Here the first articles roundup of today: Canon VIXIA HF S21 HD Camcorder, Thermaltake V3 Black Edition PC Case, AMD FirePro V7800 and V4800 Professional Graphics, ROCCAT Pyra Wireless Mouse, ASUS Rampage III Extreme, The Benefits of Multi-Display Gaming, Ikonik Zaria, Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB External Drive, Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive, and Western Digital My Book World Edition II NAS Unit



Canon VIXIA HF S21 HD Camcorder Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Canon VIXIA HF S21 HD Camcorder

A little bit ago I took a look at a Canon camcorder, it was a fairly basic model but it produced decent results. Today for review I’ve got the flagship HD camcorder in the Canon lineup of consumer level products called the HF S21. This camera features a nice large lens with 10X optical zoom, along with 64gigs onboard memory with the ability to add not one, but two SD cards to expand the memory even more. This camera is one that might be in the consumer class, but it’s one that is certainly a prosumer level camera. The cost is a bit high, it’s a bit over $1000, but it’s truly worth every penny if you want the highest possible quality video and still pictures you can get from a consumer level product.

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Thermaltake V3 Black Edition PC Case Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review on the Thermaltake V3 Black Edition PC Case

Today for review I've got another case from Thermaltake called the V3 Black Edition. This case is a low priced case, coming in at around $50, so don't expect the features or amenities that you'd find in a high priced case, it is though a decent case overall. It's lightweight and seems well made, there is room for larger video cards, but I did run into a couple problems with it, so read on...

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AMD FirePro V7800 and V4800 Professional Graphics Review
PC Perspective posted a review on the AMD FirePro V7800 and V4800 graphics cards

With our review of the V7800 and V4800 FirePro graphics cards from AMD we are basically completing the new Evergreen-based lineup for professional graphics users. The V8800 flagship still dominates but the V7800 is a nice option at about half the price while the V4800 improves performance over the base V3800 for under $200.

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ROCCAT Pyra Wireless Mouse Review
Vortez.co.uk posted a review on the ROCCAT Pyra Wireless Mouse

ROCCAT have been around since 2005, and first started making some noise (and a name for itself) with its excellent range of gaming mice. The German company has since broadened its horizons and produced a number of other gaming orientated devices, such as keyboards and rather innovative looking cable bungees.

Today we will be looking at the Pyra, another feature rich, gaming orientated mouse with a twist: The Pyra is designed to cater for gamers on the move. It's designed for those who don't want to sacrifice features, usability or comfort but can't afford the inconvenience and size of a standard mouse. Today we will be looking at the wireless flavour, although a wired version is available.

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ASUS Rampage III Extreme Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the ASUS Rampage III Extreme motherboard.

There is a wide range of X58 motherboards on the market, but few cater to the diehard enthusiast, particularly the extreme overclocking crowd. And of those that do, only a select few products offer the new SATA III and USB 3.0 features. One of the boards that meets these criteria is the ASUS Rampage III Extreme, designed for serious overclocking and made to be pushed very hard. Packed with an extensive list of features, it does sound promising, and we've come to expect big things from ASUS in the Repubic of Gamers product lineups. Well, we dropped in an i7 980X hex-core chip and some extreme cooling to find out.

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The Benefits of Multi-Display Gaming
Techgage posted an explanation and thoughts of Multi-Display gaming provided by things like AMD's Eyefinity

Think that gaming across three or more displays delivers little more than a larger game? Not true, as the wider the resolution, the more of the game you see. Not only can multi-display gaming increase the immersion level, but it can even give you a competitive advantage online. Yes, we have many examples to help prove our point.

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Ikonik Zaria Review
OCC has published a review on the Ikonik Zaria

SIM is able to control so much and having the ability to monitor up to four individual temps makes it a very useful tool to any enthusiast. So it didn't quite hold up to the competition in the performance department but it did hold most of them off in the feature department. The only thing I could say that disappointed me was the lack of a heat sink hole in the motherboard tray which makes it convenient to swap bracketed heat sinks and water blocks without having to remove the motherboard.

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Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB External Drive Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB External Drive

The next thing you notice if you are familiar with previous versions is the lack of a rubber flap over the MicroUSB port. It looks like they did away with it when converting from USB to MicroUSB. The MicroUSB port is smaller and recessed and there is a small pinhole LED light on the front to show activity on the drive.

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Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive Review
TechwareLabs has a review of the Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive

The only SSD drives that are affordable to most end users are mearly 80GB SSDs which is pretty small and doesn’t leave much room for applications and/or games. There is a new option on the market provided by Seagate called Momentus XT which is a hybrid drive which has the storage of a SATA and SSD-like performance

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Western Digital My Book World Edition II NAS Unit reviewed
Metku.net took a closer look at the Western Digital My Book World Edition II NAS unit

For smaller amount of files one can use very cheap thumb drives or DVDs, but for most an external hard drive is a good choice. For added security and also extra functionality it's often nice for the drive to be connected to the home network. This is where the Western Digital My Book World Edition II comes into picture.

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