BRnR - Barry's Rigs 'n Reviews - News n' Reviews for the Week Ending 05/02/2008

Friday - 05/02/2008

Are We What We Play?

Source: 1Up.com

Amazon Sues New York to Stop Collecting Sales Tax

Source: Gizmodo

Xen.Core Carbon Series 120mm (Google Translation)

Source: DeXgo

Shuttle XPC Prima SX38P2 Pro

Source: Tom's Hardware

Summer will bring a GPU war

Source: The Inquirer

STARAY - Data Encryption Storage Box

Source: Tech Messenger

E3 Struggles To Stay Alive

Source: Tom's Guide

Report: Xbox 360 With Blu-ray Disc Underway from Asus Subsidiary

Source: DailyTech

Activision, Vivendi discontinue ESA membership

Source: GamesIndustry.biz

Smooth Creations Broodling Unboxed

Source: HotHardware

'F*** casual gaming,' says Rockstar boss

Source: Eurogamer

Opinion: GTA IV: The Immigrant Issue

Source: Gamasutra

Friday (Affiliates) - 05/02/2008

Overclocking the Intel Q9300 CPU With Subzero Cooling @ Madshrimps

Source: Madshrimps

Thermolab Nano Silencer CPU Cooler LGA775 @ DragonSteelMods

Source: DragonSteelMods

Glacialtech Altair A380 HTPC Case @ PC Freaks & Geeks

Source: PC Freaks & Geeks

Intel Skulltrail preview @ NordicHardware

Source: NordicHardware

Thursday - 05/01/2008

NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week

Source: Tom's Hardware

X48 shootout - Gigabyte Vs. ASUS

Source: Boot Daily

Crytek no longer PC exclusive

Source: bit-tech.net

Surviving the Fallout

Source: GamesIndustry.biz

Law of the Game on Joystiq: Of Pirates and Prostitutes

Source: Joystiq

The challenges of crafting Iron Man's suit

Source: CNET News.com

ASUS LS201 20" LCD Monitor

Source: HotHardware

AMD 780G - The Three Amigos and a 9850BE

Source: AnandTech

Psystar Open Computer

Source: CNET Reviews

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Source: PCMag.com

3DMark Vantage Review

Source: ExtremeTech

MADD, Thompson Look To "Frag" GTA IV

Source: DailyTech

Microsoft struggles with Vista's perceptions

Source: CNET News.com

Thursday (Affiliates) - 05/01/2008

VIZO Mini Ninja Notebook Cooler

Source: Top Review Shop

Thermolab Micro Silencer CPU Cooler LGA775 @ DragonSteelMods

Source: DragonSteelMods

Team Fortress 2 : Bare Naked FPS Strategy @ BiTTDaily.com

Source: BiTTDaily.com

Mainstream Quad Core Processors Compared from AMD and Intel @ Madshrimps

Source: Madshrimps

Wednesday - 04/30/2008

Industry suddenly realises multi-cored chips are useless unless used

Source: The Inquirer

Hiper Anubis (Google Translation)

Source: DeXgo

Adobe guru to improve Windows interface

Source: CNET News.com

Computer Speaker Roundup

Source: ExtremeTech

ECS GeForce 9600 GSO Graphics Card Delivers Unprecedented Performance for Gamers’ Needs

Source: Tech Messenger

Judge Rejects RIAA Piracy Claims

Source: Tom's Guide

Nvidia's David Kirk on CUDA, CPUs and GPUs

Source: bit-tech.net

Microsoft Pulls XP SP3, Delays Release Indefinitely

Source: DailyTech

Grand Theft Auto IV - Anand's Thoughts

Source: AnandTech

Vantage panned for lack of DX10.1

Source: The Inquirer

Wednesday (Affiliates) - 04/30/2008

OCZ Quad 2Gb Memory Kit Review - 8Gb of Platinum Goodness

Source: Madshrimps

USB 2.0 Extension Cable to Cat5e or Cat6 Extender Adapter @ DragonSteelMods

Source: DragonSteelMods

Tuesday - 04/29/2008

Ubisoft nixes first DX10.1 support

Source: The Inquirer

XP SP3 not generally available yet, after all

Source: ZDNet

Silicon-Power Launches the 128GB 2.5-inch SATA/ IDE Solid State Disk

Source: Tech Messenger

Critics slam 'GTA IV' without test drive

Source: CNET News.com

You Want 4 GB RAM on Your Notebook?

Source: Tom's Hardware

Bigfoot Networks' Killer M1 NIC

Source: Tom's Guide

Western Digital VelociRaptor Hard Drive Review

Source: ExtremeTech

Exclusive game reviews ethically troubling?

Source: bit-tech.net

AMD’s Next-Gen Micro-Architecture in Development, Bulldozer Samples Due in 2009 – AMD

Source: X-bit Labs

Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 Toxic review

Source: Elite Bastards

Tuesday (Affiliates) - 04/29/2008

Iron Man Trailer Suit Upgrade @ BiTTDaily.com

Source: BiTTDaily.com

Designio Leather Sleeve for ATT Tilt / HTC TyTn II @ DragonSteelMods

Source: DragonSteelMods

New PROTOTYPE Trailer Released @ BiTTDaily.com

Source: BiTTDaily.com

Monday - 04/28/2008

NZXT Tempest @ techPowerUp!

Source: techPowerUp!

Sapphire HD 3870 Toxic (Google Translation)

Source: DeXgo

XFX Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI

Source: bit-tech.net

DFI X48 LT T2R: Floats like a Butterfly…

Source: AnandTech

ExtremeTech's Overclocking Video Tutorial

Source: ExtremeTech

Akasa Gemini Notebook Cooler @ techPowerUp!

Source: techPowerUp!

'GTA IV': The good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly

Source: Crave

We take a close look at 3DMark Vantage

Source: The Inquirer

Blockbuster Expanding Focus on Videogame Business

Source: DailyTech

24" LCD Monitors Roundup. Part II

Source: X-bit Labs

Monday (Affiliates) - 04/28/2008

miniSync - Car Charger Bundle for ATT Tilt/ HTC Tytn II Reviewed @ DragonSteelMods

Source: DragonSteelMods

MSI Overclocking Contest

Source: Madshrimps