Tech Reviews for May 24, 2012

Read today how the latest big Canadian Lottery winner, $50,000,000.00, is planning to continue working.  Crazy!

I have to admit that, yes I would want to keep busy. but I would so be taking at least a year off to travel the world with those who meant the most to me.  With that much money you could take each person, who meant something to you, somewhere that meant something to them.

There I go daydreaming again!

HIGHLIGHT REVIEW

Toshiba is one of those manufacturers that have had an Ultrabook in their portfolio for quite some time. The Z830 is also the lightest of all Ultrabooks. It’s even lighter than Apples 13 inch MacBook Air. We’re really curious if the Z830 is a good device or if Toshiba tried to save too much weight.

Toshiba Z830 Ultrabook @ Ocaholic

SSDS

• Comay Venus Pro 3 128GB Solid State Drive Review @ TweakTown
• Corsair’s Accelerator SSD Cache Reviewed @ HotHardware

CHASSIS

• SilverStone Grandia SST-GD08B HTPC Chassis Review @ TweakTown
• Enermax Staray ECA3175-BL Mid-Tower Case Review @ Hi Tech Legion

COOLERS

• Thermaltake Frio Extreme Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
• Alpenfohn Matterhorn PURE Review @ Kitguru
• Phanteks PH-TC14CS_RD CPU Cooler Review @ DragonSteelMods
• Thermaltake Frio Advanced Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech

GAMING

• The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition PC Review @ eTeknix
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier (XBOX 360) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Starhawk (PS3) Game Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Hacks Decimate Diablo III Debut @ HotHardware

GRAPHICS

• The May 2012 Open-Source Radeon Graphics Showdown @ Phoronix
• 71 DX11 Graphics Cards (Updated with GTX 680 SLI) @ ocaholic

MEMORY

• Samsung Green DDR3 1600MHz 8GB 30nm Memory Kit Review @ eTeknix
• Patriot Viper Xtreme Division 2 PC3-19200 8GB Memory Kit Review @ TweakTown

MOTHERBOARDS

• ASUS P8 Z68-V/GEN3 @ LanOC Reviews
• Intel Z77 Motherboard Round Up Featuring ASRock, ASUS, ECS, GIGABYTE, Intel, and MSI @ FutureLooks

OTHERS

• Crucial BallistiX Elite 16GB 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit Review @ NikKTech

PERIPHERALS

• CM Storm Sentinel Advance II Mouse review (w/ Speed VX Padz) @ Kitguru
• G-Cube V-Track 310 Wireless Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
• Cooler Master Quick Fire Pro Keyboard @ Modders-Inc
• Razer Tiamat 7.1 Surround Sound Headset Review @ HardwareHeaven

INTERVIEWS ETC

• GTC (GPU Technology Conference) 2012 “Updated” @ Hi Tech Legion
• Interview with Raspberry’s Founder Eben Upton @ Techspot
• HotHardware’s Two and A Half Geeks Webcast @ HotHardware