Here part 2 of this weekends reviews roundup with the following reviews:

- G.SKILL Ripjaws F3 8GB CL7 1600mhz Memory Kit Review
- Arctic Power Charger Plus Review
- Gateway One ZX4300 Review
- Corsair Vengeance Series PC3-12800 12GB Kit Review
- Thermaltake Element Q Mini-ITX Chassis w/ 220W Power Supply
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Heatsink Review
- ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black Video Card Review
- Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station Review
- Veebeam HD Wireless Stream to your TV Review
- Zalman ZM-F3-FDB & ZM-SF3 120mm Cooling Fan Review
- Synology DiskStation DS211+ Review
- V3 Avenger Core i7 930 Gaming Desktop PC
- Zotac GeForce GTX 580 1536MB Video Card Review
- SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
- Seasonic X-series 850W Review
- ioSafe SoloPRO 1TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Review
- Thermaltake Armor A60 Mid-Tower Case Review
- HP Photosmart Premium C309G All-in-One Printer Review
- Quick Review: HIS HD 5450 Silence 1GB PCIe x1 Eyefinity Video Card
- ECS A890GXM-A2 Review
- Samsung BD-C6500 Review
- Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 12GB Kits Review
- Silverstone PP05 Strider Short Cable Kit Review
- Noctua NH-C14 Lower Noise Heatsink Review
- PowerColor Extreme PX 1000W Review
- ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI-E Sound Card Review
- Phiaton PS20 Earphones Review
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 11LP Heatsink Review
- Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit Review
- Patriot Xporter XT Rage 32GB Review
- Verizon Wireless 4G LTE: A Review



G.SKILL Ripjaws F3 8GB CL7 1600mhz Memory Kit Review
Kitguru posted a review on the G.SKILL Ripjaws F3 8GB CL7 1600mhz Memory Kit

Performance memory used to be a luxury often associated with the wealthier enthusiast user base. This year however, you are now able to buy extremely fast memory kits without causing too much damage to your bank account.

Today KitGuru is looking at the new G.Skill Ripjaws F3 8GB memory kit (F3-12800CL7D-8GBRH 2x4GB) which is specifically designed for Core i5/i7 systems, running at 1600mhz with tight CL7 latencies. If you want a high level of futureproofing then an 8GB kit is certainly a step in the right direction.

G.SKILL Ripjaws F3 8GB CL7 1600mhz Memory Kit Review | KitGuru

Arctic Power Charger Plus Review
DV Hardware reviewed Arctic Cooling's Power Charger Plus

Arctic Cooling offers several battery and battery charger solutions and in this review I'm taking a closer look at the Arctic Power Charger Plus. This device is described as a battery quick charger and the package also includes four AA batteries. The product ships in one of those typical plastic blister packages, it includes the charger, interchangeable tips for abroad and four rechargeable AA batteries.

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Gateway One ZX4300 Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Gateway One ZX4300

The Gateway One ZX4300 is a touch screen all-in-one PC that has a 20-inch widescreen display. It has a AMD Athlon II X2 235e CPU with 4GB of RAM. It has some great performance, but has a limited port selection.

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Corsair Vengeance Series PC3-12800 12GB Kit Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Corsair Vengeance Series PC3-12800 12GB Kit

While we see a fair bit of memory from Corsair, something we haven't seen in a while is a new series from the company with most kits being part of the high end Dominator line-up. Recently we checked out a new addition to the XMS line, but today we're checking out a kit from the newly launched Vengeance series.

While the Vengeance series is designed with overclockers in mind, they say the added bonus of a lower price tag leaves room in your system build budget for other items. In the technical department, though, the key point to the series is the lower voltage requirement. While most kits carry a need for 1.65v, the Vengeance line up which currently consists of seven kits requires only 1.5v.

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Thermaltake Element Q Mini-ITX Chassis w/ 220W Power Supply
TweakTown posted a review on the Thermaltake Element Q Mini-ITX Chassis w/ 220W Power Supply

If you are even slightly computer savvy and have been shopping for anything PC related, I'm sure you have run across the name Thermaltake in your travels. Everything from power supplies, chassis', and cooling has been handled for years by them, and they did quite well making a name for themselves. A while back we did get the opportunity to look at a couple of the mid and full tower chassis' in the Element series designed for gamers and having cooling and wire management being of utmost importance.

