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Thermaltake Tt eSports Shock Spin Gaming Headset

Thermaltake is one of those companies that has ventured in the eSport business and did it in a major way. Tt eSports has more products in its ranks than most company’s entire catalog. We recently received a box contains three products from Tt eSports and we will be reviewing each in detail starting with the Shock Spin gaming headset.

Hardware Reviews 1/25/12

Processors
Intel Core i7-2600K Long Term Review @ModSynergy
AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano Quad-Core APU Review @HotHardware
AMD A6 3500 triple core APU review @Guru3D
AMD Llano A8-3870K APU Review @TechwareLabs

Video Cards
ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3GB CrossFire Review @Legit Reviews
HIS 6670 1GB Fan Review @XSReviews
ASUS HD 7970 Review @t-break
Sapphire Radeon HD6450 FleX Edition 1GB Video Card Review @ThinkComputers

Motherboards
ECS X79R-AX Black Series Motherboard Review @Legit Reviews

Power Supplies and Cases
Lian Li PC-90 Case/Chassis Review @TechwareLabs
NZXT Switch 810 Tower Case Review @OCIA
XFX ProSeries 1250 W @techPowerUp
Xigmatek Asgard Pro @Rbmods
Thortech Thunderbolt Plus 800W Power Supply Unit Review @eTeknix
SilverStone SST-GD06B HTPC Enclosure @Benchmark Reviews
Super Flower Golden King 1000 W @techPowerUp

Storage
Silicon Power Velox V30 SATA 3 240GB SSD Review @The SSD Review
Patriot Pyro SE 240GB Solid State Drive Review @APH Networks

Cooling Devices
Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler @Modders-Inc
Corsair Hydro Series H100 @Hardwareoverclock

Speakers and Headsets
Sennheiser PC 320 G4ME Headset Review @HardwareHeaven
SteelSeries Sibera v2 – Natus Vincere edition @XSReviews
Logitech h800 Wireless Headset Review @t-break

AIDA64 ver 2.20 released.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - January 25, 2012 - FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.20 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 2.20 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises.

The new AIDA64 update further enhances its System Stability Test module with OpenCL GPGPU stress test, and implements optimized 64-bit benchmarks for Intel Atom“Cedarview” processors and for the upcoming Intel Core “Ivy Bridge” APUs.

“According to our evaluations, with the new AIDA64 System Stability Test an outstanding system power draw and heat dissipation can be achieved” said Tamas Miklos, managing director of FinalWire. “AIDA64 has become a comprehensive test suite that not only measures performance of desktop computers, notebooks and servers, but also helps to reveal overheating and stability issues with a complete set of stress testing and hardware monitoring capabilities.”

New features & improvements

• OpenCL GPGPU Stress Test
• Support for Intel Atom “Cedarview” processors
• Support for Intel Core “Ivy Bridge” APUs and Intel 7-Series chipsets
• ACPI 5.0 and OpenCL 1.2 support
• GPU details for AMD Radeon HD 7970 and nVIDIA GeForce GT 640

More details about the new AIDA64 features are available at www.aida64.com/whatsnew

One of the biggest improvements we love is the auto update feature.

Enermax Fulmo GT Full PC Tower

We will be taking a look at the Fulmo GT from the eye of the water-cooling system builder. Reason being is the Fulmo GT offers so much room for such a system. It is not often you can find a tower that can support dual loops without having to mod or having to big with extra large expensive cube cases from such case makers like CaseLab, Lian Li and Mountain Mod. We are not saying the Fulmo GT is small but its total area spans up and down and not up and down and left and right taking up more space and looking like a small refrigerator.

BitFenix introduces the Shinobi XL

The BitFenix Design Lab is proud to announce the release of the follow-up to our award winning Shinobi gaming chassis - Shinobi XL. A full tower design with full XL-ATX compatibility, superior water cooling support, and our exclusive BitFenix SuperCharge port.

Cooler Master Vapor Chambers Technology

 

Vertical Vapor Chambers feature less than half the air resistance by reducing airflow vortexes and noise generated by air streaming through a heatsink. At the same time vertical vapor chambers exhibit 3 times the fin contact area, enabling faster and more efficient transfer of heat from the vapor chambers to the fins, and overall more efficient use of the available fin surface area.

Hardware Reviews 01/18/12

CES Coverage
2012 CES: ioSafe @ OCIA
CES 2012 HD Video Coverage - Part Two @ Futurelook
CES 2012 Roll-Up: HotHardware Features From The Show @ HotHardware
CES 2012 in Pictures: Part 2 @ TechSpot
Mad Catz @ ThinkComputers
Razer Fiona Tablet Project @ Benchmark Reviews
2012 CES: Zotac @ OCIA

Video
Zotac GTX 560 Ti 448 Limited Edition Video Card @ Motherboards
Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMP! Edition Review @ Tech-Reviews UK
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Cards in CrossFire @ Tweaktown

Cooling
Thermaltake Bigwater 760 Plus Water Cooling Kit Review @ APH Networks

Processors
A8-3870K vs. Core i3-2105 CPU Review @ Hardware Secrets
AMD A8 3870K APU review @ Guru3D

Power Supplies and Cases
Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper Case Review @ Motherboards
Bitfenix Raider Mid Tower Case Review @ Legit Reviews
Anidées AI-6B Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ eTeknix
Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000 W @ techPowerUp
NZXT Switch 810 Case Overview @ ThinkComputers
NZXT Switch 810 System Enclosure reviewed @ Metku

Storage
Seagate Momentus XT 750GB Review @ t-break
Corsair Performance Pro 256 GB SSD @ techPowerUp
OCZ Octane 512GB @ PureOverclock

Audio
Jabra HALO2 Bluetooth Stereo Headset Review @ Real World Labs
Steelseries Diablo 3 Headset Review @ XSReviews

NZXT new Switch 810 Hybrid Full Tower Chassis

Switch 810 offers stress-free installation with immaculate wire management and tool-less 5.25” and 3.5”/2.5” SSD hard drive installation for easy accessibility.  Additional features that solidify Switch 810 as the PC enthusiast’s dream chassis include a rear white LED light added visibility in dark environments and an acrylic window lets you peer in at your masterful build.

Silverstone SUGO SG08 mini-ITX Case

Yes, Silverstone has cases like the SG05 (SG06) but they can only support a GPU up to nine inches. And you also have the SG07, which can house much longer cards. But Silverstone isn’t one to leave customers without options. Their newest SFF casing is called the SG08. The SG08 can support a GPU up to 12.2 inches long which would include the Nvidia GTX 580. And there is no need to look for a power supply as the SG08 comes with a 600 watt power unit.

Thermaltake Overseer RX-I Full Tower

Today, we will not be taking a look at their clothing line-up but one of their newest cases. The RX-I aka Overseer is a full sized chassis that is aimed purely at the gamer in us. From the future-like front facial to the interior opening for large video cards says I want to be a gamer rig. But what Thermaltake has done with the full-sized case is make it pretty inexpensive for the consumer. So, check out the review to see what you will get for about $120.