I ordered the Maftoul, Moroccan Beef Ribs and crème brulée. Karen had the Sliced Smoked Duck Breast Salad, Braised Lamb Feast and crème brulée.

The appetizers were delicious. The maftoul had a good spicy kick to it and was thoroughly enjoyed. I would have definitely enjoyed an extra cigar with my appetizers but it is only a starter.The duck breast was tender and the mango’s complimented it very well as part of the salad.

Coming quickly after we finished our appetizer was our main course. The ribs were no small order. There were four pieces of meat packed ribs and just looking at the picture makes me hungry again. The meat fell off the bone and the glaze and spice gave it a sweet taste. The sweetness of the sweet potato and carrot puree matched the flavour of the ribs and the roasted garlic mashed mini reds and grilled vegetables rounded off a very filling meal.

The braised lamb was made to the same quality as the beef. The meat fell off the bone and had a distinct but delicious lamb taste. Despite being a summerlcious meals where some restaurants often serve slightly smaller portions to keep costs down, the dinner at Café Moroc certainly filled us both.

To round off our meal, we both had crème brulée. The sweet light custard was a good change to the heavy meat dishes we just had. There was a good golden crust on the brulée clearly created by a torch.

While the service can be flaky at times, the dining experience at Café Moroc was one that won’t be easily forgotten. It took a while to get the bill after dinner and we had to ask for refills of water. However, the food was great, the ambiance while more casual than Sultan’s Tent was still very nice and well kept.

If you have the opportunity to visit there for summerlicious or winterlicious, I’d definitely give it a try. At $50 + tax and tip, it’s definitely a good deal.

We kept the same pace as March 2008 and published a total of 9 reviews:

Tagan BZ900 900W By Anthony Hong
Samsung CLP-610ND By me
Biostar GeForce 9600GT (V9603GT52) By Jared Thomas
mStation 2.1 Stereo Orb By Jared Thomas
Mitron Duplus DUP-35 HDD Selector By David Luu
PowerColor AX3650 512MD2 By Jared Thomas
Logitech MX5500 Revolution By Jared Thomas
HIS Radeon HD3650 IceQ (H365Q512GNP) By Nived Manohar
Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS By Jared Thomas

It was definitely a good month of Jared has he wrote over half of those reviews! He’s been doing a great job and turning out to be one great reviewer. The month of May will be a bit slower as the backlog I’ve had has been cleared and I will be in Europe between May 7th and June 10th and unable to get everyone review samples during this period. I hope I’ve given the guys enough work!

We have a few motherboards and video cards to publish still and we’re looking forward to getting a bunch of new samples to work with. One of the new exciting toys is the Samsung 2263UW, this monitor just arrived in Samsung’s QA lab last week and Anthony has already set it up. With luck we’ll see the return of some Antec cases: Antec Three Hundred and the Antec Twelve Hundred. We also have our first OCZ power supply and Anthony is also building his own PSU load tester. The DDR3-2000Mhz review samples have dried up pretty quick but a few sponsors will inform us when new ones are available.

For the month of April we served 54,220 visitors for a total of 204,696 page views. That’s a respectable 3.78 pages per visit. Our feedburner subscription rate hovers in the high fifties – low sixties range. If you haven’t already done so, I encourage you to subscribe via RSS or email.

The biggest improvement on the server side was the addition of dynamic headers. Now everything you read our reviews, the title will appear on your browser’s title bar. This should greatly help search engine indexing!

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The performance of the Rally2 Turbo is quite good. I hit a maximum write speed of 29MB/s and a maximum read speed of 32 MB/s. During practical testing, I was average a write speed of around 25 MB/s. Very respectable.

From the concept of the Rally Flash Drive family, OCZ has done everything right: a sleek slender body with fast performance. As the series matured and evolved to the Rally2 Turbo, the drive has had a few cosmetic changes and the performance has kicked into a higher gear. The curved edges with no protruding parts and overall small body makes it an easy fit into pockets while the 25-30MB/s performance guarantees you quick copy from hard drive to flash.

Overall, the HD3650 IceQ was a great performer. It allowed for moderate overclocking games and for a mid-range performing machine the $90, at time of writing, is not a huge investment.

I wouldn’t recommend any 3650 for high resolution gaming or for playing games of the newest title. If you’re the occasional gamer or multi-media type of guy, this card should suit you nicely.

