Dreamweare Computers posted a review on the OCZ Onyx 32gb Solid State Drive. Other new articles in this roundup:

- Sparkle Geforce GTX480 Video Card Review
- Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case Review
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI versus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CrossFire
- Asus N82Jv 14-inch notebook Review
- VisionTek Radeon HD 5550 1GB PCIe Review
- Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 Video Card Review
- Tom Bihn Brain Bag Laptop Backpack Review
- Arctic Cooling Arctic M551 Laser Gaming Mouse Review
- Icy Dock MB982IP-1S Full Metal 2.5" to 3.5" SAS & SATA Hard Drive & SSD Converter Review
- Mionix Naos 3200 Gaming Mouse Review
- Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case Review
- Verizon BlackBerry Curve 3G Smartphone Review
- Asus Crosshair IV Extreme Review
- ASRock 870iCafe Motherboard Review
- Thermaltake BlacX 5G HDD Dock Review
- G.Skill Trident 2000 MHz DDR3 CL9 8GB Kit Review
- Roccat Kone + Review



OCZ Onyx 32gb Solid State Drive Review
Dreamweare Computers posted a review on the OCZ Onyx 32gb Solid State Drive

Solid state drives are expensive, and they're a big change from what we've come to accept a hard drive to be in a computer. For some, it's easy to rush out and buy the latest SSD model and away they go. For others, investing in the high price tag of a solid state drive when they aren't gaining much storage space can be a tough battle. Up until now, to get even a 30gb SSD would often cost over $130CDN - a price I could buy a 2+ Terabyte hard drive for. However, OCZ has recently released their Onyx series - a new line of SSD's aimed to bring the basic benefits of this technology to users at a cost they can afford. I'm lucky enough to have a 32gb Onyx on the test bed today, and look forward to having some first-hand experience with this new model.

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Sparkle Geforce GTX480 Video Card Review
TechwareLabs reviews the Sparkle Geforce GTX480 Video Card

We take a look at the Sparkle GTX 480, and put it through some long term testing, we all know its fast, but how does it hold up? Does this world's fastest stock single GPU warrant your cash?

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Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case

Today we return full circle to Cooler Masters range of cases with the new HAF 912 Plus, a compact ATX model which is designed to be flexible while offering excellent cooling potential. Let's find out if it lives up to the standard of their other recent products.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI versus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CrossFire
Legit Reviews posted a comparison review between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI versus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CrossFire

Did you know that NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and ATI Radeon HD 5770 video cards are nearly identical in price? They are also rather inexpensive and you can get a nice NVIDIA SLI or ATI CrossFire setup with these cards for $260-$280 before rebates. The question we look at today is which setup performs better and which one scales better?

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Asus N82Jv 14-inch notebook Review
The Tech Report posted a review on Asus N82Jv 14-inch notebook

This full-sized notebook marries a Core i5 processor, Optimus-enabled Nvidia graphics, and USB 3.0 connectivity. Is it a winning combination?

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VisionTek Radeon HD 5550 1GB PCIe Review
Reviewstash.com posted a review on the VisionTek Radeon HD 5550 1GB PCIe video card

The graphics card market is almost entirely centered on creating the fastest, high-yield (except in the case of fermi) products possible. Not everyone, however, needs the hottest running, graphics cycle crunching product available. Yet, thanks to the research done to produce those aforementioned high-end enthusiast graphics cards, new technology is made available to simultaneously make more efficient low-end video processing products. Thus, through AMD's 40nm "Evergreen" manufacturing process (known for such monsters as the HD 5970), the ultra efficient HD 5550 video card has been developed. It's a low-profile video card that still manages to pack 320 stream processors, AMD's Unified Video Decoder, Dolby over HDMI, and DirectX 11, with a maximum load of 45 Watts (minuscule compared to the 5970's 300 Watt load). Today, we are going to evaluate VisionTek's branded HD 5550, a video card that differs from the reference board by using 1GB of GDDR2 (instead of GDDR3 or 5). The card does, however, have an actively cooled heatsink, a feature that is removed from many of the other 5550 cards. Read on to discover if VisionTek has the HTPC, workstation, slimline, and low-budget gaming card that the market deserves!

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Gigabyte GeForce GTS 450 Video Card Review
Ninjalane has posted their review of the Gigabyte GTS 450 OC video card

The GV-N450-1GI GTS 450 is an excellent example of what happens when Gigabyte takes a little initiative to improve on a good thing. The result is a reference design video card with an improved cooler, for longer life, and a respectable factory overclock for increased performance. Together these equal an excellent value add for any gamer on a budget.

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Tom Bihn Brain Bag Laptop Backpack Review
Futurelooks checks out a premium handmade laptop backpack

After dropping all that money on a shiny new notebook, why on Earth would you then cheap out on the laptop bag that is going to be used to carry it around? You want to have adequate protection for your technological investment, you want to have adequate storage for your various accessories, and you probably want to look good walking around town with it too.

