Happy Halloween! Yes I’ve replaced the standard news image with something more festive for today. Thanks to hurricane Sandy Halloween has been canceled today here, well not fully cancelled, it’s been postponed until Saturday for my kids which I guess works better as they’re off the next day. I think it’s been postponed everywhere the storm has impacted though so it’s no real surprise. Thankfully we didn’t get hit too bad, mostly a whole lot of rain, here in Pittsburgh we were just on the edge of things. Other people weren’t so lucky as I’m sure you know, our own Tom Ratas lives up in new York and they were hit hard, him and his family are safe thankfully, but they’ve got no power and last I checked it’ll be 7-10 days before he gets it back. We’ve had that happen here, we went five days without power and it wasn’t fun at all. Since then I’ve bought a generator, it’s big enough to handle the furnace, refrigerator, and lighting and a TV, the essentials basically, so I’m ready I think. I hope they get power restored quicker than the estimated 7-10 days though to those affected areas. Anyway, enough of me rambling, here’s the news and reviews fro you from sites around the world…
Storage Related:
Synology Diskstation DS213air NAS Review
Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR3-1866 8GB Kit
Vantec NST-D400SU3 NexStar SuperSpeed Dual Bay Hard Drive Dock Review @ Pro-Clockers
Intel 335 Review – 240 GB SSD @ HCW
CineRAID CR-H212 @ Techreaction.net
Mach Xtreme MX-ES 16GB USB 3.0 @ PureOverclock
Intel 335 Series 240GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
Intel SSD 335 Series Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
Crucial’s Ballistix Sport 2x4GB 1600MHz RAM Kit
Intel’s 335 Series SSD reviewed
Vantec MRK-425ST-BK EZ Swap F4 Quad Bay 2.5” SATA SSD/HDD Rack @ Pro-Clockers
Audio / Video / Video Cards:
ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers.org
ASUS VG278HE 27” 144Hz Gaming Monitor Review
Ubuntu 12.10: Open-Source Radeon vs. AMD Catalyst Performance @ Phoronix
ASUS GeForce GTX 680 & GTX 670 DirectCU II Top Edition Video Card @ Legit Reviews
AMD’s Radeon ExtravaLANza Event Coverage @ Hardware Canucks
TRENDnet TV-IP672WI Megapixel Wireless Day/Night PTZ IP Camera Review @ NikKTech
MSI GEFORCE GTX 650 Ti 1GB Power Edition Video Card Overclocked
Mobile Related:
LG ND5520 Docking Station Review
Cooler Master NotePal ERGO 360 Notebook Cooling Stand
Alienware M18x R2 Gaming Laptop: Dual GPUs Attack
Checking out the Microsoft “pop-up” Store and Surface Tablet @ ThinkComputers.org
PC Cooling:
Corsair Hydro H100 Water Cooling Heatsink Review @ Frostytech.com
Xigmatek VENUS XP-SD1266 CPU Cooler Review @ NikKTech
Deepcool ICE BLADE PRO V2.0 CPU Cooler Review
Glacialtech Igloo 5761 Silent Heatsink Review @ Frostytech.com
Zalman CNPS9900DF Twin Tower Heatsink Review @ Frostytech.com
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Review @ Vortez
PC Cases:
Fractal Design Define R4 Computer Case Review @ APH Networks
Bitfenix Prodigy mini-itx case
Xigmatek Asgard 381 Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ eTeknix.com
Power Supplies/ Related:
Silverstone SFX Series ST45SF-G 450 W
Seasonic X-Series 660W Power Supply Review
Motherboards:
ASUS F2A55-M Motherboard Review
MSI Z77 MPOWER LGA1155 Motherboard @ Benchmark Reviews
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 (A85X) Motherboard Review @ eTeknix.com
EVGA Z75 SLI Motherboard Review @ HCW
Assorted:
3-in-1 RJ45 Network / RJ11 and USB Cable Tester Review
NETGEAR N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Modem Router (DGND4000) Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
AMD Vishera FX-6300 & FX-4300 Review @ Hardware Canucks
Six Wi-Fi adapters that get the job done
Windows 8 in Review – Fusion or Frankenstein?
AZiO KB505U Large Print 3 Color Backlit Keyboard Review
AMD Piledriver FX-8350 Review @ Vortez
Team Development at Cost Zero @ Techgage
Amped Wireless R20000G High Power Dual Band Router Review @ Legit Reviews
TechwareLabs Reviews the Epson WorkForce WF-7520 all-in-one wide format inkjet Printer
TechwareLabs Guide to Maximizing Your Dollars on Cyber Monday
Gaming:
ROCCAT LUA Tri-Button Optical Gaming Mouse Review
Medal of Honor: Warfighter Tested, Benchmarked
Corsair Vengeance 1500 USB 7.1 Gaming Headset Review
MadCatz S.T.R.I.K.E.7 Keyboard Review @ eTeknix.com
Epic Gear Medusa Gaming Mouse Review @ XtremeComputing
Borderlands 2 (PC and PS3) – Review.
SteelSeries Diablo 3 Peripherals @ LanOC Reviews
Assassin’s Creed III (XBOX 360) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
Counterstrike: Global Offensive Limited Edition
Cooler Master Storm Skorpion Mouse Bungee Review
Cooler Master Storm Recon Optical Gaming Mouse Review
Ozone Xenon Gaming Mouse Review @ eTeknix.com
Tt eSPORTS Theron Gaming Mouse Review
Football Manager 2013 (PC) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
Medal of Honor: Warfighter PC Review
Hotline Miami PC Review @ eTeknix.com
Lucius (PC) Game Review @ OCmodshop
CM Storm Ceres 400 Ultra-Portable Gaming Headset Review @ Ninjalane