At least the restaurants were still there. Nothing else about the day was worth talking about without a fifth of good Irish whiskey next to me, unfortunately. Meh, such is life. I’ll be happy to cash the check when it comes. Other than that, I’ve got nothing, so I’ll get right to this evening’s selection.

Futurelooks kicks it off with the ASUS Xonar Essence STX Headphone Amp Sound Card

PCSTATS takes a look at the ASUS EAH4550 Radeon HD 4550 Half-Height Videocard

iXBT Labs counters with the GeForce GTX 260 or RADEON HD 4870 1024MB

TrustedReviews sits down with the Dell Studio XPS 16 with RGB LED Display

Legit Reviews keeps it chilly with the Thermolab Baram CPU Cooler

MadShrimps checks out CPU, VGA and Laptop Coolers At Cebit 2009

bit-tech gets its hands on the BenQ E2400HD – 24″ Full HD Monitor

Verdis Reviews examines the Vizo Luxon Advanced 3.5″ HDD Enclosure

Phoronix asks What Goes On Within AMD’s Linux Beta Program?

HotHardware gets into the Asus VH242H 23.6″ Widescreen LCD Monitor

BCC Hardware reviews the Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1600 6GB Kit

RBMods tests the Asus P6T Motherboard

And finally, InsideHW shares its thoughts on the Toshiba Portege R600