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GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 PCI Express USB 3.0 Card
Today for review I’ve got the USB 3.0 Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 PCI Express Card, model GA-USB3.0. This card utilizes the small PCIE slot or X1 slot on your motherboard and will give you two UBS 3.0 ports on the back of your computer. It’s easy easy to install, just a few minutes really and you’re ready to go. So the question of course is how much faster is it? bonafidereviews.com

Thecus N7700 Pro 7 Drive NAS Server
Thecus has their own history of Tick Tock behavior with their NAS servers. In April 2009 we reviewed the Thecus N7700 and found it to be an exciting product that was a step above the more consumer focused N5200 Pro while also being worthy of our highest award, the TweakTown Editors Choice. Since that time we reviewed the QNAP TS-809 Pro TurboNAS and found it to be able to transfer data faster with its faster processor (Core 2 Duo compared to the N7700’s Celeron M) and more memory. tweaktown.com

NZXT Hades Chassis
I want to thank NZXT for their generosity in sending me one of their crafted series mid-towers. For our playtime today, we have the Hades, a 9 bay mid-tower full of premium goodies directed at the PC enthusiast crowd. I have been looking forward to reviewing NZXT products for quite a while. I keep an eye on the forums of several different sites and have a few friends who also review items and I have never heard anything but great reviews being directed at NZXT. Always makes me wonder what I could be missing out on. So when my boss told me to look out for a couple of their cases that were headed my way, I could not help but check frequently for packages on my door step. A few things jumped out at me as I opened the box and got a look at the Hades. I am not going to tell you what they were now. You will just have to read about it below. pro-clockers.com

G.Skill PI 2200 CL7 F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS Memory
The new G.Skill DDR3 modules are quite interesting for overclockers. They offer frequencies and oc-options other modules can't. And they do that for an affordable price.
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Samsung PN58B650 58 Inch Plasma TV
The Samsung PN58B650 is one of those products that can be a little confusing to sum up in a couple paragraphs. For one, this TV is quite a bit cheaper than the higher end 850 series model, but other than the dimensions, it has a better overall visual viewing experience. tweaknews.net

Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB Solid State Boot Drive
Upgrading from a normal hard drive to a solid state drive can be quite expensive and for most people it really does not make that much sense. Solid state capacities are getting larger, but that just brings the price of the drives up even higher. Kingston wants to help people out who want to take advantage of the blazing speeds of solid state drives, but don’t want to break the bank. They have just released the SSDNow V-Series 30GB solid state boot drive. This drive will retail at around $100 and will allow you to load your operating system and applications on it for fast load times, and then you can just put all of your media on a normal SATA drive. This is a great upgrade option for people looking to get a solid state drive, but might not have that much extra money for one. thinkcomputers.org

Sapphire Radeon HD 5830 Video Card in CrossFire
Out of the box the Sapphire doesn't look like our reference card. How it really changes, however, is something we'll get into more detail on later. For now let's check out the package and see if Sapphire can wow us with the latest model from ATI. tweaktown.com

In Win Fanqua Mid Tower Chassis
In Win isn’t a widely known company, but it is slowly starting to get to there. Their unique cases are a different from the norm and the In Win Fanqua Mid Tower Chassis that we have to review today is no exception. Supporting up to nine drives the Fanqua houses four fans: three 120mm and one 220mm blue LED fan which lights up the entire case. In Win has also developed many tool-free devices to help ensure a fast and easy installation. Read on further to find out more about this case. thinkcomputers.org

MSI H55-GD65 Gamer Series LGA1156 ATX Motherboard
A key benefit of almost every INTEL P55/P55A motherboard that we’ve reviewed is the overclocking capability. Chances are you can walk into your favourite computer store and locate several capable INTEL P55 boards capable of unlocking the potential of that stock CPU. How much potential depends on how much you want to spend and what expansion features you want. futurelooks.com

Raidmax Skyline Case
In the world of PC customization there are a wide range of products to choose from when looking to house your computing hardware. Some are expensive and high quality, while others are expensive and not worth their weight in tin. Others are great bargains and targeted towards the modding community, while some are cheap both in price and materials. Today we look at the Raidmax Skyline and decide which of these categories it falls into. ocia.net

Gigabyte KM7580 Keyboard and Mouse Combo
The KM7580 comes in a fairly small box with plenty of marketing information highlighting the unique features of the keyboard and mouse. Here we can see that the devices connect to your computer through 2.4GHz wireless bandwidth. The back of the box gives you an overview of the different features of the mouse where you can adjust the DPIs and different multi-media buttons on the keyboard. bjorn3d.com

Asus G73J: The Ultimate Gaming Notebook
Let’s say it straight out - Asus G73J is a notebook with the fastest graphics card in the world, full stop. If you want to play games on your notebook, and don’t have financial issues, look no further. Truth be told, there are notebooks with two graphics cards, which are faster, but don’t have DirectX 11 support, which leaves Asus G73J with the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 graphics card as your weapon of choice. insidehw.com

Verizon Wireless Motorola Devour
Today for review I’ve got another phone from Verizon Wireless the Motorola Devour. It’s an Android based phone that could be called the little brother to the Droid, it’s similar to the Droid in many ways but it can stand on its own. The Devour is a phone that I like quite a bit, it’s heavy and well made, but it’s one for those that are really into the social networking scene. The Devour is a slider style phone with a full QWERTY keyboard with full numbers as well, so no hitting the function button to use them. In my time with the Devour I’ve found it to be a very good phone overall, it works well, it’s finger friendly and it’s nice and fast. testfreaks.com

Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 SSD Controller
Just over two years ago there were only five companies involved in Solid State Drive technology, and as of January 2010 there are nearly 140 names in the business. Without doubt, the SSD market has enjoyed a powerful growth period with relatively painless consumer acceptance. Benchmark Reviews has been on top of the SSD scene since retail products were first introduced at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. Based on the Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 SSD processor, the Crucial RealSSD-C300 becomes the industry's first SATA-6G consumer Solid State Drive. Likewise, the C300 is also the first SSD to use ONFI 2.1 synchronous NAND flash. In this article, Benchmark Reviews inspects the Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 SSD processor rated for 355/215 MBps read and write speeds. benchmarkreviews.com

Masscool MP-1370S 'Media Mate' Media Player
Today we take a look at Masscool’s MP-1370S “Media Mate” high-definition media player. For us, Masscool is not exactly the first name you think of when you look to buy a HD media server, but the company has been in the business of designing and building HDD enclosures and media players since 2000. The Masscool MP-1370S is designed to not only be a media player that can access your favorite multimedia on your local or remote hard, but users are able to use the player to record to an attached USB device or an installed HDD. Priced at a very economical $100, it supports playing of video up to 1080i resolutions through an HDMI port and includes room for an 3.5” internal SATA hard drive so that you can load up all your favorite multimedia. legitreviews.com