Here the daily hardware roundup with the following 18 articles:

- ASUS GeForce ENGTX560 Ti DirectCU II Video Card Review
- Antec Soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 Speaker Review
- Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock Review
- HP Mini 1103 Review
- GIGABYTE HD6970 2GB Review
- MSI Big Bang Marshal P67 - Layout and Design
- Cooler Master Storm Spawn 3500 DPI Gaming Mouse Review
- ASUS BW-12B1LT Blu-ray Writer Review
- Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X Review
- Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX Preview
- Thermaltake Max 5G Hard Drive Enclosure Review
- Zalman N-Series Sandforce SSD Tests
- Sapphire Pure Black X58 Review
- LEPA G 500 W Power Supply Review
- iXBT Labs Review: MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard
- Logitech Revue with Google TV
- ChoiiX Power Fort 5.5whrs Review
- Cooler Master GX 450 Power Supply Review



ASUS GeForce ENGTX560 Ti DirectCU II Video Card Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the ASUS GeForce ENGTX560 Ti DirectCU II Video Card

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card is without a doubt one of the best all around gaming graphics cards on the market today. In our GeForce GTX560 Ti launch article we showed you how the NVIDIA reference designed card did and today we are taking a look at our very first custom designed GTX560, the ASUS GeForce GTX560 Ti DirectCU II TOP video card!

The ASUS ENGTX560 Ti DirectXU II Top edition video card proved itself to be faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX560 Ti reference design in our testing, but that was expected since it operates at a 900MHz versus the standard 823MHz clock speeds. We also found that it ran cooler at full load and was able to overclock better than the reference design thanks to the voltage adjustment feature (VoltageTweak) in the SmartDoctor utility. Being able to reach 1GHz on the GeForce GTX 560 when overclocking was nice...

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Antec Soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 Speaker Review
KitGuru posted a review on the Antec Soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 Speaker

Antec are renowned among enthusiast circles for creating some of the finest computer cases and power supplies on the market. Like others in todays climate they are expanding into new territories and have turned their attention to speakers. This isn’t a half hearted attempt however, with a new subsidiary entitled ‘SoundScience’.

The Californian based company are proud to announce that this new brand of speakers is the result of “two years of evolving prototypes, constant fine-tuning, and hundreds of hours listening” and the end result is what we are testing today – the Soundscience Rockus 3D. Unlike many other designs, Antec aren’t using an OEM, these are developed and created in house.

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Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock Review
ocaholic posted a review on the Gigabyte GTX460 Super Overclock

With the Gigabyte GTX 460 SOC (Super Overclock) we have a graphics card in our testlab which doesn't belong to the latest models but it still is quite an interesting product. The fact that this card comes with a highly efficient cooler and a huge overclocking potential makes it particularly interesting.

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HP Mini 1103 Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the HP Mini 1103

The HP Mini 1103 is a 10.1-inch basic network that is budget-friendly and has a good, solid build. It also has fantastic battery life, but lacks the performance of other dual-core netbooks because this model only has a single-core CPU. It also lacks a few other things, but remember, it's budget-friendly.

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GIGABYTE HD6970 2GB Review
Vortez posted a review on the GIGABYTE HD6970 2GB video card

Back in December, AMD released their much awaited Cayman based HD69XX series of cards. It represented a transition to a revised architecture that was more catered towards compute performance with new features such as Morphological Anti-Aliasing and enhanced tessellation performance to meet the requirements of newer DX10/11 titles. For the most part, the HD6970 was a success despite its specifications appearing subtly different to the highly popular but ageing HD5870. Employing the VLIW4 architecture, AMD had managed to maintain improved performance over their previous generation of card without compromising on die size. We found the HD6970 to be an 18% improvement over the HD5870 on average despite sporting 1536 stream processors rather than the 1600 available on the Cypress HD5870 GPU. On the other hand, we were disappointed to see that for a next generation flagship graphics card (until we see the HD6990), the performance increase was still not enough to outcompete Nvidia's simultaneously released refreshed
line-up...

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MSI Big Bang Marshal P67 - Layout and Design
ocaholic posted a review on the MSI Big Bang Marshal P67

With the Big Bang Marshal, MSI presents its absolute high-end motherboard for Intels latest Sandy Bridge processors. Therefore it comes for example with a truly sophisticated power design as well as eight PCI-Express x16 slots and numerous other features.

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Cooler Master Storm Spawn 3500 DPI Gaming Mouse Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Cooler Master Storm Spawn 3500 DPI Gaming Mouse

Over the past year or two Cooler Master has been redefining gaming gear with the CM Storm line of products. One of their latest products is a smaller gaming mouse called the Spawn. The Spawn is wider and shorter than your typical gaming mouse and also has a low profile design. This third mouse on the CM Storm line is sure to fit the gamer who doesn’t like bulky mice. Read on further to read more about the Spawn’s unique ergonomic design.

