Here a roundup of today's reviews and articles, including Samsung 830 Series SSD Review, MSI GT780 Gaming Laptop Review, and ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard Review



Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Review
TechwareLabs posted a review on the Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

The Corsair H80 is an all-in-one water cooling solution for the CPU, boasting high efficiency cooling at an extremely reasonable price (under $100 at most retailers) for a water cooling setup. We take a look at cooling efficiency, setup, and use of the system in our detailed analysis.

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Samsung 830 Series SSD Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the Samsung 830 Series SSD

The 830 Series SSDs use Samsungs latest performance architecture, bringing the products into SATA 3 territory and taking on Sandforce and Marvell for the enthusiast user market. Can they succeed? Let's find out.

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ASUS WAVI (Wireless Audio Video Interaction) System Preview
Legit Reviews posted a preview on the ASUS WAVI (Wireless Audio Video Interaction) System

The ASUS WAVI solves the problem of how to look at something on your PC by wirelessly sending it to your TV! The WAVI uses a pair of boxes to transfer wireless transmission signals via HDMI allow for wireless cross-room transmission with a range of 25 meters at 5GHz, delivering real-time PC content to the living room TV. Could a device like this eliminate the need for a HTPC?

ASUS has launched and released what they are calling the world’s first wireless HDMI extender kit. What this is designed to do is take an existing audio video signal from your PC computer, and play on your HDMI-powered big-screen TV… Wirelessly. The Wireless Audio Video Interaction system – or WAVI – is designed not only to play your audio video content remotely, but via a two-way wireless USB, the WAVI will allow you to sit in your living room and control your PC as you pick the best video to show the family...

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Patriot 16GB Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review
Madshrimps posted a review on the Patriot 16GB Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 Flash Drive

The new Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 Flash Drive comes with a stylish exterior which works like a pen for revealing the connector. The product features very good write speeds and decent read transfer speeds compared to the previously tested drives and the 16GB variant can be found in stores for about 19 Euros.

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MSI GT780 Gaming Laptop Review
Madshrimps posted a review on the MSI GT780 Gaming Laptop

Portable gaming power has always raised a few questions in my head. Mostly laptops are limited in processor and graphics power. Let alone that the cooling is not as optimized as the desktop variants. Last year at Cebit I already saw some nice specifications amongst the acclaimed gaming notebooks. With the arrival of the Sandybridge processors a whole new era of computing was unleashed. High frequency, low power consumption and all in all being able to operate at acceptable temperatures. The mobile variants aren't any different. I own a Sandy bridge based laptop since a few months and it still amazes me how smooth it works with all sort of applications. Plus the the battery duration is over 4 hours. And it's just a cheap mainstream Acer notebook. Absolutely nothing fancy like todays MSI GT780 Gaming laptop. The MSI crew promised smooth gameplay, even in the latest hot game titles. Being an avid online gamer, I just couldn't resist to ask for a review sample.

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Tt eSPORTS Meka G1 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
HardwareHeaven.com posted a review on the Tt eSPORTS Meka G1 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

On our test bench today we have one of the latest mechanical gaming keyboards to hit the market.The Meka G1 from Tt eSPORTS aims to give a desirable alternative to models from the likes of Razer and SteelSeries, let's take a closer look and see what it has to offer.

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BitFenix Outlaw Review
Overclock3D have just published a new article titled: BitFenix Outlaw Review

BitFenix has released yet another budget case but this time it has an inverted ATX layout. What do we think about this one? Read on to find out.

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MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) Review
Bjorn3D posted a review on the MSI Z68A-GD80 motherboard

This year at Computex 2011, MSI showed off their latest PCI-E Gen 3 motherboard. When Z68 launched, motherboard manufacturers continued using the most widely available PCI-Express 2.0 interface. As weeks passed, new PCI-Express 3.0 switches were introduced and MSI was the first to jump on the opportunity to provide their customers with the latest PCI-E Gen 3.0 support for their LGA1155 Z68 boards. ASRock and GIGABYTE followed closely as they also showed off their ASRock Extreme 4 Gen 3 and GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboards with PCI-E Gen 3 support. Today we will be looking at the MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) motherboard. This motherboard is an upgrade from the (B3) revision, which still used PCI-E 2.0 switches. Though while MSI was one of the first to have a PCI-E Gen 3 motherboard, it also looks like they might have one of the first true Gen 3 designs, with GIGABYTE coming in 2nd with their G1.Sniper 2 motherboard.

It is not a coincidence that ASUS, one of the largest motherboard manufacturers, still doesn't have a true PCI-E Gen 3.0 motherboard. As a matter a fact, ASRock and GIGABYTE only have partially functional PCI-E Gen 3 support for their motherboard, but more on that on our motherboard overview page. We don't find this ironic, as there are no PCI-Express Gen 3.0 products which could potentially use the new interface. Not only that, but the current Sandy Bridge architecture only supports up to PCI-Express 2.0 specifications and does not have the potential to utilize the extra lanes that become available with the current PCI-E Gen 3 switches. With this said, the current motherboards that are currently sold as PCI-E Gen 3.0 motherboards will not be fully utilized till about early next year, when we see Ivy Bridge used as the next high-end CPU for the LGA 1155 socket. As of yet, we don't know too much about Ivy Bridge, but it should be a 22nm CPU architecture compatible to fully utilize PCI-Express Gen 3.

MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) Review

OHKI 42-inch Full HD 3D TV with PVR Review
TweakTown posted OHKI 42-inch Full HD 3D TV with PVR Review

Earlier in the year we had a chance to have a look at the LED 42" TV from OHKI and it did a good job at impressing us. It managed to put a tick in the right boxes when it came to people who wanted a TV that could offer us a good quality picture in a slim LED Lit format at a really good price.

The latest offering from OHKI is yet another 42" TV, but this one carries with it support for 3D TV. So, what's on offer and how's it go? Well, there's only one way to find out, so let's see what's going on with the OHKI 42" Full HD 3D TV with PVR.

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Samsung SSD 830 Series Preview
HotHardware.com posted a review on the Samsung SSD 830 Series

Although they haven't been breakout-hits with enthusiasts, Samsung's solid state drives have been quite successful due to strong relationships with a number of OEMs, including Apple. With the upcoming release of their new SSD 830 Series solid state drives, however, Samsung seems poised to make some inroads with enthusiasts as well.

We've had a Samsung SSD 830 Series drive humming along in the lab for a little while now and have been impressed by the drive's behavior and performance. They won't be available for a few more weeks and pricing isn't finalized just yet, but we've got the rest of the story on tap for you in the pages ahead. As you'll see, the 830 Series puts on quite a show...

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Samsung PM830 Review
The SSD Review posted a review on the Samsung PM830 256GB SATA 3 SSD

Our featured shot is the PCB of a brand new Samsung PM800 SATA 3 256GB solid state drive that this report is going to speak to. It just may be an exclusive as Samsung's new 6Gbps SSD cannot be opened by way of removal of any screws. The SSD had to be pried apart in order to get this shot, a process which breaks the clips holding it together. The picture, however, was worth the price as we wanted to display the only solid state drive that is 100% proprietary by nature.

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Gaming Friday: Gears of War 3 Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on Gears of War 3

Gears of War is one of the biggest franchises to be created during the current (7th) console generation. The first Gears of War launched back in 2006, the second in 2008, and the third in 2011. What started off as a simple war between humans and locusts, has spawned a trilogy of intense third person cover based gameplay. The third installment of the Gears of War series picks up quite some time after the second. Epic has included a video to fill in the time gap between the two games, while also getting any completely new players caught up to speed. While that is all fun and gravy, the question is, how does Gears of War 3 differ from its predecessors?

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Enermax ETS-T40-TA CPU Cooler Review
Real World Labs posted a review on the Enermax ETS-T40-TA CPU Cooler

Up until today Enermax was primarily known throughout the world for their excellent, award winning power supply units but with their latest ETS-T40 line of CPU Air Coolers it is quite evident that they also aim to be widely known for their CPU cooling solutions.

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Uebo M50: Mobile 1080p Media Player
MEGATechNews checks out a mini-media player for your HDTV

Not everyone wants to go through the trouble of building and setting up an HTPC, especially if all they want to do is enjoy some pictures, music, and videos. That’s why these versatile little media players are becoming so increasingly popular. The price point, relative to an HTPC, is certainly very appealing too.

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ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard Review
Madshrimps posted a review on the ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard

The new Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard from ASRock comes with a rich software bundle, but also very useful features like C.C.O., Intel Smart Response Technology, Lucid VIRTU or PCI-E 3.0 slots (to be used with future Ivy Bridge CPUs). The color scheme has been reworked, so now the motherboard has a more professional look.

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ECS A75F-A AMD FM1 Review
techPowerUp posted a review on the ECS A75F-A AMD FM1 motherboard

ECS is back, with another "Black Series" product, the ECS A75F-A. Built for the recently released Llano AMD APUs, the ECS A75F-A offers entry-level pricing, with quite a few enthusiast features. We take the shinig knight in black armor, and put it into battle!

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Compro VideoMate U680F Review
Tech-Reviews.co.uk posted a review on the Compro VideoMate U680F TV Tuner

The Compro VideoMate U680F is a USB TV Tuner, but with the added ability of DAB radio and FM radio, and with the included Windows Media Center remote control, you'll never need to leave your seat! Let's see how well it performs.

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ASUS P8H67-M EVO Motherboard Review
Hardware Secrets posted a review on the ASUS P8H67-M EVO Motherboard

Motherboards based on the Intel H67 chipset are the best option if you are building a basic PC with integrated video using an Intel processor, or need an affordable motherboard using the microATX form factor for building a small form factor (SFF) PC. Currently, ASUS has six motherboards based on this chipset. Let's take a look at the P8H67-M EVO, which is a microATX solution featuring two PCI Express x16 slots.

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