Eagle Tech are best known from their OEM based external hard drive enclosures and they had a fair few on the market with clear expertise in this particular product range. Recently, they have diversified into the audio market teaming up with Arion to produce a number of affordable 2.0 and 2.1 soundstage speakers.
So will the company’s inexperience in this department lead to their downfall or will they be able to continue the standard set with their impressive storage solutions? Today we are looking at the Eagle Arion 2.1 Soundstage Speakers so let’s take a better look…
Category Archives: Reviews
Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 2.1 Soundstage Speakers Review
August 17, 2009 – 10:16 am
Cooler Master V8 Review
August 9, 2009 – 10:07 pm
Recently we’ve been taking a look at some pretty high end CPU coolers which, despite the different fin configurations and heatpipe layouts, are all reasonably similar. The Cooler Master V8, which we are to take a look at in this review, is a litter different in that although it is based on a tower format design it has added heatsinks on both sides and a centrally mounted fan.
The V8 appears to be somewhat of a brute as CPU coolers go with its fiery red LEDs and countless heatpipes massing together at its base. Our i7 test rig has put to shame many a cooler in the past, so how will the V8 fare? Let’s find out…
Scythe Mugen 2 Review
August 4, 2009 – 9:07 am
CPU Coolers have got bigger and better in recent times with the introduction of taller fin stacks and more heatpipes utilised in the tower format design. Unique fin designs, integrated fans and H.D.T. Technology are but a few features designed to improve cooling and attract customers to a particular cooler.
Scythe, a company well-regarded in the cooling industry, has come up with a new invention to improve upon their already impressive Mugen CPU Cooler. Split into several fin arrays the Mugen 2 has a completely new layout intent on increasing performance.
With a large amount of hype surrounding this product, will this new layout be able to help it to prove its worth or will it fall flat on its face? Let’s find out…
HTC Touch Pro 2 Review
August 3, 2009 – 3:09 pm
HTC have been a market leader in the Smartphone industry bringing out new and intuitive models time and again. The introduction of a new phone generally brings a few special features to entice customers in and the HTC Touch Pro 2 is no different.
The Touch Pro 2 is the upgrade to HTC’s Touch Pro with a slide out keyboard, Windows Professional 6.1 OS, Straight Talk and more. But, with the Smartphone market focused mainly on the businessman, will the Touch Pro 2 succeed in its aim to attract to the ‘normal’ user too? Let’s take a look…
OCZ ModXStream Pro Review
July 28, 2009 – 9:40 am
Power supplies are often a neglected part of any computer rig. They have neither the interest of a graphics card nor the features of a motherboard and so often finds itself bottom of the list when it comes to building a rig. However, the humble power supply is an essential part of any computer and a bad unit can ruin not only itself but also other components. Other things to consider are the peak output power, efficiency and whether it is SLI ready, but the main thing that a PSU needs to achieve is rock solid rail stability. OCZ sell a range of different wattage units and today we look at one from the ModXStream range that aims to achieve all this and more. Introducing the OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W…
ASUS Triton 88 Review
July 20, 2009 – 3:07 pm
The release of Intel’s i7 architecture has seen thermal solutions increase in size with more fans, fins and heatpipes in order to try and counter the massive 130W TDP. Many products have tried and failed to really stand out when it comes to working with a Nehalem rig and could simply not keep up with the heat levels produced.
MSI SyrenSpeaker Mini Review
July 15, 2009 – 12:00 pm
With modern speaker systems, the number of satellites seems to be increasing all the time with 5.1 and even 7.1 setups. These systems are great for use with a desktop PC and provide some stunning sound quality at times but what about for those users on the move. How many decent speaker sets are there that are compact, transportable and still able to provide a high level of sound quality? MSI’s Syren range of sound equipment includes one such product that hopes to tick all these boxes and more. Introducing the SyrenSpeaker Mini…
Genius NetScroll G500 Review
July 14, 2009 – 12:24 pm
Genius already has an extensive and highly successive range of gaming mice so what brings them to release yet another ‘gaming grade’ mouse you might ask? Well this new model despite being classed in the gaming category appears to be a bit more of an all-round design with its less flamboyant exterior and more affordable price tag. Of course Genius has still managed to integrate some new cunning design features into the NetScroll G500 Laser but I won’t spill the beans just yet. Read on to take a closer look…
Eagle Tech Consus Review
July 12, 2009 – 9:04 pm
The external hard drive market has grown quickly with vast amounts of data needing to be moved from one system to another that a USB drive simply cannot handle. The preferred connection method is now by far eSATA with its greater performance namely for read and write speeds. However, many users still require the older USB 2.0 connection as their cases do not allow for easy eSATA usage and so most enclosures offer both connections. Today, we take a look at an enclosure focused purely on the older connection; with the focus solely on the USB outlet, will it be able to punch above its weight and produce some good results? Let’s take a look…
OCZ Gladiator Max Review
July 5, 2009 – 9:28 pm
With the introduction of Intel’s latest range of processors – the i7 series – thermal solutions manufacturers have been caught between two minds: to create a new cooler which is better able to counter the 130W TDP of these new processors or to create a mounting mechanism for an existing CPU cooler in their range to allow it to fit the LGA1366 motherboards.
OCZ took the decision to do the later and created the Force II support brackets for the Gladiator Max. The cooler follows popular tower format design utilises a single 120mm fan but will this be enough cooling for the high heat-producing i7 920? Let’s find out…