Today the Element series is taking a turn, or a reduction to be more precise. The chassis we are about to look at is quite Spartan compared to its much larger brethren, as this chassis isn't exactly directed at gaming as the others were. This time the chassis gets dropped to about the height of your favorite 12 oz. beverage, and is designed to go in a HTPC environment or a low power web surfing and email machine if you don't want to include this to your home theater.

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Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Heatsink Review

Rated for heat loads of up to 200W according to the manufacturer, the Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 is a relatively compact sub-130mm tall heatsink. It's 92mm fan utilizes fluid dynamic bearings and a "low noise impeller" design, so once again Arctic Cooling is focusing on quiet... quiet... quiet... The Freezer 13 mostly delivers on the noise front.

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ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black Video Card Review
Madshrimps posted a review on the ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black Video Card

The GTX 460 Black video card from ECS is another product that comes with the high performance Arctic Cooling Accelero Turbo Pro cooler, it's also overclocked from the factory. Its performances are very close to the previously reviewed Calibre X460G and the fan speeds are much lower than the ones from the Sparkle model.

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Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Thermaltake BlacX Duet HDD Docking Station

Over the last couple months we took on the mission of finding the perfect HDD desktop docking station. The first two products we looked at were low cost units that were only limited by the amount of bandwidth our motherboard was able to provide. After that we moved on to the Thermaltake BlacX 5G, another USB 3.0 docking station that included some great accessories, an extra long cable that made moving our test system from under the desk less painful and was also able to deliver amazing performance. Now that we've seen the best USB 3.0 has to offer, a new docking station has taken over our test bench. The Thermaltake BlacX Duet forgoes USB 3.0 entirely and sticks to a tried and true eSATA / USB 2.0 combination, but that's not what the duo in Duet is about.

Using eSATA's port replicator feature, Thermaltake managed to add another HDD dock to their standard USB 2.0 / eSATA docking station. This allows users to quickly add two raw hard drives to their system without cracking open the system's side panel. If you are a user who would like to swap one drive in and out of the system with ease, then most likely you have more than one drive to swap around. The best thing about the Duet, though, is that it still offers enough bandwidth to run the fastest SATA platter drives at full speed, just like USB 3.0 does.

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Veebeam HD Wireless Stream to your TV Review
MissingRemote.com takes a look at the Veebeam HD Wireless Stream to your TV

In the past year, we’ve seen a number of different wireless streaming devices intended to help bridge the gap between the distance between users and the television. Unlike recent products like the Boxee Box and GoogleTV, which are intended to connect directly to your television full-time, wireless USB streaming devices such as the Veebeam HD try a different route opting to leverage your existing computer from anywhere in the room to stream content to the big screen. This is a great product in theory but can it mesh with how users currently use and expect their home theater PCs to behave?

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Zalman ZM-F3-FDB & ZM-SF3 120mm Cooling Fan Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the Zalman ZM-F3-FDB & ZM-SF3 120mm Cooling Fan

It's been almost 5 years since Zalman introduced their old ZM-F3 fan. Today I've had a chance to look at and extensively use their brand new Zalman ZM-SF3 & ZM-F3-FDB Fans. We will now find out if Zalman has produced a suitable successor to their original F series and if it upholds the legacy of their Original F Series fans and the performance and quiet characteristics that those products brought to the market.

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Synology DiskStation DS211+ Review
Kitguru posted a review on the Synology DiskStation DS211+

Last month we looked at the Synology DS211, a fantastic performing mainstream unit which easily earned our highest award, and today we are looking at the DS211+ which has just been released today.

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V3 Avenger Core i7 930 Gaming Desktop PC
TweakTown posted a review on the V3 Avenger Core i7 930 Gaming Desktop PC

Lomita, California-based V3 Gaming is a new boutique builder on the block. Founded in 2010 by a team of industry veterans (some of whom worked at now-defunct boutique Vigor PC), the company focuses on high-performance machines for the enthusiast market using the latest and greatest hardware available.

For this review, V3 set us up with the Avenger; a full-on 3D capable machine running a trio of ZOTAC GTX 480s and using NVIDIA's 3D Vision system. Let's strap on the goggles and get gaming!

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Zotac GeForce GTX 580 1536MB Video Card Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Zotac GeForce GTX 580 1536MB Video Card

Just about a month ago NVIDIA announced the new Fermi GF110 GPU and the GeForce GTX 580 video card. This will be NVIDIA’s new flagship card replacing the older GTX 480. The GF100 GPU was never what NVIDIA meant it to be and they went back and revised it a little bit for this new line of cards. This means they were able to achieve higher clock speeds and all 512 CUDA cores are enabled. Today we will be looking at a reference model from Zotac, the ZT-50101-10P. Let’s see how this card compares to the competition.

