Here today's reviews and articles, including Windows 8 Tricks, Tips and Shortcuts, Intel Core i7-3820 Extreme Edition CPU, and Radeon HD 7870 Overclock Guide



Windows 8 Tricks, Tips and Shortcuts @ TechSpot

Windows 8 CP cracked 1 million downloads shortly after launching last Wednesday and I'm sure many of you have tried it already. Whether you went with a dual-boot, upgrade, clean install or virtual machine, if you're coming from Windows 7 you'll notice significant changes immediately, while others may not be as obvious.

With change comes good and bad -- at least until you learn some tricks that get you back up to speed. Without further ado, here's a shortlist of Windows 8 shortcuts and useful quick tricks I've gathered thus far.

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Intel Core i7-3820 Extreme Edition CPU @ Benchmark Reviews

Not quite a year after Intel released Sandy Bridge with the new LGA-1155 platform they upped the performance bar again. This time around, the Sandy Bridge-E LGA-2011 platform is bigger, faster, and represents the top-of-the-line for consumer computing. Intel "Extreme Edition" processors have always brought out the best that the company has to offer, but the Extreme moniker isn't limited to the performance. The price of Extreme Edition CPUs generally matches, with the highest end of these clocking in near $1000. The LGA-2011 platform offers a lot in terms of performance computing, besides just the Extreme Edition CPUs, though. You also get a full 40 PCI-E lanes and quad-channel memory compatibility. So what about those of us that don't need a $1000 CPU, but we still want to use three or four GPUs to their full potential? For that, we have the Intel i7-3820 3.6GHz CPU. In this article, Benchmark Reviews goes under the hood of the littlest Sandy Bridge-E processor.

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Radeon HD 7870 Overclock Guide @ Guru3D

This is a Radeon HD 7870 Overclock Guide. We'll overclock based on a mild voltage tweak. By doing so we drive the R7870 into R7900 series performance. All you need is some free software and a little time to precisely determine and pinpoint your maximum yet stable overclock. Check out the full article right here

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Logitech G105: Made For Call of Duty Gaming Keyboard Review @ TweakTown
Silverstone SG08 Review @ OC3D
Enermax Platimax 850w Power Supply Review (EPM850EWT) @ KitGuru
News: A sneak peek at Asus' next-gen Intel motherboards @ The Tech Report
Zalman CNPS12X CPU Cooler Review @ ThinkComputers.org
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Review @ OCC
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB Reference Video Cards in CrossFire @ TweakTown
Futurelooks Previews the NEW MSI Z77A-GD65 Military Class III LGA1155 ATX Motherboard @ Futurelooks
Antec One Mid-Tower Case Review @ Hi Tech Legion
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Plus Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
Review: HP Slim Keyboard @ Techradar
Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone Review @ HardwareHeaven.com