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ASUS BW-12B1LT Blu-ray Writer Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the ASUS BW-12B1LT Blu-ray Writer

The ASUS BW-12B1LT is an internal powerful Blu-ray ReWrite drive capable writing BD-R media at 12X and reading BD media at up to 8X speed. In this review we will demonstrate the performance of the BW-12B1LT by putting the drive through many tests on a considerable amount of various CD/DVD/BD media. Is this "drive" for you? Keep reading and let's find out.

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Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X Review
OCC has published a review on the Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X

Sapphire did place the Vapor-X Cooler on the card, and when you compare the temperatures seen by the Vapor-X model compared to the regular model Sapphire has out, there was a 17°C difference in temperatures at the stock load testing between the two models. The overall performance of the HD6870 Vapor-X card was quite impressive when it was stacked up against the competition at stock speeds and once the card was clocked to 1GHz, it was able to tear though the tests that I threw at it and give some good numbers that were quite competitive.

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Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX Preview
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX

Gigabyte has given us the green light for a preview of their up and coming Brazos line of motherboards. At the top of the list is the GA-E350N-USB3. This will feature the E350 Dual-Core CPU, which is the top of the line for the Brazos series. The E350 is clocked at 1.6Ghz and has a 18W TDP. For a GPU the GA-E350N-USB3 has a Radeon HD 6310. This Radeon has a core clock speed at 500MHz and is DirectX 11 compatible. The Hudson-M1 FCH allows for two USB 3.0 ports and four SATA3 6Gbs ports. All contained in a tiny mini-ITX form factor.

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Thermaltake Max 5G Hard Drive Enclosure Review
Techgage posted a review on the Thermaltake Max 5G Hard Drive Enclosure

It's been a while since Thermaltake released an update to its "Max" line-up of hard drive enclosures, but the Max 5G looks to be a great one. Aside from looking good, it supports SATA 3.0 hard drives and a USB 3.0 interface, and helps keep your drive cool by employing dual 80mm quiet fans. Read on as we see if it's worth your hard-earned $60.

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Zalman N-Series Sandforce SSD Tests
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Zalman N-Series Sandforce SSD

Zalman is best known for their very quiet coolers, stylish computer cases, and power supply units. Now they're adding high-speed storage devices to their product stack, begining with a SandForce-driven Zalman N-Series SSD. The Zalman N-Series solid state drive is capable of 50,000 IOPS, with read bandwidth topping 280 MB/s while maximum write speeds reach up to 270 MB/s. In this article, Benchmark Reviews demonstrates that 4K IOPS performance is more important than speed for high-power computer users tests, and tests the 128GB Zalman SSD0128N1 SSD against some of the most popular storage devices available.

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Sapphire Pure Black X58 Review
Neoseeker posted a review on the Sapphire Pure Black X58

Sapphire makes a comeback in the motherboard market, and this time they're aiming right at the enthusiasts with their PURE Black lineup of boards. Their Intel X58-based PURE Black X58 motherboard looks to check off most of the features we've come to expect for this market segment, now see how well it fares in our own checklist by hitting the review link!

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LEPA G 500 W Power Supply Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the LEPA G 500 W Power Supply

LEPA is a newcomer in the power supply market, established by Ecomaster, the official distributor for Enermax power supplies. The LEPA G series is comprised with 500 W, 700 W, and 900 W models, with 80 Plus Gold certification. Let's see how the 500 W model fared in our tests.

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iXBT Labs Review: MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard
iXBT Labs posted a review on the MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard

MSI P67A-GD65 is an interesting motherboard that implements chipset features well and offers decent peripherals and proprietory technologies. The board has an adequately simple cooling system, high-quality and compact CPU VRM, convenient utilities.[/quote6
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Logitech Revue with Google TV
Rbmods posted a review on the Logitech Revue with Google TV

The concept of viewing content from the internet on your TV is not a new idea. HTPCs (Home Theater PCs) have been around since 1993, but have had limited success due to their cost and complexity to operate. In May of 2010 Google announced their internet-connected television platform, known as Google TV. Billed as “Television, meet search engine” the Google TV platform promises a lot – easy to use internet from your couch. Does it manage to live up to these lofty dreams? Our thoughts after the break.

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ChoiiX Power Fort 5.5whrs Review
XSReviews have reviewed the Sunbeamtech Twister 120 CPU Cooler

With the ever expanding use of smartphones and other clever little electronic gadgets, one problem the world is starting to come to terms with is that there is just never enough power to go around. Lugging around chargers can be a real pain, especially if you need a different one for each device. However, Coolermaster have produced what a few others have done, a backup power supply. However, this isn't its first iteration, this new version of the Power Fort comes with a simple USB interface hoping to standardise backup charging. Let's see if it's as effective without the myriad of charge heads.

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Cooler Master GX 450 Power Supply Review
KitGuru posted Cooler Master GX 450 Power Supply Review

If you are in the market for a power supply for your new media center, then today we might just have the perfect partner for review. Cooler Master have just released their GX 450 power supply which features a strong 12V rail, double layer EMI filter and an intelligent 120mm controllable fan.

We have looked at several Cooler Master power supplies in the past, and the quality has always been high. The new GX 450 will offer more than enough power for a performance system aimed at media and HD television gaming.

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