Daily Reviews Summary 11/28/11

Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/28/2011 01:32 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including Fractal Design Core 3000 Mid Tower Case Review, EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified: Overclocked, and Guru3D Rig of the Month - November 2011

Fractal Design Core 3000 Mid Tower Case Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Fractal Design Core 3000 Mid Tower Case

Fractal Design isn’t a company known by many, but has been becoming more popular over the past year or so. This Swedish company offers a wide variety of cases, ranging from $30 to $170. Today we’ll be looking at one of the lower end models, the Core 3000. The Core 3000 comes equipped with three fans and room for many more as well as a very simple tool-free installation. Read on further to see what else this case has in store.

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EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified: Overclocked
Benchmark Reviews overclocked the EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified

The EVGA GTX 580 Classified is one of the most powerful single card solutions on the market. With a 14+3 VRM design, a new cooler and the Classified logo many users want to know "How far can the EVGA GTX 580 Classified go?" Benchmark Reviews is here to answer this question armed with the Beta EVTUNE software to allow us to really push the voltage and is yearning to see how far this card can go. So please join us as Benchmark Reviews overclocks and benchmarks the EVGA GTX 580 Classified.

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Thermaltake Dr. Power II Universal ATX PSU Tester Review
Hi Tech Legion posted a review on the Thermaltake Dr. Power II Universal ATX PSU Tester

The Thermaltake Dr. Power II Universal ATX Power Supply Tester makes testing a PSU simple and easy. The Dr. Power II has been designed to support every ATX power supply available today. Dr. Power II includes an oversized LCD panel to show the values of each rail tested. There are connections for the 24-pin motherboard connector, 8 pin CPU connector, molex connector, SATA connector, and 8 pin PCI-E connector. This means that there is accurate voltage indicating for the +12V/+5V/+3.3V/5VSB/-12V rails. Inside are built-in PG alarm systems that will signal in low-voltage, high-voltage, and no voltage situations.

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Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition Review
Techgage posted a review on Intel's Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition processor.

To those looking to build the biggest, baddest high-end PC around, the wait for Sandy Bridge-E was no doubt painful. But, it's finally here, and much to our expectations, Intel has once again solidified its position as the performance leader. So let's take a look at what it offers, and compare it to the i7-990X, i7-2600K and AMD FX-8150.

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Sapphire HD 6970 2GB Dual Fan Video Card Overclocked Review
TweakTown posted Sapphire HD 6970 2GB Dual Fan Video Card Overclocked Review

Today we're looking at another HD 6970; a model that's been really quiet for the past few months. Recently we've seen a few pop up and the latest comes in the form of a new Dual Fan model from Sapphire.

Because the card isn't overclocked, we'd figure instead of just testing it at stock, we'd overclock it to see how the new cooler handles a bit of overclocking; so once we've taken a look at the card we'll check out our overclocking results before we get into the testbed and then of course get into the benchmarking side of things to see just what kind of performance we're able to get out of the new Dual Fan HD 6970 from Sapphire.

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Corsair Carbide 500R Case Review
Rbmods posted a review on the Corsair Carbide 500R Case

Today we take a look at the Corsair 500R computer case that is included in their Carbide series. This has room for a lot of fans, radiator in the top, space also for bigger videocards, and PSU’s. Well lets not waste more time but get on with the review to see what type of quality we can expect from this 140$ case.

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AMD FX-8150 CPU Review
Metku.net took a closer look at the AMD FX-8150 CPU.

The Bulldozer has to be one of the most anticipated PC hardware launches of recent times, and now, after being "just around the corner" for ages, it's finally here! Now testing the flagship of the 8 core lineup - the FX-8150!

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Seasonic Platinum 1000 Watt PSU Preview
Madshrimps posted Seasonic Platinum 1000 Watt PSU Preview

Famous PSU manufacturer Seasonic released fully modular 860 and 1000 Watt power supply in their Platinum series. both 80PLUS® Platinum Certified. Madshrimps received the 1000w version and will put this PSU, in this review, through its paces, testing it under normal home situations. Seasonic also warrants this PSU for a full 7 years, pretty impressive in my book. In an upcoming review, we will head off to the Cooler Master Lab for a more detailed high end PSU's roundup. So stay tuned as we will do a total of 7 1000W and higher power supply in on tech review. But first let's introduce the Seasonic Platinum 1000Watt...

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SteelSeries Sensei Pro Grade Laser Mouse Review
Madshrimps posted SteelSeries Sensei Pro Grade Laser Mouse Review

Sensei is one of the latest high performance mice from SteelSeries, coming with some features from its predecessor like the shape and the LCD underneath and its power is now doubled with the included 32bit ARM processor. The SteelSeries Engine application helps us customize easier features like ExactSens, ExactAim, ExactAccel or FreeMove and for the top LEDs we can choose one of the 16.8 million possible colors.

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Guru3D Rig of the Month - November 2011
The Guru of 3D posted their Rig of the Month for November 2011

Each month here at Guru3D.com we feature one of you guys, your PC, your DIY project. It is quite honestly amazing how much detail and dedication you put into an PC, and every now and then it really shows.

The Rig of the Month November 2011 carries the keywords dark, excellent, simple yet downright nicely done. Caolan Cullum who transformed one PC into a very quality build.

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PNY GTX580 Liquid Cooled Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: PNY GTX580 Liquid Cooled Review

Today we look at a rather unique take on an alternate cooling option for the GTX580 from PNY.

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ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Motherboard Review
Bjorn3D posted a review on the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Motherboard

The Rampage IV Extreme has earned its place in our pantheon of products without equal, and we are proud to give it our recommendation.