Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including Silicon Power Velox Series V30 60GB Solid State Drive Review, GeIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1333MHz 16GB Quad Channel Memory Kit Review, and Hot PC Games for the 2011 Holidays



Ozone Radon 5k Gaming Mouse Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the Ozone Radon 5k Gaming Mouse

Ozone is a company that caters to the gamer, and today we will be focusing on their newest gaming mouse, the Ozone Radon 5k. Loaded with features that gamers want, such as a high DPI laser sensor that ranges from 100 to 5600 DPI, built-in memory for programming macros on all the buttons in three different profiles, as well as a customizable weight adjustments.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Quick Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

It's the game that everyone's talking about - Modern Warfare 3. And this time, the talk on launch day isn't about shafted PC players, or scenes of unnecessary violence, or even Call of Duty's domination as the biggest entertainment launch ever. All of those things still happened, in their now usual way, but they just aren't the biggest issues any more.

Instead, the game itself is taking centre stage. Many critics are conceding that though Modern Warfare 3 does little different than its predecessors, it is still one of the best games of the year, and utterly deserving of the success it gets.

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Asus G53SX Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Asus G53SX

The Asus G53SX is one strong performing laptops thanks to its Intel Core i7 CPU, 12GB of RAM and a discrete Nvidia graphics card with 2GB of dedicated memory. It has a bulky, heavy design but if you're looking for solid performance and great gaming performance without having to spend a lot of money, this might be the laptop for you.

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Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition CPU Processor Review
eTeknix.com posted Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition CPU Processor Review

We have to try and stay impartial at eTeknix when it comes to competative brands. We give a fair share to everyone and let their products do the talking and this is the key point with a couple of major brands on the market. The first is with the graphics card market, and the fight between AMD and Nvidia, and with each company, they both have their good and their bad points and we award them on their merits when we take a look at their products in our labs.

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Synology DS212 NAS Review
Vortez posted Synology DS212 NAS Review

So what changes have been made? Will the 2012 edition offer better power efficiency? More features? These are all the questions you might be asking and we are here to answer them, so let's waste no further time and begin our analysis of the new DiskStation DS212.

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GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2 (Intel X79) Motherboard Review
TweakTown posted a review on the GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2 (Intel X79) Motherboard

When Z68 launched we saw GIGABYTE bring the G1 series back in the form of the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2; it offered everything you'd want from a board that was focused on the gaming market. I liked the board so much that it made its way into my own system paired with a 2600k and HD 6990. The Killer E2100 NIC while I feel is probably just as good as an Intel one is a really nice addition, but the onboard X-Fi audio is a real stand out for me, along with the Matte Black PCB.

Jump forward a few more months, though, with the launch of the X79 chipset and we saw that GIGABYTE was getting on the G1 bandwagon straight away. Last week we managed to preview the new GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2, but today we get to really see what the new board is about in our full review. Because we've already previewed the board, we've had the opportunity to cover almost every aspect of the board already. Really, the only thing we've missed is the PCIe specifications when it comes to the expansion slots.

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Silicon Power Velox Series V30 60GB Solid State Drive Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Silicon Power Velox Series V30 60GB Solid State Drive

Silicon Power is not a name you really think about when you think about solid state drives. If you did not know Silicon Power was founded in 2003 and they mainly specialize in memory products. Today we are going to take a look at one of their first SATA 6GB/s drives the Velox Series V30. This drive is powered by the SandForce SF-2281 controller and boast speeds of 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write. Let’s check it out!

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Sapphire 6970 FleX Battlefield 3 Edition Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the Sapphire 6970 FleX Battlefield 3 Edition graphics card.

What's so special about this Sapphire 6970 FleX BF3 Edition? Well, it supports Eyefinity out of the box with no need for expensive DisplayPort or adapters. That capability is built directly into the card itself, independent of the monitors being used. This means that any monitors with DVI ports can now run Eyefinity.

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Asus Sabertooth X79 Motherboard Review
eTeknix.com posted Asus Sabertooth X79 Motherboard Review

Asus have always been one of those brands that wants to cater for every market, and that's not a bad thing, certainly not. It gives the end user a bigger selection to chose from and lets Asus identify their customers, meaning that can then manufacture their products to suit the end user more. This is why Asus have made many boards ready for the Intel X79 launch, and with different boards aimed at different markets, it allows consumers to spend their money more wisely.

Not everyone can afford a Rampage IV Extreme motherboard with all of the bells and whistles, and not everyone wants to, as half of the features may be worthless to you, especially if you don't plan on using LN2 or voltage modding your components, and the simple P9X79 Pro and Deluxe boards offer a bit of what you want, but is missing some vital features, especially when it comes to rock solid stability, especially when overclocking.

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Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse Review
Techgage posted a look at Logitech's new $40 gaming mouse, the G300.

