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DragonSteelMods posted a review on the NZXT Sleeved LED Kit. Other new reviews:

- Thermaltake Jing Cooler Review
- Sector 7 – PC3-14400 (1800 MHz) 6GB RAM/Memory Kit Review
- ARCHOS TV+ 80GB WiFi Digital Video Recorder Review
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 Launch Imminent
- NVIDIAs Best Buy GeForce GTX 460 1GB Video Card Overview
- Crucial Ballistix 1600MHZ MOD Review
- Powercolor Gaming 600W Power Supply Review
- Arctic Cooling Arctic K381 Multi-Function Ultra-Slim Keyboard Review
- Enermax Revolution 85+ 1020W PSU review
- Microsoft Arc Touch Wireless Portable Mouse Review
- Patriot Xporter XT Rage 32GB Flash Drive Review
- Mafia II PC Game Review
- HP Compaq 6005 Pro Ultraslim PC Review
- OC3D: Mushkin PC12800 6GB Ridgeback Review
- VisionTek CandyBoard Review
- Power Supplies With Fake 80 Plus Badges
- All Core i3 Models
- Lian Li PC-T1R Mini ITX Spider Test Bench Review
- Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700 Review
- Seasonic X-560 560W Power Supply Review
- Patriot Inferno 120GB SandForce-Based SSD Review
- PowerColor Radeon 5870 PCS+ CrossFire X and Eyefinity Review



NZXT Sleeved LED Kit Review
DragonSteelMods posted a review on the NZXT Sleeved LED Kit

There are two schools in the PC building enthusiast field regarding LED lighting – those against it and those who are for it. If you are in the latter group then today’s review item should pique your interest. NZXT one of the premier PC case makers on the market have released their Sleeved LED Kit. This kit provides an easy to manage LED setup for the inside of your PC rig. It comes in two lengths to provide some additional LED goodness.
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Thermaltake Jing Cooler Review
KitGuru posted a review on the Thermaltake Jing Cooler

The latest product we are looking at today from Thermaltake is not designed to replace the FRIO, more to compliment it. This cooler is called the JING, which Thermaltake say means ‘silence’. We prefer the chinese medical definition meaning ‘essence, genetic makeup, or life’. This rather dramatically named product has been created to capture a portion of the FRIO’s cooling performance while remaining as quiet as possible – Thermaltake rate it at a grass whispering 16dBA. At this noise level it is capable of dealing with 200 watts of heat, which we will test later.
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Sector 7 – PC3-14400 (1800 MHz) 6GB RAM/Memory Kit Review
TechwareLabs reviews the Sector 7 – PC3-14400 (1800 MHz) 6GB RAM/Memory Kit

The new Viper II Series RAM from Patriot offers only the best: extremely low latency and high speeds. How does this claim translate into actual performance and are the prices as extreme as the name? Read on and find out.
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ARCHOS TV+ 80GB WiFi Digital Video Recorder Review
Bigbruin.com has published a review on the ARCHOS TV+ 80GB WiFi Digital Video Recorder

The Archos TV+ is a digital video recorder that connects to your home network by either Ethernet or WiFi, and it allows you to stream audio and video, or store the files on the Archos TV+'s internal 80GB drive. It doesn't stop there though, because with plug-ins you can browse the web, play Flash games, and expand on the file types that the Archos TV+ can play.
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 Launch Imminent
TechARP posted a scoop on the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 graphics card

It looks like many folks are expecting a good Christmas ahead. First, Western Digital launches their latest media player, the WD Elements Play with 1-2 TB of storage built-in. Then we have word that they are very close to launching the WD TV Live Hub and 3 TB hard disk drives. Seagate is also expected to release their 3 TB hard disk drives in time for the Christmas season too. Now, we receive word that NVIDIA is ready to launch the GeForce GT 430 on October 13, 2010!.
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NVIDIAs Best Buy GeForce GTX 460 1GB Video Card Overview
Legit Reviews posted a review on NVIDIAs Best Buy GeForce GTX 460 1GB Video Card

We got word late yesterday by a friend at NVIDIA that Best Buy had slipped up and released NVIDIA branded graphics cards on Sunday night. This is the first time that we have seen NVIDIA branded video cards being sold direct and we went to a few Best Buy stores in St. Louis and sure enough, we spotted the cards sitting on store shelves. We couldn't leave the store empty handed, so we bought the card for $299.99 and headed back to see what it was all about.

