Here the daily articles roundup with 12 new articles:

- Buffalo Microstation 128GB Internal SSD Review
- Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Review
- Intel X25-V SSD: Just Fit for a System Disk
- AXLE Radeon HD 5670 Video Card Review
- Rosewill RX358 3.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure Review
- Intel Core i7 875K Review
- Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler Review
- Western Digital Advanced Format Performance Comparison Guide
- Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Mid Tower Case Review
- AXLE RADEON HD 5450 512MB GDDR3 Video Card Review
- Alienware M17x Laptop Review
- Athlon II X4 640 vs. Core i3 530 CPU Review



Buffalo Microstation 128GB Internal SSD Review
KitGuru posted a review on the Buffalo Microstation 128GB SSD

Today we are going to be looking at the Buffalo 128GB Microstation SSD drive which is based around a JMicron JMF612 controller, has a 64MB DRAM cache and offers speeds up to 240 MB/s read and 155 MB/s write.

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Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Review
Vortez.co.uk posted a review on the Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition

The Razer Abyssus Mirror has a simple and sleek design with only 3 buttons:the right button, the left button and the scroll button (including itswheel). The mouse itself is symmetric given the fact that it was designed to be ambidextrous, i.e. it can be used with either the right or left hand. Also, the Razer Abyssus Mirror has gamer-oriented features including an on-the-fly DPI switch, an on-the-fly polling rate switch and fully customizable buttons through software. Like many other Razer products, the Razer Abyssus features their signature Hyperresponse technology which maximises responsiveness and minimizes latency.

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Intel X25-V SSD: Just Fit for a System Disk
InsideHW.com has reviewed Intel X25-V G2 40 GB SSD

As the prices of NAND memory chips used to manufacture SSD devices don’t seem to be dropping lately, manufacturers are forced to work their way through to make them more accessible. Seeing that memory chips in a smaller production process (cheaper) aren’t expected before the final trimester of this year, Intel has decided to present their cheapest SSD with a capacity of 40 GB…

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AXLE Radeon HD 5670 Video Card Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the AXLE Radeon HD 5670 Video Card

Austin goes a little nutty and has benchmarked seven video cards on 8 benchmarks on his review of the AXLE Radeon HD 5670. He also does power consumption, overclocking and temperature testing all on the latest ATI CATALYST 10.6 and Forceware 257.21 video card drivers! A ton of benchmarking time went into this article as on games like Metro 2033 he benchmarked all the cards at two resolutions on DX9, DX10 and DX11 and took the average of three runs. That means he did nearly 100 benchmarks runs on just that one game title (not all cards could run DX11 if you are wondering why it wasn't 126 runs).

We take a look at look at seven video cards around the $100 price point from both NVIDIA & AMD and run them on eight benchmarks at two resolutions to see how they perform. The goal for testing is to give the readers good feel of the AXLE Radeon HD 5670 video card and a feel for performance in popular game titles running OpenGL and DirectX 9, 10 and 11. The AXLE Radeon HD 5670 1GB we have here is a reference design model with a custom Arctic Cooling (or "ARCTIC" now) heatsink assembly identical to the one found on the AXLE GeForce GT 240 512MB we reviewed late last year. Searching various retailers found that there are only a handful of HD 5670's that have a overclock from the factory, and only in the realm of 10-15MHz on the core or memory, not on both...

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Rosewill RX358 3.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Rosewill RX358 3.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure

Rosewill is jumping on the USB 3.0 bandwagon with full force, offing not only enclosures but also host cards. We take their RX358 3.5 inch enclosure for a ride using their RC-505 USB 3.0 controller - a combination that manages to impress.

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Intel Core i7 875K Review
Hardwareoverclock.com has reviewed the Intel Core i7 875K processor with free multiplicator

Is this the perfect processor for overclocking?

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Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler

Today we will analyse the Scythe Musashi VGA cooler, which has two 100-mm fans and two heatpipes.

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Western Digital Advanced Format Performance Comparison Guide
TechARP posted their Western Digital Advanced Format Performance Comparison Guide

Advanced Format is mainly about expanding the capacity of hard disk drives. However, it does have some effect on performance. By packing in more data in less space, Advanced Format allows for higher areal density. So, we can expect higher sequential transfer rates from Advanced Format drives. The closer spatiality of the data blocks should also improve sequential seek times.

Of course, all this is merely theoretical, based on what we understand about Advanced Format. To find out the exact effect Advanced Format has on the performance of the hard disk drive, we undertook to test two similar hard disk drives. The only difference is one supports Advanced Format, while the other uses the legacy sector size of 512 bytes. Let's take a look...

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Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Mid Tower Case Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Mid Tower Case

Gaming cases are becoming more and more powerful at lower and lower prices. But it can be difficult to find a cheap case that supports larger video cards. The Cooler Master Elite 430 Black that we have the opportunity to review today does support larger video cards, is painted black inside and out, and has a multitude of other features. Read on to see what all this case has in store.

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AXLE RADEON HD 5450 512MB GDDR3 Video Card Review
Madshrimps posted a review on the AXLE RADEON HD 5450 512MB GDDR3 Video Card

The RADEON HD 5450 from AXLE is a passively cooled video card with a very precise purpose: to be used in a single or multi-monitor setup for 2D applications or watching High Definition movies. The 3D performance is low, can be compared to the 4550 and it is not recommended for the latest games, but the card is passively cooled and should make for a nice HTPC component.

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Alienware M17x Laptop Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the Alienware M17x Laptop

In June 2009 Alienware/Dell launched the M17x, their first co-developed machine. On launch day we provided a world-exclusive preview of the new machine and today it is time to take a more in-depth look at the features and performance of the latest version of the M17x which contains Intel Core i7 technology.

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Athlon II X4 640 vs. Core i3 530 CPU Review
Hardware Secrets posted a comparison review on the Athlon II X4 640 and the Core i3 530 CPU

Let's compare the performance of two CPUs that compete in the USD 115 – USD 120 price range. Which one is the best? Check it out.

If you have between USD 115 and USD 120 to spend on a CPU, you have two choices, the Athlon II X4 640 (which is a quad-core CPU running at 3 GHz) or the Core i3 530 (which is a dual-core CPU running at 2.93 GHz). Which one should you buy? That is what we will try to find out in this review.

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