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Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition Mechanical Keyboard Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
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 Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition Mechanical Keyboard Review @ HardwareHeaven.com For consumers who prefer a more understated mechanical keyboard design than the shiny finish or clicky keys of the original BlackWidow Razer now offer the Stealth Edition. With its matte soft touch coating and low noise buttons this version of the Ultimate should open up the product to a wider market."
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Thermaltake Challenger Pro Gaming Keyboard
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"A keyboard is a keyboard right? Thermaltake is betting against that school of thought with their Challenger Pro keyboard. Being of the eSports series, this keyboard was designed with gamers in mind with specific functions tailored to their needs. It is the big brother of the standard Challenger keyboard with additional features. While you can play games on most any keyboard, Thermaltake has stepped this keyboard up and has included some expanded functions that most other keyboards cannot offer."
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Kingwin DM-2356 Dockmaster II Review
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"Consumers who like to upgrade their computer(s) often, or even upgrade once for that matter, have a need for a product like the one I'm about to show you here. Have you ever had a computer crash on you and you lost all your data? Sucks huh? There is nothing more gut-wrenching then losing a decade's worth of your irreplaceable children's pictures because you didn't take the few minutes once in a while to back them up. Backing up one's data is of the utmost importance for today's consumers. So much of our lives have gone digital, with pictures probably ranking first on the list for non-replaceable data. Sure you could burn a bunch of CD's or DVD's (or even blu-rays now), but that is not nearly as configurable as a hard drive of some sort."
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Gigabyte Aivia K8100 keyboard review
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When it comes to gaming, most of the time, the first thing that comes to my mind are consoles like Nintendo 64, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360... and the list goes on and on. Back in the days, I did not have the opportunity to ever think about computer gaming, as I was always left in the dust with a piece o' crap Pentium II machine (Just for clarification, I currently own two Core i7 based desktops, and a handful of other high performance laptops). And when it does come down to computer gaming, while I own a vast collection of high performance peripherals from well known manufacturers such as Logitech, Razer, and Microsoft, I always thought it was purely my skills that counted -- everything else like computer hardware and peripherals were second in line. While the companies as aforementioned are probably the first and only ones to come to mind for many consumers and enthusiasts alike, our Editor-in-Chief Jonathan recently asked me if I would like to review the Gigabyte Aivia K8100 gaming keyboard. Yes, that's from the same company that makes motherboards and video cards. All of a sudden, my world of gaming peripherals just stood in awe. The first and only thing that came to mind when I looked at the photos on the product page was, "It looks like a Lamborghini!" Pulling it out of the box when it arrived a week later, I had to take a moment to admire such a keyboard, the likes of which I had never owned before. Has Gigabyte pulled a bunny out of the hat to surprise us all? Or is this keyboard like any other so-called 'gaming keyboard' on the market that the big boys in the market have nothing to worry about? Read on to find out!
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SatisLED SL-FL10 10Watt LED Floodlight
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"The SatisLED SL-FL10 10 Watt LED Floodlight is an incredibly unique product on the market for 2011. No one I know has ever seen one of these devices and the goal of this review is to introduce you to both the efficiency and numerous mounting possibilities that it offers. I have had a lot of fun adding these lights to my home over the past few months because the low power demand means the cabling cost is minimal."
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Gigabyte Aivia K8100 Keyboard Review
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"You know that expression "this is the Ferrari of keyboards"? Well, it seems that Gigabyte got inspired by it and created a great gaming keyboard that, aside from really behaving like a Ferrari of gaming keyboards, it also features a design clearly derivative of the Italian car maker. The Aivia K8100 comes in black, red and yellow versions and features an emblem on the wrist rest that just looks too much like the ones found on sportst cars. Let's take it for a ride then."
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Thermaltake Challenger Pro Keyboard Review
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"Known for their coolers and cases, Thermaltake began investing in the gaming market with the Tt eSports brand. The line spawned the Challenger Pro, a keyboard with ten programmable keys, two USB ports, detachable cloth-wrapped cable and a feature that drew our attention: a 30 mm fan to cool the user's hand. But is it too much for show or not? We'll see throughout the test."
