Tech Reviews for May 21, 2012

A beautiful start to summer, temperatures of 24 celsius with clear skies.  It was great to get out on the motorcycle and just ride.

Today, we headed west to Port Dover, an area famous for Friday the 13th rides. What I don’t think most people know is how beautiful this little town is, situated on the banks of Lake Erie.  We were able to sit comfortably in an air conditioned restaurant eating locally caught fish and watching hundreds of people enjoying the water. Simply awesome!

HIGHLIGHT REVIEW

Today we are looking at the low cost, low power AMD APU “ called the A4 3400. In terms of the hierarchy of the Llano APUs this particular chip is closer to the bottom of the pile. That said, while it isnt aimed at an audience who enjoy playing the latest Direct X 11 games at the highest resolution, it caters to a much broader audience and aims to be a jack-of-all-trades in the APU market. At less than£50 inc vat, is this an ideal foundation for a low cost system?

 

AMD A4 3400 APU Review @ Kitguru

CHASSIS

• Streacom FC8S HTPC-Case @ Technic3D
• Cubitek Mini-ICE CB-ICI-B104 @ Bjorn3D

COOLERS

• Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler Review @ NikKTech

GAMING

• Lucid PC Review @ eTeknix
• Buying advice: High-End AMD-Gaming-PC @ ocaholic
• ASUS G75V – Gaming Beast @ ocaholic
• Mortal Kombat (PS Vita) Review @ HardwareHeaven
• How NVIDIA GeForce GRID Changed Video Games @ Benchmark Reviews

GRAPHICS

• Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition Vapor-X Review @ Hi Tech Legion
• Inno3D iChiLL GTX 670 HerculeZ 3000 Graphics Card Review @ HardwareHeaven
• KFA2 Geforce GTX680 EX OC review @ Kitguru
• XFX R7750 Black Edition DD @ LanOC Reviews
• New GPU Charts: 70 DX11 Graphics Cards, 14 Benchs/Games (Updated) @ ocaholic

MOTHERBOARDS

• ECS Elitegroup Z77H2-AX Golden Board (Z77) Motherboard Review @ eTeknix

OTHERS

• Intel Sandy Bridge Is Shinier On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS @ Phoronix
• G.Skill TridentX PC3-21300 8GB Memory Kit Review @ Tweak Town
• The Blues Brothers (1980) Blu-ray Movie Review @ Tweak Town
• Dune HD TV-301A Universal FullHD Network Media Player Review @ NikKTech
• Hama Rexton 170 DSLR Camera Bag Review @ Review the Tech

PERIPHERALS

• Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ NikKTech
• Audyssey Audio Dock Air Review @ TestFreaks
• Edifier Sound To Go USB Speakers @ BCCHardware
• TekRepublic TH Pro 7.1 Surround USB Headset Review @ Hi Tech Legion

VIEWPOINTS or ARTICLES

• GIGABYTE GTX680 Windforce 3x OC Review @ Vortez
• Diablo III Midnight Launch and Signing Gallery @ HardwareHeaven