Archive for the ‘Other Products’ Category
Published on July 1st, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys | 4 Comments »
With the ever increasingly popular gaming cases - such as the Twelve Hundred which we reviewed at Tech-reviews yesterday – more and more fans are being added to cases. This is good in the way of cooling; hence better performance from components, however installing lots of fans increases the noise levels of computers considerably. To drop these noise levels, you need control over your fans and if you don’t have mystic powers, one such product that achieves this is a fan controller. Fortunately, we’ve been lucky enough to review a fan controller from reputable manufacturer Scythe. Introducing the Scythe Kaze Master…
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Published on June 30th, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys | 2 Comments »
We’ve rambled on about silent products a lot lately at Tech-Reviews. One product we’ve tried to avoid is sound dampening - due to rumours of the rather time consuming installation this product entails. However, without using sound dampening, we’ve found it nearly impossible to silence our rig completely. Given the chance to review some of Acousti Products’ latest acoustic material kits, the AcoustiPack Ultimate, we simply couldn’t turn the offer down.
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Published on June 25th, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys | No Comments »
Thermal paste is probably the most disregarded part of building a PC. However, thermal grease can be a very important factor for users wanting to overclock or game heavily. One of the leading manufacturers in this field is Arctic Cooling with their Arctic Silver range. Arctic Silver 5 has always been the most favourable paste, but today, we have another manufacturer, Noctua, challenging Arctic Cooling for the title of the thermal paste king. Let’s fight…
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Published on June 12th, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Andrew | No Comments »
Introduction
Case modding has become a more prominent thought for hardware junkies when purchasing cases as the need to make your computer look “cool” is important to many.
As far as case modding goes, UV cathodes are very good at making your pc’s internals look cool. With this in mind Lamptron have sent over some for me to [...]
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Published on June 6th, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys | No Comments »
Introduction
Case feet aren’t the most interesting of products; however they happen to be parts of your case which can seriously reduce a lot of noise due to vibrations. Today we’ll be replacing out Lian Li V1000’s wheels with some soft AcoustiFeet in hope of reducing noise.
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Published on May 30th, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Andrew | No Comments »
Introduction
Over the past few years silencing your computer has become an ever more present demand. There have been many products that have tried to cater for this demand such as silent cases and silent fans. But what most products don’t bear in mind is vibrations from hardware. It is with this in [...]
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Published on May 15th, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys | No Comments »
Introduction
Computer Silencing has gotten quite serious in recent years. Low dBA Fans, Heat Pipe CPU Coolers and Sound Proofing are the main products a Silent PC would contain. However, there is one area that should probably be tackled first, this is, Hard Drive Silencing. The churning of Hard Disks is quite possibly the most annoying [...]
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Published on May 12th, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys | 2 Comments »
Introduction
Noiseblocker is a german company and has a small line-up of products consisting mainly of products which aim to make your computer ‘silent’.
Today we have another product from Noiseblocker in favor of a Fan Speed Controller.
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Published on May 3rd, 2008 in Other Products, Reviews | Written by Rhys | No Comments »
Introduction
You use your mouse all the time and it would be hard to live without it. PCXmods offers a wide range of goods for your computer including Mouse Mats, Gaming DVD’s, Input Devices, Mesh Grills and loads of Accessories.
In this review I will be reviewing the PCXmods Mouse Grips 2.0. These grips are designed for [...]
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