Now that I’ve finally recovered from the weekend, it’s now occurring to me that I’m another year older. Not that it doesn’t happen to all of us, but this one’s bugging me for some reason I can’t explain. At least I have almost a completely new computer to distract me! And I’m about halfway into building the new machine for my mother without having had to spend any money yet. My sisters are absolutely on board with chipping in as long as I do the work, so the new machine will definitely be done by Mother’s Day.

To start us off, Hardware Bistro gets its hands on the Orbita Freestyle Mouse

High Tech Reviews gets under the hood of the In Win Matrix Micro-ATX Case

Hardware Secrets counters with the CM Storm Scout Case

TrustedReviews goes mobile with the Sony Ericsson W705

Pro-Clockers keeps it chilly with the NZXT Cryo Laptop Cooler

TestFreaks takes on Resident Evil 5 PS3

Legit Reviews weighs in on the Corsair P256 256GB MLC Solid State Drive

bit-tech asks Does Professional Gaming Have a Future?

HotHardware gets into the iBuyPower Gamer Paladin F970 System

Club Overclocker takes a look at the XFX ATi Radeon HD 4890 XXX Edition

RBMods examines the Patriot Xporter Magnum USB Flash Drive

Guru3D presents its Rig of the Month – April 2009

Finally, Tech-Xtreme tests out some Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound