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We take a quick look at one of the least expensive 7-port USB hubs around and discover that more power is better....

We take a quick look at one of the least expensive 7-port USB hubs around and discover that more power is better.

House of the Dead 2 and 3 is a solid port for the Nintendo Wii, with few frills. At $30, it still may be a good buy. Our thoughts are inside. Read More...

You may ask with current motherboards carry a minimum of six to eight SATA ports, what is the need for SATA expansion cards? Well, it is true that for most users, the onboard SATA ports will be more than enough for the lifetime of the motherboard. However, in the corporate environment, these onboard SATA ports can be used up quite fast. Imagine that the eSATA will take up one port and with any RAID setup which consumes a minimum of two ports for RAID 0 or 1 and four ports for RAID 10 or 01, sooner or later, the need for extra SATA ports is inevitable.

How big does your power supply really need to be for your new computer? We examine the real power requirements of modern components to provide answers; what we discover may surprise you....

“External options still seem to be the best because of all those factors. Millsy has been checking out some huge back planes from Thecus which are perfect for the hardcore data fiends. Smaller scale users tend to benefit most from single and dual drive external enclosures. These include USB 2.0 and eSATA enclosures like the Rosewill RX81-MP Storage Enclosure. Why eSATA you ask? Read on see the two versions compared."

The Rosewill R6XR8-BK ATX mid tower computer case is one of the latest cases from Rosewell and features a screw-less design with dual 120mm fans for good airflow. Legit Reviews takes a look at this black case to see if the beauty is only skin deep. Read on as we crack this case open to see if no tools are really required and to see what we think about the case after we install a system into it.

An early consumer of the Halo 3 Limited Edition bundle was horrified to discover that in each of his three copies of the game, the disc was "loose inside of the package and scratched to death." Apparently, the center hubs are too shallow to efficiently hold the DVDs in place. A worker at a game store also claimed that roughly 20% of stock suffered from loose disc syndrome...

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