Tech Reviews across the Globe for April 20, 2012

I wonder how many people out there have never heard of Dick Clark?

If I were a betting person, I would bet that even those people who claim not to be into music or never watched American Bandstand still heard of him. Who could never seen at least one New York City new year’s ball drop?

What a great legacy… if we could all be so fortunate to live a long life bringing happiness to so many people.

HIGHLIGHT REVIEW

You may not have heard of Silver Power before, but when they approached us with a fanless power supply for review, we were intrigued. Not only that, but it is a modular design with 80 Plus Certification. Today we find out if it is a good first choice for a new media center build.

Silver Power SP S460FL 460W Review (Fanless PSU) @ Kitguru

SSDS

• Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD Review @ Vortez
• 2x Kingston HyperX 240GB 3K SSDs in RAID 0 Configuration @ Bjorn3D
• Corsair Accelerator SSD Cache (60GB) Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Components of an SSD and basic Relations @ Ocaholic

CHASSIS

• Fractal Design Define Mini Mini-Tower Chassis Review @ Tweak Town
• NZXT Tempest 410 Elite Mid-Tower Case Review @ Hi Tech Legion

COOLERS

• SilenX Effizio EFZ-120HA5 CPU Cooler Review @ APH Networks

CPUS

• Intel Z77 ‘Panther Point’ Chipset Overview @ Techspot

GAMING

• DiRT Showdown Preview (PC) @ HardwareHeaven
• MSI GT683DXR Gaming Laptop Review @ HardwareHeaven

GRAPHICS

• Gigabyte HD 7950 WindForce 3X & MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Review @ Hardware Canucks
• MSI Radeon HD 7770 Power Edition 1GB Overclocked Video Card Review @ Tweak Town
• PNY GTX 580 Liquid Cooled graphic card Review @ CowCotland

MOTHERBOARDS

• Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 Motherboard Review @ PCStats
• Biostar TPower X79 @ LanOC Reviews
• Asus Z9PE-8D WS Dual Socket LGA2011 Motherboard @ Ocaholic

OTHERS

• AMD’s FX-8150 Bulldozer Benefits From New Compilers, Tuning @ Phoronix
• NZXT Havik 120 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
• Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Plus Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
• LD Cooling PC-V4 Benchtable @ Technic3d
• LG Spectrum from Verizon Wireless @ HotHardware
• Areca ARC-1882i RAID Controller Review @ Tweak Town
• Intel DZ77GA-70K & Panther Point Chipset Preview @ LanOC Reviews
• Patriot Magnum Supersonic 64 GB USB 3.0 Key Review @ CowCotland
• ADATA DashDrive Durable HD710 Portable HDD Review @ Kitguru

PERIPHERALS

• Corsiar Vengeance K60 – Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ Ocaholic
• Corsair Vengeance M90 Laser Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
• Leetgion Hellion Gaming Mouse Review @ NiKKTech

POWER SUPPLY UNITS

• FSP Aurum Pro 1200W PSU @ Technic3d

SYSTEMS

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Android Honeycomb Tablet @ MegaTechReviews
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Tablet Review @ Techspot