Monday Evening Review Potpourri

There’s a little something for just about everyone in this mix, so I won’t ramble too long and just get right into it.


InsideHW gets up close and personal with the Acer eMachines E510

OCIA sits back with the Logitech Cordless Desktop S520

TheTechLounge tells us all about the Mitsubishi LaserVue 65″ HDTV World Premiere

Guru3D examines the HIS Radeon HD 4850 ICEQ4 TurboX

Hexus wonders Corsair DDR3-1,600MHz: worth the premium over DDR2?

OSX Reality plays with the New Highly Addictive Tower Defense Game ‘Fieldrunners’ for the iPhone

Everything USB answers the Top 11 Certified Wireless USB FAQ

BigBruin checks out the Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4870 512MB Graphics Card

techPowerUp! takes a look at the A-Data Vitesta Extreme Edition DDR2 4 GB 800+ MHz CL4

Legit Reviews goes in-depth with the ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe Motherboard

ASE Labs checks out the Thermaltake BlacX

XSReviews looks into the Zotac 9500GT

HotHardware puts the ASUS EAH4870 TOP Radeon HD 4870 through its paces

TechwareLabs gets its hands on the ATP 4GB ToughDrive Flash Drive , then wonders Bluetooth: Is it really secure?

FrostyTech chills with the OCZ Gladiator MAX Heatsink

Motherboards.org scrutinizes the ECS X48T-A Black Edition Motherboard

GamePyre inspects the XFX 9800GTX+ SLI Video Card

And finishing off this evening’s collection, HardwareZone explores The Acer Aspire 5530G (AMD Puma)

Off to a Late Monday Start

How did it get so late so early? I could’ve sworn just a few minutes ago I was hitting snooze for the first time, and then suddenly it became afternoon. Good thing I have today off and was only getting up to make sure I still remember how. Let’s see what we’ve got to look at today…


Futurelooks starts us off with their Apple iPhone Showdown - The 3G vs. The EDGE

HardwareZone comes through with a double play: Catching the Eclipse - MSI’s X58 Motherboard Previewed and HardwareZone’s 10th Anniversary: The 2001 Refresh

Motherboards.org reviews the Gigabyte 9800GT 512MB Video Card

bit-tech looks at three bits of goodness: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

ThinkComputers comes through with two of their own: Thermaltake Vi-ON 3.5-inch External Hard Drive Enclosure and Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UT+B Dual Bay Hard Drive Enclosure

Hardware Canucks reports on the GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship 2008

Tech-Reviews tries the Iqua Sun Bluetooth Headset on for size

Hardware Bistro takes a look at the TekNmotion Yapster Headset

Moditory reviews the Func C-Series Mouse Pad XL

Virtual-Hideout looks under the hood of the Apevia X-Sniper G-Type Mid-tower Case

Overclocker Cafe examines the HIS Multi-View USB Adapter

InsideHW compares the Compatibility of Office Formats

BCCHardware checks out the Thermaltake VI-ON HDD Enclosure - eSATA, USB2.0 & Slick

RBMods puts the Keelog USB Keylogger through its paces

TweakNews chills out with the Thermaltake PW 850I Pro Water CPU Liquid Cooling System

Modders-Inc. shows us the ‘FAN-ATIC’ 5-port Military Switch Baybus

Elite Bastards takes a close look at the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 TOXIC 512MB video card

Bjorn3D brings us their take on the ICY DOCK MB672SKGF-B Internal SATA HDD Enclosure with LCD Display

Phoronix Test Suite Brings Benchmarking To Mac OS X

Last but not least, Hardware Logic checks out the Hiper Osiris Case

Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Personally, I like when the selection of products is so diverse I can’t decide what to look at first. Which makes this particular post perfect for me! Hope it works for you as well.


To get us started, XSReviews goes one-on-one with the NZXT Sentry LX

Hexus wonders Corsair Flash Voyager Mini 8GB USB drive. Rocket in your pocket?