Throughout the tests, the HIS Radeon HD 3650 performed well. It is not a top-of-the-line card but its performance should be satisfactory for all but the most extreme of gamers. If you don’t care for too much eye candy or extremely high resolutions, this mid-range card should fit the bill in terms of value. For its price, it is a great buy. Also, it supports CrossFireX so you can upgrade later if desired.

Manufacturer: Mitron Interlink Inc.

Mitron Interlink Inc. is a new face on the computer component industry, manufacturing PC modding gear to hard drive enclosures. Based in Taiwan, this company is giving us a first hand look at their HDD Selector (Duplus DUP-35).

This hard drive selector device is aimed towards the crowd which uses two hard drives which have issues with booting and O/S isolation. Although this is not a completely new idea on the market, it is rare to come across these in a PC hardware store.

Package

The unit that was sent to us is a pre-production model, so it did not come in a retail package. However, everything included was shipped.

The selector comes with the switch, power cables, and screws. The selector is designed to fit into a standard 3.5″ bay.

As you can see, the selector is a very simple device which takes up very little room. Since this unit is so small, it is wide open for enthusiasts to do their own case modding to fit this device in.

Before we try this gadget out, let’s take a look at the features.

Features

The selector is describes on the website:

The device gives the user the convenience of turning a knob to turn on/off hard drives without having to open up the computer. This is great for users who have multiple operating systems of have problems with virus infections.

Now let’s move onto installation and testing.

Installation and Testing

Installation is fairly simple, as it only requires fitting the unit into the case and replacing the current hard drive power cables with the wires supplied into the switch.

The addition of this device may lead to more cable management chaos.

The switch is a metal knob with a grippy texture for easy turning. The knob clicks firmly in place when switching hard drives and the LED indicator clearly shows the switch position.

Power to A&B, Power to B, Power to A

The hard drives are successfully switched on and off when tested, and no damage was done to the hard drives with the addition of the selector. The operation can only be done when the PC is turned off. Do not attempt to change modes while the PC is in operation.

Conclusion

Mitron has produced a large number of products such as noise dampening, fan grills, even case lights, making Mitron a competitor in the computer accessory market.

Mitron’s HDD Selector is a very clever device which allows the user to switch hard drives when necessary. The unit was very easy to install, and works flawlessly. The only drawback of this design is the limited control of two hard drives.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Manufacturer: mStation

mStation is a relatively new company with a newly focused mission based off of three concepts; Sleek and Clean in Form, Compatibility in Function, High Standards in Sound. While their main focus is on designing accessories and speaker systems for all of the various iPod’s, they also aim to keep their products functional with other MP3 players as well.

Today I get a chance to try out their 2.1 Stereo Orb. Aiming to bring a lot of performance in a small package, can the Orb deliver? Read on to find out.

Package and Specifications

The box has a familiar style to it, with a simple layout and solid black background.

Aside from the handle, the top of the box just has the company name with the product name underneath. On the bottom you have an extensive list of features and specifications which we will take a closer look at later.

On the sides are simply pictures of the 2.1 Stereo Orb from the top and front with an iPod situated in the cradle.

The front is pretty much like the top with the company and product name in white on a solid black background. The back of the box is the only section with a white background, again it has a picture of the Orb along with three key points about the product inside.

Manufacturer: Biostar

NVIDIA has had the performance crown in the high end market ever since they released their 8 series of video cards nearly 2 years ago. Often lost among all the hype of the high end cards are their little brothers in the middle of the pack. Our expectations were never really high for these mid level cards, but lately this has changed. Since the release of NVIDIA’s 8800GT and ATi’s 3870, you can get quite a bit of performance and features for very little. Following on the heels of the very successful 8800GT, NVIDIA has released the first card in the 9 series, the 9600GT.

Today I have the pleasure of taking Biostar’s 9600GT card for a spin around the testing block. With the release of the 9600GT, NVIDIA’s model lineup seems to get even more confusing for the average user. Where does the 9600GT stand in line when looking at performance and price? Coming in at roughly $30 cheaper than the 8800GT at launch, is your money better spent on the older series? Read on and hopefully we can answer some of these questions.

Package and Accessories

Let’s start out by exploring the box Biostar’s 9600GT comes in.

Seems that just about every video card package comes complete with a rendered female adorning the front, and Biostar’s 9600GT is no exception. The front of the box gives you your typical feature set including the various NVIDIA features, model and memory size. Notice also that this 9600GT is an eGate card and comes with Biostar’s latest overclocking utility, VRangerII. The line you see along the left side of the box is actually a slice that came courtesy of customs officials, so I don’t expect your product to receive the same treatment.

The back of the box is also pretty standard for most video cards with a more in depth look at some of the features included in the card. On the right side is a check list of sorts for what you would need to run the 9600GT in SLi. The sides of the box do not include any information other than SKU, so I won’t bore you with those details.

Opening up the box there are 4 different compartments containing the card and various accessories.

Included with Biostar’s 9600GT is an instruction manual, HDTV component out breakout box, DVI to VGA adapter, molex to 6 pin PCI-Express power adapter and CD. On the CD are drivers and applications.

Specifications

Taken straight from the Biostar product page for the 9600GT here are some features of the first of the Geforce 9 series cards.

ENGINE CLOCK: 650MHz
MEMORY CLOCK: 1800MHz
MEMORY SIZE: 512MB
MEMORY TYPE: DDR3
MEMORY BUS: 256-bit
STREAM PROCESSORS: 64
INTERFACE: Support PCI-E 2.0
MAX RESOLUTION: 2048 X 1536@85Hz
OUTPUT: S-Video
Dual-DVI
ACCESSORIES: 1 x HDTV Cable
1 x Power Connector
1 x DVI-VGA Adapter
1 x Driver CD
1 x User’s Manual
PRODUCT FEATURES:

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION:

The 9600GT

We’ve seen the packaging and specifications, now let’s take a closer look at the card itself.

On first glance the 9600GT looks identical to the 8800GT. Biostar uses the NVIDIA reference design and cooler so no real surprises here.

The 6 pin power connector is located at the end of the card which could be a potential issue if you do not have a lot of room to work with in your case. While I use a full tower and this shouldn’t be an issue in mine, it could be a potential problem should you have a cramped area inside your case. I will take a closer look at this once the card is installed.

Looking along the top edge of the card is the SLi connection, along with an SPDIF connection for streaming audio through the video card to your home theater setup.

The I/O panel includes the now almost standard dual link DVI and video out connections. The inclusion of the dual link DVI ports ensure you can use the 9600GT on the larger 30″ monitors.

Installation

I’m not going to go into too much detail about the install, since installation of video cards is pretty much a no brainer anymore.

As you can see the 9600GT is identical in size to the 8800GT, in this case an XFX model. With this longer length you will have to take this into consideration with the space inside your case.

With the 9600GT installed, you can get a better view on space requirements. There are no issues as far as obstructions with my board, a Foxconn Nforce 570SLi. Biostar’s 9600GT is longer than budget cards like the Biostar 8600GTS that was reviewed here at OverclockersOnline last year.

Testing Setup

Below are the system constants followed by the comparison video cards that will be used for testing.

CPU: AMD AM2 5000+ Black Edition
MB: Foxconn nForce 570 Sli
RAM: Mushkin 2x1GB PC8400
PSU: Ultra X3 1000W
HD: Seagate 1TB SATA
DVD-Rom: LG 18x DVD Burner – SATA
Case: Lian Li G70B
Ambient Temperature: 24-25C
OS: Microsoft Windows XP w SP2

Video Cards:
Sapphire Radeon HD 2900 XT 512mb (Catalyst 8.2)
XFX 8800GT 512mb (Forceware 169.21)
Biostar 9600GT 512mb (Forceware 174.16)

The 2900 XT was ATi’s top performing card in their initial foray into DX10 hardware. While it did not dethrone Nvidia from the performance crown, it is a strong performing card and should be interesting to see how well a budget card of today compares to a higher end card of last year. I am also throwing in an XFX 8800GT for comparison as this chipset was extremely well received when released late last year and set the bar for price and performance.

For testing I ran all three cards through benchmarks using resolutions of 1024×768, 1280×1024 and 1680×1050 on the following games and applications: FarCry, Half Life 2:Lost Coast, World in Conflict, Company of Heroes, Cryis and finally 3DMark06. Read on to find out how the Biostar 9600GT fares in this gauntlet of tests.

FarCry and Half Life 2: Lost Coast

For benchmarking FarCry I am using the built in timedemo on the Regulator map with the game patched to version 1.4. All settings set to Ultra High with 8x Anisotropic filtering.

At the lowest resolution all three cards are bunched up together but, as the resolution increases the Biostar 9600GT and the 8800GT break away from the 2900 XT. While the 8800GT defeats the 9600GT throughout, the gap is pretty small. I would almost label this a moral victory for the cheaper Biostar 9600GT.

Next in line is Half Life 2: Lost Coast. Half Life 2 is still a favorite among many gamers and each episode released draws attention. Lost Coast was released as basically a technology demo to showcase the Half Life 2 engine. I will use the built in video stress test with all settings to their highest with 6x MSAA and 16x Anisotropic filtering.

I have to say this really perplexed me that there was almost no difference in scores between the two lower resolutions. While I anticipated some similar results as were seen in the FarCry benchmark, we have quite a different story here with the 9600GT running neck and neck with the 2900 XT while surprisingly the 8800GT trails behind. Once again a very strong performance by the Biostar 9600GT.

Company of Heroes and World in Conflict

In the past first person shooter titles were typically the only titles used to benchmark video cards, this changed somewhat with the release of Company of Heroes. I will be using the built in benchmark to get comparable results with settings set to their max.

Here we can see the 9600GT stays neck and neck with the 8800GT until we reach the widescreen resolution of 1680×1050. The Biostar 9600GT edges out the 2900 XT throughout the entire benchmark.

World in Conflict is another extremely demanding real time strategy game that has brought many a system to its knees. For testing I set details to Very High and ran the built in benchmark.

AS you can see all three cards are within a few FPS of each other at all resolutions. While all three are heavily taxed, the 9600GT keeps neck in neck with both cards, I grow more impressed with this card as benchmarking keeps going.

Crysis and 3DMark06 Professional

I don’t think Crysis needs any introduction as it was one of the most highly anticipated titles for its graphics engine alone and is extremely demanding on video cards. For testing everything is set to high with no AA and the built in timedemo benchmark was run.

We can see the 8800GT flexes its muscles here a bit and leaves the 9600GT behind though not by too much. I knew the cards would take a beating and it’s obvious that to get the game to playable levels at 1680×1050 some settings will need to be played with and adjusted. You can still get a very enjoyable experience out of this punishing game from the Biostar’s resilient 9600GT.

While 3DMark06 Professional won’t tell you how well your video card will perform in any given game, it is a universally accepted benchmark and is a good tool for overall comparisons. Stock settings are used aside from resolutions.

As you can see all three cards are within 200 points of each other in the lower resolution. All three cards show nearly identical numbers in the Shader Model 2.0 tests, but the 9600 lags a bit behind both of the other cards in the Shader Model 3.0 tests. When the resolution is bumped up a little to 1280×1024, we get a bit of a surprise when the 9600GT edges out the 8800GT. I reran the tests because quite honestly this result surprised me but I got roughly the same results each time.

For the most part order is restored to what we have generally seen throughout, however the 9600GT is nipping at their heels.

Temperatures and Overclocking

So the gauntlet of tests is complete, or is it? What would be a review without some overclocking?

As mentioned earlier Biostar includes their overclocking utility, VRangerII with the 9600GT. First let’s start out with this little gem of a program.

When firing up the VRangerII, we are first greeted with this warning and I grow a little excited in hoping we are given voltage controls within this utility, but alas much like Biostar’s 8600GTS it seems it is missing the hardware onboard to allow this.

So first off like a kid in a candy store, I decide to hit auto and see what happens. When I keep seeing the numbers rise, I was amazed and hitting the test button resulted with a pass. I knew this was too good to be true as it promptly crashed my computer when launching 3DMark06. While it is a very nice addition, I needed something with a little more detailed control, so I turned to RivaTuner v2.07 so I could get a more accurate readout of the settings and temperatures and used GPU-z to capture the settings.

A little footnote before I move on, I was aware that many 9600GT being reviewed were found to have slightly different core clock speeds than what was advertized as found here at techPowerUp!. I found no such discrepancy in Biostar’s 9600GT.

With much adjustment and many tests run, I settled on a stable overclock of 735Mhz GPU, 1837Mhz shader clock and 1025Mhz for the memory, from stock results of 650/1625/900 respectively. Very nice results for out of the box on stock cooling. Now how exactly do these results translate ingame? I used two of the more demanding games, Crysis and World in Conflict, to measure our gains after the overclock.

I would count this as quite a success when you consider that an overclock achieved on stock cooling pushes the Biostar 9600GT ahead of both the 8800GT and 2900 XT in World in Conflict and puts it just 2 FPS behind the 8800GT in Crysis. With an aftermarket cooler and some adjustments to the voltage, I can see achieving some very nice results from the 9600GT. As you will see in the next graph, overclocking led to a minimal increase in temperatures.

Now this is the part that really amazed me with this card is how cool it runs with the NVIDIA reference cooler which is known to be quite loud on the 8800GT, and I can attest to this from my testing for this review. What I found however was that it remained rather quiet, even under full load, as opposed to the leaf blower sound the 8800GT and the 2900 XT produced under load.

Conclusion

So after all this testing and benchmarking, what are my thoughts? Right now is a great time for anyone looking for performance on a budget. The mid-range market is crowded with plenty of great performing video cards, and Biostar’s 9600GT is no exception. While it may not be all out faster stock to stock than the 8800GT, its only slightly behind it and with a little overclocking it can nearly match the 8800GT. The fact of the matter is you get a lot of performance for not a whole lot of price.

About the only complaint I can find about Biostar’s card is the lack of voltage controls via their VRangerII application. This is more of a complaint for those tweakers out there that like to push their hardware and get the most out of it they can, but this doesn’t affect anything for the normal user.

Positives

Negatives

Samsung Canada has been a frequent sponsor and we welcome them into the new year with open arms as we collect a few of their new products this month.

The last color laser printer we reviewed wasn’t the best in the market, but with the new year comes a new beginning and we have high hopes for the CLP-610ND. The CLP-610ND is the latest professional color laser printer in its family. It boasts some spectacular specifications, 21ppm in color, duplex, network capable and low cost.

It should be a barrel of fun to put the CLP-610ND through its paces as I begin my final term of Engineering, a term full of projects and reports that beg to be printed in color.

Package

When the CLP-610ND arrived, it comes packaged in a big box and it’s a heavy printer. UPS requested help in dropping off the printer as it weighed in at a whopping 67.46lb. Samsung takes advantage of the large box size by providing you with images of the printer and displaying some of the features in large font.

Specifications

It appears that Samsung has revamped their website. The pages load quicker and navigation is just as easy. The CLP-610ND is not the top end color laser printer but it’s a huge step up compared to the CLP-300 I recently reviewed. Here are the features of the printer:

The specifications:

From the get go this printer looks pretty amazing: 20+ pages per minute, first print out in less than 14 seconds, 250 page capacity, 5500 page toner capacity and 50,000 transfer belt life. To the average user, one of these printers will last you a very long time.

Package Contents

From the package pictures, you saw the large size of the printer box. From the specifications, you saw that the printer only measured 43cm*43cm*43cm. So what could be inside this box that’s nearly twice that size? The first thing you’ll see in the box is a thick Styrofoam cover. It’s nearly 2″ thick and protects the 4 toner cartridges from any punctures to the packaging box. The Styrofoam container these 4 toner cartridges sit on is nearly 12″ thick. Below the cartridges is the printer inside a large plastic bag.

Product Tour & Physical Installation

Despite the printer’s large size, the product is remarkably simple to familiarize yourself with. We’ll being by looking at the printer straight on, we can see the menu and user control panel at the top edge of the printer and a series of handles and latches to gain access to the printer.

Do you can manually feed sheets into the printer by pulling the cover down. This will feed the paper directly into the paper tray’s roller.

Returning to the product tour, here is a photo of the user control panel. It’s pretty simple and that’s the way it should be for a laser printer. You only really need a big stop button to kill the print job and some basic navigation keys to change printer settings. Even that last bit is optional given the fact that the CLP-610ND is a network printer and the configuration can be done online.

The sides of the printer are pretty boring, there are some cooling vents and an indented slot to lift the printer but that’s about it. On one side there is the power switch, network port, USB port and auxiliary paper tray connection port.

Turning the printer over to its side, gives a good look at the bottom. The printer is supported on 4 points. The front two points are rubber tipped to prevent sliding and the back two are made of hard plastic.

Software Installation

Software installation is quite simple with the CLP-610. Once you pop the driver CD into the optical drive, there’s next to no thinking left. You select the language you want (English), the type of installation you want and the location of your printer, wait for the system to locate your selected printer, select the printer you want to install drivers for if you have more than one, wait for the installation to complete and register or print a test page at the end.

If you can’t remember the IP of the printer, you can download and install a web-admin service. It does the same thing as typing in the IP of the printer into your favourite browser.

From the web management software, you can monitor the device and check different statistics. I’m always interested in seeing how many pages the printer has printed.

