Here a roundup of todays hardware reviews:

- ASUS EAH 6970 2GByte Review
- ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Profess1onal Series Motherboard Review
- AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Review
- A Case of the Uglies: 10 Ugly PC Cases
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Card Review
- MSI N560GTX Ti Twin Frozer II review
- OCZ Revo X2 240GB Review
- ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Motherboard Review
- XFX 6870 Black Edition (Dual Fan) vs Inno3D GTX 560 Ti OC vs GTX 570 OC vs Radeon 6950 OC
- Zalman ZM850-HP Plus Power Supply Review
- AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition 3.6 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review
- MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC Video Card Review
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics processor review
- Zalman CNPS5X-SZ Heatsink Review
- ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP Review and SLI Performance



ASUS EAH 6970 2GByte Review
ocaholic posted a review on the ASUS EAH 6970 2GByte

With the EAH 6970, ASUS presents its first AMD Radeon HD 6970 based graphics card which has been equipped with 2 GByte GDDR5 memory. The successor of the very successful Radeon HD 5870 lets us hope for another superb graphics card with excellent performance not only because of higher clock speeds. AMD also did architectural changes which should have a significant impact.

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ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Profess1onal Series Motherboard Review
KitGuru posted ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Profess1onal Series Motherboard Review

ASRock are stepping up their game. It has taken a lot of time persuading the enthusiast audience, but in the last year we have seen the company develop and progress, especially with their motherboard designs. Today we are looking at the ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Professional motherboard, which is targeted at the hardcore gaming audience.

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review of the new AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB.

2011 is bound to be an exciting year for the graphics card market and it is already starting off in a big way with some heated competition between AMD and NVIDIA. Today AMD is officially launching their HD 6950 1GB which is supposed to compete with the new GTX 560 Ti at a highly competitive price point. But will it be enough to contend with a refreshed 500-series?

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A Case of the Uglies: 10 Ugly PC Cases
Bigbruin.com takes a look at 10 ugly PC cases

In many ways, computer cases are much like people. They come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors... Some are practical, while others are just about useless... And just like people, some cases are just plain ugly. This article is going to take a look at ten cases we've deemed to be at the top of the list when it comes to unattractive appearances.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Card Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Video Card

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the latest addition to the GeForce GTX 500 series from NVIDIA, coming with a very affordable USD 250 price tag, competing directly with the Radeon HD 6870. Which one is the best? Check it out.

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MSI N560GTX Ti Twin Frozer II review
The Guru of 3D posted a review on the MSI N560GTX Ti Twin Frozer II

The MSI GTX560 Ti Twin Frozer II tested today indeed comes all customized and factory overclocked, Armed with some Military grade components and a robust build the dark PCB of the MSI GTX560 Ti Twin Frozer II will carry a GPU clocked at 880 MHz and it's memory at 4200 MHz, both thus a nice chunk faster than reference.

To top things off, MSI put the Twin Frozr II cooler on this card and that admittedly does do wonder as we measure peak temperatures BELOW 55 Degrees C.

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OCZ Revo X2 240GB Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the OCZ Revo X2 240GB PCI-E SSD.

OCZ is known for their SSD innovations, and the Revo X2 looks to be another in a long line, and the immediate successor to the original Revo, taking what was already a very fast drive and now putting it on nitrous. The Revo X2 acts like a bootable drive but looks like a card since it plugs directly into the motherboard, bringing a whole new level of speed into the mix. No worries about SATA restrictions here, folks.

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ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Motherboard Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Motherboard

The ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution was designed using the highest quality components delivering unparalleled performance and power efficiency, compared to other P67 motherboards. The ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution supports both 3-way SLI and Quad-CrossFireX, utilizing an NVIDIA NF200 chip to deliver optimal multi-GPU bandwidth not natively supported in Sandy Bridge systems. The ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution also has USB 3.0 functionality, an additional pair of SATA 6 Gb/s ports with RAID support and dual Intel Gigabit LAN. With a combination of server-class features, intelligent power saving options and superior overclocking capabilities, the ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution is elevating mainstream desktop computing to a level previously unheard of in the industry.

