Daily Reviews Summary 08/06/10

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Here an overview of the latest reviews and articles:

- Buffalo Linkstation Pro (2TB) Review
- Choiix Power Fort Review
- Zotac ZBOX: The New ION Generation
- PowerColor 5750 Go! Green & Gigabyte 5750 Silent Cell Review
- Cooler Master Storm Inferno Gaming Laser Mouse Review
- Edimax AR-7284WnA Router Review
- Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced Review
- ASRock P55 Extreme4 Motherboard Review
- Axle GeForce GTX 460 768MB Review
- EVGA GTX 460 SuperClocked 1GB Video Card Review
- SilverStone Sugo SG07 Mini ITX Case Review
- Asus AT3IONT-I Deluxe Review
- G.Skill Flare F3-16000CL7D-4GBFLS Memory Review
- ASUS Xonar DS 7.1 Audio Card Review
- Mad Catz Cyborg RAT-7 Laser Gaming Mouse Review
- CoolIT Omni ALC GPU Cooler Review
- Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Case Review
- MSI Wind U160 Review

Buffalo Linkstation Pro (2TB) Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Buffalo Linkstation Pro (2TB)

Media streaming is finally starting become an essential part of any credible home entertainment system. The ability to watch to a video or listen to a music file stored on a network device seems such a simple idea but it has taken a while for the concept to reach the mass market. The Buffalo Linkstation Pro provides 2TB of network attached storage with some neat features too.

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Choiix Power Fort Review
BURNED iN posted a review on the Choiix Power Fort

Choiix? Who's Choiix you ask? Choiix is a new subsidiary of Cooler Master, providing, as they describe it, "simple and practical yet stylish notebook accessories." Strange brand title aside, they do provide some decent accessories, and today we have the Choiix Power Fort accessory, aimed at road warriors with limited access to an outlet and tons of USB gadgets. Sounds like a fairly big market, right? That appears to be what Cooler Master was thinking too.

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Zotac ZBOX: The New ION Generation
InsideHW.com has reviewed Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11 ION based HTPC

The first Nvidia ION was true refreshment in the HTPC world. Not only because of the power-saving Atom CPU, but also graphics performance that were head and shoulders above Intel's GMA950 and similar solutions. However, it was evident that performance was still insufficient to run the newest games, even in the lowest resolutions and detail levels. This is exactly what the new revision of ION set out to do, to reduce consumption of the first ION and increase graphics performance…

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PowerColor 5750 Go! Green & Gigabyte 5750 Silent Cell Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted PowerColor 5750 Go! Green & Gigabyte 5750 Silent Cell Review

Today from PowerColor and Gigabyte come two Radeon 5750s which offer passive heatsinks and a few more twists. Will these make an ideal HTPC card; can they even game successfully without active cooling? Today we find out.

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Cooler Master Storm Inferno Gaming Laser Mouse Review
ASE Labs posted a review on the Cooler Master Storm Inferno Gaming Laser Mouse

Laser mice have been around for several years now and these days most peripheral manufacturers have more than one in their product stable. Today, ASE Labs has the Cooler Master Storm Inferno laser mouse, the second mouse in Cooler Master's Storm series of gaming accessories.

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Edimax AR-7284WnA Router Review
XSReviews has written a review of the Edimax AR-7284WnA Router

Over the years Edimax has built up a pretty respectable name for themselves as producers of good quality products for a reasonable price. However, despite them being a site sponsor this is the first time we've taken a look at their hardware head on. No rose tinted spectacles here folks. Today we're looking at the catchily named AR-7284WnA. Let's see what it's all about.

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Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced Review
R&B Mods posted a review on the Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced

Today we will take a look at Coolermaster's newest midi sized ATX case called CM 690 II Advanced. We will explore its features and specifications and see how well it performs in our temperature tests. Let's go and see if it's worth the money!

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ASRock P55 Extreme4 Motherboard Review
Hardware Secrets takes a look at the ASRock P55 Extreme4 Motherboard

ASRock right now has eight different socket 1156 motherboards based on the Intel P55 chipset. Let's take a look at their latest release, the P55 Extreme4, a mainstream model with four USB 3.0 and four SATA-600 ports.

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Axle GeForce GTX 460 768MB Review
The Guru of 3D posted a review on the Axle GeForce GTX 460 768MB video card

We test and review the Axle GeForce GTX 460 768MB.The product is reference clocked and as such offers baseline performance.

What will be interesting to see if a pure 100% reference model can overclock to 'Super Overclocked' models just as well. As that might easily save you 50 USD -- all with a manual tweak. For that this card would need to go beyond say a 800 MHz core clock and 4000 MHz without voltage tweaking. But what if the card can achieve such results, wouldn't you have an absolute hot deal ?