There are many gaming mice on the market that sell for well over $60, but Logitech delivers an option at a mere $40 that it believes will cater to a huge number of gamers out there. It features a small, light design, a total of nine completely configurable buttons, a 2500 DPI sensor, comprehensive support for macros and more.

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UEBO M400 Network Media Player Review
APH Networks posted a review on the Silicon Power Velox Series V30 60GB Solid State Drive

Silicon Power is not a name you really think about when you think about solid state drives. If you did not know Silicon Power was founded in 2003 and they mainly specialize in memory products. Today we are going to take a look at one of their first SATA 6GB/s drives the Velox Series V30. This drive is powered by the SandForce SF-2281 controller and boast speeds of 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write. Let’s check it out!

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ASUS P9X79 Pro Motherboard Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the ASUS P9X79 Pro Motherboard

The ASUS P9X79 Pro contains the X79 Express chipset and its socket is LGA 2011, built to house the Intel Core i7 SandyBridge Extreme Processors. The P9X79 Pro offers multiple ASUS innovations which you may not find on other X79 motherboards. These include Dual Intelligent Processor 3 for a more reliable power phase control of the CPU and DRAM, ASUS SSD Caching, Intel Gigabit LAN, Bluetooth 3.0 and ASUS AI Suite which allows the user total control of the motherboards settings in an OS based atmosphere. With forty PCI express lanes the ASUS P9X79 Pro motherboard won't have you suffering for bandwidth when running an SLI or crossfire configuration. The X79 Pro also contains eight DDR3 Quad Channel memory banks and which accommodates up to 64GB of RAM.

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SteelSeries Legendary MMO Gaming Mouse Review
Real World Labs posted a review on the SteelSeries Legendary MMO Gaming Mouse

SteelSeries has been manufacturing peripherals such as keyboards, mice, headsets and pads for World Of Warcraft fans for quite some time now and today we will be taking a thorough look at their latest offering in that line of products called the Legendary MMO Gaming Mouse.

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GeIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1333MHz 16GB Quad Channel Memory Kit Review
eTeknix.com posted a review on the GeIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1333MHz 16GB Quad Channel Memory Kit

X79 is here and that simply means a change in the way that things are done. It doesn't just mean a new motherboard and a new processor, but also a new memory architecture. In terms of Intel, X58 saw us utilising Tri-channel memory, whilst Sandy Bridge P67/H67 and Z68 saw the famous dual-channel memory being the chosen technology which rivalled AMD with the same tech.

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DeepCool IceEdge 400XT Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted a review on the DeepCool IceEdge 400XT Heatsink

Deepcool's IceEdge 400XT heatsink is a mid-size tower cooler that stands a modest 127mm high and weighs 585 grams. At its heart are four, 6mm diameter copper heatpipes and a 92x100mm stack of dark nickel plated aluminum fins. As with DeepCool's other heatsinks, the IceEdge 400XT ships with a novel rubber clad 92mm PWM fan. Every bit of the fan frame that makes contact with the heatsink is covered in a rubbery material so motor vibrations are greatly diminished. The 92mm DeepCool brand fan spins at 2200-900RPM and moves ~40CFM air according to the maker.

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QPad MK 80 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
XSReviews has a new review of the QPad MK 80 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

While mechanical boards have been around for longer than any other type of keyboard input, they're usage petered off over the past few decades as cheaper methods of production came in to being. When you're using your keyboard for just tapping your login into Facebook, you don't need a £70-100 piece of kit.

However, now with gaming becoming more of a serious pastime, they're seeing a resurgence thanks to their low latency, extemely long shelf life and their driver-less get back to basics styling. Today I'm reviewing just such a keboard, though it does feature some gamer
influences.

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Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition CPU Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition CPU

Intel's "Extreme Edition" CPUs have always represented the company's top consumer offerings. Typically priced in the $1,000 range, they have unlocked multipliers, lots of cache, and lots of cores. But until now, Intel's top Extreme Edition offering, the Core i7-990X CPU, was based on the older Gulftown architecture, and the performance gap between this CPU and the newer Sandy Bridge architecture Core i7-2600K and 2700K is pretty damn narrow, especially considering that the latter costs less than a third the price of the former. But now Intel's made a Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition, with six physical cores and a staggering 15 megabytes of cache. Benchmark Reviews takes the new Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition CPU around the benchmark course, testing it against the best CPUs Intel and AMD have to offer.

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Intel Sandy Bridge E 3690X CPU Reviewed
Madshrimps posted a review on the Intel Sandy Bridge E 3690X CPU

It's getting close to Christmas, new hardware is coming right at ya at the speed of light. Only a few weeks back Intels main rival AMD, launched it's brand new Bulldozer CPU. Targeted at the entry and mainstream audience and should have been a rival for Intels 2500K and 2600K. Sadly for AMD, depending on the program it would be either close to or miles behind the competitors processors. But you can read more on that story in the previous articles. Today the big silicon firm launches it's brand new X79 chipset, sporting a big 2011 pin socket and SB-E CPU. This is Intel's replacement for the aging X58 socket 1366 CPUs. No more triple channel rams, but we go one step beyond, meaning the socket 2011 is optimized for quad channel configurations. Big thanks to Intel to send the Shrimps one of the rare press kits. Time to see what this new technology brings to it's end users.