We got word late yesterday by a friend at NVIDIA that Best Buy had slipped up and released NVIDIA branded graphics cards on Sunday night. This was a week before they were supposed to hit store shelves as NVIDIA hasn't even released the PR stating that the company has joined forces with Best Buy and that Best Buy is now directly selling NVIDIA Branded video cards directly to consumers. This is the first time that we have seen NVIDIA branded video cards being sold direct and we went to a few Best Buy stores in St. Louis today and sure enough, we spotted the cards sitting on store shelves. We couldn't leave the store empty handed, so we bought the card for $299.99 and headed back to see what it was all about...
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Crucial Ballistix 1600MHZ MOD Review
XSReviews have a new review of the Crucial Ballistix 1600MHZ MOD RAM

Crucial are a big name in the memory industry and in particular, their high performance Ballistix kits. The latest addition to this line of DDR3 performance Random Access Memory comes in the form of the BL2KIT25664FN1608 4GB kit rated at 1600MHz. However, Crucial has added temperature sensing capabilities to the DIMMs with an in-built sensor integrated into the SPD chip reporting information back to the Memory Overview Display (MOD) software.

Whilst CPUs are very much geared up to provide accurate temperature data, it's rarely seen with memory kits. Crucial has seized upon this gap in the market with MOD offering a USP. Let's check it out...
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Powercolor Gaming 600W Power Supply Review
KitGuru posted Powercolor Gaming 600W Power Supply Review

Powercolor are one of a handful of graphics card manufacturers who are trying to create additional revenue streams by entering into the power supply marketplace. We took a look at their Extreme Series 1000W unit a few weeks ago and we found that Solytech based (SL-X1000EPS) unit actually delivered very impressive results.

Powercolor recently released two ranges, the modular Extreme Series and the non modular Gaming series. The Extreme models are more expensive 80 Plus Bronze certified with 1000w and 850W units available. The Gaming Series is targeted more for the mainstream audience with standard 80 Plus certification with 600W and a 500W units available.
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Arctic Cooling Arctic K381 Multi-Function Ultra-Slim Keyboard Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Arctic Cooling Arctic K381 Multi-Function Ultra-Slim Keyboard

Arctic Cooling is a company known for their cooling products, but recently they have been getting into the PC peripheral market. Today we have the chance to check out their attempts at a keyboard. The Arctic K381 Multi-Function Ultra-Slim Keyboard is not only small in size, but small in price. This small keyboard makes writing fun again. Read on further to get the details.
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Enermax Revolution 85+ 1020W PSU review
The Guru of 3D posted a review on the Enermax Revolution 85+ 1020W PSU

We review and test the Enermax Revolution 85+ 1020W PSU. A near perfect power supply, Enermax recently released the Revolution 85+ series, this BEAST as I like to call it has everything I just mentioned. Modular cables, it's silent, sturdy, rugged and at 220 Volts this puppy can achieve a power efficiency of 87 to 91 percent, and that is just very noteworthy.
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Microsoft Arc Touch Wireless Portable Mouse Review
Benchmark Reviews posted a review on the Microsoft Arc Touch Wireless Portable Mouse

Believe it or not, Microsoft has been creating hardware devices for over 25 years. They are no stranger to devices with both form and function. Very recently, Microsoft Hardware Division has created the new Arc Touch wireless mouse that falls in line with such products as the previously reviewed Arc Keyboard. Benchmark Reviews has been given the opportunity to check out Microsoft's Arc Touch Wireless Mouse, model RVF-00001. With such features as a scroll-wheel replacing touch-strip, 2.4ghz wireless technology, and an ambidextrous design, this looks to be a very promising device. There are plenty of wireless mice out on the market already, does Microsoft have what it takes to be competitive in this saturated market? Read the full review of the Microsoft Arch Touch on Benchmark Reviews to find out.
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Patriot Xporter XT Rage 32GB Flash Drive Review
OCC has published a review on the Patriot Xporter XT Rage 32GB Flash Drive

The Patriot Xporter XT Rage is a perfect example of a high speed flash drive. The drive consistently displayed high read and write speeds, which make for a perfect portable transfer solution. During the testing, the read speeds were average among the comparison drives, sometimes taking the lead and sometimes coming in a bit behind. When it came to the write speeds, however, the Patriot Rage was the clear winner. During the 4MB and 5MB Flash Memory Toolkit tests, it displayed write speeds greater than 20MB/s while most of the comparison drives were under half that speed.[/quote6
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Mafia II PC Game Review
OCC has published a review on the Mafia II PC Game

The point isn't for you to change the outcome of the story, but to involve you in it. That's essentially what happens when you play Mafia II. The dialogue is well delivered and each character has his or her own personality. In addition, the atmosphere and visuals are appealing with the roughly period music to accent it. It's immersive enough that you almost forget about the sloppy driving, pseudo-open world, and lack of manual save games, and if you don't watch yourself, you can easily end up playing hours at a time.[/quote6
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HP Compaq 6005 Pro Ultraslim PC Review
TestFreaks posted a review on the HP Compaq 6005 Pro Ultraslim PC

Today for review I’ve got a product that I found rather interesting, it’s an ultraslim computer that has holes in it to match those on your monitor, yes the computer can actually be mounted to the back of your monitor turning in into an all-in-one basically. You don’t have to mount it that way, it can sit horizontally or vertically in the included stand. Inside you’ll find a Phenom II X4 CPU along with 4gigs of DDR3 ram, a 250GB hard drive and an ATI HD 4200 graphics chip. All in all it’s not a bad little computer really, it works well and it’s fairly fast really.
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OC3D: Mushkin PC12800 6GB Ridgeback Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: Mushkin PC 12800 6GB Ridgeback Review

We have got our sticky mitts on the first sample of Red Mushk in Ridgeback outside of the Mushkin factory. We just had to put it to the test.
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VisionTek CandyBoard Review
Neoseeker posted a review on VisionTek's CandyBoard

VisionTek's CandyBoard is candy bar-sized wireless keyboard complete with a built-in trackpad and laser pointer. We peel the wrapper off of this mini-keyboard to see if it's the treat it promises to be HTPC users; it even works with the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Power Supplies With Fake 80 Plus Badges
Hardware Secrets posted an article that some power supplies in the market carrying fake 80 Plus badges.

It seems incredible, but there are some power supplies in the market carrying fake 80 Plus badges. Because we review lots of power supplies, we were already able to spot a few power supplies with fake 80 Plus claims, all confirmed with our friends at Ecos Consulting (the company behind the 80 Plus certification).
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All Core i3 Models
Hardware Secrets posted a references table of all Core i3 models

The Core i3 is a CPU series manufactured by Intel aimed to value computers. It is the third Intel processor with an integrated memory controller (the Core i7 and Core i5 were the first two). Core i3 processors are based on the Core architecture, like the Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPUs, but with several enhancements to increase performance (Nehalem microarchitecture). This CPU family is available in three different sockets, LGA1156 (for desktop computers), BGA1288, and PGA988 (for laptops).
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Lian Li PC-T1R Mini ITX Spider Test Bench Review
PC Perspective posted a review on the Lian Li PC-T1R Mini ITX Spider Test Bencn

PC enthusiasts and hardware reviewers alike like to make their rigs stand out through custom paint jobs, acrylic windows, custom LED lights, and by installing additional hardware. Vendors want to help those end users with two left thumbs have options for having a case that stands out from the other rectangular enclosures they see at school or at gaming parties. Lian Li has been creating custom PC cases for years now, but this year has been extra special with the introduction of the PC-T1R Spider Mini ITX Test Bench.
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Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700 Review
Rbmods checked out the Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700:

Since I started with computers in the early 90´s Logitech has been well known for their keyboards and mice. They're known for being top of the line, and that is why today we excited about reviewing their G700 Wireless mouse which is one of their latest products. We are going to see how well this thing performs and also compare it against a few well performing mice on the market right now.
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Seasonic X-560 560W Power Supply Review
JonnyGURU.com posted a review on the Seasonic X-560 560W Power Supply

Seasonic comes to us again today with another model in the X Series lineup - the X-560. Like the other members of the family, this unit boasts 80 Plus Gold certification, full modularity, and a single 12V rail almost as powerful as the total rated capacity of the unit. It is also currently the lowest powered unit in the line that has a fan, with its 460W and 400W little brothers operating completely without a fan. Let's see how it does.
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Patriot Inferno 120GB SandForce-Based SSD Review
HotHardware.com posted a review on the Patriot Inferno 120GB SandForce-Based SSD

For a time, Intel's X25 series of solid state drives stood head and shoulders above the rest of the SSD pack. But with the influx of new players along with the rapid pace of innovation in the SSD space, Intel's aging offerings-while still very good-are no longer a cut above. In fact, in enthusiast circles, it's drives based on upstart SandForce's controllers that currently garner the lion's share of interest. And you don't have to take our word for it. Just take a look at SandForce's current list of partners; it reads like a list of "who's who" in the memory market with names like OCZ, Corsair, Mushkin, G.SKILL, and Patriot, among others.

It's a Patriot drive that we have on tap for you today, the SandForce driven Inferno 120GB...
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PowerColor Radeon 5870 PCS+ CrossFire X and Eyefinity Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted PowerColor Radeon 5870 PCS+ CrossFire X and Eyefinity Review

We have two of PowerColor's Radeon 5870 PCS+ cards on our test bench. We will be running them through 1920x1080 and 5760x1080 tests in a number of the latest games, including Medal of Honor, Civilisation 5 and F1 2010 to see what the user experience is like (Eyefinity videos included). In addition to this we also look at GPU computing and HD playback to get a full overview of the PowerColor model.
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