be.ez LArobe Classic

Designed for use with Mac books this Polyurethance sleeve comfortable fits 15.1” laptops.

Made from Low Resilience Polyurethane (LRPu) which has a thickness of 5mm on each side, the LArobe looks good, and does its job very well.

be.ez state that the material is shape-memory material, which is interesting as a concept but in practice if you poke it then the dent your finger left will never disappear.

After a while it will start looking like a golf ball with all its dimples. We never once worried about our test notebook in the sleeve, as the shape-memory material acts very much a shock absorber.

Price:
R300
“Looks good, but a bit weird after a while with all its dents.

PCF Monster Rig

Will you be in Menlyn Park Shopping Centre on Sat 28th or Sunday 29th?

If you are then head over to BattleLAN where PCFormat will have a monster rig setup and on display.

This rig will feature an Asus Striker II Formula motherboard, an Intel Quad Core Extreme chip, 4GB Mushkin DDR2-800, and an Asus 9800GTX.

The rig will also have some Steelseries products in use and whatever else the team can rustle up before the LAN. She’s a beauty and boy can she perform.

See you there!

MSI K9N2 Diamond

The K9N2 Diamond is truly a nice board to work with.


With a laundry list of features you will be spoilt if you buy one. Not only does it support quad and triple SLI, but also Hybrid SLI, and if you don’t buy an extra graphics card you at least get a DVI-D port and an adapter to support HDMI output.


The board has 2 ATA133 thanks to the nForce chipset design.


The layout has been carefully planned, the coolers have been specially shaped to allow the installation of large cards like the monster BFG 9800GX2 cards that we installed for quad SLI.


In fact the only area of the board that became inaccessible were the power, restart, and clear CMOS buttons that are on the board itself, but we have to note that had we installed the board into a case then we obviously would not have needed to use those buttons.


R3000
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Steelseries 5H v2 USB Headset

One does not often find a gaming headset that delivers perfect sound with music, movies and games; and giving brilliant sound is something that the 5H v2 excels at.


The 5H v2 is comfortable enough that it will not be the reason you go for a coffee break – more than likely you will suffer from Carpel Tunnel before this headset gives you a moment of grief.


The 5H v2’s mic is a masterpiece. Once calibrated in Windows, and the volume switch clicked up to High, then you can happily shout orders to your clan mates in true military style.


To help on the gaming front Steelseries have packaged a USB sound card in with the headset. The soundcard is USB 2.0 compatible, provides virtual 7.1 surround sound, and the equalizer has 12 channels.


R1100
Pick up your August issue of PCFormat for the full review and final score.