The News: Friday Night Edition

I actually hope for your social lives that you’re not really reading this as it’s published, since it’s a traditional night out for most people. Me, I’m in for the night and pleased as punch about it. I believe when I’m done posting this I’m going to fix myself a bubble bath, grab a bottle of wine and a book, and soak some of the aches and pains out of myself. It seems it’s taking longer to get back to 100% than I thought it would, given it’s been almost a year since I had surgery. Ah well…I’m older than I used to be. You’ll have that.

Guru3D starts us off with the MSI Z77A-GD65 motherboard (with 3770K Ivy Bridge)

KitGuru counters with the Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe

TweakTown shares its thoughts on the PowerColor PCS+ Radeon HD 7970 3GB VORTEX II Overclocked Video Card

NikKTech goes inside the Lian Li PC-V353A Aluminum Silent PC Case

ThinkComputers sees that and raises the Zalman Z11 Plus Mid Tower Case

The SSD Review weighs in on the TCS Galatea Ultra-Rugged 240GB SLC SSD

Hardware Canucks comes back with the Patriot Pyro SE 240GB SSD

MadShrimps gets into the Otterbox Samsung Galaxy S II Commuter Series Case

TestFreaks goes on the road with the SuperTooth Crystal Bluetooth Speakerphone

techPowerUp reports on Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge GPU Performance

Finally, HardwareHeaven checks out some Razer Mass Effect 3 Gaming Gear