Is it bad that I’m making my roommate deal with trick-or-treaters? I told her I simply HAD to get this news post done, so I couldn’t watch the door, I’ve got to be in my office. Hey, if you can’t be evil on Halloween, when can you? We usually only get about six, anyway…they’re scared of our yard because of all the trees. Here’s hoping there isn’t anything scary in the reviews tonight.

HardwareLogic kicks off tonight with a look at the Thermaltake ProWater 850i Water Cooling Kit

ITReviewed submits two for your consideration: Lian-Li PC-C32 Desktop/Rack Chassis and H&M Software StudioLine Photo Classic 3 Plus

PCStats gets a jump on the new month with the PCSTATS November Shopping List

RBMods chills out with the NZXT Cryo LX Notebook Cooler

HotHardware goes mobile with the Sprint HTC Touch Diamond Smartphone

GamePyre plays with NBA 09 The Inside - PSP

Motherboards.org gets its hands on the Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Motherboard

TheTechLounge chimes in with two: Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB Video Card and Apple October ‘08 Macbook Refresh Hands-On

Hardware Secrets submits two of their own: Sapphire HD 4830 Video Card and If you were building your dream luxury notebook, what are the top five features you’d include?

Hardware Zone keeps the two-fers coming: Elites Ahoy - HP EliteBooks and Color LaserJets and Palm Treo Pro

High Techreviews examines the Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler

DigitalTrends brings us yet another two-fer with Samsung Highnote and Apple MacBook 13-inch Video

The Tech Report answers with two of their own: Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition? and A tour of a Gigabyte factory

bit-tech can’t resist giving up two: Cooler Master’s ACTS 840 chassis and Mod of the Month - October 2008

Legit Reviews eyes the ATI All-In-Wonder HD Video Card

MadShrimps spends some time at the AOCM 2 - Awardfabrik OverClocking Meisterschaft

Club Overclocker checks out the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Drive

techPowerUp reviews the Vantec NexStar 3i HDD Enclosure

And finally, X-bit Labs scoffs at the two-fers and outdoes everyone with FOUR: Let’s Play: First Look at MSI Click BIOS, Roundup: 2.5″ External Hard Disk Drives with 250GB and 300GB Storage Capacities, Turbo Twins and a Swordsman: New VGA Coolers and Samsung SyncMaster XL24 and XL30 Monitors

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Futurelooks starts us off with a review of the CoolerMaster V8 CPU Cooler

XSReviews checks out the Keelog USB Keylogger

Metku shares their thoughts on the Antec Skeleton - Open Air Case

BCC Hardware examines the Samsung SyncMaster 2463UW 24in LCD

InsideHW reports on the Cooler Master UCP 900W & 1100W

BigBruin sits around in the Sumo Lounge SumoSac Sultan Beanbag Chair

Hardware Canucks checks out the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard

Modders-Inc. looks at some Patriot Extreme Performance Viper Series PC2-8500 4GB Memory

TweakTown presents: TweakTowns Guide To Water Cooling Made Easy

Pro-Clockers gets its hands on the Sapphire HD 4650 Overclocked

ThinkComputers looks at the Vidabox Premium Wireless HTPC Media Center Keyboard with Laser Trackball

Bjorn3D spends some time with the Eagle Tech ET-CS2LSU2-BK (2.5\’\’ SATA To USB Enclosure)

And to finish us off, Phoronix presents: Fedora 7 to 10 Benchmarks

Not content with simply building decent RAM and power supplies, it would appear that OCZ Technology has it’s sights set on the DIY or barebones notebook market with their latest 15″ DIY Kit. This market has seen some more budget minded entries companies like Acer and Asus, but this is first enthusiast targeted barebones kit that I know of. OCZ’s press release would agree, as Ryan Edwards, Director of Product Management, was quoted stating the following.

“With OCZ DIY notebooks, end-users have complete control of the cost/performance ratio of key components, giving consumers the opportunity to personalize a true gaming and multi-tasking powerhouse notebook by using a validated component list and our easy to follow step-by-step manual included with every DIY package.”

Basically he’s saying that this latest kit will be easy to setup and assemble, and easy to use after the fact. While I can’t argue the importance of that, I wonder how well the aspirations will match up with component availability. Though mobile components are mostly available for purchase from many retailers, availability of some components can be spotty. Either way this looks quite interesting, to say the least. If you want more information you can check out OCZ’s full press release, or check out the product home page.

I’m full of rants today, I guess. My latest peeve is our thermostat setting. I understand that everything is going up in cost, but do we seriously need to set the thermostat at 62F? I haven’t been warm in so long I can’t remember what it feels like. I spend most of my time at home huddled in my office with the space heater so close to my feet I fear my socks will burst into flame, but my nose is still colder than a dog’s. I offered to pay more per month so I could turn it up, and was told in no uncertain terms that is not an option. I don’t get it. So, shivering, I give you this evening’s selection of reviews…

CaseCritics starts us off with their review of the Coolermaster CM690

techPowerUp sits back with the Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard

Club Overclocker checks out the Sapphire Radeon HD 4550

Hardware Zone goes mobile with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, then presents The ATI Radeon HD 4830 Stream Processor Mix-up

Hardware Secrets is Seeking The Best Performance per Watt for Folding@Home

DigitalTrends gets its hands on the Asus G50VT Gaming Laptop, then wonders Windows 7: Kicking Mac OS Butt?

Guru3D tests the HIS Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB

bit-tech offers two bits for your pleasure: HIS ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB graphics card and An Interview with Lara Croft

TechARP makes yet another revision to their Desktop CPU Comparison Guide

Hexus.tv presents Your PC - Episode 1

Legit Reviews examines the Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition 512MB

Last but not least, Virtual-Hideout chills out with the OCZ Gladiator Max CPU Cooler

Is anyone else simply tired of answering the phone? I’ve taken to ignoring my house phone because 98% of the time it rings it’s a robo-call for some politician or another. I wish there was a list I could put myself on for “I already voted absentee, you can no longer influence my choices”. Wouldn’t that be neat? Not to mention the 847 pieces of snail mail I get daily from some politician or another. I’m sorry…I am interested in the national election, but I’ve already voted. And as of this morning I have my own election to worry about, as nominations for an organization I belong to were today and I have competition for the first time in six years. I’m done with other people’s politics, it’s now time to mind my own. Thank goodness for voicemail.

Futurelooks starts us off with a look at the Antec Skeleton Open Air Computer Case

CDRinfo makes a double play with their AMD 790GX Roundup and Globalsat BT-368 GPS Receiver

Metku goes wireless with the Creative HS-1200 Wireless Headset

ITReviewed cleans up with Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier and Comodo Registry Cleaner

Hardware Bistro checks out the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 Motherboard

TweakTown spends some time with the iBuyPower Australia FragBox SFF PC

Everything USB glides along with the Microsoft Arc Mouse

TweakNews reviews the Thecus N4100 Pro NAS

Pro-Clockers gives us another take on the Antec Skeleton Open Air Case

Elite Bastards presents their AMD’s 790GX chipset - Foxconn A7DA-S motherboard review

Bjorn3D reins in the SilverPower SP-S850 Power Supply

ThinkComputers looks at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB Overclock Edition Video Card

YouGamers plays around with Far Cry 2

And finally, ITReviewed offers us their third of the day with the Linksys WRT610N Dual-N Wireless Router