Daily Reviews Summary 06/16/10 #2

inally, Gigabyte have unleashed a rival to the critically acclaimed Zotac H55 ITX.

The 2010 E3 Media & Business Summit hosted by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is going on this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 15th to 17th. Read on as we bring you some of our day one show coverage that includes some exclusive videos on some cool technology like the Sony PlayStation Move, Microsoft Xbox Kinect and some GoldenEye 007 gameplay footage before we got the evil stare down! Not our fault the game was stuttering!

Corsair has upped the ante with their Force Series drives by cutting drive provisioning, allowing 20% more capacity to be used. This helps the price per usable GB but will this hurt performance? Read on to see how the Corsair Force 120GB SSD does compared to the original Corsair Force 100GB SSD! The results might just surprise you!

As far as performance is concerned, we observed almost exactly what we saw with the Force 100GB drive, as we expected. We found both of these drives to be among the best performing MLC SATA II drives available which is typical of the all Sandforce based drives we have seen from nearly all manufacturers. The prices for SSD's haven't come down much as of late with the economy doing the yo-yo and NAND being consumed voraciously by iPads and smartphones. With Corsair freeing up more available capacity without having to add more onboard NAND really helps add to the value of the drive without increasing production costs, so the consumer wins. While the Force 120GB drive is listed online at Amazon for $350, it looks like they don't have it in stock yet which means the price is almost assuredly going to come down once it is more widely available - unless there are supply issues...

The Idapt I3 Universal Adapter provides a convenient way to charge three devices using only a single wall adapter. Idapt's I3 Universal Adapter comes with interchangeable tips and 3 slots that allows for one platform to function as a dock for any device. Shipping with 6 tips, and offering 20 in total, Idapt has come up with a stylish line of charging solutions that keeps something that should be simple exactly that.

Silent Pro Gold is the 80 Plus Gold-certified power supply family that Cooler Master is releasing this month with models ranging from 800 W to 1,200 W, coming with some unique design choices. Let's see if the 800 W model will live up to the expectation.

Today we have a couple of customized solutions based on the Radeon HD 5870 GPU. Both have proprietary coolers, and Gigabyte's card also has an original PCB. Besides, both graphics cards are factory-overclocked.

Today for review I’ve got the Arctic C1 Mobile Solar Charger from Arctic Cooling. It’s a tiny, but powerful portable solar charger that’s inexpensive and really works well. The Arctic C1 Mobile comes with a few tips for mobile phones, but it has a standard USB port on it so it can charge virtually anything that can be charged over USB as long as you have the cable. So with this device you can charge your phone, your mp3 Player or virtually anything really that can be charged via USB. The battery inside is a 4400mWh lithium-ion so it will provide power to charge several devices or one device a few times.

Over the past few years we have reviewed many processor cooling units. Most of them were heatsink fans (HSF) and some plain passive aluminium blocks, but some were all in one water cooling systems that are designed to do everything you want in a neat package.

Lately JoeB reviewed the CoolIT Domino ALC Watercooling Kit which scored a tremendous nine out of ten on our awards scale. CoolIT has to date produced many interesting all-in-one OEM, business and consumer products, ranging from single and dual CPU cooling up to custom and all-in-one GPU chiller setups. Today we have another CoolIT product though, the Coolit ECO A.L.C. all-in-one watercooler, ready for all modern sockets.

Today I have what I believe is the first review for the product that I have, and that product is the new Arctic Sound S111 USB speakers from Arctic Cooling or Arctic as they are just known now. These speakers are meant to be an accompaniment to a laptop or netbook, or even as desktop speakers and can possibly be used with an MP3 player as well to help take your music on the go. They’re small and portable, but they are well made and honestly they sound very good.

Today I'll be taking a quick look at the BTA-3210 Micro USB Bluetooth Adapter from Cirago. It is a very simple dongle that can give Bluetooth capability to laptops or computers without built-in Bluetooth functions. There isn't a heck of a lot one can say about a device this straightforward, but let's take a look at how well it functions and what it looks like.