Daily Reviews Summary 06/20/12

Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 06/20/2012 10:43 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning Review, How To Unlock Huawei 3G Modems, and Adaptec 6805TQ maxCache RAID controller

MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning Review @ Guru3D

We review and test the MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning. An all customized PCB, extra features, a fast factory-overclock and that new TwinFrozr IV cooler is bound to make the Kepler GPU empowered MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning a very sexy product.

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How To Unlock Huawei 3G Modems @ TechARP

From a user's perspective, it makes sense to "reuse" a 3G modem. Not only is it environmentally-friendly, it may help you save some money if the new service provider allows you to sign up without buying a new modem from them. In some cases, you might even want to use the older modem because it's faster or better in some way.

So after discontinuing my Maxis mobile broadband account, I decided to "reuse" the Huawei E1762 modem for my DiGi Broadband account. All I needed to do was pull out the old Maxis SIM card and insert the DiGi SIM card.

Of course, that's supposed to be the case. The reality is the Huawei E1762 modem was locked to the Maxis network. So this error message will pop-up if a non-Maxis SIM card is installed...

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Adaptec 6805TQ maxCache RAID controller @ TechwareLabs

This review is of the 6805TQ RAID adapter which has the newest feature of FAST maxCache 2.0 which uses an SSD to cache out the data that in order for the data to be Written/Read to the RAID volume at a must fast speed than just HDD heads can seek to Read/Write the data.

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Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB Hard Drive Review @ Hardware Canucks
Alpenfoehn Matterhorn PURE CPU Cooler Review @ Nikktech
Corsair Vengeance 2000 wireless headset review @ Guru3D
AMD Trinity APU Reference Laptop Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
MSI GEFORCE GTX 670 Power Edition 2GB Overclocked Video Card Review @ TweakTown
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB Solid State Drive Review @ OCIA.net
MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr III 3GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix.com
Interview with MEDION's Sandro Fabris @ HardwareHeaven.com
Rosewill RK-9000RE Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ techPowerUp
Sharp Aquos LC-60LE847U Review @ TechReviewSource.com
MacBook Air (Mid 2012) Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
CM Storm Stryker Video Review @ OC3D
Corsair Vengeance 2000 Headset Review @ OCC
Samsung Galaxy S III Smartphone Review: Style, Grace, Substance @ HotHardware.com
Noctua NH-L12 Low Profile CPU Cooler Review @ Bigbruin.com
Reviewing the NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Experience Featuring the ASUS VG278H 120Hz LCD Monitor 3D Bundle @ Futurelooks
CM Storm Stryker @ techPowerUp
BIOSTAR TZ77XE4 (Intel Z77) Motherboard Review @ TweakTown
Cubitek ATX ICE Case Review @ KitGuru
Prolimatech Lynx CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews
How to Clean and Fine-Tune a Tape Deck @ Hardware Secrets
Giada Mini PC i35 Review @ t-break
Samsung Galaxy S III Review - AT&T and T-Mobile USA Variants @ Anandtech
MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning 2 GB @ techPowerUp
BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Chassis Review @ KitGuru
Silverstone Grandia GD07 HTPC Case Review @ KitGuru