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Review: Mass Effect 3

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Source: Wikimedia

Title: Mass Effect 3

Genre: Third-Person Shooter RPG, Science Fiction

Release Date: March 6th, 2012 (US), March 9th, 2012 (EU), March 15th, 2012 (JP)

System: PC, Xbox 360, PS3

Format: DVD, Blu-ray, Digital (EA Origin)

 

Lacking no amount of graphical and combat polish that belies their other titles, Mass Effect 3 is a surprisingly wanting exercise for BioWare in terms of the deeper narrative substance of it.



Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G (SCH-R920) Specs, Features, Review

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It is now out for MetroPCS! The Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G smartphone — a 4GLTE smartphone that uses Google Android 2.3 OS.

This touchscreen smartphone rocks! It’s fast and with expandable memory support (microSD), Bluetooth support, Wireless Internet support (WiFi), and more. It’s great for social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), watching videos, listening to music, and just as a general cellphone.

Check out our Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G Review for information on the phone, specifications, and pictures of the device!



Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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146 hours in. Two skill trees maxed out. Bethesda is at it again; creating a cruel, cold-hearted timesink of an open world game that threatens socialization as we know it.



Battle of Tablets: Amazon Fire VS Apple iPad 2 VS Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 VS Nook Color

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With the Amazon Fire release date being today, you may be wondering what the best tablet out there is right now!

There is no easy answer to this, however, and so you must compare the top tablets instead! We’ve boiled it down for you in the following article: Comparison: Amazon Fire vs Apple iPad 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, NOOK Color

Which is best will of course depend on you. We’ll tell you the features and you’ll make the choice. They’re all good pieces of equipment in the end, but the prices do vary significantly.



Cooler Master’s Notebook Cooler NotePal X2

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So, I ordered this thing from Amazon, because my Macbook runs up to 92C (Which Apple claims its “within operable temperatures” so I’m taking their word for it… with caution.  However, I did run the laptop at that temperature for about 6 hours while playing Call of Duty, so I feel more assured.  But to be safe, I ordered this cooler.

Here are the results of my tests:

SETTINGS:
Control group:  Room temp of 23C, wooden desk
Variables:  Mac’s fan speed, Cooler Pad’s fan speed, processes

TEMPERATURES:
Idle, on the desk, mac’s fan speed at 3000 RPM = 33C
Idle, on the cooling pad at 700 rpm, mac’s fan speed at 3000 rpm= 33C
Idle, on the cooling pad at 1400 rpm, mac’s fan speed at 3000 rpm = 33C

Idle, on the desk, mac’s fan speed at 6200 RPM = 32C
Idle, on the cooling pad  at 700 rpm, mac’s fan speed at 6200 rpm = 35C
Idle, on the cooling pad at 1400 rpm, mac’s fan speed at 6200 rpm = 35C

Working, on the desk mac’s fan speed at 6200 RPM = 87C
Working, on the cooling pad at 700 rpm, mac’s fan speed at 6200 rpm = 87C
Working, on the cooling pad at 1400 rpm, mac’s fan speed at 6200 rpm = 87C

Working = Running adobe flash cs5, rendering in lightwave 10 full graphics, 300,000+ polygons, 5xAA, radiosity and raytracing, watching a movie on quicktime and youtube

CONCLUSION:
Well, this was anti-climatic.  I guess this was because I was on a wooden desk after all, but I’m sure that if this laptop were on my lap, and in a hotter room, there would be more obvious differences.  However, I do feel that it’s worth getting nevertheless because most laptops have their vents on the bottom, where as this macbook pro vents through the sides, and through the keyboard.

COOL STUFF:
Well, there are some cool features.  Like the blue LED glow, and also the pad has an extra USB to make up for the one it takes.  Comes with a 600mm USB cable as well to power it.  Macbooks are a bit short on USBs these days.  It’s extremely quiet, and also it has two height settings, as well as adjustable fan speeds, with a power button.

I ordered this product from Amazon at $25.99

 




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