Hey everyone, I hope you've all had a peaceful and memorable christmas this year with your family or whomever you chose to spend it with. Now we've only a few days to go before new years eve and about the only thing i'm not looking forward to is the thumping headache the next day!

Anyway, down to business. I thought i'd pump out a nice chunky roundup of reviews and articles which have built up whilst I took a small break away from routine over the christmas break - Enjoy! :-

Systems

- Gigabyte N203 12.1-inch Centrino notebook @ Hardware Zone
- Gigabyte N512 Notebook @ Legion Hardware
- Soltek QBIC EQ3501 SFF @ Hot Hardware
- IWILL Set to Start Supplies of Dual-CPU Barebones @ XBit Labs

Motherboard

- DFI LANParty UT 915P-T12 Motherboard @ Bjorn3D
- ASUS K890 Pro hits Japan @ The Inquirer
- Abit's WI-1P, a serious workstation contender? @ Hardware Analysis

Memory

- TwinMOS Speed Premium PC3200 @ TechPowerUp
- Mushkin DDR2 PC2-4200 1GB DC Kit @ InsaneTek
- Corsair XMS2 PC4300 CL3 Pro @ XtremeNews

CPU

- An In-Depth Look at Dothan: Intel's Pentium M @ Sudhian
- One Core Is Good. Two Cores Are Even Better! @ XBit Labs

Video/Monitor

- HKC 775CA 17" Flat CRT Monitor @ Tech-Mods
- 3DMark05 Benchmarker @ Digit-Life
- Gigabyte GV-3D1 Dual nVIDIA 6600GT PCI-E Graphics Card @ OCWorkbench
- ATI to launch new Radeon X300 with memory sharing technology @ DigiTimes
- ATI All in Wonder Radeon X600 Pro PCI Express 256Meg @ TweakNews
- Q4 2004 Performance Midrange GPU/VPU Shootout (PCIe) @ Hardware Zone

Networking

- How IP-Based Video Surveillance Works @ The TechZone
- D-Link's New Routers Gives Games, Conferencing a Priority @ XBit Labs

Cases/Modding/PSU

- Thermaltake PurePower 680w power supply @ A1-Electronics
- High Speed PC Tech Station @ InsideProject
- Lian Li PC-V1000 & Koolance EXOS Case @ System Cooling
- Rack Mount Server Chassis @ ClubOC
- December 2004 HTPC Case Roundup @ Anandtech
- OCZ ModStream 520W PSU @ Viperlair
- SunBeamTech Molex Lighting Mods @ TechTastic

Cooling

- Scythe NCU-2005 Fanless Heatsink (LGA775) @ Scythe
- Thermalright SI-97 Heatsink @ OCIA
- Thermaltake POLO 735 extreme Heatsink @ PC-Base
- Asetek Antarctica Socket 775 Heatsink @ RBMods
- Danger Den TDX Waterblock @ OCModShop
- Alphacool Cape Copper Set CPU water cooling kit @ Techniz

Storage

- Seagate 5GB USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive @ EverythingUSB
- Vantec EZ Swap 2 SATA HDD Rack @ ThinkComputers
- The RAID 6 Areca ARC-1120 One-ups RAID 5 Controllers @ Toms Hardware
- Methods for backing up your computer files @ The TechZone & Big Bruin

Other

- New Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T33 @ i4u
- What to Buy After X-Mas(With All of Your New Loot) @ TechwareLabs
- Aigo MP-P750 Player @ Hexus