Mainboards

AnandTech has reviewed ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE mainboard. This mainboard is built around the just released Intel i925XE chipset, which sports a 1066MHz PSB, DDR2 memory, and a PCI Express x16 slot for a graphics cards. ABIT also implemented a substantial number of technologies and features enhancing performance and overclockability.

Graphics cards

TrustedReviews has taken a look at Club 3D OmniChrome S4 graphics card. OmniChrome S4 is based on four-pipeline GPU with core frequency of 350MHz as well as 600MHz 128MB of DDR memory. The main strength of this graphics card lays in its multimedia capabilities that include HD, DVD, MPEG4 video acceleration; Philips TV tuner; HD VIVO; remote control, etc.

PCStats.com has reviewed Albatron GeForce PC6600 graphics card. This midrange solution is based on NVIDIA’s GeForce 6600 clocked at 300MHz and equipped with 128MB of DDR memory operating at 500MHz. Note that this Albatron made product offers S-Video input/output capability.

The bigger brother of the GeForce 6600 graphics card has not been forgotten as well. OCWorkBench has reviewed Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D-3 graphics card. This product features the same NV43 GPU, but clocked at a 500MHz frequency, while its 128MB of GDDR3 memory functions at 1000MHz. Besides, Gigabyte has included the Doom III game in the bundle.

Storage

Techware Labs has reviewed Hitachi Desktar 250GB Serial ATA hard disk drive that comes with 8MB of cache and newly-developed 7200rpm motor. To tackle noise and heat issues, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies incorporates the new motor into its latest products.

PSU

SystemCooling.com has reviewed Thermaltake Silent PurePower PSU. This power supply unit is a fanless model that delivers 350W of power. In addition to the ventilated black aluminum enclosure, Thermaltake uses a combination of heat pipes and external copper heat exchangers to dissipate the heat away from internal components.

HTPCnews.com has reviewed Vantec’s Ion2 power supply unit that was designed to keep silent while working. Besides that, the 350W PSU provides 2 connectors for Serial ATA hard disk drives, 6 Molex connectors for storage devices or graphics cards and 2 small Molex connectors that are used to connect FDDs.

Mobile devices

Sharp Microelectronics Europe has unveiled the industry’s first DVB-H front-end module designed to meet high speed and low power requirements for the emerging European mobile TV standard. The standard was developed for automobile and mobile phone applications. The module was unveiled Tuesday at the Electronica show.

The core mobile TV tuner chip, designed and manufactured by Sharp, also marks the Japanese company's entry into IC production based on a SiGe process, according to Maximilian Huber, president of Sharp Microelectronics Europe. Find out the specifications and detail on the lately released product at EE Times.