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SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
Benchmark Reviews checked out the SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Benchmark Reviews has tested all sorts of gaming peripherals in the past, today we are taking an in depth look at the SteelSeries 6Gv2 mechanical Gaming Keyboard. The 6Gv2 is the little brother of the 7G and does away with some of the unneccesary features of an already basic gaming keyboard and for a good reason too, the 7G is a little on the expensive side. The 6Gv2 does away with the USB hub, the audio ports and the wrist rest. The price is still a little high at $99.99 but it is certainly better than the price of the 7G, essentially the 6Gv2 is a stripped down version so lets see if it's worth your hard earned cash.

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Seasonic X-series 850W Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the Seasonic X-series 850W power supply.

The Seasonic X-Series is targeting the enthusiast and gamming crowds which have an appetite for power hungry dual graphic cards, fast RAM and overclocked processors. Seasonic's X-series 850W power supply is loaded with features and certainly appears to be very capable, so let's take a closer look and see if it can indeed suit gamers' needs.

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ioSafe SoloPRO 1TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the ioSafe SoloPRO 1TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

IoSafe has targeted those home and small business users who need a sizable amount of backup space, and can't afford to lose their data to disasters such as fire or flood. Last year Shawn torture-tested their Solo 500GB USB 2.0 product which passed with flying colors. The only complaint he had was the relatively slow USB 2.0 access speeds. For this year IoSafe releases their SoloPRO version offering the same robust fire and flood protection, with higher capacities and new USB 3.0 interface.

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Thermaltake Armor A60 Mid-Tower Case Review
Bigbruin.com has published a review on the Thermaltake Armor A60 Mid-Tower Case

The Armor A60 mid-tower case has the quality and features that people expect from Thermaltake. The interior is roomy and will fit almost all modern video cards. The inclusion of USB 3.0, keyboard/mouse security lock, and the SideClick hard drive tray shows how Thermaltake is looking forward rather than keep everything as is.

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HP Photosmart Premium C309G All-in-One Printer Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the HP Photosmart Premium C309G All-in-One Printer

Touch screens got big boost popularity in cell phones, and now they are moving into other devices, including printers. The HP Photosmart Premium C309g printer boasts a large touch screen along with all-in-one capabilities, automatic duplexing, and wireless networking. Since this printer had such a wide-range of capabilities we decided to take a closer look.

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Quick Review: HIS HD 5450 Silence 1GB PCIe x1 Eyefinity Video Card
TweakTown posted a review on the HIS HD 5450 Silence 1GB PCIe x1 Eyefinity Video Card

With the release of the HD 6000 series you can be forgiven for wondering why we're testing not only a HD 5000 series card, but a low end HD 5450. Well, the reason we're doing it is because HIS are bring us something a little different to the table this time around.

While a PCI-E x1 card is something a little different, it's not overly special for a lot of people. What this card offers, though, is the inclusion of Eyefinity support thanks to the inclusion of the DisplayPort connector.

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ECS A890GXM-A2 Review
ocaholic posted a review on the ECS A890GXM-A2

With the A890GXM-A2, ECS has a well equipped AMD 890 based motherboard in its portfolio. The board itself comes with a nice design and a well thought layout. Also the feature list is quite long and therefore let's see what this thing is capable of.

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Samsung BD-C6500 Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Samsung BD-C6500 player

The Samsung BD-C6500 is a new Blu-ray player with fantastic image quality and has some great Web-connected features, like Netflix streaming. Samsung also designed the menu system to be very user-friendly with very little flaws.

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Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 12GB Kits Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 12GB Kits Review

As DDR3 has evolved the opportunity for manufacturers to create high performance 12GB kits has drawn closer and today one of the major players in this industry, Corsair, have sent us their new DDR3-1600 12GB triple channel kit to test. In fact we have two of these and thanks to a very aggressive price they should be within reach of most consumers building (or upgrading) an X58/i7 based system. Are they worth buying? Let's find out.

