Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including Corsair 500R Review, NZXT Tempest 410 Elite Mid Tower Case Review, and A quick look at OCZ's 2.15 SSD firmware



Corsair 500R Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Corsair 500R Review

Corsair finally release the 500R, time to see if it really is up to the OC3D standards!

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NZXT Tempest 410 Elite Mid Tower Case Review
ThinkComputers.org posted NZXT Tempest 410 Elite Mid Tower Case Review

Today we get to look at one of NZXT’s latest cases. This new addition comes accompanied with the infamous “Tempest” nametag, which we’ve seen on many popular NZXT products in the past. The NZXT Tempest 410 Elite is equipped with a sleek design, honeycomb mesh, and a complete tool-free installation. If you’ve enjoyed any of the other Tempest cases, then you’ll certainly enjoy this one. Read on further to find out more.

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Roccat KONE[+] USB Gaming Mouse Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Roccat KONE[+] USB Gaming Mouse

In a market segment rife with choice, any manufacturer which wants to stand out must innovate their way past the rest of the crowd or use clever marketing techniques to dupe their target market. Fortunately for us here at Benchmark Reviews, Roccat chose to innovate when they created their KONE[+] Gaming Mouse. I honestly believed that there wasn't much more that could be done in the field of pointing and clicking mouse technology but I was wrong. Roccat have introduced three great features unique to the KONE[+] mouse and also equipped it with a 6000dpi Pro Aim laser for some extremely responsive pointing ability. Intrigued? Please read on to find out more.

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BitFenix Outlaw Mid Tower Chassis Review
TweakTown posted a review on the BitFenix Outlaw Mid Tower Chassis

To date, from BitFenix I have seen some really unusual designs such as the Survivor and Colossus, but in more recent times they have moved to more widely acceptable aesthetics and design layouts. Of the last pair of chassis designs, both are more of the usual suspect when it comes to mid tower cases, yet still have things that make them stand out when scrolling through what seems like an endless list of chassis purchase options.

To stand out against the competition, one option is to paint it white to sell massive amounts of cases, because truly, black on black cases are everywhere. Even though BitFenix lowered the bar for stand out aesthetics and general "wow factor", they have, in my opinion, delivered a mid tower gaming chassis that in my mind has a trio of reasons why this new chassis will stand out against the rest.

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iZON Remote Room Monitor Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the iZON Remote Room Monitor

In the past setting up a home security system required an expensive outlay for cameras and monitoring equipment and a fair amount of technical knowledge. However a company called Stem has helped make remote room monitoring a simple plug and play matter with the release of their iZON Remote Room Monitor. This is a wireless video camera that can be set up anywhere that has an AC outlet and wireless network.

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Visiontek 8GB PC3-12800 CL9 1600 EX DDR3 Review
Rbmods posted a review on the Visiontek 8GB PC3-12800 CL9 1600 EX DDR3 memory

Today we are taking a look at a brand new product from Visiontek, the videocard manufacturer has turned their heads on to the memory market. We recieved a sample of their performance ram named “Visiontek Ultimate Performance Pc3-12800 CL9 1600EX”. So how can this brand new ram from Visiontek perform? Lets not waste any time and figure out what kind of performance that we can expect!

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Everything You Need to Know About the Dual-, Triple-, and Quad-Channel Memory Architectures
Hardware Secrets take a look at how the dual-, triple-, and quad-channel memory architectures work and how to enable them in order to improve your computer’s performance.

The system's RAM (Random Access Memory) prevents the PC from achieving its maximum capable performance. This occurs because the processor (CPU) is faster than the RAM, and usually it has to wait for the RAM to deliver data. During this wait time the CPU is idle, doing nothing (that's not entirely true, but it fits our explanation). In a perfect computer, the RAM would be as fast as the CPU. Dual-, triple-, and quad-channel are techniques used to double, triple, or quadruple the communication speed between the memory controller and the RAM, thus increasing the system performance. In this tutorial, we will explain everything you need to know about these technologies: how they work, how to set them up, how to calculate transfer speeds, and more.

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A quick look at OCZ's 2.15 SSD firmware
The Tech Report takes a quick look at OCZ's 2.15 SSD firmware

SandForce SSDs have been dogged by reports of BSODs and other issues, but new firmware promises relief. We take a quick look at OCZ's recent 2.15 firmware update to see how it affects SSD performance and the BSOD bug.

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Thermaltake Level 10 GT Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Thermaltake Level 10 GT case

Thermaltake's initial release of the Level 10 was co-designed with luxury car manufacturer BMW. The second iteration is a boiled down and condensed version that maximizes all the enthusiast wants while reducing the price considerably. The Level 10 GT just might be the best gaming case on the market.

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OnLive Game System Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the OnLive Game System Review

Today we are taking our first look, an overview, of OnLive which is an on-demand service that streams games to your computer, TV or tablet PC. Requiring no discs, no hard-drive space, no downloads and no high-end components. It was originally announced at the 2009 Game Developers Conference and was planned for release that same year with a monthly fee or membership option however by the time OnLive reached the UK it was announced that there would no longer be any subscription fees for the service.

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Mobile GPU Comparison: GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon HD 6990M
PC Perspective posted a mobile GPU comparison of GeForce GTX 580M and Radeon HD 6990M

Mobile graphics cards are really a different beast than the desktop variants.  Despite have similar names and model numbers, the specifications vary greatly as the GTX 580M isn't equivalent to the GTX 580 and the HD 6990M isn't even a dual-GPU product.  Also, getting the capability to do a direct head-to-head is almost always a tougher task thanks to the notebook market's penchant for single-vendor SKUs. Well, problems be damned, we had the pair in our hands for a few short days and I decided to put them through the ringer in our GPU testing suite and added Battlefield 3 in for good measure as well. The goal was to determine which GPU was actually the "world's fastest" as both companies claimed to be.

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Acer Aspire 5755-6482 Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Acer Aspire 5755-6482

f all you have to spend on a laptop is $600, you might think theres not too much you can get for your money. But the Acer Aspire 5755-6482 is proof that you may be wrong, with components that outstrip those you can find on other machines in this class, and even some useful software thrown in among the typical bloatware.

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Avexir Standard Series DDR3 1600MHz 4GB Memory Kit Review
eTeknix.com posted a review on the Avexir Standard Series DDR3 1600MHz 4GB Memory Kit

We keep seeing new memory manufacturers come into the market though from time to time, some pop up who have been developed for quite some time, but just need that extra push to get their name out there in the big, bad world.

This is where Avexir enter our labs with their "Standard Series" memory which may not sound glamorous but has been launched to provide rock-solid stability and the fantastic comptibility across both AMD and Intel platforms and with the includes of Intel XMP, Avexir even challenge us to overclock this memory and expect us to be surprised in the process.

With more 8GB kits on the market than ever before, and with the price dropping quite dramatically, we are hoping that this 4GB kit has something hidden up its sleeve, because as we know, the memory segment is a tough market to crack with some of the big boys like Corsair and G.Skill really playing hard ball, especially in terms of price.

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