Here a roundup of today's reviews, including BitFenix Outlaw Mid Tower Chassis Review, G.Skill RipjawsZ PC3-17000 16GB Kit Review, and DDR3 Memory Performance Analysis on Intel X79



BitFenix Outlaw Mid Tower Chassis Review
eTeknix.com posted a review on the BitFenix Outlaw Mid Tower Chassis

BitFenix are a relatively new company as far as case manufacturers go. They exploded onto the market back in 2010 with their revolutionary Colossus which helped catalyse a significant design change for many future cases. The enthusiast and gamer market saw full-tower cases become more appealing by offering the external eye-candy they had previously lacked. Innovation is universally welcomed. With this fact in mind, BitFenix have designed the unique case we will be reviewing today, the Outlaw.

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Hands On With the HP Folio 13
TechReviewSource.com takes a look at the HP Folio 13

HP is getting into the ultrabook game with its own ultra-thin ultraportable, the HP Folio 13, and we got a chance to see it for ourselves. It's a strong addition to the growing ultrabook category with the light weight and long battery life of other ultrabooks. But HP is also attempting to bridge the gap between the personal and the professional with a business version of the Folio that boasts business-friendly features.

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Antec Solo II Mid Tower Case Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Antec Solo II Mid Tower Case

Today we have the opportunity to check out Antec’s latest case. An upgrade from the popular Antec Solo, the Solo II offers some of the benefits many enjoyed from the original and upgraded them to today’s standards. An external piano black finish as well as an internal black finish gives the case a sleek design. Supporting USB 3.0, multiple HDD installation methods, and a quiet design, will the Antec Solo II live up to its predecessor? Read on further to find out.

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G.Skill RipjawsZ PC3-17000 16GB Kit Review
TweakTown posted G.Skill RipjawsZ PC3-17000 16GB Kit Review

Today we'll be looking at the F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZHD kit which is of course a PC3-17000 kit as the name would suggest. Of course, supporting the new Sandy Bridge-E platform, the first thing we notice is that the kit consists of four modules so they can be ran in Quad Channel on our ASUS Rampage IV Extreme today.

Moving in closer to the modules, we can get a better idea of what exactly is going on with the speed and the timings of the kit. Of course, we know that PC3-17000 translates to 2133MHz DDR and this is probably going to be one of the more popular numbers for the new quad channel kits with 2133MHz DDR hitting that performance point we love to see without carrying with it 2400MHz DDR prices.

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ASRock A55 Pro3 Review
OCC has published a review on the ASRock A55 Pro3

As far as layout and features go, the ASRock A55 Pro3 did ok. The layout of the board was great, except for the fact that a majority of the SATA cables were not right-angled. As far as features are concerned, I would have liked to see a bit more. I know I can't expect much from a motherboard that costs $75, and what you're getting for the price is great, I just felt as though something more could have been done. The included software may have actually fed my need for more, but the included CD did not work.

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Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Case Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review on the new Corsair Carbide Series 500R case.

In order to keep pace with changing market conditions, the last few case releases from Corsair have been targeted straight towards budget friendly price points and the newest Carbide 500R is no different. Even though it sports a price of under $150, this case boasts an impressive list of features and some great looking design touches.

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ASUS Sabertooth P67 Motherboard Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the ASUS Sabertooth P67 Motherboard

TUF series boards in general all have three key elements: I/O connectivity, component quality and reliability / cooling technology. ASUS uses military-grade components on TUF boards and as such, this product line features a five year warranty and goes through a different internal validation test compared to standard boards. But it's the cooling aspect, a cover over the entire board known as Thermal Armor, that I'm most excited about.

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Antec P280 Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the Antec P280

Antec aims to deliver a functional, good looking chassis at an interesting price point with the P280. As part of the Performance One line-up, you can expect the ability to fill the chassis with high-end components like an XL-ATX motherboard and long graphics cards. But will the chassis break a sweat doing so or keep on performing?

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Uebo M400 Wireless 1080p HD Media Player Review
MEGATechNews checks out another media player

Many newer TVs on the market have USB ports on the side that let you play your own media files. Several also have network connectivity so that you can access content from your local network and from the Internet. However, not everyone has these newer TVs and — to be honest — the media-playing capabilities of these HDTVs isn’t totally up to snuff either.

