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Gigabyte EX58-UD3R @ OCAholic

“The EX58-UD3R definitely is Gigabytes entry level model into the X58 league. Overall it leaves a solid impression and it convinces with its simplicity. Furthermore it’s a handy thing for a well performing office PC or a file server, because of the eight SATA ports it’s been equipped with.”

ASUS Sabertooth 55i @ HardOCP

“We don’t expect the world of these first ASUS “TUF” (The Ultimate Force) Sabertooth products, but we surely like the way things look to be headed. We have learned over the years that first products out of the gate with new lines can sometimes be shaky. Surely ASUS thinks differently though as we see terms like “Military Grade Reliability” thrown around.”

ASUS ROG Crosshair IV Extreme @ ProClockers

“The new ROG was just released in the early part of October and have been met by reviewers raving about it. Like the M4A89TD Pro/USB3 we reviewed a few weeks ago, the ROG is based on the AMD 890FX/SB850 chipset, meaning all latest AMD processors are supported including the hexa-core Thuban.”

ASUS P7P55 WS SuperComputer @ Motherboards.org

“ASUS has made a variety of motherboards on a variety of chipsets and is one of the leading brands of computer motherboards in the world. Based in Taiwan, ASUS does computer motherboards, video cards, and a variety of other products. They have a line of workstation motherboards including the P7P55 WS Supercomputer board I’m reviewing today.”

Intel Core i7-800 Processor Series @ iXBT Labs

“The two Core i7 series – for the sockets LGA1156 and LGA1366 – offer similar pricing and specifications, with the exception of Gulftown-based hexacore products which only exist in one series and stand out in both aspects. So it’s very interesting to find out whether such “twofold existence” is actually justified.”

Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB @ TBreak

“Western Digital’s new 600GB VelociRaptor is compatible with SATA 3 (6GB/s) speeds, however, I’ve tested it on our regular SATA motherboard as the difference between SATA 2 and 3 is absolutely negligible on traditional HDDs; it is the SSDs where SATA 3 really shines. The new 600GB VelociRaptor also has a claimed MTBF (mean time between failure) of 1.4 million hours, compared to 1.2 million of the previous gen 300GB VelociRaptor as well the Intel X-25M 160GB (G2) SSD I’ve used for the benchmarks.”

Corsair Vengeance Series PC3-12800 12GB @ TweakTown

“While the Vengeance series is designed with overclockers in mind, they say the added bonus of a lower price tag leaves room in your system build budget for other items. In the technical department, though, the key point to the series is the lower voltage requirement. While most kits carry a need for 1.65v, the Vengeance line up which currently consists of seven kits requires only 1.5v.”

ECS GeForce GTX 460 Black @ MadShrimps

“The GTX 460 Black video card from ECS is another product that comes with the high performance Arctic Cooling Accelero Turbo Pro cooler, it’s also overclocked from the factory. Its performances are very close to the previously reviewed Calibre X460G and the fan speeds are much lower than the ones from the Sparkle model.”

Point of View GTX 570 TGT Ultra Charged @ Guru3D

“See, the default core clock frequency of the GTX 570 is 732 MHz, the TC version is clocked at a blistering 810 MHz, which is a pretty decent overclock. Memory wise spot an increased clock frequency on that 1.2 GB GDDR5 memory as well, taken from 3800 towards 3960 MHz.”

ASUS GeForce GTX 570 @ PureOC

“We’re looking at the ASUS GTX 570, which is essentially based on the reference Nvidia design, though it does come with a minor overclock out of the box. Promising strong performance and low temperatures, the GTX 570 looks to continue the winning trend established by the 580.”