Week in Reviews: 7-7-2007

The heat in the western part of the US is climbing to record levels and more than few friends of mine are having issues with computers because of it. Heat is a major problem with today's performance systems that can cause system instability and crashing. Over the past week, the Net has seen a large increase in the number of reviews on PC cooling products. So, if you happen to be in one of the spots that's been roasting for the last week and you need to cool off your PC, be sure to check out the list of reviews. Of course you can also take a look at the other computer products review for a couple other upgrades as well.

Desktops

• Alienware Area-51 7500 @ Hardware Logic
• Dell Dimension E521 @ HardOCP

Notebooks

• Gateway E-155-C @ AnandTech
• Lenovo ThinkPad X61 and X61s @ XYZ Computing

Cases and Mods

• Antec Fusion Media Center @ Big Bruin
• Antec P182 @ Viper Lair
• Antec P190 @ Tweak Town
• Antec Sonata III @ techPowerUp!
• Cooler Master Cosmos @ HEXUS
• Thermaltake Bach VB8800BNS HTPC @ Think Computers
• Thermaltake Soprano DX @ HEXUS
• XClio A380 @ Overclockers Online
• Xilence X1 Gaming Case @ bit-tech

Cooling

• Akasa AK-876 Athlon64 Heatsink @ Frosty Tech
• Cooler Master CoolViva Pro @ InsideHW
• Cooler Master GeminiII CPU Cooler @ Tweak News
• Coolink Silenator Heatpipe Cooler @ Overclockers Club
• CoolIT Freezone @ Techware Labs
• Gigabyte 3D Galaxy II @ techPowerUp!
• nPowertek NPH-1000 Heatsink @ Frosty Tech
• Scythe Kama Cross SCKC-1000 Heatsink @ Frosty Tech
• Thermalright HR-03 Plus VGA Cooler @ Hardware Logic
• Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler @ Hi-Tech Reviews
• Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler @ Viper Lair
• Ultra ChillTEC @ Legion Hardware

Hard Drives

• HighPoint RocketRAID 2314 eSATA @ Tweak Town
• Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB SATA @ Boot Daily
• Refurbished Seagate 500GB Drives @ MADSHRIMPS
• Seagate 7200.10 500GB @ AnandTech
• Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750GB SATA @ Tom's Hardware

Memory

1. DDR2 vs. DDR3 @ neoseeker
2. OCZ Reaper HPC 2GB PC2-8500 @ phoronix
3. Winchip DDR2 1200MHz Kit @ techPowerUp!

Monitors

• ASUS PG221 22" LCD @ bit-tech
• BenQ FP241VW 24" LCD @ Overclockers Club

Motherboards

• abit AN-M2HD @ XSR
• abit IP35-E @ Overclockers Online
• ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP @ Tech Spot
• ASUS P5K3 Deluxe @ HEXUS
• ECS G33T-M2 v1.0 @ Tweak Town
• ECS NF650iSLIT-A @ Virtual-Hideout
• Shuttle SDXi SFF Kit @ Hot Hardware

Power Supplies

• OCZ ModXStream 780W @ Virtual-Hideout
• PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR @ HardOCP
• Spire SP-ATX-600W @ Techgage
• Ultra X-Finity & X-Pro 800W @ Techgage

Sound Cards

• Auzentech HDA XPlosion 7.1 @ XSR

Video Cards

• Albatron GeForce 8600 GTS @ LAN Addict
• AMD Radeon HD 2400 and HD 2600 @ Bjorn3D
• ATI HD 2900 XT vs. NVIDIA 8800 GTS 320MB @ MADSHRIMPS
• BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 @ I4U News
• CrossFire HD 2900 XT vs 8800 Ultra @ Tweak Town
• Gainward BLISS 8600 GTS Golden Shower @ MVKTech
• Galaxy GeForce 8600 GTS @ TechARP
• PNY XLR8 8800 GTX OC @ Hot Hardware
• PowerColor HD 2900 XT @ i4U News
• Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 Pro @ HEXUS
• Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro AGP @ Tweak News
• XFX GeForce 8600 GT Fatal1ty @ Guru of 3D
• Zotac GeForce 8800 GTX AMP! Edition @ Tweak Town