Yesterday was supposed to be our hottest day, but the heat has built up in my house so today seems worse. Luckily, I’ve got that refrigerator full of salads and got out of having to work today, so I can concentrate on staying cool. But it does remind me that I am in serious need of a laptop cooling pad. My problem is I can’t find one for a 17″ laptop that would be comfortable when actually used on a lap. I spend 99% of my computer time in a recliner with my laptop balanced on my legs, so the cooling pads made for table tops will in no way work for me.

eTeknix gets us started with the Club3D Radeon HD 7850 royalKing 2GB Graphics Card

TweakTown counters with the MSI GEFORCE GTX 680 Lightning 2GB Video Card

LanOC rounds it out with the Sapphire HD 7870 FLeX

KitGuru wants you to Win the KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 LTD OC 2048MB (1268mhz!)

Pro-Clockers chills out with the BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler

PureOverclock shares its thoughts on the OCZ Vertex 4 256GB

TechRadar gets its hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (Verizon)

Legit Reviews examines the ECS Z77H2-AX ‘Golden Board’ Intel Z77 Motherboard

HardwareLOOK gives a listen to the Microlab H21 2.0 Bluetooth Speaker Set

Hi Tech Legion goes inside the Diablotek Abyss White ATX Mid Tower Case

Techgage takes on Civilization V – Gods & Kings

Benchmark Reviews tries on a Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless Headset

BCC Hardware focuses on the Samsung HMX-QF20 Wi-Fi Enabled HD Camcorder

ModSynergy goes mobile with the Samsung SGH-i717 GALAXY Note 16GB 4G LTE (Carbon Blue) Android Phone

To close out this selection, OverClocked Inside hooks up with the Crucial m4 128GB SSD and Data Transfer Kit