Performance & Finance Calculation

The performance of a printer is really up to your personal taste. If you don’t like the print job, then the printer has failed you. If you do like the quality and like the rate it is completing the print job, then the printer is a success. For me, the CLP-610ND did much better than the CLP-300 that I reviewed last year. The print outs from this printer were crisp and clean. There were no streaks in the pictures and the overall quality was breathtaking.

Text

From a speed performance, the CLP-610ND performed very close to what it was rated at, at least the rating of the sticker on the physical product. If you recall, the label on the printer indicated 21 pages per minute whereas the website said 25 pages per minute. A rate of 21 pages per minute in color is very respectable.

Single Sided

Duplex

Note that the page per minute count began after the first page was ejected. This was to eliminate the warmup time.

Financial Analysis

We’ll start you off with some basic pricing for different CLP-610(ND) products.

The printer:

CLP-610ND:

Toner 5k Yield:
Color (Cyan, Yellow, Magenta): $133.63
Black (5.5K Yield)k: 113.07

Transfer belt (50K images): $211.70

If you have to replace the transfer belt, which means you’ve printed 50K images, I’ll assume that’s the equivalent of 50,000 pages, you must have at least purchased another 7 to 8 toner cartridges (7.63 to be precise). This would have cost you an additional 863 dollars plus the cost of paper, the original printer and the cost of electricity. Excluding the price of electricity and considering the cost of 50,000 sheets to be 500 dollars, it will be just over 1700 dollars worth of expenses before you need to change the transfer belt. At 50K pages, you need to whether or not you can even find the printer still. Depending on your frequency of use, it could be 5 to 10 years from now. A typical copy store will charge as low as 4 cents a page for prints exceeding 10K pages. That’s unlikely to ever happen. A black and white page will more likely be around 7 centers and color at 50 centers. If we assume 10 cents to cover for the occasional color page, a print job of 50K will cost $5,000. This clearly shows the advantages of a color print if you intend on doing a lot of printing. For me in school, it’s definitely worth it. In the 2 months that I’ve had the printer, I have printed 1300 pages. That itself is a quarter of the printer’s MSRP!

Conclusion

The Samsung CLP-610ND is an affordable option to the high end CLP-650 and a great replacement to the lifeless CLP-300. Priced at $150.00 more than the CLP-300, you won’t be disappointed in what you pay for. First off, you get built in network capability. This is a must have for any business! The second and more important aspect of the CLP-610ND is the quality and speed of each print job. The self-calibration increases some print jobs but ensures you get top quality every time. At 21 pages per minute, you can have your report in your boss’ hand in no time.

The CLP-610 doesn’t come without some minor flaws. The start up time is pretty long and even longer if you need to wait for the printer to come to life after being cold for a few hours. For most jobs, you’ll be waiting for the printer to warmup rather than the print to come out. This minor imperfection is masked by the great successes and ease of use.

For any small business of family that does tons of printing with a demand of color, this printer is definitely one to consider.

Advantages

Disadvantages

I finally got an answer from Antec and nVidia, it is not a problem with the power supply but with the nVidia drivers. If you download the newest GeForce drivers, it resolves the problem! Thank you nVidia and sorry to Antec for my false accusations. Go out and get yourself an Antec Quattro!

Ultra Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes
Samsung YP-P2
BlueLounge Cable YoYo POP
OCZ 2x2048MB PC8000 DDR2 (OCZ2P10004GK)
Noctua NH-U12P
Samsung 2493HM LCD Monitor
Zalman CNPS7500-CU LED
HIS Radeon HD 3450 (H345H256NP)
SilverStone KL02B-W

My original plan was to post 8 reviews in the month of March and we managed 9.  This is good, but it’ll be a challenge to keep this pace.

For the month of April we already have one review posted, Tagan BZ900 900W, and I have five more reviews queued up to go. In total, we’ll target 8 reviews as well.
I still have the Samsung CLP-610ND, mStation Orb 2.1, Mitron Hard Drive Selector, HIS Radeon 3650, Power Color Radeon 3650. I expect a few products from Liteon, Biostar and Thermaltake to get wrapped up. I’m in the works with Cool-It, NZXT, OCZ, Micron and a few other players to get some new samples. It should turn out to be a great spring for Overclockers Online.

In terms of contest, look forward to something coming from NZXT and Thermaltake. We’ll be working hard to get new things.

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