Legion Hardware assures us there’s something special about the Palit Radeon HD 4870 1GB Sonic Dual Edition

Legit Reviews talks up the Yubz Talk Mobile Bluetooth Handset

BCC Hardware takes a look at the Palit HD 4850 Sonic - Redesigned from the ground up

PCSTATS takes on the MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC Radeon HD 3870 X2 Videocard

Hardware Secrets checks out the Thermaltake V9 Case

Virtual-Hideout gets under the hood of the Tuniq Ensemble 1200w Power Supply

Digital Trends takes us face-to-face with the Samsung PN50A450 Plasma TV, then wonders Is HP’s Voodoo PC Unit Finished?

InsideHW brings us our second double header of the day with AMD Phenom 8750 Black Edition and 4850X2 - MultiGPU Solution for Masses?

Elite Bastards checks out the AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossFireX performance

Phoronix tells us all about The State of Kernel Mode-Setting

And HardwareLogic rounds out today’s offerings with a look at the iStarUSA xAGE-N99-US External HDD Dock

All About Graphics

Sure, there are some other products in here, but today seems to be all about graphics cards. Works for me…I could use a new one pretty soon. Ironically, the first item I’m choosing is NOT a video card, but I’m like that.

ThinkComputers rocks the house with the Altec Lansing iM600 iPod Speaker System

Guru3D lays its eyes on the ATI Radeon HD 4550 512MB

Neoseeker keeps the graphics goodness coming with the HD 4550

EverythingUSB gets inside the Creative HS-1000 Fatal1ty USB Gaming Headset

bit-tech shows off its Mod of the Month, the offers an opinion in Release Day Nerves - Editorial

Legion Hardware keeps it chilly with a look at the Thermaltake BigTyp14 Pro

eCoustics catches us up on their latest reviews: Logitech Harmony One Universal Remote, Vizio SV470XVT 47-inch LCD TV, and Slingbox PRO-HD

Legit Reviews brings us back to graphics with a look at the ATI Radeon HD 4550 Video Card

Modders-Inc. checks out the Sapphire HD 4670 Graphics Card

NGOHQ shifts the focus from the eyes to the hand with a look at the Logitech G9 Mouse

TechARP gets back to graphics with a new version of their Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide

TheTechLounge checks out the E-Blue Mini Nova USB Bluetooth Adapter

Hardware Secrets plays around with the OCZ Dominatrix Gaming Mouse

HardwareZone gets us back into graphics with their When Budget Graphics Clash: GeForce 9400 GT Meets Radeon HD 4550, then takes a look at the Samsung SyncMaster T220 LCD Monitor

GamePyre has some fun with Pure - PC

And to finish off this edition, a newcomer, CaseCritics gets under the hood of the Antec Twelve Hundred

Bluetooth Headset Review Round Up

Are they are pair of headphones or are they a bluetooth headset? Well actually, they’re both. Futurelooks takes on the unique iLuv i222 Bluetooth Stereo Backphones. This set of headphone wirelessly enables any audio source with a 3.5mm jack like the crippled iPhones (shame on you Apple! No Stereo Bluetooth? Again?). Check out the review.

Related Reviews…

3DGameMan - Honeywell Airlite 700 Wireless Bluetooth Headset

ASE Labs - Lubix UBHS-NC1 Stereo Bluetooth Headset Review

BCC Hardware - BlueAnt Z9i Bluetooth Headset and BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Hands-free Kit

Big Bruin - Lubix UBHS-NC1 Stereo Bluetooth Headset Review

Digital Trends - Aliph Jawbone 2 Review

Hardware Secrets - Honeywell Airlite 700 Wireless Bluetooth Headset Review

Legit Reviews - Motorola H680 Bluetooth Headset Review and BlueAnt Wireless Z9i Bluetooth Headset Review

BlueTomorrow - Motorola MotoPure H12 Bluetooth Headset and Jabra BT8040 Bluetooth Headset

HardwareZone - i.Tech i.VoicePRO Bluetooth Headset

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