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Intel D5400XS "Skulltrail" Intel 5400 eATX (Socket 771) PCI-Express FBDIMM DDR2 Motherboard


Intels Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform is the first dual socket desktop board from Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation. With dual CPU capability that provides up to 8 core processing, the Intel® Desktop Board D5400XS delivers unmatched performance for advanced digital media creation and editing, It also features dual 45nm quad-core processors for a total of eight cores, and because the Skulltrail motherboard is outfitted with a pair of nVIDIA-built chips, it will support SLI as well. As for I/O, the board has six internal SATA ports, a single IDE port, and headers for additional USB and Firewire ports. On the IO plate, no legacy connectors are to be found, but it does have six USB ports, dual eSATA ports, single Firewire and Gigabit Ethernet jacks, and analog and digital HD audio inputs / outputs.

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Skulltrail Spec

Extended ATX (eATX) (12.00 inches by 13 inches (304.80 millimeters by 330.2 millimeters)
Support for 45nm Intel Core2 Extreme processors in an LGA771 socket with a 1600 MHz system bus
Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel Xeon processors in an LGA771 socket with a 1600, 1333, or 1066 MHz system bus
Four Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) DDR2 Module sockets Support for FBDIMM DDR2 800MHz, 667 MHz, DIMMs
Support for ECC and non-ECC memory
Intel® 5400 Express Chipset
Intel® High Definition Audio 8-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater
Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFire multi-GPU platform support nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFire technology enables two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem
10 USB 2.0 ports (6 external ports, 2 internal headers)
Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell controller
Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support (2 devices supported)
Four primary PCI Express 1.1 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector

Price around £350 GBP - $698 USD

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Logisys 550W 12cm Clear Acrylic Power Supply


Logisys PSU in Arcylic, The power has a maximum 550W output, which comes with 20 and 24 pin ATX plug, two serial ATA connectors, 6 4pin 12v connectors, and PCI express connector. All the cables and wires have been sleeved with stylish green UV interactive nylon mesh. The cables and wires are extended to at least 19" up to 24" long in order to be compatible with almost all chassis, including the most of the full size tower, i can see this will be popular with the Modders

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Support Intel and AMD System Support 20 and 24 pin ATX standard Support Latest PCI Express & Serial ATA Interface (2 SATAs) 6 4Pin 12v Molex Connectors Extended Cables and Wires All Cables Sleeved by UV materials 120mm Blue LED Litup Silent Fans Low Noise & Ripple Over Voltage Protection Short Circuit Protection Built -in EMI Filter and Anti-Interference Electronic Resistor Comply with FCC part 15J class B 115VAC operation and CISPR 22 230 VAC Operation 100% Burn-in Test/Vibration Test /Hi-pot test/Leakage Current Test Dimension: 6in x 6in x 3.5in.

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1 x 20/24-pin Mainboard 1 x 4-pin P4 1 x 6-pin PCI Express 2 x SATA 6 x 4-pin Molex 2 x 4-pin FDD

Price around £23 GBP - $45 USD

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Linksys NAS200 Review


The Linksys Network Storage System is the expandable and accessible storage solution for your network.

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Ethernet-connected network appliance with two available SATA hard drive bays adds shared storage directly to your network, add even more storage with two USB 2.0 ports for hard drive or flash-based USB storage devices Share music, video, or data files, locally and through the Internet (HTTP and FTP) with securely managed access by user name or group, built-in disk utilities - backup, self test, and scandisk, great looking Nas !


Price around £98 GBP - $193 USD

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2GB Mini-USB Flash Drives Roundup


This 13 page article compares 21 USB flash drives with 2GB storage capacity and unique miniature design, solutions from such brand names as A-Data, Apacer, ATP, Kingston, Patriot, Pretec, Transcend, SanDisk, Super Talent, TwinMOS and Wintec

Link > USB Flash Drives

Price around £10+ GBP - £19.72 USD

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Not quite the expected product >

nVidia Admits Problems with nForce 790i SLI Chipset, read more on this > Here


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Saitek Cyborg Gaming Keyboard


The Cyborg satisfies gamers of all types with its metal-plated WASD keys, 12 programmable buttons, and multi-coloured back lighting, bold laser-etched key labels enhance readability in light and dark environments, and the optional plastic wrist rest elevates the hands into a more comfortable position. Above the F-key row is a touch-sensitive dashboard with access to multimedia commands, colour and brightness settings for different keyboard regions, and even a Cyborg button to toggle from Normal to Cyborg (gaming) mode. Cyborg mode allows gamers to assign five different colours to five independent areas on the keyboard, such as the WASD gaming keys, or the Cyborg (macro) keys. Gamers can choose from red, green, yellow, orange, and amber. Also, Cyborg mode disables the Windows key. I think Ive fallen in love >

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Price around £60 GBP - $118 USD

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Mini Water Coolers

In case Water Coolers Akasa Revo, AURAS Conditioner and the XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP, a very interesting 14 page review "see Link"

The Akasa Revo

Please see review > Here

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4GB USB Flash Drives

Not sure witch Flash Drive to get ? here is a roundup of 21 4GB USB Flash Drives from Xbit Labs some of the analysis is quite a surprise !

16 page review > Here

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Gaming Mouse

Latest from Razer - the Razer Lachesis third-generation laser sensor with a physical resolution of 4000dpi and other impressive characteristics, read more in the link below >

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Razer Lachesis

Read the 6 page review > Here