News and Reviews for June 12th 2012

Back again with the news from around the world!!!! Lots of reviews and plenty of Computex coverage in here this week..

Storage Related:

SanDisk Extreme SATA III 240 GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews

G.Skill ARES DDR3-2133 16GB Quad Channel Memory Kit Review @ ThinkComputers.org

LSI Discovers SandForce 256-Bit Encryption Limited To 128-Bit – Problem Resolved and Fix On The Way

MyDigitalSSD Releases BP3 and Smart mSATA SSDs

Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 10K RPM Hard Disk Drive Review

WD My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review

Topower Black-X 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Review @ Vortez

CoreRise Comay Venus Pro 120GB SSD Review @ RWLabs

VisionTek GoDrive 120GB @ PureOverclock

 

Audio / Video / Video Cards:

An Optimized Open-Source Driver Tries To Compete With AMD Catalyst @ Phoronix

Gigabyte GTX 670 OC 2 GB

ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP Graphics Card Review

Computex: HIS is readying its Radeon HD 7970 IceQ X2

Huge GTX570 overstock delays GTX660 until August

 

Mobile Related:

ASUS G75VW notebook @ Hardwareoverclock.com

Samsung Galaxy S3 Android Smartphone Review @ HardwareHeaven.com

Lenovo ThinkPad X230T Convertible Notebook:

ASUS Zenbook Prime UX31A Review

Nokia PureView 808 Unboxing Video

HTC One X Smartphone – Indepth Analysis

Android Gaming – New Controllers Announced at E3 @ Virtual-Hideout.com

 

PC Cooling:

Noctua NH-L12 Low Profile CPU Cooler

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Dual Tower CPU Cooler Review

Corsair 600T Watercooling & Modding Guide

 

PC Cases:

Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Black & White Edition Case Review

Raidmax Seiran Red PC Tower @ Pro-Clockers

Corsair Carbide 500R @ PureOverclock

MSI Ravager Case @ LanOC Reviews

 

Power Supplies/ Related:

Corsair GS500 Power Supply Review

 

Motherboards:

Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Motherboard – packs a punch at £80

 

Assorted:

Gigabyte Motherboards at Computex 2012 @ PCSTATS

Thunderbolt on Windows with Asus, Intel and Promise

Roshan’s Win a trip to Computex 2012 Guest Blog Story

EVGA Taiwan Office Visit 2012 @ Ninjalane

efergy Energy Saving Products Review @ NikKTech

Overclock, Benchmark, Backup and Diagnostic Software Tools Roundup

Computex: Ultrabooks is the future, but it isn’t quite here, yet

Beauty and the Beast 3D (2012) Cinema Review

Intel Ivy Bridge Overclocking Guide @ ThinkComputers.org

A Tour Of The Phoronix Office @ Phoronix

Ninjalane Podcast – Skyrim Tower Defense Processor Selection for Overclocking CyberpowerPC

Enermax dips into liquid cooling http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23075
Noctua explains active noise cancellation tech http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23076
Silverstone’s Sugo SG09 packs big punch in small chassis http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23077
Sapphire flexes custom 7-series Radeons http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23078

BitFenix shows off prodigious Mini-ITX enclosure http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23080
Acoustic foam quiets Thermaltake Soprano enclosure http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23079
Gigabyte mechanical keyboard has USB 3.0 connectivity http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23082
MSI MPower motherboards extend warranty to overclockers http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23083
Silverstone’s new tower comes in two flavors http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23084
Five fans cool Super Overclocked GeForce GTX 680 http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23085

Computex: Corsair new Link_A_Media SSD’s, memory and more

Computex: Cooler Master – new cases, coolers, headset, mouse and more

Computex 2012 Booth Babe Edition @ Ninjalane

Zeo Bedside Sleep Management System Review

Intel’s 4-inch Next Unit of Computing to cost $400 http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23066
EVGA’s hot-clocked GTX 680 features massive blower http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23067
Fractal Design’s Node enclosures ripe for the living room http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23068
Next-gen NAND demoed in SandForce SSDs http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23070

 

Gaming:

Cmstorm Sentinel Advance 2 Gaming mouse

Steelseries SRW-S1 Steering Wheel Review @ XSReviews.co.uk

CM Storm Sentinel Advance II Laser Gaming Mouse

SteelSeries Kinzu V2 Pro Silver Special Edition Mouse Review @ NikKTech

A Technical Look at Max Payne 3 @ Techgage

The Ultimate Computex 2012 Booth Babe Collection Final Cut  – Computex 2012 Update