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EVGA GTX 460 SuperClocked 1GB Video Card Review
Ninjalane has posted their review of the factory overclocked GTX 460 from EVGA

The GTX 460, like every other generation, has been able to pull last generation high-end card performance into the mainstream market. DirectX 11 is one of the features to make this happen while coupled with the incredible performance of the GTX 460.

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SilverStone Sugo SG07 Mini ITX Case Review
PureOverclock posted a review of the SilverStone Sugo SG07 Mini ITX case

SilverStone is looking to raise the bar with the small form Sugo SG07 mini ITX case, even going so far as to claim it can house powerful gaming components inside. How powerful? How about a behemoth Radeon 5970? Oh, you bet we can't pass this up. We attempt to build one seriously badass gaming rig into a case that's the size of a shoebox. Think it can't be done? Read on and find out.

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Asus AT3IONT-I Deluxe Review
Neoseeker posted a review on the Asus AT3IONT-I Deluxe

We've got an interesting mini ITX motherboard under the lamp today with the Asus AT3IONT-I Deluxe, featuring an Intel Atom 330 processor and NVIDIA ION chipset. It's geared toward the HTPC crowd, so check our review and see how it fares in this regard.

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G.Skill Flare F3-16000CL7D-4GBFLS Memory Review
OCC has published a review on the G.Skill Flare F3-16000CL7D-4GBFLS Memory

Overclocking the G.Skill Flare memory was a challenge since it is clocked so high at stock speeds already. To push the set further, I had to really play with the voltages and BUS speed little by little. I had to loosen the timings up to get any more and ended up pushing them to 9-10-9-27, which gave me the stability I needed. I was able to get the BUS speed to 267MHz, which yielded a total memory speed of 2134MHz. To make sure I was okay, I ran memtest86+ several times and passed with no errors. Seeing that I could not get any more, I booted into Windows and ran the benchmarks with no stability issues at all. For the overclocked tests, the final settings will be 2134MHz at 9-10-9-27.

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ASUS Xonar DS 7.1 Audio Card Review
PureOverclock posted a review of the ASUS Xonar DS 7.1 Audio Card

Although probably best known for manufacturing top notch motherboards and graphics cards, ASUS also produces a line of sound cards as well. And if their success in other product markets is any indication, we have high expectations of their audio lineup as well. But today marks a bit of a departure from the premium, flagship products we normally see from ASUS. Instead, we're looking at their entry-level sound card, the <http://www.pureoverclock.com/article1036.html> Xonar DS PCI 7.1, a rather diminutive card which promises to bring some great value to consumers with modest budgets.

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Mad Catz Cyborg RAT-7 Laser Gaming Mouse Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Mad Catz Cyborg RAT-7 Laser Gaming Mouse

Precision is a trait that gamers from all walks of life strive to achieve. Having quick reflexes is vital when proving your worth online; your mouse becomes your weapon, and your virtual existence is held in place by the reliability of its performance. When there's a thirst for pixelated blood that needs to be quenched, there's no substitution for quality. Ergonomics, precision, endurance; it all screams one thing: fancy gaming mouse. Mad Catz has provided just the thing in their Cyborg R.A.T. 7!

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CoolIT Omni ALC GPU Cooler Review
Hi Tech Legion posted CoolIT Omni ALC GPU Cooler Review

The CoolIT Omni ALC GPU Cooler takes square aim at solving the heat problems of high performance graphics cards. While the CoolIT Omni promises decreased GPU temperatures for increased life and more stable overclockability it also promises to keep the extreme heat of the GPU from warming the ambient temperature of your system. The Omni is comprised of a pump which keeps the closed circuit of liquid moving through a radiator for cooling and over the GPU and PCB components of your graphics card.

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Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Case Review
Hardware Canucks posted a review of the new Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Case

Normally, we don't have very high expectations for enclosures that have sub-$100 prices but Cooler Master's new Elite 430 seems to have most higher-end cases from a features and design perspective. Let's hope it can follow through because the potential is definitely there.

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MSI Wind U160 Review
KitGuru posted a review on the MSI Wind U160

The netbook phenomenon has exploded in recent years with almost every major manufacturer entering into this lucrative market. MSI were one of the pioneers with the 2008 Wind U100 selling en masse to a cost conscious audience. I had one of these units for 9 months and I have to say it was a reliable netbook, even if it was slow as molasses.

The Wind U160, their latest netbook was released months ago and has taken the clunky original design and turned it into a svelte unit which exudes class and will appeal to an audience also concerned with appearance.