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KitGuru posted a review on the Corsair Graphite 600T Mid-Tower Case. Other new articles in this roundup:

- Antec DF 35 Review
- Workstation and Server CPU Comparison Guide Rev. 4.0
- Asus Rampage III Gene and Sabertooth X58 motherboards
- Arctic cooling L2 Pro meets GTX 460
- Zalman ZM-SF3 120mm Case Fan Review
- OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD Review
- Sitecom Wireless Simultaneous Dualband 300N XR Gigabit Gaming Router II Review
- Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower Case Review
- Xion Predator Gaming Series AXP 970 Review
- Seagate 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive Review
- GTX 480 Water Block Roundup
- AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition: Unlocked and Overclocked
- Alienware TactX Laser Gaming Mouse Review
- Arctic M571 Gaming Mouse Review
- Gigabyte 890FX-A UD7 Review
- Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler Review
- All Core i7 Models
- GMC R-2 Toast Case Review
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD Review



Corsair Graphite 600T Mid-Tower Case Review
KitGuru posted a review on the Corsair Graphite 600T Mid-Tower Case

Corsair have been building on their success in the memory business, expanding into many other areas of tech in the past few years. But they haven’t done so in a half-hearted way – each new product they have launched has been class leading like their H70 watercooler which we reviewed recently.

Today we’re going to look at Corsair’s latest PC case, the Graphite 600T, which fits in at the bottom of their range beneath the popular Obsidian series. But being at the bottom of the range doesn’t mean this is a low-end case; it is a feature packed mid tower case, aimed at enthusiasts who don’t have an unlimited budget.
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Antec DF 35 Review
XSReviews have a new review of the Antec DF 35 gaming case.

The colossal company that is Antec has recently released its Dark Fleet range of cases optimised for high performance cooling with a hot-swappable SSD and swish styling throughout. The DF-35, the particular model we are focusing in on today, completes our trio of reviews on the initially released Dark Fleet enclosures. Read on for a closer look, in detail, at the DF-35.
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Workstation and Server CPU Comparison Guide Rev. 4.0
TechARP updated their Workstation and Server CPU Comparison Guide

If you have no idea what's different between an AMD Opteron processor and an Intel Xeon processor, then this is the guide for you.

Currently covering 477 workstation and server CPUs, this comprehensive comparison will allow you to easily compare up to 20 different specifications for each and every CPU.

Here's what we updated in this new release :

- Added the Intel Xeon EC5549, EC5539, LC5528, LC5518 and EC5509 (Jasper Forest) processors.
- Added the Intel Xeon EC3539, LC3528 and LC3518 (Jasper Forest) processors.
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Asus Rampage III Gene and Sabertooth X58 motherboards
The Tech Report takes a closer look at the Asus Rampage III Gene and Sabertooth X58 motherboards

Asus' latest X58 boards have very distinct personalities. We take a closer look to see if either matches yours.
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Arctic cooling L2 Pro meets GTX 460
Hardwareoverclock.com posted a review on the Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 Pro VGA cooler

Hardwareoverclock.com has posted another review. Last week they has taken a look at the Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 Pro VGA cooler, combined with a Geforce GTX 460 in reference layout.

Currently you can find very cheap Geforce GTX 460 graphics cards. Now they cost less than 140,- in Europe. Only the installed cooler is not always the best choice. But maybe the Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 Pro would be a suitable alternative.
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Zalman ZM-SF3 120mm Case Fan Review
Hi Tech Legion posted Zalman ZM-SF3 120mm Case Fan Review

The Zalman ZM-SF3 is a 120mm case fan built from the ground up to cool quietly. The Zalman ZM-SF3 has a unique shark fin design to reduce the turbulence in the air flow for a smoother stream and quieter performance. A high-tech system called ELQ, EverLasting Quiet, is a system that allows the shaft of the fan to spin on a bearing, for a rated 150,000 hours of operation. Rubber padding and silicone pins handle any other possible source of noise that case fans generate in their normal operation. With such a focus on silent operation, it's hard to imagine a better creature to embody than a great white shark as it silently slips through the ocean to feed.
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OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD Review
Ninjalane has posted their review of the Sandforce enabled SSD from OCZ called the Vertex 2

SSDs have really come a long way over their short existence. From the meager 60MB/s reads to the 285MB/s read bandwidth found on the Vertex 2 you can see how the new Sandforce 1200 controller has improved SSD performance over SATA3.
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Sitecom Wireless Simultaneous Dualband 300N XR Gigabit Gaming Router II Review
Madshrimps posted Sitecom Wireless Simultaneous Dualband 300N XR Gigabit Gaming Router II Review

The Wireless Simultaneous Dualband 300N XR Gigabit Gaming Router II from Sitecom is a feature rich product that has a nice quality and modern look and does not fail to impress with its wired and wireless performances.
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Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower Case Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower Case

The Cooler Master HAF 912 is a case in which enthusiasts can find a large amount of features at a low price point. The HAF 912 supports 1.8”, 2.5”, 3.5” and 5.25” drives along with its plethora of cooling options. The case is also great for cable management and can even support large graphics cards. This case is certainly a great starter case which can allow you to easily upgrade parts in the future. Read on further to get a better look.
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Xion Predator Gaming Series AXP 970 Review
OCC has published a review on the Xion Predator Gaming Series AXP 970

