Week in Reviews

Last week I took a break from posting the Week in Reviews due to CES. With the huge trade show, most sites were covering the possible future products rather than reviewing what was already on the market. While the show this year wasn't anything spectacular for PC electronics, it didn't stop the flood of coverage.

Now that the show is over though, the floodgates are open and the reviews are pouring out. This is probably one of the largest list of review I have posted in the past year. So, if you happen to be looking at any components for your current or next PC, be sure to check out the list.

Desktops

• Gigabyte H971 HTPC @ Tweak Town
• Polywell Custom Gaming System @ HardOCP

Notebooks

• Gateway NX860XL @ HardOCP

Cases and Mods

• NXZT Lexa @ motherboards.org
• Sunbeam 9-Bay Acrylic @ Think Computers
• Thermaltake Aguila @ Bjorn3D
• NZXT Adamas @ Overclockers Club
• Thermaltake Armor Jr. and Aguila @ X-bit Labs
• Thermaltake Armor LCD @ Boot Daily
• Thermaltake Armor LCS @ Hardcoreware

Cooling

• ASUS Silent Knight Heatsink @ X-bit Labs
• CoolIT Freezone Liquid Cooling @ HardOCP
• Danger Den Maze 5 GPU Waterblock @ techPowerUp!
• Spire Verticool 3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler @ Tweak News
• Thermalright Chill Factor Thermal Compound @ Overclockers Online
• Tuniq Tower 120 Heatsink @ AnandTech
• Vantec IceBerq 6 VGA Cooler @ Big Bruin

CPUs

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ EE @ bit-tech
• AMD Opteron Series 2000 @ GamePC
• Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ AnandTech
• Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ X-bit Labs
• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ ExtremeTech
• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ The Tech Spot

Hard Drives

• HighPoint RocketRAID 2430 Controller @ Tweak Town

Memory

• Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2-6400 @ XSR
• Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-8000 DDR2 @ neoseeker
• Kingston PC2-5300 DDR2 @ Virtual-Hideout
• OCZ Flex XLC Edition PC-9200 DDR2 @ Tweak Town
• OCZ PC2-9200 Flex XLC DDR2 @ Virtual-Hideout
• Patriot PC2-6400 DDR2 @ Viper Lair

Monitors

• Dell UltraSharp 2707WFP 27" LCD @ ExtremeTech
• Viewsonic VG2230WM 22" LCD @ bit-tech

Motherboards

• abit AW9D-MAX @ X-bit Labs
• Abit NF-M2 nView @ phoronix
• ASRock Conroe945G-DVI @ Pro Clockers
• ASUS M2R32-MVP @ The Tech Report
• ASUS P5N-E SLI @ motherboards.org
• ASUS Striker Extreme @ Hot Hardware
• ASUS Striker Extreme @ Tweak Town
• Comparison of Four Core 2 Duo Mainstream Boards @ ExtremeTech
• DFI ICFX3200-T2R/G @ Tweak Town
• DFI Infinity 975X/G @ X-bit Labs
• Gigabyte 956P-DS3P @ Legion Hardware
• Gigabyte 956P-DS3P rev 2.0 @ Tech Spot
• MSI 965P Platinum @ Viper Lair
• MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition @ HardOCP

Power Supplies

• 2the Max MaxPower GPX750 Modular @ Tweak Town
• HEC AcePower 480W @ Hardware Secrets
• Hiper Type M 730W Quad SLI @ PC Apex
• HuntKey HK500-13BP 500W @ MADSHRIMPS
• Silverstone Zeus ST85ZF 850W @ MADSHRIMPS
• Spire RocKeteer IV 600W SLI @ MADHSRIMPS
• Tagan TurboJet TG1100-U95 1100W @ Guru of 3D

Video Cards

• ASUS EAX1650XT 256MB @ Sharkey Extreme
• ASUS EN8800 GTX @ HardOCP
• BFG GeForce 8800GTX Water Cooled Edition @ HardOCP
• Gigabyte GeForce 7950GT @ HardOCP
• Gigabyte GV-RX195P256D-RH X1950 Pro @ Overclockers New Zealand
• Power Color Radeon X1950Pro with Arctic Cooling @ Tweak Town
• Sapphire Ultimate Radeon X1950 Pro @ Modders-Inc.
• XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty @ Guru of 3D
• XFX Fatal1ty 7600GT @ Trusted Reviews
• XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty @ MADSHRIMPS
• XFX GeForce 8800 GTX XXX @ AMDZone
• XFX GeForce 8800 GTX XXX @ Bjorn3D