Daily Reviews Summary 12/04/09

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Choiix Air-Through Notebook/Laptop Cooler Review
TechwareLabs has published a review of the Choiix Air-Through Notebook/Laptop Cooler

Looking for a Laptop cooler? You may be in luck. Check out the Choiix Air-through thin cooling pad with USB hub for the Apple Macbook and other notebooks after the break.

Choiix Air-Through Notebook/Laptop Cooler Review

Thermaltake Element G Gaming Case Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the Thermaltake Element G Gaming Case

In the computer chassis industry, Thermaltake is well-renowned for their professional engineering and high-performance products. When designing the Element G case, Thermaltake engineers opted for a classic, yet dramatic look with the option to switch on a variety of case lighting effects. Read on to see if the Thermaltake Element G is the right case for gamers and enthusiasts!

Thermaltake Element G Gaming Case Review

Cooler Master HAF 922 Full-Tower Case Review
TheTechLounge posted a review on the Cooler Master HAF 922 Full-Tower Case

This is the kind of case designed for someone who wants to build a computer fast, make changes without hassle, and even kick it around a little. The HAF can take it. But it's not for someone looking to show off anything but the games the machine inside it plays.

Cooler Master HAF 922 Full-Tower Case Review

Xigmatek Thor's Hammer CPU Cooler/Heatsink Review
Tweaknews posted a review on the Xigmatek Thor's Hammer CPU Cooler/Heatsink

Xigmatek's Thor's Hammer is a formidable weapon in the battle against processor heat. It performed on par with the very best coolers in the comparison using a couple of inexpensive and quiet fans. The Hammer is a big cooler, particularly with two 120mm fans hanging off of it, but it delivers big performance commensurate with its bulk.

Xigmatek Thor's Hammer CPU Cooler/Heatsink Review

ATI HD 5770 Review
XSReviews has reviewed the ATI HD 5770 grapics card

ATI recently jumped ahead of their closest rivals nVidia by releasing their latest generation of GPUs upon the market, just before the launch of Windows 7 in an attempt to cash in on the early adopters of Direct X 11. However, like always the first run of cards made available were mind blowingly expensive, so what's a mid-ranger looking for an upgrade to do? Fortunately it wasn't long before the slightly more mid-range options were made available, the 57xx series.

For those with an aging 7 or 8 series card from nVidia - or a 3 or mid level 4 series from ATI - still powering your gaming rig, this could well be the card that you upgrade to. Is it worth it though? Let's find out.

ATI HD 5770 Review

Cooler Master Hyper N620 CPU Cooler Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the Cooler Master Hyper N620 CPU Cooler

This time we tested Cooler Master Hyper N620 CPU cooler. This model has a tower design, six heatpipes and it is one of the few coolers on market that comes already with two fans. But does it have a good performance? Let's see.

Cooler Master Hyper N620 CPU Cooler Review

NZXT Avatar Mouse Review
Neoseeker takes a look at the NZXT Avatar gaming mouse

The design allows left or right-handed players, which is a key bonus, and the mouse also delivers respectable performance in action.

NZXT Avatar Mouse Review

AZZA Solano 1000R Case Review
Top Review Shop posted a review on the AZZA Solano 1000R Case

With a plethora of fans from 230mm to 120mm in size, the AZZA Solano 1000R also includes features found in most other PC cases - but is the fiery red painted interior just a start to the great features?

AZZA Solano 1000R Case Review

Antec Nine Hundred Two Mid Tower Case Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Antec Nine Hundred Two Mid Tower Case

Anyone whos been in the market for a case in the past couple years has probably heard of the infamous Antec Nine Hundred. Today we have a chance to look at the redesigned Nine Hundred Two, which offers the same features of the original, but with further improvements. Improvements include a complete black interior, built in fan controllers, and better quality materials. Read on further to see what else the redesigned Nine Hundred Two has to offer.

Antec Nine Hundred Two Mid Tower Case Review

Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD Review
OCC has published a review on the Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD

Using this drive as an OS drive proved every bit as pleasing as when I used the 64GB version, without stuttering and hangups. Early SSDs got a bad wrap for the performance degradation that manifested itself as you used the drive and got close to full capacity. Patriot has available a Wiper utility that will clear all of the blocks of memory that have been written to, so performance can be kept at peak levels - helping eliminate this obstacle to disk performance.

Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD Review

OCZ Z Series 650W Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the OCZ Z Series 650W power supply.

Today more than ever companies are succumbing to the pressures of a more educated public, and submitting their power supplies for certification. So when you choose a power supply having 80 plus label on the PSU is a good starting point which brings us to the PSU we will be reviewing today: the 80+ Silver Certified OCZ 650W Z series power supply.

OCZ Z Series 650W Review

Seagate Barracuda XT SATA-6G Hard Drive Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Seagate Barracuda XT SATA-6G Hard Drive

Somewhere between the speed of Solid State Drive technology and the reliability of value-priced Hard Disk storage is the Seagate Barracuda XT. The industry's first SATA 6GBps HDD features 2TB of data storage capacity, and is also the first product to receive compliance with the third generation SATA controller interface. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the Seagate Barracuda XT hard drive against a cross section of competing storage products using the ASUS P7P55D Premium (Marvell 88SE9123) and Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (Marvell 88SE9128) motherboards, comparing the model ST32000641AS hard disk on the both SATA-6G controllers as well as Intel's P55/ICH10 SATA-3G chipset.

Seagate Barracuda XT SATA-6G Hard Drive Review

AMD Athlon II X2 240e X3 435 Review
Techgage.com published their look at two recent AMD budget processors

If on the lookout for a budget processor, whether it be dual, tri or quad-core, there's no better place to look than AMD. The company recently released eight new models, and in total, nine current Athlon II's retail for under $100. We're taking a look at two such models here, the X3 435 and X2 240e, to see how much bang can be had for so little buck.

AMD Athlon II X2 240e X3 435 Review