Here today's hardware reviews, including Corsair 500R Mid-Tower Case Review, ASUS X79 Rampage IV Extreme Socket 2011 Motherboard Review, and Enermax ETS-T40 CPU Cooler Review



Corsair 500R Mid-Tower Case Review
OCC has published a review on the Corsair 500R Mid-Tower Case

This case surprised me a little bit. Cooling-wise it was decent all around. The fan on the side really kept temperatures down on both the chipset and GPU while under load. It competed fairly with the other cases, being only a degree or two above the lowest of lows. Its overall performance is rather impressive, well worth the few hassles of getting your hardware mounted. While the temperatures may not have been jaw-dropping amazing, the low values provide good value to this case.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Performance Test
Techspot posted Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Performance Test

Based on early estimates, Skyrim has shipped seven million copies worldwide across all platforms, including digital stores such as Steam. During a peak hour last Monday, Valve's platform alone recorded some 287,000 Skyrim players -- greater than the combined peak activity of MW3, Counter-Strike, Football Manger 2012 and Team Fortress 2.

We usually don't open our performance reviews with sales figures, but we felt compelled to illustrate the magnitude of Skyrim's launch because role-playing games rarely garner this type of attention. Although its popularity is undoubtedly aided by the cult-like status of the Elder Scrolls franchise, Skyrim isn't just a clone of its predecessors (we're looking at you MW3). Bethesda has made many gameplay refinements, especially to the graphics and animations -- our area of interest.

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Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Dragon Battle Bag & Conkor Mouse Pad Review
TweakTown posted Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Dragon Battle Bag & Conkor Mouse Pad Review

I received a box of goodies from Tt eSPORTS at the beginning of this month. The box was absolutely huge and I was thinking, "what in the hell is in this box? It can't be a mouse or a keyboard". As I opened the box I revealed what looked like a duffel bag. But it is much more than that; much, much more.

Enter the Tt eSPORTS Battle Dragon Bag. The bag looks quite the LAN buddy from the outside, but once you start exploring it inside of the bag, you really see just how much work Tt have put into this bag. Upon opening the bag, you start realizing that this bag is quite special. The bag itself is Tt's signature black and red scheme, which looks undeniably hot.

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Cyberlink Power Director 10 Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on Cyberlink Power Director 10

Cyberlink PowerDirector 10 is a consumer-level video editing software designed to perform like a professional video editing program. Power Director 10 features the 2nd Generation Cyberlink TrueVelocity video rendering engine with OpenCL acceleration and 3D
video editing capabilities. With Cyberlink Power Director 10 Users can capture or import video from a variety of sources, including 3D, DV/HD cameras, webcams and various file formats while also able to output to different mediums including DVD/BD authoring and online publication.

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SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse

Danish company SteelSeries has designed products to compete against the likes of Razer, Logitech, and Microsoft in the competitive gaming peripherals market. Their newest product the Sensei aims to decimate the competition with its 32-bit ARM processor, 5700 DPI sensor, on-board memory, and advanced software that allows users to control almost every function imaginable. Benchmark Reviews will evaluate if the Sensei is the master by which every mouse should be compared, or if it is the student still learning from those that came before it.

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Cities XL 2012 (PC) Review
Techgage posted a review on Cities XL 2012 (PC)

It's almost ironic that it would take the desire to create an MMO for the last survivor of the city-builder genre to come to life. The latest incarnation of that survivor is Cities XL 2012. It's not an MMO, but rather a traditional city-builder sim that tries to cater to old-school SimCity fans. Does this game do enough to fill that void?

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ASUS X79 Rampage IV Extreme Socket 2011 Motherboard Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review of the new ASUS X79 Rampage IV Extreme Socket 2011 motherboard.

With Sandy Bridge E processors finally hitting retailer's shelves it was high time that we began looking at some X79 motherboards. The ASUS Rampage IV Extreme is currently one of the most expensive Socket 2011 boards around but it holds to the Republic of Gamers pedigree by offering a long list of features, some of which we have never seen before.

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Griffin StompBox Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Griffin StompBox

The Stompbox is a studio quality for channel effects pedal board that can be used with musical instruments primarily with the guitar in mind. It works in conjunction with any compatible iOS device such as an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch along with a free downloadable iOS app.

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POSRUS Antiglare Antifingerprint Screen Protector for Le Pan TC 970 Review
Review the Tech posted POSRUS Antiglare Antifingerprint Screen Protector for Le Pan TC 970 Review

Today for review I’ve got a must-have accessory if you own the Le Pan TC970 Android tablet, it’s a screen protector but much more. The Le Pan is a great tablet, but the screen is very glossy so that it reflects light and really attracts fingerprints. I’m the type of person who must have a screen protector on all of my gadgets, just because I feel safer that way and it’s better to be safe than sorry. The product I have for review today I got from Amazon inexpensively, and it’s aptly named the Antiglare Antifingerprint Screen Protector for Le Pan TC 970, it’s from a company called POSRUS. So read on…

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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Xbox 360 Review
Tweaktown posted Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Xbox 360 Review

Ten years it's been since the introduction of the Xbox gaming system. Microsoft took a huge risk to take on the (at the time) formidable Sony and its PlayStation with a system that really launched with a load of very bad games, and one very, very good one. To say that Halo made the Xbox launch is an understatement. Without it, the system could have been in serious trouble very early, but Bungie managed to do what seemed at the time as impossible - a strong console first person shooter.

Halo's influence on the industry is significant. It proved that First Person Shooters could work on a console and work well. So ten years later we get this homage. A remake of the game with the same physics, but with HD graphics. And you know what? The game is just as good as it was a decade ago and that is quite a triumph.

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Corsair Hydro H100 CPU Cooler Review
Madshrimps posted Corsair Hydro H100 CPU Cooler Review

One of the main remarks we had when testing all the different all in one cooling solutions was the size of the radiator, which limited the heat dissipation. Secondly the modern units generate a fair amount of noise, if it's user opted for maximum cooling capacity. A bigger radiator increases the cooling surface, thus logically should aid in lowering the processor temps. Another big plus is that it allows for more fans to be used, which can spin slower and yet have the same or better cooling capacity then it's single or dual 120mm fan solutions. A while ago Corsair bundled forces with CoolIT, to manufacture it's latest generation of Hydro coolers. And the feedback from it's numerous users resulted finally in a 240mm rad version baptized the Hydro 100.

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Enermax ETS-T40 CPU Cooler Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Enermax ETS-T40 CPU Cooler

A new range of coolers from Enermax. Lets see if their performance is as "Apollished" as that of their fans.

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