Here the third review roundup of today: AMD Six-Core Phenom II X6 CPU Review, ASUS Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Review, Hercules Dualpix HD720p for Notebooks Review, Blur (Xbox 360) Review, ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard review, 5-Way SSD Round-Up: Sandforce vs. JMicron, XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Video Card Review, and Luxa2 H1-Touch Cell phone holder Review



AMD Six-Core Phenom II X6 CPU Review
Hardcoreware posted a review on the AMD Six-Core Phenom II X6 CPU

AMD has introduced Thuban, the codename for their first-ever six-core desktop processor. Intel released their own some time ago, but not too many people are willing to drop $1000 on a CPU. Instead, $200 or $300 will get you a fresh Phenom II X6 from AMD.

But what about Intel? In the same price range, they are giving you eight logical cores, thanks to HyperThreading. Do AMD’s six hardware cores have what it takes to compete with Core i7?

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ASUS Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the ASUS Rampage III Extreme Motherboard

ASUS Rampage III Extreme is a high-end socket 1366 motherboard based on Intel X58 chipset, with four PCI Express x16 slots, two SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, lots of overclocking features, and more!

ASUS Rampage III Extreme is a socket 1366 motherboard based on Intel X58 chipset and ICH10R southbridge, bringing all features dreamed by the most fanatic users: four PCI Express x16 slots, two SATA-600 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, Japanese solid capacitors, among other fatures. Is is part of "Republic of Gamers" (ROG) line, the high-performance series from ASUS with a unique visual identity.

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Hercules Dualpix HD720p for Notebooks Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Hercules Dualpix HD720p for Notebooks

Today for review I’ve got an HD webcam, yes it’s a high definition web camera that can do 720P HD resolution. It’s called the Dualpix 720p for Notebooks and it’s from Hercules. Most portable computers these days come with webcams built-in, but let’s face it a lot of them just aren’t very good, so an easy upgrade would be to get something like that that just clips right on your display. This camera sells for between $30 and $40 depending where you look, and there’s a saying ‘you what you pay for’ which truly applies here, let’s just say you’re not going to get a decent HD webcam for that price.. Read on..

Hercules Dualpix HD720p for Notebooks Review

Blur (Xbox 360) Review
KitGuru posted a review on BLUR for the Xbox 360

There has been much hype surrounding the latest and supposedly greatest racing game from Bizarre Creations, entitled BLUR.

Blur (Xbox 360) Review

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard review
Elite Bastards posted a review on the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard

AMD's recent Phenom II X6 launch has arguably put the company back in the game in the eyes of some enthusiasts, but what motherboard should you pair a new AMD CPU with? We take a look at ASUS' M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 which makes use of AMD's newest 890GX chipset (complete with integrated graphics) and SB850 south bridge, topped off with CPU core unlocking functionality and USB 3.0 support. That makes for lots of tasty buzzwords, but how is the actual motherboard itself?

Despite the large leap in nomenclature, the basic configuration of the 890GX mirrors that of its direct predecessor the 785G exactly - Indeed, it's actually the same 55 nanometre, 200 million transistor chip, albeit speed binned to ensure that any 890GX parts are the cream of their respective crop. These means that what we have here is an AM3 socket supporting part which can handle up to DDR3-1333MHz officially, with sixteen PCI Express 2.0 lanes reserved for graphics (with support for two electrical 8x slots for a CrossFire configuration if needed) and six PCI Express 2.0 lanes for other devices.

The reason for this speed binning we just mentioned is all about those integrated graphics, allowing the 890GX to sport a GPU labelled the Radeon HD 4290 by AMD - This GPU supports DirectX 10.1 with a core clock speed of 700MHz (compared to 500MHz for the 785G's GPU), while holding the same complement of forty Stream Processors as its predecessor, complete with the same UVD 2.0 video decoding engine with support for dual-stream decoding and a full complement of video outputs (minus audio bitstreaming sadly, although audio pass-through for HDMI remains intact). Although the Radeon HD 4290 shares system memory for its frame buffer, this part also features 128MB of DDR-1333 for its Sideport cache, designed to improve performance by offering the GPU at least some dedicated memory to work with.

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5-Way SSD Round-Up: Sandforce vs. JMicron
HotHardware.com posted 5-Way SSD Round-Up: Sandforce vs. JMicron

Despite the rapid pace of advancement in the solid state storage market, innovation doesn't seem to be slowing. With that in mind, we've pulled together a quintet of the newest drives to hit the market, based on recently released controller designs from SandForce and long-time player JMicron, the SF1200 and JM612, respectively. We've got drives from OCZ, OWC, Corsair, and Patriot Memory on tap...

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XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Video Card Review
Legit Reviews posted XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Video Card Review

Mainstream gamers that run on a tight budget and want DirectX 11 really only have a few options on the Radeon HD 5xxx side of the fence, as NVIDIA offerings don't start until $349. This is way more than most want unless they enjoy being on the bleeding edge of NVIDIA fanboy-ism. Luckily, ATI has a number of DirectX 11 video cards below the $200 price margin, and today we are looking at a reference Radeon HD 5770 from XFX that costs just $165.

Performance-wise this reference design the XFX Radeon HD 5770 certainly holds its own against the much beefier NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260-216 video card. With the factory overclocked GTX 260 just beating the stock HD 5770 in most tests, there is no doubt the HD 5770 can likely take out a reference GTX 260-216 across the board. Throw in an HD 5750 to the mix for some ATI Crossfire action and you have significantly more power than the GTX 260, at the same wattage, and way more...

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XFX RADEON HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Video Card Review
Madshrimps posted XFX RADEON HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Video Card Review

The RADEON HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 video card from XFX comes bundled with one of the few games that support the newest DirectX11, Aliens vs Predator. The card also comes with enough documentation so anyone could install the video card in their computer and start playing right away. The board's performance approaches that of last generation high end HD 4890 card and offers enough FPS in almost all older and recent games, even with higher quality settings.

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Luxa2 H1-Touch Cell phone holder Review
Rbmods posted a review on the Luxa2 H1-Touch Cell phone holder

With all these fancy cellphones on the market you want to make sure to protect them when they lay on the table, some might even want to show them off. Luxa2 has released a very exclusive looking cellphone holder that is supposed to hold everything from a Iphone to smaller Nokia phones, lets have a closer look and see how good this gadget really is.

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