Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including Intel DZ77GA-70K Motherboard Components, NZXT Switch 810 Special Edition Case Review, and GIGABYTE GTX680 Windforce 3x OC Review



Intel DZ77GA-70K Motherboard Components @ Benchmark Reviews

Intel always sends reviewers their top-end motherboards when new CPUs are introduced. Called "Extreme Boards", these motherboards are designed for "extreme performance" and festooned with skulls. The past Intel Extreme Boards I've looked at came with early, buggy BIOSes; performed relatively poorly, and had very few additional features other than those provided by the CPU and chipset. So I wasn't expecting much from the Intel DZ77GA-70K Z77 Express motherboard, but was amazed to find that this time, Intel might have a winner on its hands. Join me as Benchmark Reviews takes a look at Intel's new Z77 Express standard bearer.

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NZXT Switch 810 Special Edition Case Review @ HardwareHeaven.com

A few months ago we took a look at the latest chassis from NZXT, the Switch 810. It scored well but no case is perfect and since that original launch NZXT have been listening to feedback from end users and reviewers which has resulted in a special edition of the case. With a Gun Metal finish and some revised design aspects the latest 810 aims to provide everything the mainstream and enthusiast user needs and we have one on our test bench today.

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GIGABYTE GTX680 Windforce 3x OC Review @ Vortez

We've seen a few cards now with the Windforce cooler and each has impressed us with its cooling ability and acoustic reduction of reference designs. The 3x Windforce cooler on the GTX680 has been used before, notably on the AMD HD7950 where it performed extremely well so we are hoping for similar results with the GTX680 it is tasked with cooling this time around.

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Corsair Vengeance K90 Keyboard @ TechwareLabs
Capdase 320A MKeeper SLR Camera Bag Review @ TestFreaks
Asus G75VW-DS71 Review @ TechReviewSource.com
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD Review @ TestFreaks
Buying Guide: Best macro lens for Nikons: 8 tested @ Techradar
ECS Z77H2-AX Black Extreme Motherboard Review @ Madshrimps
Testing 10GbE Performance: QNAP TS-879 Pro & Synology DS3612xs NAS Review @ Techspot
Cubitek HPTX ICE Frozen Solid Chassis Review @ TweakTown
REVIEW: G.Skill Ares 16GB DDR3-2133 @ PureOverclock
Diablo III Midnight Launch and Signing Gallery @ HardwareHeaven.com
Xeon Ivy bridge goes on sale @ HiTechLegion
Gigabyte Z77-D3H (Z77) Motherboard Review @ eTeknix.com
CM Storm Trigger Mechanical Keyboard Review @ eTeknix.com
Coolermaster Hyper 412 SLIM Cpu Cooler @ Rbmods
SilenX EFZ-120HA5 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
Pulse-Eight Motorola NYXboard Hybrid Wireless Keyboard and IR Remote Review @ MissingRemote.com
MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr III OC 2 GB @ techPowerUp
Inside the Atari 2600 @ Hardware Secrets
GeForce 680 & 670 vs. Radeon 7970 & 7950 Gaming Performance @ HardOCP