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Here a roundup of today's hardware reviews:

- Xigmatek Pantheon Review
- MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard Review
- Asus U41JF-A1 Review
- Logitech Harmony 650 Remote Control Review
- Thermaltake BlacX 5G Hard Drive Docking Station Review
- CoolIT Vantage CPU Water Cooler Review
- VisionTek Killer HD 5770 Combo Graphics-Network Card Review
- Zalman S-Series 128GB Solid State Drive Review
- Palit GeForce GTX 560 Ti SONIC Edition Review
- Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 128GB Review
- HTC Evo Shift 4G Review
- Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5126 AMD E-240 15-in Notebook Review



Xigmatek Pantheon Review
Vortez takes a look at the Xigmatek Pantheon case

Established in 2005, Xigmatek may not come to mind for their chassis design but more so with their cooling products such as their CPU coolers and fans. Their reputation is certainly building though and today we will be taking a look at our first Xigmatek product, the Pantheon.

The Pantheon is a mid-tower case with lots to talk about. It has the capabilities of sustaining a 240/280mm radiator at the top and controlling up to 6 fans. There are tool-less design mechanisms throughout and a whole lot more so lets begin our analysis on this, our first Xigmatek review.
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MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard Review

Following their success with their P55 series of boards, can MSI continue that brilliance with the P67s? We take a look.
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Asus U41JF-A1 Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Asus U41JF-A1 notebook

This 14-inch widescreen Asus laptop offers fantastic performance thanks to the fast components, including an Intel Core i3 CPU and a powerful Nvidia GeForce 425M graphics processor. You also get a 500GB hard drive and a full port selection, HDMI out. The extra long battery life with this laptop is also a huge plus.
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Logitech Harmony 650 Remote Control Review
Hardware Secrets took a look at the Logitech Harmony 650, a universal remote control with interesting features.

As we collect more and more television-related gadgets, the number of remote controls expands until we find ourselves fumbling with four or five remotes trying to find the right one for the task at hand. That's where Logitech's line of Harmony Remote Controls comes in. They promise to control several devices to make watching TV, playing a DVD, or listening to music possible with one-click on one remote. We took a look at the Harmony 650 remote to see if it delivered on this promise.
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Thermaltake BlacX 5G Hard Drive Docking Station Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the Thermaltake BlacX 5G Hard Drive Docking Station

Today we are looking at the latest edition the the Thermaltake BlacX series of hard drive docks. This module is equipped with a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and claims to be the best hard drive docking station yet from Thermaltake. Read on to see if it can reach that goal since it can run both 2.5 & 3.5 SATA I/II/3.0 & Solid-State Drive up to 2 TB.

The Thermaltake BlacX 5G Hard Drive Docking Station is a dream come true for folks that want to set up a rotating drive backup scheme. You could backup to a drive for two weeks and then swap out the drive with a second drive while placing the first drive in a secure place. This would allow you to easily set up a disaster recovery plan for a home server without having to use a cloud based service if you so desired...
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CoolIT Vantage CPU Water Cooler Review
Hardware Secrets tested the CoolIT Vantage, a sealed liquid cooling system with automatic control and temperature monitoring though an LCD display.

Today we are reviewing the CoolIT Vantage, a liquid cooling system. It is a sealed system, with the pump integrated to the CPU block, which has an LCD display that shows the current liquid temperature and fan speed. Check it out!
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VisionTek Killer HD 5770 Combo Graphics-Network Card Review
KitGuru posted a review on the VisionTek Killer HD 5770 Combo Graphics-Network Card

Today we are going to be looking at a hybrid graphics/network card, featuring an amalgamation of technology from AMD and Bigfoot Networks. This card from VisionTek combines a 1GB HD5770 with a KillerNic 2100 to offer lower ping times with decent mainstream gaming performance.
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Zalman S-Series 128GB Solid State Drive Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Zalman S-Series 128GB Solid State Drive

Solid state drives are the future, faster speeds, no moving parts and they are smaller. The only thing really holding them back right now is their price. Most solid state drives we have seen have been from traditional memory and storage companies. We all know Zalman for making great CPU coolers and cases, so it is a bit weird we see them release a solid state drive. They actually have 2 right now, today we will be looking at the S-Series 128GB drive, which is based on the JMicron controller so it is the mainstream budget drive out of the 2 that they have released. Let’s take a look…
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Palit GeForce GTX 560 Ti SONIC Edition Review
Neoseeker posted a review on the Palit GeForce GTX 560 Ti SONIC Edition video card

We've got a new factory overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti on the bench today, hailing from Palit. What's interesting about this offering, branded under their Sonic edition product line, is that it's actually shorter than a reference GTX 560 Ti card while packing a bit more performance. Is this one short card that's dangerous to know? Find out by hitting our review link!
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Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 128GB Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0 128GB external SSD.

The Kingston HyperX Max is a portable SSD with a USB 3.0 interface that displays some blistering speed results. So it retains the best qualities of each technology, and housed in a small and sleek form. Frankly, this drive is beautifully sleek. Need top speed in a portable and external format? Then the Kingston HyperX Max might be just the thing to satisfy. So how fast is it? Oh, it's plenty fast alright.
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HTC Evo Shift 4G Review
HotHardware.com posted a review on the HTC Evo Shift 4G

Sprint continuously brags about its flagship 4G Android phone the HTC Evo. It is a great piece of hardware, but it is also a relatively large device with a premium price tag. Enter the HTC Evo Shift, currently Sprint's least expensive Android 4G phone. The Shift runs Android 2.2, includes a slide-out keyboard and is noticeably smaller than the EVO and Sprint's other slide-out 3G/4G phone, the Samsung Epic (see specs below). The Shift is also priced at $150 (with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate) compared to $199 for the HTC Evo and the Samsung Epic. It is a responsive, well performing smartphone that we liked in many ways. But, in exchange for the slide-out keyboard and lower price, it doesn't include all of the features of some other high-end smartphones. For instance, it lacks a front-facing camera and doesn't include HDMI output...
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Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5126 AMD E-240 15-in Notebook Review
PC Perspective posted a review on the Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5126 AMD E-240 15-in Notebook

AMD has been making promises about the future of our computing lives revolving around this thing called "Fusion". We previewed the world of the AMD Brazos platform late last year and now we have our first retail notebook based on the Zacate processor, AMD's E-240 single-core APU. Does the Toshiba C655D-S5126 live up to the hype of the last 18 months?

Also worth noting in my testing that even while running 3DMark Vantage, the Toshiba C655D has never gotten even remotely warm to the touch. Nor are there any loud fans running the whole time. The promises from AMD of a very cool computing environment with longer battery life that most Atom platforms seems to be met with this machine, even if the performance delta from Intel's options is less than I would have liked.
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