In which I highlight recent articles at ThinkComputers and BIOS LEVEL
Both ThinkComputers, run by Bob Buskirk, and BIOS LEVEL, run by Sean Potter and myself, have been very busy lately.
BIOS LEVEL
After a busy five-article February, BIOS LEVEL had four articles in March to-date. We might have another one out before the end of the month, though.
- StarTech.com WattSmart 750W Power Supply by Sean – one of the most stable power supplies I’ve seen, certainly worth investigating if you’re in the market for a new PSU
- Pittco’s Iron Storm 8 by Sean – Pittco held the largest LAN party ever in Pittsburgh in mid-March, and most of the BIOS LEVEL staff was there—some were even staff!
- Mini-Feature: Inside a Plextor DVD+-RW drive by me – a quick look inside an optical drive which I recently fixed myself
- Nexus Technology Cooling Supplies by me – in which I discover the quietest fans I’ve ever heard, or, rather, didn’t hear
- D-Link DNS-323 NAS Enclosure by Sean – a pretty cool Linux-based NAS
- GMC AVC-M1 Noblesse AV case by Sean – GMC’s neat HTPC case
- Vantec NexStar 3 hard drive enclosure by Sean – an excellent USB/eSATA hard drive enclosure
- Xigmatek HDT S1283 CPU cooler by Sean – a very cool (literally and figuratively) CPU cooler
- Corinex GameNet Powerline Network Adapter by me – a Powerline networking kit meant for console gaming, and it performed acceptably for console gaming
ThinkComputers
Bob has been posting four or five articles per week since CES! He’s really ramping up the coverage on ThinkComputers, and doing a great job even in the midst of moving. I’ve written a number of articles this month, with another coming up before the end of it.
- ASUS WL-520GU wireless router – another Broadcom router yearning for DD-WRT
- ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe – This review took me nearly a month because of all of the problems I had with the board. The largest of them wasn’t even the board’s fault: Windows can’t handle a motherboard swap, whereas Linux can. It’s a decent board, but I’m still having problems getting USB to work reliably on Gutsy. Hopefully, there are driver fixes in the Hardy kernel.
- Cooler Master Cosmos S – One of the coolest cases I’ve ever seen, I drooled upon seeing it at CES. It’s now the case for
rahab, my primary workstation. - Yoggie Gatekeeper Pico Security Mini-Computer – The Yoggie is a neat device which is plugged in to a USB port on a Windows computer and offloads network security functions—antivirus, firewall, etc.—onto the device, which is actually a tiny Linux computer
- Targus Grove Convertible Messenger Backpack – a combination messenger bag and backpack which looks a lot like a WWII rucksack.
In the coming month, I’ll have a bunch more reviews—several power supplies, an enterprise-level NAS, a video card, and some knick-knacks I’ve uncovered along the way. Keep your eyes peeled and feed readers updating!
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