Technology X Affiliate Reviews for January 19, 2014

If you were ever thinking of trying to build your own desktop system, now may be the time.  With CES behind us, we will begin to see the up and coming products released.  Continue to check back as we follow and review these products at Technology X and The SSD Review.

HIGHLIGHT REVIEW

OWC Adds Mercury Helios 2 ThunderBolt Expansion Chassis @ TheSSDReview

As much as we believe that one of the most exciting SSD related products at CES 2014 may have been the OWC MBA 2013 SSD upgrade containing none other than the SF3700 flash controller, OWC had another equally impressive storage device on display, this being an upgrade to the OWC Mercury Helios we reviewed some time ago.  In fact, that Helios remains to be a key piece of hardware in our office and is still running the Intel 910 PCIe SSD we had tested it with in our original report. Introducing the new OWC Mercury Helios 2…

CHASSIS

• Lian Li Q27 Mini-ITX case Review @ Bjorn3D
• Thermaltake Urban S41 Windowed Mid-Tower @ NikKTech
• GMC V1000 Phantom Case Video Review @ 3dGameMan
• Antec Nineteen Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case @ NikKTech

COOLERS

• Cooler Master Nepton 140XL Liquid Cooling System Review @ FrostyTech
• be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler Review @ HiTech Legion
• be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 Cooler @ Technic3D
• be quiet! Dark Rock 3 Cooler @ Kitguru
• Noctua NH-U12S Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
• Antec KÜHLER H2O 950 Liquid CPU Cooler Video Review @ 3dGameMan
• CORSAIR Hydro Series H105 CPU Cooler Review @ Madshrimps
• Scythe Mugen 4 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech

HEADSETS

• Bitfenix Flo Gaming Headset Review @ Kitguru
• A.M.P Pulse Wireless Mobile Headphones @ NikKTech
• SteelSeries H Wireless Gaming Headset Review @ APH Networks
• X2 Saturn 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset Video Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Sennheiser G4ME Zero Headset Review @ Kitguru
• Logitech G35 Gaming Headset Review @ Ocaholic
• Tt eSPORTS Cronos Gaming Headset Review @ Kitguru

MOTHERBOARDS

• Asrock Z87 Extreme11/ac Review: The Making of a Unique Motherboard @ Techspot

SYSTEMS

• ROG TYTAN G30 – Gaming Performance @ Ocaholic
• Samsung NP915S3G-K01 13.3″ Touch Screen Notebook Review @ PCStats
• Buying advice: Gaming PC – Updated @ Ocaholic
• Alienware 18 Laptop Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Lenovo Thinkpad T440s Ultrabook Review: Thinner, Lighter, Haswell @ HotHardware
• XMG C703 Laptop Review @ HardwareHeaven