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Arctic Cooling Arctic M551 Laser Gaming Mouse Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Arctic Cooling Arctic M551 Laser Gaming Mouse

I have to be honest, when I agreed to review two mice for Bob the thought never occurred to me that they would be from Arctic Cooling, a company known for, well cooling products. I have owned several of their cooling products over the years and have never been disappointed, so I was looking forward to see how they would translate that experience into a mouse. They have released two mice that are geared to “professional gamers and experienced users”, the Artic M551 and Artic M571. Today we will be putting the Artic M551 through its paces.

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Icy Dock MB982IP-1S Full Metal 2.5" to 3.5" SAS & SATA Hard Drive & SSD Converter Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the Icy Dock MB982IP-1S Full Metal 2.5" to 3.5" SAS & SATA Hard Drive & SSD Converter

The Icy Dock MB982IP-1S Full Metal 2.5 to 3.5" Enclosure takes any 2.5" SATA drive and converts into a full 3.5" format. The Icy Dock MB982IP-1S is entirely metal and follows the Icy Dock modus operandi of easy installation without tools. With the outside matching both the size format as well as the screw placements of a standard 3.5" drive, the MB982IP-1S can be installed in nearly anything that can be used with a 3.5" drive from installing in your case, NAS, server or anything you can think of.

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Mionix Naos 3200 Gaming Mouse Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the Mionix Naos 3200 Gaming Mouse

Offering the same beautiful design but paring back some of the advanced features found on its bigger Naos 5000 sibling, the Mionix Naos 3200 looks to hit the retail shelves at launch with a much more affordable and tempting $60 price tag. If our experience with Mionix is any indication, we have very high hopes for this new mouse. Can the Naos 3200 take the best of the melt-in-your-hand 5000 and streamline things without compromising too much? Let's find out.

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Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case Review
Modders-Inc.com has a new review on the Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case

The Cooler Master Mid Tower HAF 912 case looks to follow in the path blazed by it's armor clad bigger brethren. The amazing popularity of the HAF series is unquestionable, the only thing left to wonder is, can the 912 live up to the expectations?

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Verizon BlackBerry Curve 3G Smartphone Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Verizon BlackBerry Curve 3G Smartphone

Today for review I’ve got the latest addition to the Verizon stable of phones from BlackBerry, the Curve 3G. This phone isn’t really much new over the older gen Curve, but there are a few improvements, but not much to get excited about honestly. It’s a nice business phone overall though and if that’s what you need then I’m sure you’ll be happy with it.

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Asus Crosshair IV Extreme Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Asus Crosshair IV Extreme

At last, it's finally here. After four weeks of examining Asus' flagship AMD motherboard, what do we think of it?

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ASRock 870iCafe Motherboard Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the ASRock 870iCafe Motherboard

The AMD 870 is the current value chipset for AMD processors without integrated video. Let's see if the ASRock 870iCafe is a good choice for users looking for a value socket AM3 motherboard in the full ATX form factor.

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Thermaltake BlacX 5G HDD Dock Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the Thermaltake BlacX 5G HDD Dock

At the 2008 CES, Thermaltake introduced a novel idea in the category of external storage, the hard drive dock. The BlacX dock supported either 2½" or 3½" SATA drives via a hot-swap, plug-in interface and featured USB 2.0 connectivity. It was an instant success. Although many other manufacturers would soon develop their own versions of the external drive dock, Thermaltake continued to refine their original design with subsequent models that added support for a 4-port USB hub, dual drives and finally eSATA. The item we have for review today represents the latest in the evolution of Thermaltake's drive dock, the BlacX 5G.

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G.Skill Trident 2000 MHz DDR3 CL9 8GB Kit Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the G.Skill Trident 2000 MHz DDR3 CL9 8GB Kit

The G.Skill 8 GB 2000 MHz kit manages to offer high capacity, nicely packaged within tall and solid heatspreaders. The active cooling bracket lights up blue and we push the memory & test bench to the limit to see what this kit is capable of.

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Roccat Kone + Review
XSReviews posted a review of the Roccat Kone + gaming mouse.

While there are many firms that come and go in the PC hardware word (Vvikoo being one of them) XSR has always done it's best to represent the new guys as fairly as the more established. While this does give us a warm glow in our bellies it also allows us to watch future high end players grow from a small startup to something massive; Roccat is one such company. Delivering solid products at almost every turn and despite huge delays on certain hardware, they've managed to carve themselves a nice share of the the already heavily populated gaming peripheral market.

Today I take a look at their latest mouse, a revamp on what has become a classic. It adds all the new innovations that Roccat has come up with since the rodent's initial outing, as well as updating the sensor to bring it to a rediculous 6000DPI. Ladies and gentleman feast your eyes and palms on the Roccat Kone +, a monster of a mouse with an impressive feature list.

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