I shan’t name any names to protect the ignorant, but I frequent this particular site which has message boards. This week, they “updated”. Mind you, they “updated” two years ago and there are still things that were broken then that have yet to be fixed by their IT team. The site is run by a corporation most of you have heard of…they have several websites as well as cable TV channels. Their IT department is probably the most incompetent I’ve yet run across, which is saying something. Anyway, they “updated”. Now, the only way to view the site is to log in. Every time you navigate away from the site you are automatically logged out. A login lasts approximately six clicks, and then you have to log in again. The only way to “fix” the problem is to log out, delete all cookies, clear the cache, then go back to log in, but instead of doing so, click on the “forgot your password” link so it is reset via email. Then you can stay logged in for sometimes as many as a dozen clicks without having to go through the whole process again. Ah…improvements. If only they were….

Futurelooks starts us off with the Intel Core i7-980XE Gulftown 6-Core 32nm Processor

Let’s see who else has reviewed the newest Intel creation:
Guru3D
Benchmark Reviews
Hardware Canucks
HardwareHeaven
hardCOREware
HotHardware
MBReview
TweakTown
Motherboards.org (via YouTube)
Motherboards.org (via its own site)
Hi Tech Legion
Hardware Secrets
Au-Ja
TweakNews
Bjorn3D
bit-tech
Legit Reviews

Whew! Now on to some other stuff…
bit-tech checks out the ASRock H55M Pro LGA1156 Motherboard

TechRadar pans the Chumby Classic

ThinkComputers weighs in on the Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB Solid State Boot Drive

TweakTown goes inside the Raidmax Skyline Windowed Mid-Tower Chassis

TweakPC examines some G.Skill PI 2200 CL7 F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS Memory (please note the little flag on the site for an automatic translation)

Pro-Clockers gets into the NZXT Hades Crafted Series Tower

Top Review Shop tries on a pair of Arctic Sound E361 Earphones

Hardware Secrets chills out with the Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler

PureOverclock takes a look at the PowerColor Radeon PCS+ 5830 1GB

And to close out this selection, TrustedReviews sits down with the Acer Aspire One 532h-2Dr – 10.1in Netbook

I wish I could tell you the story that has me giggling, but I would be incapable of changing the names to protect the innocent. Mostly because there are no innocents. But have you ever noticed how incredibly ignorant and/or obtuse some folks can be? Now would be a great time to take a moment for yourself to remember one of your favourite idiot stories. See…now we’ve all had a giggle, which makes it a pretty darn good day!

Futurelooks gets the ball rolling with the Mionix KEID 20 Gaming Headset

TrustedReviews shares its thoughts on the Ricoh Aficio GX e3350N – Inkjet Printer

Legit Reviews weighs in on the AMD Phenom II X4 910e 2.6GHz 65W TDP Processor

TweakNews chills out with the Xigmatek Balder SD1283 CPU Cooler

ThinkComputers examines the Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB Solid State Drive

XtremeComputing checks out the NesteQ ASM Xzero 600w PSU

Bjorn3D spends some time with the Asus P6X58D

TestFreaks tries on a pair of ARCTIC SOUND E361-WM Earbuds

Metku goes inside the Silverstone Fortress FT02 System Enclosure

Motherboards.org takes a look at the XFX HD 5670 775M Video Card

PureOverclock settles down with the Patriot Box Office

BigBruin hooks up with the Powermat Portable Wireless Charging Mat

OverClocked Inside reviews some CompuStocx CEC3 4GB DDR3-1333 CSXO-CEC3-1333-4GB-KIT Memory

RealXtreme sits down with the Acer P235H 23 Inch LCD Monitor

Finally, hardCOREware gets into the 2 TB Seagate Barracuda XT with 6 Gbps SATA 3.0

I don’t think there are enough reviews of the newest offering from Intel to make an entire post, but there very well may be. I’ll start off with what I’ve got, anyway, and it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if there was a section of reviews tomorrow as well, and maybe even the next day. As always, each site’s name is the link to its review of the Intel Core i5-661 Clarkdale.

Au-Ja
RBMods
Bjorn3D
hardCOREware
TweakTown
Legit Reviews
Hardware Canucks
Technic3D
techPowerUp
bit-tech

And to round it out, how about a couple of motherboard reviews?
Motherboards.org – Intel DH55TC Motherboard / Core i5 661 CPU
TweakTown – ASRock H55M Pro (H55 Express)

I’m in sports heaven…have been for two days, really, since yesterday was college football day as well as an AHL game AND a major NHL game (two wins and a huge loss there), and today is NFL and another AHL game. The best part about fall is having decent sports to watch again!

TrustedReviews kicks it off with the Teufel Concept B 200 USB Speakers

Technic3D goes inside the MS-Tech MC-1200 Case

Hardware Secrets examines the XFX Radeon HD 5770 Video Card

Metku chills out with the Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler

PCShopTalk gets into the ASRock P55 Extreme Motherboard

TweakTown hooks up with the TRENDnet TEW-654TR 300Mbps Wireless N Travel Router

YouGamers presents a Preview – Shattered Horizon Beta Impressions

hardCOREware gives you The Definitive Windows 7 vs Vista Performance Comparison

Legit Reviews spends some time with the Kingston 256GB SSDNow V+ Series SSD

Top Review Shop gives a listen to the Ultimate Ears MetroFi 220 Earphones

Finally, PureOverclock checks out some G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3-1600

I was going to finish that with “to…”, but I realized the short form works well. You know the people I mean. The ones who as you listen to them talk you’re amazed they remember to breathe? Who are so ignorant it’s sometimes physically painful to even consider correcting them? An actual post from a cooking forum I frequent: I’m out of breadcrumbs, but I have bread. How can I make that work?

Seriously. I’m going to quick get these reviews posted so I can go beat my head against a wall.

bit-tech starts us off with Section 8

Legit Reviews gets into some Kingston HyperX DDR3 4GB 2133MHz Memory

XSReviews gets its hands on the Roccat Valo

hardCOREware jumps in on the Intel Core i7 and Core i5 “Lynnfield” CPU

Technic3D examines the FSP Everest 80+ 600W PSU

Motherboards.org saves some energy with the PC Trickle Saver

TweakNews chills out with the Zalman CNPS9900 LED Intel I7 CPU Cooler

PCShopTalk spends some time with the Antec MX-1 Actively Cooled Hard Drive Enclosure

TrustedReviews checks out the Lexmark Interpret S405 – Wireless Inkjet All-in-One

Benchmark Reviews sits down with the MSI Wind Top AE2010 Desktop

And to finish us off for now, PureOverclock tests the Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance Mouse