Though the case didn't perform as expected in testing it does have quite a few nice features which does makes up pretty well for it. On the up and up unlike a lot of cases on the market the AXP-970 is painted black inside and out. Also unlike many others this case supports two fans on the top panel which can be either 120mm or 140mm or even a radiator with those same size fans. This case also offers great expandability in that with the fans you can add those two to the top and even add another two 120mm fans to the side or just a single 200mm fan.
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Seagate 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Seagate 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive

Seagate just released what is probably the largest external hard drive on the market today, a 3TB desktop drive called the FreeAgent GoFlex Desk. Like other GoFlex products it’s, for lack of a better word, flexible. The GoFlex comes with USB 2.0 connection but your can purchase USB 3.0 or FireWire if you prefer. It works on PC or Mac and comes with several programs from Memeo for Backup, Syncing, Sharing and transferring large files. So read on to learn more..
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GTX 480 Water Block Roundup
PureOverclock posted a GTX 480 Water Block Roundup.

We have full coverage blocks from the top companies on the market, ranging in price from $85 to $135 and various aesthetics to suit just about any preference. We're going to load each one onto the test bench and find out which is best suited to cool the mini furnace known as the Nvidia GTX 480.
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AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition: Unlocked and Overclocked
Hi Tech Legion takes a look at the AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition

AMD offers the Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition as a 3.2Ghz dual core as a part of their line aimed squarely at enthusiasts. With an unlocked multiplier, the Phenom II X2 555BE comes out of the box already looking to be overclocked and pushed to its limits. Don't let the fact that it is a dual core deceive you, the Phenom II X2 555BE has all of the Phenom II architecture, including 1MB of L2 cache and 6MB L3 cache that go along with it and a 128-bit memory controller that is ready for DDR3. The Phenom II X2 555BE also contains four physical cores on the chip, and the possibility of unlocking an extra core or two is a very real one.
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Alienware TactX Laser Gaming Mouse Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review of the Alienware TactX Laser Gaming Mouse.

Back in 2009, Alienware came out with their first series of gaming accessories which continued their tradition of premium priced items but these had high flying performance to back up their cost. Their "TactX" family has seen new members added and in many cases the mice, keyboards and other gaming items under the brand have seen their prices slashed by sometimes dramatic amounts. So, we figured it was high time to take Alienware's TactX out for a spin.
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Arctic M571 Gaming Mouse Review
Top Review Shop posted a review on the Arctic M571 Gaming Mouse

The Arctic Cooling M571 is a slightly larger, and slightly more expensive, version of the M551 mouse we were mostly impressed with when we recently reviewed it. The M571 only commands a $5 price premium over the M551, so it will be interesting to see what features it has to offer at such a low price point of $25 USD.
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Gigabyte 890FX-A UD7 Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Gigabyte 890FX-A UD7 Review

Gigabyte have taken the latest AMD chipset and applied their high-end UD7 magic to it. How does it stand up?
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Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler Review
BURNED iN posted Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler Review

The GPU is an amazing triumph of technology. Graphics cards allow us to perform tasks that would have been impossible before the 3D accelerator came of age. They can spit out lifelike, real-time rendered three-dimensional scenes millions of pixels in size hundreds of times every second. They can transcode video at a much higher framerate than what the video actually plays at. The mere fact that they are able to snappily render modern GUIs, with all their bloat, is fairly incredible. But the best thing of all may be that for all this computation, they consume huge amounts of power, spit out equally massive amounts of heat, and make enough noise to send your vacuum cleaner squealing back to its closet!
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All Core i7 Models
Hardware Secrets posted a quick reference tables showing the main specs of all Core i7 models released to date

The Core i7 was the first Intel processor to bring an integrated memory controller, feature available on AMD processors since the Athlon 64. It is based on the Core architecture, like the Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad, but with several enhancements to increase performance (Nehalem microarchitecture). This CPU family is available in four different sockets, LGA1366 (triple-channel memory architecture and QPI bus), LGA1156 (dual-channel memory architecture, integrated PCI Express 2.0 controller and DMI bus), PGA988 (for laptops, same basic specs as LGA1156), and BGA1288, also for laptops (same specs as LGA1156).
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GMC R-2 Toast Case Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the GMC R-2 Toast Case

Our review of the GMC R-2 Toast, a compact mid-tower case that supports full ATX motherboards, thanks to a unique vertically-installed optical disk drive bay. Check it out!
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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD Review
Vortez.co.uk posted Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD Review

It'd be fair to say that Creative have been fairly quiet with regards to sound card releases over the past few years. The most recent sound card being the X-Fi Fatal1ty series, For audiophiles the X-Fi Extreme product-line has been a popular choice, so in one sense you can understand why Creative haven't needed to be concerned - this range has been very successful.

In September Creative announced the release of a brand new series of sound card coming under the HD classification, because Creative have been fairly dormant in this division this makes for very interesting news. It's good to see them launching new audio products onto the market, and in particular sound cards. So today, I will be taking a look at the X-Fi HD. There are two versions of this sound card, one is installed onto the motherboard and the other resides on your desk being USB. I will be reviewing the latter.
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