In which we send PC Magazine's product reviews coordinator (part-time intrepid reporter and full-time packaging enthusiast), PJ Jacobowitz, deep into the our labs, in order to rifle through all of the cool stuff that we get in the mail. Check out what he found, this week, after the jump.

ABS Ultimate X Magnum: Some days working at PC Magazine means testing $50 MP3 players. Other days, it means testing a $6,399 computer with Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core 3.0 Ghz PC over-clocked to 3.3Ghz, with liquid cooling. Today just happens to be one of the latter. Gamers watch out! This thing looks like an animal. I'm not sure which is more fun, playing video games at 1600 x 1200 or watching Junior Analyst, Brian Neal, pour liquid coolant into cooling tank. Anyway, if you're in the NYC area and notice that your lights are a bit dim over the next couple of days, I apologize in advance. I'll be playing Spiderman 3 on this baby the whole week.

Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router: This is the stuff that networking dreams are made of. This Draft N/gigabit router has an LCD screen that displays network devices, broadband speeds, bandwidth usage, and more. The device itself has a box worthy of housing a high end cell phone. The N1's LCD screen can provide lost consumers with an easy way to troubleshoot what part of their network is failing when in distress, or at the very least, Belkin is allowing users to show off their Draft N/gigabit home network to guests during cocktail parties.

Tape2PC: Still have a ton of closet real estate devote to cassette tapes? Good news: Ion's USB-enabled Tape2PC can take your old audio tapes and convert them to MP3s. Ion's Tape2PC looks like a top-of-the-line, high end, extremely expensive audio appliance--frm the 80s. It sports those heavy buttons that lock down when you push them, green and red lights, and an analog three digit time counter. Don't be fooled though--these features don't make the product dated, they make it authentic! So, why go through the hassle of recording tapes to MP3s, which won't sound half as good as the ones you can just purchase off iTunes? Good question, but does iTunes sell these gems:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze soundtrack (featuring Vanilla Ice's timeless "Ninja Rap")
• Kriss Kross's Totally Krossed Out
•The mix tape you made for that special someone in your 7th grade algebra class who ended up turning you down to the Spring Fling Dance.

Can't wait to try this thing out/put New Kids On The Block stickers on it.

Post by PJ Jacobowitz