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Tt eSPORTS Challenger Pro Keyboard
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Other than basic functions, a keyboard becomes largely a thing of personal preference. I'm a die-hard Saitek fan/user and in fact have worn off most of my keys on the left side of the keyboard. Still, I found it remarkably easy to switch to the Thermaltake Challenger Pro. I like the idea of the additional macro keys, but I didn't find them that useful for my style of game play. . .
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Thermaltake Challenger Gaming Keyboard Pro Review
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Gaming keyboards have been a great market for Logitech and Ideazone (AKA SteelSeries). Since their initiation into the market, their blinky lights have won the heart of gamers all around the world. For me personally I have found gaming keyboard cumbersome and obnoxious and most of the time I found myself deeply confused about what else to add to my huge bank of macro keys. Then Logitech came out with and LCD panel and I will admit that was really cool, on paper, then in practicality, I haven't looked at my G15's LCD display since the first week I bought it. Thermaltake took their time before tossing their hat into the gaming peripheral ring and again on paper it seems like all the patience paid off but let's see if the features on the Thermaltake Challenger eSport Gaming Keyboard Pro really do add up to a win for Thermaltake or a big cumbersome lump of blinky uselessness:
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Zowie Celeritas mechanical switch gaming keyboard
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"As the gaming industry has evolved, peripherals have been developed alongside it. Interestingly, as time has gone on there's been a bit of seperation between gamers and the hardware that they have available to them. While there are keyboards and mice out there that are festooned with lights, macro keys and outlandish styling, there's another branch that ephasises something different.
This second way of doing things is a little more streamlined. It focuses on speed, it's serious and often expensive. More and more pro-gamers are now heading in this direction and the product we're looking at today is no different. Lauded by some gamers that most people will never have heard of, the Zowie Celeritas comes with mechanical switches, a sleek black paint job and lots of internal cleverness to have you gaming at your best. Let's see how it compares to the boards we've reviewed in the past. "
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Razer Onza, Sixense and Switchblade
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Razer always has new and interesting products for CES and for 2011 it's no different. The biggest news is the announcement of an OLED mobile gaming keyboard called the Switchblade! There are a number of new products so check out what Razer has been cooking up for gamers.
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GIGABYTE Aivia K8100 Gaming Keyboard
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"GIGABYTE is making waves in a whole lot of computer component segments. Mostly known for their motherboards and video cards, the company has been branching out into a ton of new sectors lately. The gaming centered peripherals market is one of those areas as their mouse line-up has gotten positive reviews from a lot of places.
GIGABYTE is now building on that positive momentum and bringing on their first keyboard aimed specifically at gamers with the introduction of their Aivia series K8100 gaming keyboards. Available in black, red, or yellow, these keyboards are designed to turn heads with their flashy design and look, but as we all know, flash is nothing without performance. Aivia stands for advanced, intuitive, and versatile interface archetype, so let's dig in and see if the K8100 holds to the standards that GIGABYTE has set."
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Thermaltake Challenger Pro Keyboard Review
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Thermaltake is a name that is familiar to system builder's worldwide. Known for their innovative case designs as well as their budget friendly aftermarket upgrades, Thermal take has recently branched out into competitive gaming with their Tt eSPORTS line of professional grade PC peripherals.
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Kingwin EZ-Connect USB 3.0 to Sata Connector Review
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In its time USB 2.0 was a huge step forward for USB technology. If was fast, dependable, and for lack of a better term universal. Once we started seeing larger and larger file sizes, along with new options like fire wire 800 and eSata coming out USB 2.0 came to its end. USB 3.0 is out now and it is taking over its rightful place its predecessor once held. 3.0 is more than just a little step up speed wise and that is what we will be taking a look at today Kinwin has provided us with a Kingwin EZ-Connect USB 3.0 to Sata Connector let’s see how well it stands up to its older brother 2.0:
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