A year later: Transformer Prime

I’m going to come clean to you guys/girls. I have had tablets for the past 2-3 years and for the first few years, I really never put them to use. I found them to be cumbersome, slow, and there just wasn’t enough reason to use them. Frankly I could do it all on my phone just as well, with a smaller screen of course. About a year ago I had a Transformer Prime come in. With Nvidia’s Tegra 3 quad core CPU I was intrigued and the optional keyboard was icing on the cake. I decided to REALLY give it a try and see what I thought. A year later I want to talk a little about my experience.

Truly Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Model 207

When it comes to ergonomic keyboards there are only a few to pick from and, for the most part, all of those are rubber dome keyboards. Ergonomic mechanical keyboards are really limited to two different models, one being the Truly Ergonomic. Today we are going to take a look to see how it compares to everything I have tested to date. I expect an adjustment period just to its shape alone, but as a writer by trade I am very curious how it will affect me day to day. The gamer in me is just as curious on how it will perform in game as well. Let’s take a closer look.

Genius Ring Mouse 2

When it comes to pointers for the computer there are multiple solutions. Most of them come in the traditional flat on a mouse pad form, but occasionally a company comes up with an innovative way to control the pointer on our screen. Genius has developed a “ring mouse” and I have the pleasure of looking at their second version of this particular design in the Ring Mouse 2. I will look at the device’s versatility and functionality in this review and see how it stacks up not only as a pointer, but also as an alternative solution to our browsing needs.

Asus Maximus V Formula

Let’s be honest, Asus has a whole product line full of good motherboards. So much that it really takes a special motherboard to stand out from the crowd. There has been one specific board that has stuck with me for the past year and a half though, back from when I took a visit to the Asus office and they pulled it out to show me. That motherboard would be the Maximus V Formula. I’m sure you are wondering what made it stand out, especially considering all of the motherboards we have in the office, including boards like the Rampage IV. Well I only have a limited amount of space in the opening; you will have to peek inside our review to find out.

LunchBox 2 Project Build: PSU size DOES matter

Hey guys and girls, if you have been around the site or at some events you may have picked up that I have a thing for small form factor PC builds aka LAN rigs. I’m sure a few of you are laughing thinking about how big of a monster our “Fridge” build is, but that is exactly why it is important to have a rig that you can just grab and go without breaking your back. Last year I put together a rig that we called Lunchbox 2 using a Lian Li PC-TU200. After almost a year I had a few things I was interested in swapping around that I think some of you might be interested in.

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smallaffilatenewsI almost forgot how much I normally work over the weekend until I opened up our news email this morning. Being a day behind we have a whole bunch of reviews from our affiliates for everyone. Most notably there are a few more PSU reviews than we would normally see and a few Nexus 7 reviews like the one from our friends over at Legit Reviews. Google Nexus 7 Tablet Review @ Legit Reviews

Video Cards

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Video Card Review @ Madshrimps

Gigabyte HD 7970 Super OC 3 GB @ techPowerUp

MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning Overclocking Redux @ [H]

Cases

CM Storm Stryker Full Tower Review @ Hi Tech Legion

Sharkoon T28 review

Memory

Patriot Viper 3 8GB 2133MHz Review @ OCC

Storage

OCZ Vertex 4 Revisited: 256GB SSD Review @ Custom PC Review

Silicon Power M60 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - BCCHardware

OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD Review

SanDisk 64GB Extreme USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ Legit Reviews

Plextor M3 Pro SSD Review - XSReviews

Corsair Force GS 240GB SSD Review @ RWLabs

Cooling

Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II VGA Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets

Thermaltake Water2.0 Pro CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews

Thermaltake Frio Advanced CPU Cooler Review @ Neoseeker

Cooler Master TPC 812 CPU Cooler Review @ Custom PC Review

Input Devices

Sharkoon DarkGlider Gaming Mouse and Mousepad @ TechwareLabs

Sharkoon DarkGlider Gaming Mouse Review @ eTeknix.com

Corsair Vengeance M90 MMO Gaming Mouse Review @ Techgage

Corsair Vengeance K90 Gaming Keyboard Review @ Hi Tech Legion

PSU’s

Corsair HX850 Professional Gold Review @ Vortez

Corsair HX850 Gold Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets

OCZ Fatal1ty 1000W review

Seasonic Platinum 1000W Power Supply Review @ Legit Reviews

Corsair HX850 V2 850 W @ techPowerUp

Audio

Cooler Master Storm Sonuz Headset @ Benchmark Reviews

Creative HN-900 Noise Cancelling Headphones Review @ Custom PC Review

Gaming

Orcs Must Die! 2 (PC) Review @ Techgage

Guns of Icarus Online PC Review @ eTeknix.com

Other

A look at hardware video transcoding on the PC

Google Nexus 7 Tablet Review - XSReviews

Google Nexus 7 Tablet Review: Jelly Bean and Much More @ HotHardware.com

PC Rejuvenation Guide @ ThinkComputers.org

Google Nexus 7 Tablet Review @ Legit Reviews

Win a Patriot Intel Extreme Masters Memory Kit @ Hi Tech Legion

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