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Here a roundup of today's reviews, including PowerColor DEVIL 13 HD 6970 2GB Video Card Review, Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet Review, and OCZ Synapse 60 GB Caching SSD Review



PowerColor DEVIL 13 HD 6970 2GB Video Card Review
TweakTown posted a review on the PowerColor DEVIL 13 HD 6970 2GB Video Card

Today it's all about the new DEVIL 13 card that we saw show up the other week. This card instantly grabbed my eye and I really wanted to check it out. Ask and you shall receive; today is all about the PowerColor DEVIL 13 HD 6970 2GB. There's been a few changes to everything around here since we last looked at a video card, but we'll cover that all in just a few pages. The first thing we need to do is find out what this new HD 6970 is all about.

Pulling the new DEVIL 13 out of the box, you find yourself staring at a very hot looking card with a red / black color scheme going on. What I really love, though, is that PowerColor have opted to go with a black PCB to fit in with everything else. So often we see these really nice coolers installed on a card and then a company has that horrible green PCB stand out.
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Patriot Viper Xtreme Series Division 4 Edition 32GB 1600MHz Quad Channel Memory Review
HiTech Legion has released a new article on the Patriot Viper Xtreme Series Division 4 Edition 32GB 1600MHz Quad Channel Memory

The Patriot Xtreme Series Division 4 Quad Channel DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz 16GB memory kit is the latest flagship performance memory offering from Patriot Memory. The Xtreme Series Division 4 memory kit features a copper core with an extruded aircraft-grade aluminum shield, making it highly overclockable without being held back by high temperatures. The Patriot Division 4 Quad Channel DDR3 16GB memory kit is rated to run at 1600MHz with timings of 8-9-8-24 and a voltage of 1.65 making it perfect for X79 systems that need smart memory for their DIMM slots.
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Mad Catz Cyborg Gaming Lights Review
Real World Labs posted a review on the Mad Catz Cyborg Gaming Lights

Thanks to AmbiLight like surround lighting effects the latest and perhaps most innovative product by Mad Catz to date called the Cyborg Gaming Lights will most certainly enhance your PC experience in every single way whether you are just playing your favorite games, listening to your favorite music, watching a movie and even while working.
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Verbatim Wireless Mini Slimboard Review
XSReviews has a new review of the Verbatim Wireless Mini Slimboard

Verbatim are a company well known for their optical media but they also make a range of other PC related goodies, from hard drives and speakers to computer mice and even printer toner and in this case the rather nice looking keyboard and mouse combo we'll be looking at today.

It's called the Wireless Mini Slimboard and it's compact sizing and lightweight design aim to free you of your computer desk and provide a way for you to interact with your machine from wherever you choose without having to lug around a full-sized and heavier keyboard and mouse.

So how does it get on? Let's find out.
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PCAudioLabs Rok Box MC 7xs Preview
HotHardware posted PCAudioLabs Rok Box MC 7xs Preview

PCAudioLabs is a different sort of boutique system builder out of Chatsworth, CA. While so many custom computer systems you see here are targeted toward gamers and mainstream users, the folks at PCAudioLabs, you guessed it, cater to musicians, both professional and amateur, as well as production studios and educational institutions.

There aren't many system builders that can say they've worked with the likes of Peter Frampton, the Grand Ole Opry and Eric Clapton.

PCAL builds what folks in the music biz call a "DAW" or Digital Audio Workstation. Check it out...
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Antec P280 Case Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the Antec P280 Case

The new P280 from Antec is a mid-tower case (or "super mid-tower," as the manufacturer calls it) with nine expansion slots, allowing you to install XL-ATX motherboards and four dual-slot video cards. It is part of the Antec Performance One series, which brings several features to reduce the noise produced by the PC. Let's take a good look at this new product and determine if you should buy it. click to enlargeFigure 1: Antec P280 case
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Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet

The new Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble delivers the best color e-reading experience available, especially for magazines and for children's books. It's a better e-reader than the Amazon Kindle Fire, but the Nook doesn't quite match the Fire on music, video or apps, and the Nook Color offers the same great e-reading experience for less money.
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NZXT Sentry Mix Fan Controller Review
TechwareLabs posted a review on the Sentry Mix Fan Controller

If you want more fine-grained control over the fans in your case, a fan controller is a simple, cheap way to get things under control. NZXT, long known for their enthusiast cases, has sent us another in their latest lineup of fan controllers, the Sentry Mix. We'll see if this one does the trick.
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OCZ Synapse 60 GB Caching SSD Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the OCZ Synapse 60 GB Caching SSD

OCZ's Synapse Caching SSD offers a unique way to achieve SSD-like performance for your big hard disk, which could be up to 3 TB in size. In our testing we see a performance improvement of 250% when compared to a SATA 6 Gbps HDD alone.
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