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RaidSonic Icy Box IB-RD3219STu3 USB 3.0 RAID Enclosure Review
Real World Labs posted a review on the RaidSonic Icy Box IB-RD3219STu3 USB 3.0 RAID Enclosure

The latest ICY BOX IB-RD3219STu3 USB 3.0 External HDD RAID Enclosure by RaidSonic may indeed not be the very best in its class but it's excellent data transfer speeds combined with RAID0/1/JBOD support and a very good price tag are more than enough to make up for that and then some.

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Blue Snowflake Microphone Review
Tech-Reviews.co.uk posted Blue Snowflake Microphone Review

A good microphone can be used in all types of scenarios whether it's recording a commentary on a Battlefield 3 video to just chatting to a friend on Skype. Today we have Blue Snowflake microphone to review. It's a professional microphone in a very small package, so let's see how it performs...

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Intel Core i7-3930K, Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition Processors for LGA 2011
iXBT Labs posted a review on the Intel Core i7-3930K, Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition Processors for LGA 2011

LGA 2011 combines the advantages of LGA 1155 (new architecture, unlocked multiplier at less than $1000) and LGA 1366 (up to six cores, bus overclocking, a lot of PCIe lanes). On the whole, the new platform is a success. If you're willing to buy a processor for the price of an entire PC, that is. But we still like this kind of evolution very much.

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Thortech Thunderbolt Plus 1000W PSU Review
TweakTown posted Thortech Thunderbolt Plus 1000W PSU Review

Very few of our readers are going to be familiar with the Thortech name as it hasn't been around very long at all. A few may recognize the name as showing up while poking around a few of the online stores, but probably didn't give them much of a thought. What most of you will be surprised to know is that Thortech is a subsidiary of GeIL. GeIL announced in 2010 that it would start offering power supplies under the Thortech brand. Since then, the company has offered two lines of power supplies - the Thunderbolt series and Thunderbolt Plus series.

Today we are going to be taking a look at the Thunderbolt Plus 1000W power supply. It's packed full of features that place it square in the eyes of many enthusiasts and looks very good on paper. One of the key features of the Thunderbolt Plus series is that it offers an interactive 5.25" display that will tell you just about everything you'd like to know about the power supply such as load, efficiency, fan speed, temperature and more. Keep reading on to find out if GeIL's latest and greatest is all bark and no bite or if it lives up to what it says it can do.

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PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III 600 W Power Supply Review
Hardware Secrets posted PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III 600 W Power Supply Review

When OCZ bought PC Power & Cooling, the company said that PC Power & Cooling power supplies wouldn't have modular cabling systems. Well, scratch that. The latest release from the brand, the Silencer Mk III, features a modular cabling system and carries the 80 Plus Bronze certification, coming in 400 W, 500 W, and 600 W versions. Let's test the 600 W version and see if it is a good choice.

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DDR3 Memory Performance Analysis on Intel X79
Legit Reviews posted DDR3 Memory Performance Analysis on Intel X79

Since we posted our launch article on the Intel Core i7-3960X we have been getting e-mails asking about detailed memory questions on the Intel X79 platform. Today, we show you how single, dual, triple and quad-channel performs on the Intel DX79SI motherboard! We also test out 1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 and 2133 MHz memory performance with a quad-channel kit to see what happens to performance at various clock speeds. This is a must read review if you are going Intel X79!

We started out running a single module at 1333MHz and then another module at a time to test dual channel, triple channel and finally quad channel. The Intel X79 chipet on the Intel SX79SI motherboard was able to properly run each memory configuration. The benchmark results in Sandra 2012 were very impressive in the sense that the benchmark results were nearly linear when moving from single channel to triple channel memory. Adding the fourth module for quad channel performance showed...

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OCZ Synapse Cache SSD review
The Guru of 3D posted OCZ Synapse Cache SSD review

While OCZ just released the Revodrive Hybrid, they now also launch a seriously fast SSD just for caching. Combined with their Dataplex cache application software and your own HDD, the combination could be just what you are looking for, all at a much better price as well with no limitations to your hardware setup.

It's armed with a SandForce 2281 controller and the means to use it, as alongside the SSD you get to use the very same cache software layer the RevoDrive Hybrid uses, Dataplex. A cache in combination with the Synapse SSD offers read speeds of up-to 550MB/s and write performance of up-to 490 MB/sec.

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