Cooling with Boots

Advantages: Does what it says on the box
Disadvantages: A bit expensive in my opinion

...This review is about the cooling eye masks available from Boots. Currently the box of 6 cost £4.98 from Boots. The eye masks are to be placed on the eyes covering both eye lids, the bags under the eye (if any), and the bridge of the nose. It can also cover your eye brows. Its can be used stright from the packet or after its been in the fridge for an even cooler sensation. It is for tired eyes and when they feel uncomfortable. Usually caused from lack for sleep, heat, use of computer and to much reading. It is to soothe and help refresh the eyes. So you feel and look better. Leave the eye mask on for about 10 minutes whilst laying down. Remember to take out contact lenses. It is advised not to use on broken or inflamed skin, as I guess it would sting and might cause an affect. Each eye mask comes in a foil sachet to keep the coolness...

wingnut888 15.02.2009 · Read review
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Power Computers Power Tower PC

Advantages: Good helpfull company
Disadvantages: None

...Being the first decent PC that I owned, this great tower system gave me everything I needed to get stuck in to the world of computing. Power computers of Bedford made sure that all my needs were met at a sensible competitive price, and offered plenty of support as and when I needed it, and still do. The whole system was made up using parts selected by myself and built to my desired specifications, so the end result was exactly what I wanted, at the price I wanted to pay, so it's only real identity is via the Power PC logo unique to Power Computers. Before I got this PC, I only had the limited knowledge of the basics in dos or with machines like the Amiga and C64, so all this power and win 95 was quite a challenge. It was a huge step for me, and as I have learned and progressed I can now understand just how good this system...

Trev1000 02.04.2001 (31.03.2001) · Read review
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Power Connectors For Your PC

Advantages: Connect Devices To PC
Disadvantages: None

...The Belkin Power Y Splitter Power splitter is primarily used to connect devices within your PC. This is what runs power to the devices. Everyone has these in there PC so I thought id review it. This way people who don't know what this is will have a better understanding of what's helping supply power to there devices in there PC. The 6 inch disk drive power Y splitter cables are used to connect two internal floppy drives (3.5") to the power supply. With this you get 2 four pin mini sockets; 1 four pin male socket. The two 4 pin mini sockets are used to attach to the drive, as there is two sockets you can attach two drives. The one 4 pin male socket connects directly to the PC's main power supply. Main features and functions: - Power splitter - 15 cm - 2 x 4 PIN mini - power connector (female) - 1 x 4 PIN internal power (male...

Surj1 19.03.2008 · Read review
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cooling on a budget

Advantages: cheap and quiet
Disadvantages: installation nightmare

...I bought this cooler the other day on Amazon and it arrived today, thankfully 20 minutes after my new cpu did. The first thing that struck me was that the fan is positioned to the side of the heatsink rather than on top of it. Thus blowing hot air through the fins of the heatsink, which has the added advantage of cooling the electical transistors on the motherboard. The heatsink also came with thermal paste already in place which made things easier. After my old generic fan (that came with my medion pc) this seems so quiet, its unbelievable. A few times today I have thought the pc was not coming on because I could nt hear anything. In fact I never realised my hard drive made so much noise. So a few hours in and no problems and very happy with the product. That said all was not "sunshine and lollipops", the installation was...

sim_simian 08.03.2008 · Read review
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PC Pedal Power

Advantages: Huge Fun, Easy To Play, Great Value, Addictive
Disadvantages: A Bit *Too* Addictive, Soundtrack

...I've never been one for computer games. In the early days of the Sega MegaDrive and then the Sony Playstation I was insistent I had them, simply because I wanted to make sure that I had the best gaming system available to make my school chums jealous. When Sega released the MegaCD component to turn its cartridge-based console into a CD-based one, I was first in the queue the day it was released and paid the exhorbitant sum they wanted; two weeks later it had already come down in price. I did the same when Sony released its Playstation, again paying top whack for something that was bound to come down in price once the Christmas rush was out of the way. Eventually I realised that I had purchased these wonderful gaming systems, but I never actually played them. I like computer games; if someone sticks one on in front of me I...

markd_uk 15.10.2004 · Read review
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Power Computing iBuild PC system

Advantages: PC supplied exactly suits the needs of the purchaser
Disadvantages: None so far

