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BenQ Joybee GP1: A Little Bee Review
InsideHW.com has reviewed BenQ Joybee GP1

Have you ever wondered if there was a projector so small that you could put it in your bag along with the notebook, without even noticing it was there? Feel free to reply positively, because there is. Throw media player functions into the mix and you get a true delight for PC peripheral enthusiasts…
BenQ Joybee GP1: A Little Bee Review

LG Haier R450 Notebook Review
T-Break posted a review on the LG Haier R450 Notebook

Netbooks can be frustrating which is why budget laptops like the R450 exist.
LG Haier R450 Notebook Review



Motorsports HERO Wide – Video Camera Review
TechwareLabs has a review of the Motorsports HERO Wide – Video Camera

Relive your greatest moments with a front row seat to the action provided by the GoPro Motorsports HERO Wide. This camera comes encased in a waterproof housing and records both video and still images with an astonishing 5MP sensor for its size. Mount one to your dash, your helmet, or anywhere and let the action begin.
Motorsports HERO Wide – Video Camera Review

ROCCAT Arvo Compact Gaming Keyboard Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the ROCCAT Arvo Compact Gaming Keyboard

Today HardwareHeaven are going to look at the ROCCAT Arvo compact gaming keyboard. It is part of ROCCAT's "Smart Desktop Management System" which aims to create the optimum environment for unrestricted gaming.
ROCCAT Arvo Compact Gaming Keyboard Review

eStarling TouchConnect WiFi Digital Photo Frame Review
Bigbruin.com has published a review on the eStarling TouchConnect WiFi Digital Photo Frame

Two of the best features on this frame are the Wireless-N connectivity and the auto-download of pictures from various social sites. With the auto-download of pictures, just give the email address out to people and let them send updates. Just be careful on who sends pictures so you don't get inappropriate pictures sent to the frame at the Grandparents!
eStarling TouchConnect WiFi Digital Photo Frame Review

Verbatim InSight Hard Drive Review
Maximum CPU has posted its review of the Verbatim InSight external hard drive

Verbatim computer peripherals are well known, and I have used their computer mice and recordable disks for years. This will be the first hard drive from Verbatim that I have ever used, and it offers a new feature: an always-on "cholesteric" display. It's a very small 2.5" hard drive that is USB powered and operated in a sleek package. This is nothing new, but the drive also includes a microchip that reads the partition information of the drive and displays the partition name and available space on a display.
Verbatim InSight Hard Drive Review

iStorage Disk Genie Review
XSReviews has reviewed the iStorage Disk Genie encrypted drive

Portable storage security has been quite a hot topic in recent years, especially here in the UK with government officials being rather careless with sensitive materials. To help combat this iStorage have come up with a nice little product designed to keep your portable storage protected.

The Disk Genie comes equipped with a fully functioning keypad allowing a passcode to be inputted when the device is to be used. Should prove an interesting review at least. Let's check it out.
iStorage Disk Genie Review

OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce SF-1500 SSD Review
Legit Reviews takes a look at the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce SF-1500 SSD

The OCZ Vertex Series of Solid-State Drives (SSDs) has been without a doubt one of the most successful SSDs released by any manufacturer. When we reviewed the original Vertex 120GB drive in April 2009 we found it to be an amazing SSD that was one of the first on the market that had the ability to do garbage collection and TRIM. It was truly a drive that was better than much of the competition and even today it is a solid performing drive thanks to the Indilinx Barefoot controller. OCZ has been busy working on their next generation SSD products, and rather than using last year's Indilinx Barefoot controller they found a new controller series that they liked from an upcoming SSD controller company called SandForce. OCZ has been testing the SandForce SF-1200 and SF-1500 controllers for months internally and last month during CES they made the formal announcement that OCZ would be bringing out the Vertex 2 series of SSDs using these two new controllers...
OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce SF-1500 SSD Review

Zalman CNPS10X Quiet Heatsink Review
FrostyTech posted Zalman CNPS10X Quiet Heatsink Review

Zalman's CNPS10X Quiet heatsink is equipped with a 120mm fan that ranges inspeed from 1400RPM to 700RPM, which in real world terms means that noise levels are moderate to whisper quiet. As a low noise heatsink the CNPS10X Quiet maintains good thermal levels on Frosty's AMD/Intel test platforms, and at full tilt it qualifies as a performance heatsink.
Zalman CNPS10X Quiet Heatsink Review

Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 Motherboard Review
Hardware Secrets take a look on the most complete H55-based motherboard from Gigabyte, which features two USB 3.0 ports.

Motherboards based on the new H55, H57 and Q57 chipsets are targeted to the new Core i3 and Core i5 processors with integrated video, and Gigabyte has so far released three different models. Today we are going to take a look on H55M-USB3, which brings as main feature the presence of USB 3.0 ports.
Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 Motherboard Review

Patriot Valkyrie 2 Bay Network Attach Storage Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the Patriot Valkyrie 2 Bay Network Attach Storage

Today for review I've got one of my favorite types of products, yes it's the NAS box! This one though is from a company that you might not expect, Patriot Memory. Today I'm taking a look at the Valkyrie 2 Bay NAS box, not only do I have the normal stuff to show you about this product but I've put it up against eight other NAS boxes for comparison. The Patriot Valkyrie is the least expensive NAS box that I've reviewed, but how doe it hold up against ones that cost 2-3 times more? How is the performance in comparison and the features? Read on to find out
Patriot Valkyrie 2 Bay Network Attach Storage Review

Vantec eSATA ExpressCard UGT-ST450CB Review
OCIA.net has posted their review of the Vantec eSATA ExpressCard UGT-ST450CB