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XFX 6870 Black Edition (Dual Fan) vs Inno3D GTX 560 Ti OC vs GTX 570 OC vs Radeon 6950 OC
HardwareHeaven.com compared the following video cards: XFX 6870 Black Edition (Dual Fan) vs Inno3D GTX 560 Ti OC vs GTX 570 OC vs Radeon 6950 OC @ HardwareHeaven.com

Over the past day we have taken a look in detail at NVIDIAs new GTX 560 TI. Aspects which have been covered include single card performance, SLI, stereoscopic 3D, Blu-Ray playback, GPU computing and PhysX amongst other things. As always though we like to end our launch coverage with a look in more detail at overclocked performance...

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Zalman ZM850-HP Plus Power Supply Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the Zalman ZM850-HP Plus Power Supply

Another area they have delved into is power supplies, offering a multitude of units ranging from 360w all the way up to 1,000w monsters. Today we will be taking a look at one of their newer power supplies, the ZM850-HP Plus, a modular power system that features a large 140mm cooling fan, heatpipe-cooled internals and an 80-Plus Silver certification.

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AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition 3.6 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review
PC Stats posted AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition 3.6 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review

AMD's Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition is a quad-core, 3.6GHz socket AM3 chip with 6MB of L3 cache and 512KB of L2 cache per core. It's being released in tandem with the AMD Phenom II X4 840 CPU. Both processors are ideally suited to socket AM3 motherboards built around the recent AMD 890FX or 890GX chipsets. The Phenom II X4 975 BE is backwards compatible with socket AM2+ motherboards and forwards compatible with the as yet unreleased socket AM3+ platform.

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MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC Video Card Review
Hardware Secrets posted MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC Video Card Review

The MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC is a factory-overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti with a better cooling solution. Let’s check it out.

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the latest addition to the GeForce GTX 500 series from NVIDIA, coming with a very affordable USD 250 price tag, competing directly with the Radeon HD 6870. The MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC is a factory-overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti with a better cooling solution that, believe it or not, comes at the same price point as the standard GeForce GTX 560 Ti. Let's check it out.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics processor review
The Tech Report posted a review on Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics processor

I don't wish to alarm you, but two very powerful things are converging upon us simultaneously. First, we have the introduction of a new video card from Nvidia aimed smack dab at the soft, chewy center of the price-performance curve. Second, we're on the cusp of a huge upgrade cycle, prompted by one Miss Sandy Bridge, Intel's sparkling new mid-range CPU.

Mash those two facts together, and you have an inevitable outcome: a number of interested parties would really like to sell you one of these new video cards—or something like it—to go with your new system. AMD, Nvidia, and their partners are pumping up their performance, hacking away at prices, and doing everything else they can do grab your attention. Happily, that means some really nice choices should soon be available to you via your favorite online retailer.

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Zalman CNPS5X-SZ Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted Zalman CNPS5X-SZ Heatsink Review

Zalman's CNPS5X-SZ heatsink is an updated, vertical interpretation of a 2006-era heatsink Zalman released under the CNPS8000 nomenclature. Like its forefather, the CNPS5X-SZ fills the role of a lower profile, light weight cooler that's ideally suited to sub-95W TDP processors. It's stacked aluminum fins are connected by three 6mm diameter copper heatpipes to a small aluminum base block with a thin bit of copper covering the otherwise exposed heatpipes.

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ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP Review and SLI Performance
HardwareHeaven.com posted ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II TOP Review and SLI Performance

To cover SLI testing on the GTX 560 Ti we are using the ASUS DirectCU 2 TOP Edition, a custom designed version of the product which is factory overclocked. We will be testing the card against the 6870 in CrossFire to see, in real world scenarios, which multi-GPU configuration offers the best experience. As always Surround gaming videos will be included, as will 5760x1080 screenshots and of course the usual selection of high definition playback and GPU computing tests. To round things off we will see if we can break the 1GHz barrier on this card.

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