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Sound ID SIX Bluetooth Headset Review
TestFreaks takes a look at the Sound ID SIX Bluetooth headset

It features both internal and external improvements. Externally Sound ID went with a carbon fiber work to set it apart from earlier editions that were various styles of black. The biggest addition to this Bluetooth headset is the voice menu technology, which allows a user to interact with their phone in new and unique ways. Services such as Bing411, Google Voice and others can be activated using the voice menu. The active connect feature allows users to connect to Bluetooth A2 DP media devices to the headset.

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Revisiting the Legend: OCZ Vertex LE 240GB Solid State Drive
Tweaktown posted another review on the OCZ Vertex LE 240GB Solid State Drive

In early 2011 we prophesized the extremely successful SF-1200 SATA II controller wouldn't die off easily and we backed that up with a review of the new SanDisk Ultra just last week. At the time of writing the SanDisk Ultra 240GB costs 301 Dollars at Newegg, a good value for a product based on mature technology and high speed 3Xnm flash.

After that article went live we learned of an even greater value, on a faster product and from one of the most trusted solid state drive resellers in the business. My Digital Discount has just uncovered a stash of OCZ Vertex LE drives and together with TweakTown will be selling them for less than a Dollar per GB!

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Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition CPU Review
Hardware Secrets posted Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition CPU Review

Intel is releasing today its most high-end computing platform, the socket 2011 (LGA2011) platform for a new generation of Core i7 processors codenamed "Sandy Bridge-E," which support the new quad-channel memory architecture. The top-of-the-line model is the Core i7-3960X, which comes with a base clock of 3.3 GHz, Turbo Boost technology pumping the CPU clock up to 3.9 GHz when performance is needed, six processing cores with Hyper-Threading technology, and more. Let's see how this beast performs.

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Corsair Dominator GTX8 PC3-19200 Quad Channel 8GB Kit Review
Tweaktown posted Corsair Dominator GTX8 PC3-19200 Quad Channel 8GB Kit Review

The launch of the new X79 platform brings with it the introduction of a new memory standard in the form of "Quad Channel". During our testing, Quad Channel hasn't had the best start as we see some programs have a real issue testing it at the moment. The biggest culprit for that seems to be AIDA64. Considering how active they are, though, I'm sure that we'll see this change soon.

Today we'll be officially testing our first Quad Channel kit, the brand new Dominator GTX8 kit which is of course part of the high end Dominator GTX series which has seen some amazing fast modules. Because AIDA64 isn't the most Quad Channel friendly benchmark at the moment, we're expanding our memory line-up with a couple of other synthetic benchmark programs via Passmark PerformanceTest and SiSoft Sandra. We've been using PerformanceTest in all our CPU reviews for a while and Sandra has always been a bit on and off for us.

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Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition Review
HCW posted Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition Review

Intel has unveiled a trio of new CPUs based on Sandy Bridge-E architecture. Our review is based on the Core i7 3960X model, which supplants the 990X as Intel's flagship CPU.

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Amazon Kindle Fire Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Amazon Kindle Fire

The Amazon Kindle Fire puts the Apple iPad on notice. The Fire is the first small tablet that average users can pick up and immediately use, with a simple, clear interface. Then there's the price: Android along with amazing specs for just $199.â

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Seagate Barracuda 3TB (ST3000DM001) Review
Bjorn3D posted a review on the Seagate Barracuda 3TB drive

Seagate relaunched the world first high-density platter drive: the Barracuda XT. The new drive can fit a whopping 1TB per platter, but does the higher density really make a difference? Keep reading to find out.

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Gigabyte Aivia M8600 Mouse Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Gigabyte Aivia M8600 Mouse Review

Following on from the Aivia keyboard, today we look at it's partner the Aivia wireless M8600 Mouse.

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Hot PC Games for the 2011 Holidays
Techspot posted Hot PC Games for the 2011 Holidays

Twenty-ought eleven is coming to a rapid conclusion and game makers are preparing to cash in on the holiday season by unleashing some of the year's finest titles. Although some of our most anticipated games wound up being duds on some level (Brink, Crysis 2, Duke Nukem Forever, Homefront, to name a few), there's still hope for the tailgunners of 2011.

In keeping with tradition, we've assembled a list of 16 PC games that should be on your radar for the frigid months ahead. Titles are ordered by their North American PC release date -- no earlier than September 15 and no later than December 31.

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