ThermalTake, known widely for their fantastic cooling solutions has been taking over many facets of the performance PC accessory industry. From RAM heat spreaders to temperature monitoring and controlling, they have been expanding their scope of products very rapidly. Most recently, ThermalTake has added Power Supply Units (PSUs) to their catalog. Today I will be looking at their Silent Purepower Supply. The model in front of me is their
W0004R 360W ATX PSU.

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After the recent purchase of my laptop from e-bay, I began to wonder how I was going to network it with the rest of my computers, and more importantly how I was going to get broadband to my new toy. After a couple of visits to my local computer store and a few more to their website I decided on these.

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Mention the name Logitech and the word speakers to an enthusiast computer user as little as one year ago, and you would probably get a smirk of disgust upon their face. Do the same thing now, and that same user would probably perk their ears in interest. Ever since Logitech introduced their “Z series,” they have been making trends in computer audio. A couple of their key selling points are: their cost (inexpensive, great bang-for-the-buck) and the massive amounts of bass that the subwoofer pumps out. Let’s see if the new Z640’s live up to that standard!

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This year along came a new company in Denmark, Chip-con ApS , and the newest generation of "direct die" Vapor Phase Change Cooling units: the Prometeia, introducing with it the highest heat removing capacity of all commercially produced vapor phase change cooling units available today!

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Today we have a new product from PCToys called the Power Maxx Aluminum Power Supply. This beast is rated at a whopping 520 watts and is probably heavy-duty enough to jumpstart your car! Okay, forget jumpstarting your car, this baby is the poster child for what a power supply should be. Look familiar? Yes, it sure does. That's because it is pretty much identical to the "Stealth" power supply produced by Vantec. The Stealth PSU has become one of the most popular upgrade choices to power high end computers and overclocking machines. However, it is hard to find and I haven't even seen it in local computer stores. As for the PCToys version, it is widely available and can be found in your local CompUSA store!

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New users will most likely want to read the manual, it gives a load of information. Users beyond the skill of a beginner will either use the quick start guide, or nothing. The quick start guide was well written with pictures showing the jumpers and cabling. On the other side it shows the software aspects of burning. The CD had the normal suite of utilities including Easy CD Creator and Direct CD among other things.

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There are many new games that are coming out, or that are already out, that have some great graphics but are tough on video cards and can sometimes be too much for your average video card to process. Many gamers want all the frames that they can get, but not at the loss of visual quality / eye candy. ATI has released their Radeon 9700 Pro video card the meet the needs of high-end 3D graphics for die-hard gamers and 3D designers alike.

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