Tom's Hardware - Enthusiasts may know tons about the hardware that comprises their PCs, but it’s much more difficult to fully appreciate how those components come to be. We spend so much time talking about bleeding-edge manufacturing processes and the millions of transistors etched into silicon, then distill the technology into its asking price without appreciating the R&D invested in creating a new product. But let’s be fair. One reason the average computer user’s interest in the inner workings of tech is so superficial is that hardware manufacturers’ communication is deliberately simplistic.

Anandtech - It's summer time and PCs are working in warmer environments than they're used to. With our PSU buyer's guide for the summer season we want to focus on some of the quality power supplies we've tested (or are in the process of testing). It's important to pay attention to heat, particularly if you're in a home without AC, as increasing environmental temperatures can create problems. Users may not want to get the absolute quietest power supply available if it's going to be in a relatively hot environment, as these may create instabilities due to a lack of sufficient cooling.

[H]ardocp - Koolance is a company whose name has been synonymous with liquid cooling products in the enthusiast realm for years now. In the power supply market Koolance introduced their first liquid cooled power supply at a mere, by today’s standards, 200 watts in 2001. Typically liquid cooling products invoke the idea of being water based. However there are other fluids that can be used since water and electricity aren’t the best of friends as anyone who has experienced their water cooling system springing a leak destroying thousands of dollars of equipment can attest. Koolance has been using one of these other coolants in their liquid cooled power supplies. The current incarnation of Koolance’s liquid cooled power supply, the PSU-1300ATX-12N is developed in partnership with CWT but a large portion of the build, assembly, and engineering work is done by Koolance’s South Korean division.

Dragonsteelmods - "Today for review I've got the Evo-G MB1 Mouse Bungee, and it's one of those products that at one point I thought was rather useless, that is until I actually got it and tried it out. I've got a SteelSeries Ikari Optical Gaming Mouse that I use as my main mouse, it's a great mouse but the cord is rather stiff, at times it gets caught on my mouse pad, and sometimes, due to its' stiffness it lifts up and catches on my speaker, it gets annoying but I've lived with it for a while now just dealing with it.

Big Bruin - Kingwin's EL-35EU-SBL Elite USB 2.0 and eSATA drive enclosure is a sharp looking product that could simply use some better software. If you want an eSATA drive enclosure and only need basic back up capabilities, already have back up software, or don't intend to use the back up capabilities, I could recommend this enclosure. If are looking for a back up system that offers configuration flexibility, this may not be a good choice for you.

OC3D - Time, as they say, stands still for no man. With the release of the fantastic ATI 4800 Series of cards, Nvidia have had to drastically reduce the price of the 200 Series in retaliation. Which is nothing but good news for the consumer as it means the GTX260 can be had for much less than the original RRP, currently weighing in just above the £200 mark. XFX, being a top tier NVIDIA partner, have both stock clocked cards and overclocked editions available and it is the latter of the two we will be looking at today in the form of the 'XXX' edition.

Hardware Logic - "Today, Vizo introduces a new product to their already burgeoning lineup: the SHE-260ST. This 2.5” external hard drive enclosure promises greater value, innovation, and most important of all, functionality than the rest of its competition. Having forged a solid reputation for producing quality computing accessories in the past, Vizo is intent on marketing this enclosure to both professionals and enthusiasts alike. Will the SHE-260ST make the grade? Can it withstand other highly successful and equally priced external enclosure solutions? Read on as we’ve done the hard work for you in order to find out!"

Techgage - This past weekend, 'The Last HOPE' conference was held in the heart of New York City, at the legendary Hotel Pennsylvania. 'HOPE' of course stands for 'Hackers on Planet Earth', this latest iteration being the seventh, and also supposedly the 'last'. The conference first launched in 1994 and proceeded to become a bi-annual affair in 2000. All but one conference was held at Hotel Penn, so over the years, the hotel itself has become an integral part of what makes HOPE the conference it is. The back story is that the hotel was announced to be demolished in the near future, with the goal to build in its place a new office building (huge surprise there).

Bit Tech - The Lian Li Tyr PC-X2000 is certainly an impressive piece of hardware, combining a gorgeous and unique design, an innovative layout, simply superlative noise levels and impressive cooling performance. However, there are a few minor blemishes on the face of this otherwise fantastic case, and sadly most of them are directed towards the case’s front fascia panel. The problems causing the front aluminium panel to bow in the middle really should have been caught before the case went into full production, and it’s certainly disappointing to see such a premium case suffering from case panels not fitting together properly.

OSX Reality - No one controller type fits all game genres, take PC vs consoles for example. Console gamers can argue all they want, but a gamepad will never give you the level of precision a mouse will for RTS or FPS gaming. Case in point, in Shadowrun they had to nerf the PC gamers to keep the playing field even between Xbox and PC players, this is exactly why developers do not like mixing console with PC gamers, even though technically there is no reason they can’t, its really just a matter of fairness. On the flip side, a keyboard will never give a gamer the level of control needed for racing/flight/fighting games.

Think Computer - “Razer and THX have teamed up together to design the Razer Mako 2.1 THX Certified Multimedia System. This sound system offers OmniDirectional speakers which fill the entire room with surround sound. The Mako comes equipped with an all-in-one touch sensitive control pod which allows you have the controls right at your fingertips. The control pod also provides 3.5mm headphone jack for quiet listening and a 3.5mm auxiliary input jack for those looking to hookup their iPod or MP3 player. This system certainly beats others out there in sound quality, even those Bose MP3 player systems you might have.”

Tweak Town - "The 9600 GSO has been out for a while now, but we haven’t really seen many of them around. The first one we saw was from Palit and carried with it a large 768MB of memory with quite a hefty overclock to boot. At the same time, it did have some issues in our test bed. While we loved the card, we probably didn’t really get to have as close a look as we normally would. We all know that the 9600 GSO is nothing more than an 8800 GS with a new name, but how does the card sit in the current market? Is it something worth considering or should we just opt for the slightly more expensive 9600GT?"

Hardware Secrets - "Antec Three Hundred is an inexpensive mini-tower case for users demanding a small yet powerful case – according to the manufacturer there is enough room for you to install video cards from GeForce 8800 family in it –, featuring three 5 ¼" bays, six internal 3 ½" bays, one 120-mm rear fan, one top 140-mm fan (both with individual speed control), plus space for installing three extra 120-mm fans (two on the front and one at the side). Let's take an in-depth look on this latest release from Antec."