Select2

TestFreaks goes mobile with the Pantech C790 Reveal

Last but not least, PCShopTalk gets into the Patriot Viper II Sector 5 PVV34G2000LLK Dual Channel Memory Kit


]]> http://www.megatechnews.com/excellent-sunday/feed/ 0 http://www.megatechnews.com/excellent-sunday/ Saturday Again, Because I Can http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MegaTechNews/~3/5LqjEI4-ci4/ http://www.megatechnews.com/saturday-again-because-i-can/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:27:03 +0000 Beth http://www.megatechnews.com/?p=5443 Turns out I got a bit of time off today, and since I was a bit erratic this past week the inbox is still pretty full, so you get a bonus post. Lucky you! TweakNews gets us going with the Kingwin F-35 External SATA Hard Drive Enclosure Hardware Secrets goes inside the NZXT Gamma Case Benchmark Reviews [...] Turns out I got a bit of time off today, and since I was a bit erratic this past week the inbox is still pretty full, so you get a bonus post. Lucky you!

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TweakNews gets us going with the Kingwin F-35 External SATA Hard Drive Enclosure

Hardware Secrets goes inside the NZXT Gamma Case

Benchmark Reviews presents its AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE 125W CPU Test

Bjorn3D checks out the Sapphire PURE 1250W Modular PSU

Technic3D takes on Borderlands (PC)

Elite Bastards wants you to Win a copy of Shattered Horizon

TweakTown sits down with the ASUS Eee PC 1101HA Seashell 11.6-inch Netbook

TechwareLabs takes a look at the Haupauge HVR-1800 TV Tuner Card

BigBruin wants someone to Win an Ultra Products 850W X4 PSU in the Bigbruin.com NFL Pool

Bona Fide Reviews gets its hands on the Verbatim TUFF-CLIP 8GB USB Drive

Finally, TrustedReviews points and shoots the Canon EOS 500D Digital SLR


]]> http://www.megatechnews.com/saturday-again-because-i-can/feed/ 0 http://www.megatechnews.com/saturday-again-because-i-can/ Working For the Weekend…Again http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MegaTechNews/~3/zocXYhr3s5Q/ http://www.megatechnews.com/working-for-the-weekend-again/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:59:41 +0000 Beth http://www.megatechnews.com/?p=5439 Most of y’all are probably excited it’s Saturday. You got to sleep in, maybe enjoy reading the entire paper with a cup of coffee, there’s college football later on…whatever it is you do for fun on your days off. Me, I’m working all day, but then that’s how my life works. Have [...] Most of y’all are probably excited it’s Saturday. You got to sleep in, maybe enjoy reading the entire paper with a cup of coffee, there’s college football later on…whatever it is you do for fun on your days off. Me, I’m working all day, but then that’s how my life works. Have a great day!

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Hardware Canucks kicks it off with the Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse

eTeknix takes you on a video journey inside the Thermaltake DH202 HTPC Chassis

techPowerUp weighs in on the AMD Athlon II X3 425 2.70 GHz

MadShrimps reports on its GIGABYTE P55-UD3P Motherboard Overclocking Test

OverClock Intelligence Agency checks out the OCZ Z Series 650 Watt Power Supply

TechReviewSource sits down with the Lenovo ThinkPad SL510

TrustedReviews hooks up with the Netgear XAVB1004 Home Theater Internet Connection Kit

TweakTown examines the Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS 2.0 6Gb/s 600GB Hard Disk

FrostyTech keeps it chilly with the Thermolab BADA Heatsink

LanOC goes mobile with the Otterbox BlackBerry Storm Commuter Case

And to finish us off, Motherboards.org gets into the Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD


]]> http://www.megatechnews.com/working-for-the-weekend-again/feed/ 0 http://www.megatechnews.com/working-for-the-weekend-again/ Video Cards and Stuff http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MegaTechNews/~3/9h6DPcIMIl8/ http://www.megatechnews.com/video-cards-and-stuff/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:44:10 +0000 Beth http://www.megatechnews.com/?p=5433 I don’t think there are enough video card reviews to do an entire post, but there are a lot of them. Apparently while I wasn’t paying attention there was another product release or two. It happens. Futurelooks gets us going with the DIAMOND 4890PE51GXOC Radeon HD 4890 1GB Video Card All of these fine folks [...] I don’t think there are enough video card reviews to do an entire post, but there are a lot of them. Apparently while I wasn’t paying attention there was another product release or two. It happens.

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Futurelooks gets us going with the DIAMOND 4890PE51GXOC Radeon HD 4890 1GB Video Card

All of these fine folks have reviewed the Sapphire Radeon HD8570 Vapor-X:
PureOverclock
Elite Bastards
Legit Reviews
Rage3D
Motherboards.org

And then there’s the Sapphire Radeon HD5750:
BigBruin
Motherboards.org
High Tech Reviews
techPowerUp
bit-tech

I guess there are enough for a whole post…here are the rest of them:

XSReviews – Asus EAH 4890
ThinkComputers – Sparkle GeForce GTX 260 Plus 1792MB
Bjorn3D – Gigabyte GeForce GT220
TweakTown – HIS Radeon HD 5850 1GB
MadShrimps – Leadtek Winfast Geforce GT 220 1Gb


]]> http://www.megatechnews.com/video-cards-and-stuff/feed/ 0 http://www.megatechnews.com/video-cards-and-stuff/ Friday Already? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MegaTechNews/~3/qgzF7Xd41_I/ http://www.megatechnews.com/friday-already-5/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:23 +0000 Beth http://www.megatechnews.com/?p=5429 I swear, this week FLEW by! Of course, I’ve been doing a ton of stuff so that would help explain it. I’m going to quick get this post done and then I’m off for a rousing day of errands, followed by work. Exciting, no? Futurelooks starts us off with The Great Ultra Products [...] I swear, this week FLEW by! Of course, I’ve been doing a ton of stuff so that would help explain it. I’m going to quick get this post done and then I’m off for a rousing day of errands, followed by work. Exciting, no?

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Futurelooks starts us off with The Great Ultra Products 750 Watt Power Supply Tweetaway!

TrustedReviews sits down with the Dell Latitude E6400 XFR – 14.1in Rugged Laptop

Benchmark Reviews gets into the Sapphire Radeon HD5870 Vapor-X Video Card

Bjorn3D checks out the AMD Athlon II X4 620 & Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G

TweakTown goes inside the Antec Mini Skeleton-90 Open Air Mini-ITX Case

BCC Hardware wants you to know about its Ultra X4 850W PSU Giveaway

TechwareLabs examines the AXUS FiT 500 RAID box

TestFreaks reviews the Qnap TS-219P Turbo NAS

bit-tech takes on Dragon Age: Origins

TechRadar gives a listen to the PMC fact.8

Finally, DragonSteelMods cools down with some Arctic Cooling F Pro PWM & TC Case Fans


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