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Daily Reviews Summary 10/14/11
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 10/14/2011 10:10 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD Review, Corsair's Carbide 400R mid-tower chassis Review, and Raidsonic IcyBox IB-RD3219StU3 Review
Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD Review
Legit Reviews posted Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD Review
We've already had a look at the Corsair 120GB Force 3 GT drive and now it's time to give the non-GT version a go on our test bench. These drives are virtually identical save for the type of NAND flash employed and a paint job. Will that make much of a performance difference? Have a read and see how this drive with asynchronous 25nm NAND Flash performs on our test system against tons of other SSDs!
Overall, the Force 3 drive is pretty much what you expect to see with the average, more affordable SandForce SF-2200 drives. Very good all around performance, but not among the elite drives across all tests. Then again, it's not supposed to be. The GT is the flagship for the Force series and has the performance to back it up - but the non-GT is no slouch. This is really due to the hardware difference between them, with the GT having synchronous NAND and the non-GT having asynchronous NAND...
Read more
Soundgraph Hummin' 3.03 & Finger VU 1016W
TechPowerUp takes a look at the Soundgraph Hummin' 3.03 & Finger VU 1016W
Soungraph is the company behind all the great functionality of the major brand HTPC cases found on the market. With their retail products the company enables users to morph their normal cases and employ these as home theater system. We take a look at their first designed HTPC chassis called the Hummin' 3.03 and the first ever wireless USB based touch screen monitor.
Read more
Corsair's Carbide 400R mid-tower chassis Review
The Tech Report posted a review on Corsair's Carbide 400R mid-tower chassis
Corsair set its sights on the budget case market with the Carbide 400R. We go hands on to see if it brings the outstanding features and build quality of pricier Corsair cases to a more palatable price point.
Read more
MSI Z68A-GD80 G3 LGA 1155 ATX Motherboard Review
PC Perspective posted a review on the MSI Z68A-GD80 G3 LGA 1155 ATX Motherboard
This year's launch of the Z68 chipset from Intel combined the capabilities and features from the H67 and P67 chipsets, and MSI capitalized on this when they joined forces with LucidLogix to include their Virtu technology in their latest Z68A-GD80 motherboard. Lucid's Virtu tech provides users with switchable graphics, which allows users to enjoy both graphics power of integrated GPU and discrete GPU.
Read more
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive Review
eTeknix.com posted a review on the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive
This has definitely been the year for SandForce as a lot of companies have plumped for the inclusion of the famous controllers on their latest solid state drives. Among these companies were market leader OCZ who have been at the top of the market for quite some time now and for a company whose knowledge was led by memory based products, it seemed to give OCZ a logical step in the right direction when producing SSD's.
When it comes to other brands, it seems that OCZ and their Vertex range of drives act as a measuring stick in terms of performance and are idolised as the clear benchmark for competing against. With this in mind, OCZ produced higher capacities within the Vertex range and broadened the lineup quite nicely. After a while, a new product was born with the Vertex 2 which we looked at a little while ago and was extremely pleased with and wondered what was next for the market leader
Of course the answer was simple, and therefore the Vertex 3 range of drives were due to come out sporting an improved set of internals, the latest SandForce technology and of course faster speeds thanks to those wonderful internals and the inclusion of running on the SATA III interface. The new measuring stick was in town and it made quite a footprint when it was launched with sequential transfer speeds of 500MB/s + read and write and TRIM support which as we know a lot of drives on the market still don't offer.
Let's take a look at the Vertex 3 240GB SSD to see how OCZ have moved on from the success of their previous models and if they've kept it up with this one.
Read more
Nexus SM-9000 Silent Wireless Laser Mouse Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Nexus SM-9000 Silent Wireless Laser Mouse
I first wrote some news about this mouse a little while ago and was quite excited just reporting about it. But, reviewing it? Well, shiver me timbers! A mouse that claims to be silent after decades of hearing that click clack sound of the mouse click? Yeah, right. I'll believe it when I hear it. Well, I really should have had faith... but before we go into the review, let's cover the packaging and contents.
The package is quite small which was good; none of this over-sized box nonsense. There's no useless stuff in the box, everything you need to use the mouse out of the box is included, even the 2 x AAA batteries that are required. The feel of the mouse is great; it has rubberized sides, so it doesn't slip on your fingers and it actually feels quite comfortable. The mouse itself is a bit on the small side, but not too small to be annoying.
