Happy Saturday, I’m sure a lot of you are happy the weekend is here, I’m not too sure myself, it just means my kids have no school… Anyway, it’s time for the news once again from our friends around the world, we’re got plenty of reviews along year end roundups and a few contests. Read and enjoy…
Storage Related:
Intel SSD 520 Series ‘Sandforce Driven’ SSD Specs Revealed @ The SSD Review
Increase RAID Rebuild / rsync Performance for QNAP NAS @ Computing on Demand
Patriot Pyro SE 120GB Solid State Drive Review
Synology DiskStation DS212j NAS Server Review @ Real World Labs
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Hard Drive
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best DDR3 Memory
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best SSD
Silicon Power Diamond D05 750 GB
SilverStone Raven RVS02 External USB 3.0 HDD / SSD Enclosure Review @ Legit Reviews
Samsung 830 Series 512GB SSD Review
Silverstone Treasure TS04 2.5" USB 3.0 Drive Enclosure Review @ circuitREMIX
QNAP TS-419P II NAS Network Storage Server @ Benchmark Reviews
Kingston HyperX Genesis Quad Channel 2400MHz DDR3 Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
Kingston HyperX 240GB Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers.org
Kingston Wi-Drive for iDevices Review @ Techgage
Audio / Video / Video Cards:
MSI GTX 560 Ti-448 1280MB Twin Frozr III Power Edition Overclocked
Arctic Sound P321 USB Headset Review at Overclockers Online
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Monitor
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best AMD Video Card
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best nVIDIA Video Card
iXBT Labs Review: HIS 6770 IceQ X Turbo 1GB GDDR5, HIS 6750 Fan 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Cards
AC RYAN VEOLO Android Media Streamer Review
Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 FleX Battlefield 3 Edition Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com
MEGATech Reviews – Pivos AIOS HD Media Center
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Launch Roundup with SLI @ HardwareHeaven.com
Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores WindForce
Mobile Related:
HTC EVO 3D Android Smartphone Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
Griffin Beacon for iOS Review @ ThinkComputers.org
Orange lies to customers and gets away with it?
Peel Universal Smart Remote for iPhone and Android Review @MissingRemote
Asus Zenbook UX31 Laptop Review @ HardwareLOOK
Pure Chronos iDock Series II Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Tegra 3 Unleashed @ HotHardware
Toshiba Portege Z830 Ultrabook Review @ The SSD Review
PC Cooling:
Jou Jye BW-1225P-LV Low Voltage 120mm Fan
Prolimatech Lynx CPU Cooler @ Pro-Clockers
Alpenföhn K2 CPU Cooler Review @ Vortez
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Fan Cooling System
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Liquid Cooling System
be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler Review on Technic3D
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler Review
Antec Kuhler H20 920 Review @ XSReviews.co.uk
Intel RTS2011LC CPU Water Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews
PC Cases:
NZXT Phantom 410 @ techPowerUp
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Chassis
Enermax Fulmo GT Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
BitFenix Outlaw PC Case @ Pro-Clockers
Raidmax Blade Case Review @ Ninjalane
CaseLabs MAGNUM M8 @ techPowerUp
Lian Li PC-TU200 Case Review @ TechwareLabs
Lian Li PC-Q25 Mini-ITX Case Review
BitFenix Merc Alpha PC Case Review @ Real World Labs
Xclio Touch 320 @ PureOverclock
NZXT Phantom 410 Review @ Vortez
Power Supplies/ Related:
Seasonic SS-1000XP Platinum 1000 Watt PSU Review on Technic3D
bequiet! Straight Power E9 CM 680 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 400 W @ techPowerUp
Motherboards:
ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Motherboard Review @ OCIA.net
Intel Desktop Board DX79TO Preview | Sandy Bridge-E performance on a budget
ASRock 970 Extreme4 AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review
BIOSTAR TA990FXE AMD 990FX Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
Gigabyte X79-UD3 Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
Assorted:
MEGATech Gift Guide – Five Totally Awesome but Incredibly Useless Star Wars Gifts
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) Blu-ray Movie Review
eVGA Is The GPU King? @ eTeknix.com
HardwareHeaven Competition: Design Your Own Custom Case and PC with Cryo PC and Have It Built
Exclusive interview with Oliver Baltuch, Futuremark President
Weekly Giveaway #17: Club3D GeForce GTX 560Ti Green Edition Graphics Card @ eTeknix.com
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best CPU/APU
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Keyboard
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best AMD Motherboard
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Intel Motherboard
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Mouse
2011 Reader Choice Awards: Best Brands
Win a new XFX Pro Black Edition 1250W PSU & HD6950 DD!
Kitguru Lite: A newbs video guide to keyboards
Configuring a LAN party network @ LanOC Reviews
Xebec Tech iTouchPad Diamond Keyboard Review @ XtremeComputing
Contagion (2011) Cinema Review
Gaming:
Steelseries Specturm 7XB Wireless Headset Review @ t-break
TRITTON AX Pro True 5.1 Surround Headset Review @ Real World Labs
Serious Sam 3 BFE (PC) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition Mechanical Keyboard Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
ROCCAT ALUMIC Gaming Mousepad Review @ TechwareLabs
Funky Kit Review: Steelseries Diablo 3 Gaming Headset
Razer Onza Battlefield 3 Edition @ Rbmods
t eSPORTS Isurus In-Ear Gaming Headset Review @ XSReviews.co.uk
CM Storm Xornet 2000 DPI Gaming Mouse Review @ eTeknix.com
Tt eSPORTS MEKA G Unit Keyboard Review @ Vortez
Tt eSPORTS Meka Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review @ TechwareLabs
Need For Speed: The Run (PC) Review