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Silverstone PP05 Strider Short Cable Kit Review
DreamWare Computers posted a review on the Silverstone PP05 Strider Short Cable Kit

Since the beginning, the well-known Silverstone Strider and Strider Plus series' of power supplies have both had 100% modular cable designs (which even for modular power supplies, is unusual). The reason they went for this design is because of the PP05 short-cable kit. The PP05 kit has cables to cover the most commonly used connections in smaller case setups, just the cables have also been shortened dramatically. In small cases, this is a blessing and will leave you with more open space for airflow and components. Even in mid-tower desktop cases, this kit can also do a lot to clean up some cable clutter and leave you with a tidier, and more airflow friendly, case layout.

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Noctua NH-C14 Lower Noise Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted Noctua NH-C14 Lower Noise Heatsink Review

The Noctua NH-C14 is a big heatsink for sure, but remarkably by orienting the fans and aluminum fin stack in a top-down direction, Noctua keep the heatsinks' height to just 130mm. That's a far cry more compact than your typical 160mm tall tower heatsink, but that hasn't made the NH-C14 into a slouch. Where Frostytech's Intel LGA775/1156 thermal test platform is concerned, the Noctua NH-C14 heatsink leads the Top 5 Heatsinks Chart. The competition is a little stiffer on the AMD front with the NH-C14 trailing the front runner by about 2.2°C.[/quote6
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PowerColor Extreme PX 1000W Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the PowerColor Extreme PX 1000W power supply

We're looking at the PowerColor Extreme PX 1000W power supply, a unit that sports some very unique aesthetics for a PSU, though we have seen a similar color scheme and styling on their graphics cards. But good looks will only get you so far. The specifications of the PX 1000W are impressive on paper, but what happens when we load it up to the gills with some of the most power hungry components out there? Let's find out.

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ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI-E Sound Card Review
Benchmark Reviews has posted a review on the ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI-E Sound Card

People spend hundreds on their CPUs, GPUs, motherboards, storage and memory, but dedicated sound is soft considered an unnecessary expense. Why pay for a card when your motherboard has a Realtek chipset? ASUS refuses to believe that onboard sound is enough. In our possession is their flagship audiophile audio card, the Essence STX, prepped for rigorous testing here at Benchmark Reviews. They claim "ultra-high fidelity" sound, and a remarkable 124dB signal-to-noise ratio on the front output. Will the onboard solution take a thrashing by this menacing card, or are enthusiasts correct in sticking with whatever their motherboard supplies?

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Phiaton PS20 Earphones Review
Top Review Shop posted a review on the Phiaton PS20 Earphones

The new PS 20 is the company's first earphone aimed squarely at the sub-$100 market and as such must appeal to the general consumer as well as the audiophile. Today we will see whether the Phiaton PS 20 is versatile enough to extend the company's reach out of the high-end market and into the pockets (and pocketbooks) of the average music lover.

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Arctic Cooling Freezer 11LP Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted a review on the Arctic Cooling Freezer 11LP Heatsink

Arctic Cooling's Freezer 11 LP is a light weight Intel socket 775/1156 heatsink made specifically for low profile and book-sized PC systems of at least 70mm thickness. The heatsink itself stands just 53mm tall, weighs 255 grams and operates very quietly. Although it's 92mm 1200-2000RPM PWM fan is small by normal standards, it is sufficient for the new generation of 95W Intel processors when system size restricts choice to only low profile CPU coolers.

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Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit

Corsair is a company that we all know for memory and rightfully so, their Dominator Series of memory has been the flagship for their DDR3 line for some time now. Today we will be looking at a new enthusiast line of memory called Vengeance. The Vengeance line is aggressively priced and with a lower voltage rating of 1.5V instead of the normal 1.65V you should be able to these modules to the limit. Today we will be taking a look at the 8GB 1600MHz dual channel DDR3 kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) and putting it through it’s paces. Read on to see how well them perform!

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Patriot Xporter XT Rage 32GB Review
PureOverclock posted a review on the Patriot Xporter XT Rage 32GB

We're looking at the Patriot Xporter XT Rage 32GB flash drive, a product that can store a beastly amount of information in a very small package. At a price of $60, it has a quad channel design to help prevent speed drops, particularly on the Write side of the equation.

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Verizon Wireless 4G LTE: A Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on Verizon Wireless 4G LTE

Verizon's new 4G LTE network is the fastest in the land, and makes the carrier, once again, the Cadillac of wireless networks. For road warriors toting Windows-based laptops, this network is the plus ultra of wireless Internet connectivity. If you need speedy Web access while on the road, it doesn't get better than this. But high prices and limited device selection don't make this a good choice for average consumers yet.

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