Read more
Sapphire A75 Pure Platinum Review
OCC has published a review on the Sapphire A75 Pure Platinum
As with all socket types, the motherboard isn't really going to give a noticeable performance increase or decrease. If they did, the comparison charts would be slightly more interesting. So instead of buying a motherboard based on performance, it's best to purchase one based on its overclockability, features, and sometimes even its looks. After using the Sapphire A75 Pure Platinum I'm confident in saying that it doesn't fall short in the latter two of these categories. The one that I'm slightly concerned about is the board's ability to overclock.
Read more
Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T.7 Albino Gaming Mouse Review
Real World Labs posted a review on the Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T.7 Albino Gaming Mouse
With an lightning fast next gen 6400DPI twin-eye laser sensor, a more elegant white color (Apple fans) and the same impressive set of features as the original R.A.T.7 the latest Albino version is very close to being the ultimate gaming mouse to date aimed at the most hardcore of gamers.[/quote6
Read more
Battlefield 3: Desktop PC Platform Recharged
Benchmark Reviews posted Battlefield 3: Desktop PC Gaming Platform Recharged
As one of the most highly anticipated video game sequels of all time, Battlefield 3 will soon be released to gamers worldwide. Originally developed for PC gamers and their powerful enthusiast-level desktop computers, the Battlefield franchise has since diversified its platform portfolio to gaming consoles in a successful pursuit for increased revenue. While the Battlefield series is a solid income-earning product for the developers, it has also become one of the last few remaining hopes for PC gamers to restore their diminishing ranks. But will BF3 deliver enough boost to business to sustain the desktop platform, or will this become yet another historically short period when software demands more hardware instead of vice versa?
Read more
Raidsonic IcyBox IB-RD3219StU3 Review
Rbmods posted a review on the Raidsonic IcyBox IB-RD3219StU3
It’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at hard disk enclosures. Today we will review new USB3 enclosure for two hard disks. Raidsonic IcyBox IB-RD3219StU3 is capable of RAIDing the disks in both RAID0 and RAID1. Let’s see how well it performs and what other nice features it has.
Read more
Legit Reviews posted Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD Review
We've already had a look at the Corsair 120GB Force 3 GT drive and now it's time to give the non-GT version a go on our test bench. These drives are virtually identical save for the type of NAND flash employed and a paint job. Will that make much of a performance difference? Have a read and see how this drive with asynchronous 25nm NAND Flash performs on our test system against tons of other SSDs!
Overall, the Force 3 drive is pretty much what you expect to see with the average, more affordable SandForce SF-2200 drives. Very good all around performance, but not among the elite drives across all tests. Then again, it's not supposed to be. The GT is the flagship for the Force series and has the performance to back it up - but the non-GT is no slouch. This is really due to the hardware difference between them, with the GT having synchronous NAND and the non-GT having asynchronous NAND...
Read more
Soundgraph Hummin' 3.03 & Finger VU 1016W
TechPowerUp takes a look at the Soundgraph Hummin' 3.03 & Finger VU 1016W
Soungraph is the company behind all the great functionality of the major brand HTPC cases found on the market. With their retail products the company enables users to morph their normal cases and employ these as home theater system. We take a look at their first designed HTPC chassis called the Hummin' 3.03 and the first ever wireless USB based touch screen monitor.
Read more
Corsair's Carbide 400R mid-tower chassis Review
The Tech Report posted a review on Corsair's Carbide 400R mid-tower chassis
Corsair set its sights on the budget case market with the Carbide 400R. We go hands on to see if it brings the outstanding features and build quality of pricier Corsair cases to a more palatable price point.
Read more
MSI Z68A-GD80 G3 LGA 1155 ATX Motherboard Review
PC Perspective posted a review on the MSI Z68A-GD80 G3 LGA 1155 ATX Motherboard
This year's launch of the Z68 chipset from Intel combined the capabilities and features from the H67 and P67 chipsets, and MSI capitalized on this when they joined forces with LucidLogix to include their Virtu technology in their latest Z68A-GD80 motherboard. Lucid's Virtu tech provides users with switchable graphics, which allows users to enjoy both graphics power of integrated GPU and discrete GPU.