Many years ago it was quite common to find notebook computers sporting PCMCIA cards. If you wanted to add a Token Ring, Ethernet or Modem to your laptop, you had to buy a PC Card that plugged into one of the available slots in the side of the chassis. Even after these devices began to become integrated, there would be new technologies emerge that required purchasing an add-in card, although the need for such expandability slowly waned as USB became the popular choice for external peripherals. With the advent of SSD technology and eSATA interfaces, it has become easy to saturate a measly 60MB/s USB 2.0 connection. Obviously a faster method of transfer is needed and USB 3.0 just hasn't materialized as quickly as we hoped. Thus for review today we have the Vantec Dual eSATA ExpressCard.
Vantec eSATA ExpressCard UGT-ST450CB Review

ASUS EAH5670 1GB Review
PureOverclock has published a review of the ASUS EAH5670 1GB GDDR5 graphics card.

ASUS typically brings some unique features to the table with their graphics cards, and even at a lower price range the EAH5670 1GB is no exception. A few interesting software utilities, along with a custom heatsink, make this budget gaming card a rather attractive package. Let's take a closer look and see what ASUS brings to the table here to satisfy your gaming interests.
ASUS EAH5670 1GB Review

AMD Athlon II X4 635 & Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Review
Techgage.com posted a review on the AMD Athlon II X4 635 & Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition

AMD last month launched five processor models, three Athlon II's and two Phenom II's, and we're taking a look at one of each. The Phenom II is a 3.20GHz dual-core, and a Black Edition dual-core at that, while the Athlon II is the ultra-affordable 2.9GHz quad-core. Let's see how both stack up to the rest of AMD's line-up, and the competition.
AMD Athlon II X4 635 & Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Review

HIS Radeon HD 5670 IceQ+ 1GB Video Card Review
TweakTown posted a review on the HIS Radeon HD 5670 IceQ+ 1GB Video Card

It's been ages since we've seen HIS attach a model with its IceQ+ cooling. Over the recent months we've seen more iCooler and reference cards from the company. It's not that there's anything wrong with these models, it's just that when I think of HIS, the first series that comes to mind is the IceQ+ one.

The latest model to get the IceQ+ treatment comes in the form of a HD 5670 which follows up from the HD 5750 model we looked at just recently. Having a look at this particular card, you'll see the IceQ+ cooler that we've seen in the past from other mid-range HIS models in the same series.
HIS Radeon HD 5670 IceQ+ 1GB Video Card Review

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic OC Edition Review
OCC has published a review on the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic OC Edition

The cooling solution used is Sapphire's proprietary Vapor chamber cooling solution that goes by the name Vapor-X. The cooling solution uses three heatpipes, in addition to the Vapor Chamber, to efficiently pull the thermal load out of the GPU and memory. With the driver controlling the fan speeds, I saw temperatures in the 57 to 59 degree Celsius range, where the reference card I tested came in at 66 degrees Celsius under load. When overclocked, the Toxic peaked at 49 degrees Celsius.
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic OC Edition Review

ASUS BC-08B1ST Blu-ray Combo Drive Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the ASUS BC-08B1ST Blu-ray Combo Drive

When it comes to choosing an optical drive sometimes it can be hard. A lot of people just choose the cheapest drive, but that is not always the best route. Today we will be looking at a new combo drive from ASUS that allows for Blu-ray playback and DVD/CD burning. It also has some really cool features like being able to encrypt your burnt discs with 128-bit encryption, True Theater High Definition which boosts DVD playback quality and Optimal Tuning Strategy which will perform a test before really burning a disc to generate an optimal burning strategy for the best burning quality. Lets see if the BC-08B1ST Blu-ray Combo Drive is right for you.
ASUS BC-08B1ST Blu-ray Combo Drive Review

ASUS P6X58D-Premium SATA6G Motherboard Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the ASUS P6X58D-Premium SATA6G Motherboard

ASUS has been a longtime partner to Intel, and both companies have been made better because of their relationship. But when it comes to new technology, sometimes Intel takes a little too long to implement change while ASUS prefers to offer their faithful consumers the options right away. Intel's tick-tock plan doesn't coincide with the technical improvements made to areas outside of processor development, such as SuperSpeed USB-3.0 or Revision 3.x SATA 6.0-Gbps (aka SATA-III) controllers. Most hardware enthusiasts agree that it's awkward to see Intel's "Enthusiast" branded X58-Express chipset paired to older standards while "Mainstream" P55 motherboards enjoy the better and faster new ones. ASUS feels the same way, and now offers their P6X58D-Premium motherboard to forward-thinking enthusiasts who might not want to wait for the launch of Intel's X68-Express platform. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests several X58-based motherboard against the ASUS P6X58D-Premium in heat-to-head graphics, processor, memory, and SSD storage performance.
ASUS P6X58D-Premium SATA6G Motherboard Review

Zotac Mag HTPC Review
t-break posted a new article on the Zotac Mag HTPC

If you're thinking of setting up an HTPC with possibly boxee or XBMC, think MAG.
Zotac Mag HTPC Review

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB video card review
Elite Bastards posted a review on the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB video card

If the Radeon HD 5870 is overkill for your specific gaming needs, then the Radeon HD 5850 could well be the graphics board for you. If the reference design bores you however, then today Sapphire have launched a part which might well grab your attention - The Radeon HD 5850 Toxic, complete with some notable core and memory overclocks as well as a custom, vapour chamber cooling solution. We take a look to see if it's a must buy card.
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB video card review