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Here a roundup of today's reviews:

- ARTISAN KAI.g3 HIEN - SOFT Gaming Mouse Pad Review
- Psyko 5.1 Gaming Headset Review
- G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit Review
- Arctic K381 Multi-Functional Keyboard Review
- NZXT Phantom Computer Chassis Review
- ECS P55H-AK Black Series Review
- AMD Radeon HD 6870 Video Card Review
- Lian Li Pitstop T1 Mini-ITX Spider Test Bench Review
- Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU Cooler Review
- Antec LanBoy Air System Enclosure Review
- ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU Review
- SPIRE TherMax Eclipse II Cpu Cooler Review
- Kingston Class 4 32gb MicroSDHC Card Review



ARTISAN KAI.g3 HIEN - SOFT Gaming Mouse Pad Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review on the ARTISAN KAI.g3 HIEN - SOFT Gaming Mouse Pad

Today for review I've got another product from Grow Up Japan, yes it's another mouse pad, but this one is soft surface pad, the last one I looked at was a hard surface. I have to admit I'm impressed by the quality of these pads so far from this company. The one I have today though is small, a bit too small for my tastes, but the quality is still there.
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Psyko 5.1 Gaming Headset Review
Vortez.co.uk posted a review on the Psyko 5.1 Gaming Headset

The product we will be taking a look at today first made its appearance at CES in 2009 and caused quite a stir. Psyko Audio Labs is a Canadian based technology group focused with the sole intention of giving the gaming community new and innovative surround sound solutions. Their one and only product the Psyko 5.1 Gaming Headset is the result of over 8 years of work by head-man, inventor and mastermind James Hildebrandt.

The Psyko 5.1 Gaming Headset hopes to replicate the same sound properties as a typical surround sound system would via speakers. Even from just taking a first glance at the Psyko 5.1 Gaming Headset it will strike you as something totally unique amongst any audio solution currently available to the gamer.
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G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit

We are here to yet again do a review on another DDR3 dual channel memory kit. With the standards basically being for DDR3 kits to be 1600Mhz. They are widely used on the AMD AM3 platform to Intel 1156 and 1366 setups as well. DDR3 kits range everywhere from 1066Mhz to the 2500Mhz. When DDR3 1600MHz was coming around to be one of the most popular memory kits, the G.Skill Ripjaws where the best value for the offering. Now today a few months later we are here to put them to the test.
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Arctic K381 Multi-Functional Keyboard Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the Arctic K381 Multi-Functional Keyboard

The Arctic K381 combines a bit of style and functionality. The K381 is constructed with an ultra slim and compact design. The keys come with a low resistance to allow for easy typing without fatigue. There are 12 office function keys included. The K381 also has a few multimedia controls for volume. The color options offered are black and white.
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NZXT Phantom Computer Chassis Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the Arctic K381 Multi-Functional Keyboard

The Arctic K381 combines a bit of style and functionality. The K381 is constructed with an ultra slim and compact design. The keys come with a low resistance to allow for easy typing without fatigue. There are 12 office function keys included. The K381 also has a few multimedia controls for volume. The color options offered are black and white.
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ECS P55H-AK Black Series Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the ECS P55H-AK Black Series motherboard

The P55H-AK is the first premium LGA1156 motherboard from ECS, and it is quite a distinct departure from previous Black Series products, not only in terms of aesthetics but also features, quality, and overclocking goals. The P55H-AK may be, for all intents and purposes, the dawn of a new direction for ECS and their upcoming products.
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AMD Radeon HD 6870 Video Card Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the AMD Radeon HD 6870 Video Card

In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the AMD Radeon HD 6870 video card, a DirectX-11 graphics solution that doesn't really have direct competition at the $250 price point but costs less and still performs better than the Radeon HD 5850. Graphical frame rate performance is tested using the most demanding PC video game titles and benchmark software available. DirectX-10 favorites such as Crysis Warhead, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and PCMark Vantage are all included, in addition to DX11 titles such as Aliens vs Predator, BattleForge, Lost Planet 2, Mafia II, Metro 2033, and the Unigine Heaven 2.1 benchmark. The Radeon HD 6870 is AMD's latest DirectX-11 video card, and uses an updated Cypress back-end to offer 'Barts' GPU architecture. Built to deliver improved performance to the value-hungry mainstream gaming market, the Radeon HD 6870 video card supplements the 5800-series counterparts.
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Lian Li Pitstop T1 Mini-ITX Spider Test Bench Review
OCC has published a review on the Lian Li Pitstop T1 Mini-ITX Spider Test Bench

As far as functionality goes, it does the job, but does have some drawbacks. Firstly, as a test bench you cannot use a full size graphics card, which unless you are just testing CPUs and motherboards with integrated graphics, you really won't have any use for it. Secondly, it is quite large for a mini-ITX chassis. It will be hard to find desk space to place it on especially with monitors, keyboards and other stuff on the desk. The biggest downfall I experienced is the wobbly legs that can give way if too much weight is on it. With just the components I had installed for the review, some of the legs were giving way and no matter how much I tightened the thumb screws, they would still slip.
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Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU Cooler Review
PC Perspective posted a review on the Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU Cooler

After the buzz and success generated from the H50 last year, Corsair took note of consumer feedback (and hardware reviewers) for a push-pull fan configuration and made it one of the key features on their new H70 CPU cooler. This configuration, combined with other optimizations by Corsair, should make the H70 stand out again as a top self-contained CPU water cooling system.
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Antec LanBoy Air System Enclosure Review
Metku.net took a closer look at Antec's latest system enclosure - the LanBoy Air

Every now and then an enclosure manufacturer tries something entirely new, and this time the manufacturer is Antec with their new LanBoy Air case. The Air is all about modularity and customization and is unlike anything we've tested before.
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ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU Review
Vortez.co.uk posted a review on the ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU

The card we have received from ASUS is the cheaper of the two Barts based graphics cards variants, the HD6850. By default, it comes with a mild overclock from 775MHz on the core to 790MHz. ASUS have also tried to differentiate themselves from the competition by releasing a custom built card from the onset, hence the re-introduction of the famed and functional DirectCU cooler. Furthermore, the card comes bundled with ASUS's SmartDoctor application for voltage tweaking capabilities, a feature not yet seen on other manufacturer's cards.
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SPIRE TherMax Eclipse II Cpu Cooler Review
Rbmods posted a review on the SPIRE TherMax Eclipse II Cpu Cooler

It's been a while since our last Spire cooler test, and meanwhile Spire introduced coolers based upon a new socket LGA1156. So if you're in the market looking for a new CPU cooler, we'll check for you a new TherMax Eclipse II - SP984B1-V2. The universally compatible TherMax Eclipse II is the younger brother of the original TherMax Eclipse - SP984B1-V1 cooler. Let's find out if the TherMax Eclipse II is quieter and cooler comparing to other new CPU coolers or simply most cost effective.
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Kingston Class 4 32gb MicroSDHC Card Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Kingston Class 4 32gb MicroSDHC Card

Our phones, well at least my phone, are used for much more than making phone calls. I used it for checking email, browsing the web, playing games, listening to music and even watching videos. A lot of newer phones today come with a large amount of on-board memory but some don’t, and even if the phone have a lot of memory that could not be enough for many of us and our large libraries or media and even games. Today for review I’ve got the new Kingston Class 4 32GB microSDHC card and from my time with it I’ve found it to be a decent choice if you’re looking to expand your storage possibilities.
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