...In October 2008 I ordered a customised iBuild Home/Office PC from Power Computing Ltd in Kempston, Bedford. I have a limited knowledge of computers, so it was great help to find that the person who answered the phone was very knowledgeable and guided my choices when I explained exactly what I wanted from the system. I ended up with a neat black and silver midi tower case containing an Intel Pentium dual core processor, 3GB of memory, a 500 GB hard drive and a number of other features including seven USB sockets and a 26 in 1 card reader. The package included a Logitech keyboard and mouse, and a nice Hannspree 19" widescreen monitor. I chose to have XP rather than Vista, as I've heard mixed comments about the benefits of the latter. The whole package compared very favourably against other PCs I'd looked at, including Dell. I...

RobsDad 31.12.2008 · Read review
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Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme

Advantages: Excellent Heat Dispersal, Very Quiet, Ability to attach northbridge heatsink for better cooling
Disadvantages: Very Big, Awkward to Fit

...In my Custom built PC i use a AMD 6400+ with Windows Vista ultimate X64, I tend to run Video Convertions on my computer for home videos but noticed with the stock cooler that my processor was hitting 77 Degrees C and Idling at 48 C. So i began looking for a better Heatsink and fan that was both quiet and efficient. After sifting through lots of different Coolers i came across the Arctic Freezer Xtreme, which the details of the Product on air-flow etc showed it would be very good at the job at hand. the details are... ? Cooling performance ? 160 Watts ? Unique twin tower 102-fin heat sink design ? Effective heat dissipation via 4 double-sided heatpipes ? 1 ultra quiet 120mm PWM fan ? Patented fan holder eliminates the buzzing sounds ? Voltage regulators and north bridge cooling ? Pre-applied MX-2 When i fitted...

Cliffey272 30.07.2009 · Read review
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Oh, You're So Cool.....Laptop Cooling Lounge

Advantages: I no longer have hot legs!
Disadvantages: Noise level

...Up until now I have been using my new laptop (an Acer Aspire 5520) for general, everyday applications such as internet use, coursework and low spec games. Lo and behold, The Sims 3 is released - sadly, I am a fan of such games but that's another story for another day! This game is a resource hog, and playing it on my laptop resulted in alarming processor temperatures being reached, to the point of automatic shutdown. Now, I'm no computer whizz but even I realised this couldn't be healthy for my machine, and it most certainly wasn't healthy for my sanity when all my saved data was lost. A solution was evidently required. After a little research on the trusty interweb, I decided to try the Belkin Laptop Cooling Lounge. Several things led me to this decision - price (mine was £19.21 from Digital Fusion), functionality (a cooler you...

sunnyfox 05.08.2009 · Read review
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Call To Power 2

Advantages: Good game
Disadvantages: None

...of Sid Mier, and the original games were immensely popular on many formats. The pinnacle of the series must be the original Civilisation 2 on the PC, but the new Call to Power series does a very good job too. You are given control of a civilisation, chosen from a list that includes the English, Aztecs and Mongols. You start in 4000BC with one settler - enough to create one city. From this one city you build units, research new technologies and move on to create new cities and build an empire. The game is turn based, and starts in 4000BC. Call to Power 2 moves through to 2300AD. Throughout the game you invent new technology, which mean you can build more and more advanced units and buildings. You can win in one of three ways, either by conquering the world, creating the ultimate technology or simply scoring more points. Or you could...

real_rob_writer 28.06.2001 · Read review
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Xdream Cooling Power

Advantages: Efficient cooling, speed control
Disadvantages: Noisey at full power

...the fan at roughly 1/4 power was perfect for cooling and noise. The fan controller fits into one of your spare PCI slots and consists of a simple dial that you turn clockwise or anticlockwise for speed control. Efficiency - If you have been thinking about buying a new heatsink then i would presume you too are also intrested in the cooling side of computers. The heatsink is brilliant for AMD processors and pentiums alike up to about 2ghz i would say. I have a 1.4 and at high power it kept the temperature 8 degrees lower than my older processor. At lower speed i was seeing a 3 degree drop in temperature which is still good. Further Additions - For all the hardcore computer modders i would recommend you pay around £7 for a silver compound paste. Basically before installing your heatsink you rub some of this paste onto your processor...

gilly_uk 13.04.2004 · Read review
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