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Hardware 11/24/2009 Daily Hardware Reviews
Richard Vertrees - November 24, 2009 12:56 PM
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DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Tuesday

Camera
Samsung WB550 @ Trusted Reviews

Case
Akasa Freedom Xone @ Driver Heaven

Cooling
Tuniq TX-3 Thermal Compound @ PureOverclock
Corsair H50 Hydro Series Liquid CPU Cooler @ OCIA

CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1 Ghz @ PCSTATS
Intel Core i7 860 LGA 1156 @ ThinkComputers

Display
Samsung Series 7 UE55B7020 55in LED LCD TV @ Trusted Reviews

Motherboard
Gigabyte P55M-UD4 @ Hi Tech Legion
EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard @ Ninjalane
ASUS Maximus III Gene @ Bjorn3D
Gigabyte P55A-UD6 @ Tweaktown
MSI NF980-G65 @ Hi Tech Legion

Networking
Trendnet 300Mbps Wireless N travel Router @ Rbmods

Portable
Samsung Behold II SGH-t939 @ Digital Trends
Sony Vaio CW Series @ Digital Trends

PSU
SilverStone Nightjar 400W @ Hardware Secrets

Storage
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 1TB @ TestFreaks

Video Cards
Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 @ techgage
Sapphire HD 5770 @ Tweaknews
Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 5870 @ BigBruin

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Nightjar?
By Leper Messiah on 11/24/2009 4:42:00 PM , Rating: 5
A rather unfortunate name for a product, one would think. Makes me think of a chamber pot or something.




RE: Nightjar?
By RedemptionAD on 11/25/2009 12:52:11 AM , Rating: 3
Thats why it's at Hardware Secrets.


RE: Nightjar?
By jonmcc33 on 11/25/2009 4:13:30 PM , Rating: 2
It's almost as bad as Phenom. When I see that name I think of MMA (Vitor Belfort) and not some advanced high end CPU.


By Parhel on 11/25/2009 10:59:55 AM , Rating: 2
The Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 5870 review was a total waste of time. Why bother reviewing a 5870 with a fancy custom cooler and not compare it with a stock 5870? Everyone who cares has already read one or more reviews of the stock 5870, and knows how it performs. The only question when reviewing the Vapor-X model is "what does the cooler bring to the table over the stock model?" and the only job of a reviewer would be to quantify that! Plus, they didn't include a single nVidia product in the review!

It looks like a great card, though. One review showed a 23 degree Celsius drop in temps under load (8 at idle) with (subjectively) less noise:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canu...




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