Daily Reviews Summary 05/16/12

MSI has been on a roll with its motherboards as of late. It's because of this that our expectations for MSI's foray into the world of Z77 chipset based motherboards are so high. MSI's "GD65" series of motherboards have been an especially solid value and the Z77A-GD65 looks to be no different.

The Corsair Accelerator series of "solid-state cache drives" work alongside an existing mechanical hard drive in your rig to provide all the benefits of SSDs, without actually requiring you to replace your HDD and reinstalling your OS. Just install the Acclerator drive and the special software, and tap into newfound data transfer and boot speeds, all while keeping your HDD as a boot device. See how the Accelerator stacks as a potential upgrade compared to standalone SSDs, and find out what the buyer must be aware of, in our review of the 30GB and 60GB offerings.

With the NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition, NZXT went directly to the fans and asked them what colors they wanted their cases. Voting took place, and the top four color combinations have come to life as the NZXT Phantom 410 Special Edition. We took a look at the NZXT Phantom 410 upon its initial release and found it to be a truly excellent case all around. The Phantom 410 SE is a mid-tower case with clean cut lines that are designed by Johnny Hou at NZXT in his trademark styling, right at the cutting edge, while making an elegant impression. To add to this, NZXT has added top quality finishes to the Phantom 410 SE in gunmetal/black trim, black/white trim, black/orange trim and white/blue trim to make for an excellent housing for a truly showpiece build. In addition to great aesthetics, all of the features of the Phantom 410 have been held over.