Read more
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive Review
eTeknix.com posted a review on the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive
This has definitely been the year for SandForce as a lot of companies have plumped for the inclusion of the famous controllers on their latest solid state drives. Among these companies were market leader OCZ who have been at the top of the market for quite some time now and for a company whose knowledge was led by memory based products, it seemed to give OCZ a logical step in the right direction when producing SSD's.
When it comes to other brands, it seems that OCZ and their Vertex range of drives act as a measuring stick in terms of performance and are idolised as the clear benchmark for competing against. With this in mind, OCZ produced higher capacities within the Vertex range and broadened the lineup quite nicely. After a while, a new product was born with the Vertex 2 which we looked at a little while ago and was extremely pleased with and wondered what was next for the market leader
Of course the answer was simple, and therefore the Vertex 3 range of drives were due to come out sporting an improved set of internals, the latest SandForce technology and of course faster speeds thanks to those wonderful internals and the inclusion of running on the SATA III interface. The new measuring stick was in town and it made quite a footprint when it was launched with sequential transfer speeds of 500MB/s + read and write and TRIM support which as we know a lot of drives on the market still don't offer.
Let's take a look at the Vertex 3 240GB SSD to see how OCZ have moved on from the success of their previous models and if they've kept it up with this one.
Read more
Nexus SM-9000 Silent Wireless Laser Mouse Review
TweakTown posted a review on the Nexus SM-9000 Silent Wireless Laser Mouse
I first wrote some news about this mouse a little while ago and was quite excited just reporting about it. But, reviewing it? Well, shiver me timbers! A mouse that claims to be silent after decades of hearing that click clack sound of the mouse click? Yeah, right. I'll believe it when I hear it. Well, I really should have had faith... but before we go into the review, let's cover the packaging and contents.
The package is quite small which was good; none of this over-sized box nonsense. There's no useless stuff in the box, everything you need to use the mouse out of the box is included, even the 2 x AAA batteries that are required. The feel of the mouse is great; it has rubberized sides, so it doesn't slip on your fingers and it actually feels quite comfortable. The mouse itself is a bit on the small side, but not too small to be annoying.
Read more
Sapphire A75 Pure Platinum Review
OCC has published a review on the Sapphire A75 Pure Platinum
As with all socket types, the motherboard isn't really going to give a noticeable performance increase or decrease. If they did, the comparison charts would be slightly more interesting. So instead of buying a motherboard based on performance, it's best to purchase one based on its overclockability, features, and sometimes even its looks. After using the Sapphire A75 Pure Platinum I'm confident in saying that it doesn't fall short in the latter two of these categories. The one that I'm slightly concerned about is the board's ability to overclock.
Read more
Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T.7 Albino Gaming Mouse Review
Real World Labs posted a review on the Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T.7 Albino Gaming Mouse
With an lightning fast next gen 6400DPI twin-eye laser sensor, a more elegant white color (Apple fans) and the same impressive set of features as the original R.A.T.7 the latest Albino version is very close to being the ultimate gaming mouse to date aimed at the most hardcore of gamers.[/quote6
Read more
Battlefield 3: Desktop PC Platform Recharged
Benchmark Reviews posted Battlefield 3: Desktop PC Gaming Platform Recharged
As one of the most highly anticipated video game sequels of all time, Battlefield 3 will soon be released to gamers worldwide. Originally developed for PC gamers and their powerful enthusiast-level desktop computers, the Battlefield franchise has since diversified its platform portfolio to gaming consoles in a successful pursuit for increased revenue. While the Battlefield series is a solid income-earning product for the developers, it has also become one of the last few remaining hopes for PC gamers to restore their diminishing ranks. But will BF3 deliver enough boost to business to sustain the desktop platform, or will this become yet another historically short period when software demands more hardware instead of vice versa?
Read more
Raidsonic IcyBox IB-RD3219StU3 Review
Rbmods posted a review on the Raidsonic IcyBox IB-RD3219StU3
It’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at hard disk enclosures. Today we will review new USB3 enclosure for two hard disks. Raidsonic IcyBox IB-RD3219StU3 is capable of RAIDing the disks in both RAID0 and RAID1. Let’s see how well it performs and what other nice features it has.
Read more
