Tegra seems to be growing in popularity after Google picks the graphics solution for their new tablet, the Nexus 7. In addition to it being Microsoft's choice as well, next year appears to be the year of the Tegra. While everybody is salivating for the next great powerful tablet, Tegra 3 is showing flexibility with the announcement of Nabi 2, a tablet specially made for children. Paired with a customized, smart and easy to use Android softare, the Nabi 2 looks like something both children and parents want.  The Tegra news doesn't end there as more games and applications are being announced and demonstrated to show just how powerful this new graphics hardware can be, rivaling those found in current console games. All of this and more this week in nTeresting news, NVIDIA's Weekly Newsletter.  Read the full report and details here.

When it comes to mini-ITX cases, there aren't too many options available to users looking for full-sized power supply and enthusiast-grade video card support.  Cooler Master saw this challenge and put their engineers to work on the Elite 120 Advanced. Despite the small size, the Elite 120 Advanced has a 3.5 inch HDD bay supporting up to three drives.  The protruding PSU bracket used in the Cosmos II case makes its return to the Elite 120, allowing for convenient power supply installation as well as providing extra space internally.  The Elite 120 Advanced is available in retailers worldwide soon before the end of June 2012.  For more photos and product features, check out the official press release.

In this Issue:

• Just like Microsoft did, Google picks Tegra for their new tablet – enter the Nexus 7.
• Nabi 2 is a Tegra 3 tablet made especially for kids.
• Tegra hardware gets richer content via TegraZone.
• Max Payne 3 takes bullet time to a new level—in 3D.

Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced

Chino, California – June 29th, 2012 - Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, and peripheral solution provider is proud to announce the all new Elite 120 Advanced. The Elite 120 answers the call for an elegant MITX size chassis that supports the best hardware available. A modern solution for the space conscious, the Elite 120 has been designed for high performance with an attention to detail.

Cooling

• Noctua NH-L12 Review @ Overclockers Online
• Be Quiet! Dark Rock 2 CPU Cooler Review @ Kitguru
• Thermaltake Frio Extreme CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets

Graphic Cards, Motherboards

• KFA2 GTX 680 EX OC 2GB Graphics Card Review @ eTeknix
• Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Flex Edition Video Card Review @ TweakTown
• Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
• ASUS P8Z77-V Pro @ TechREACTION

Peripherals, Power Supplies, Storage

• Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance II @ LanOC Reviews
• Razer Blackshark Headset Battlefield 3 Edition Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Corsair Gamer Series GS800 Review @ Vortez
• LEPA G1600-MA 1600 W @ techPowerUp
• QNAP vs Thecus @ Computing on Demand
• QNAP TS-412 review: an affordable NAS @ Hardware.Info

Miscellaneous

• Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler + PH-F140TS (Black) Fan Facebook Giveaway @ Custom PC Review
• Podcast #208 - AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHZ Edition, Intel Core i5-3470,Blindfolded APU @ PC Perspective
• Two and A Half Geeks - 6/29/12:Transformer Pad Infinity, Samsung Galaxy S III, Surface @ HotHardware
• I, Cyborg @ The Tech Report

Every now and then, we sometimes see product that just seem so simple and can certainly fill the bill with some situations, especially if you happen to be an iPhone user. Introducing The Momentum case for iPhone with Fast-Loc technology, which is an an innovative hinge/latch design which doesn't require tools or dealing with those pesky small screws common to most other aluminum cases. The Momentum case can easily be taken off to use an oversized connector to put the device into a dock, but most will find this unnecessary thanks to the Momentum’s' Oversized Dock Connector opening. Users of the iPhone should really follow along after the break, for the video and pics to see the Fast-Loc Technology in action.

" Join us this week as we talk about the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHZ Edition, Intel Core i5-3470, our Blindfolded APU build and more! "

PC Perspective

" Most of you who have read any of my past mice reviews will know that I am very particular about them and have a strong hate of the Phillips Twin eye sensor that a good portion of the market has been using for a few years now due to a few of the sensors quirks. When I was introduced to Cooler Master’s Gaming Accessories Product Manager, Carter Salley, he and I had one of the geekiest conversations about mouse sensors and our dislike of the Twin Eye sensor. When it was all said and done I was left very excited to see what Cooler Master would be coming out with in the future with someone like Carter as the wheel. Today I have in my hands their Sentinel Advance II, a revamped version of the Twin Eye equipped original, but without the god awful sensor. With a proper sensor onboard, it might very well be a mouse to consider. "

LanOC Reviews

" Noctua did not venture to break any cooling records with the NH-L12 but rather to give HTPC and small form factor users a quality cooler and this goal was reached. With just a single NF-B9 92mm fan the NH-L12 stands at just 66mm and Low Noise Adapters make this an ideal package for replacing that stock fan in any configuration. Noctua’s SecuFirm2 mounting system makes installation a snap and holds the NH-L12 securely in place. A premium package gives you everything you need for installation including hardware to mount an unused fan in your case, that is going a step beyond in my book. "

Overclockers Online

" QNAP is known for being rather expensive, but the TS-412 is the exception to the rule. QNAP makes nice products, but are typically also priced accordingly. We can certainly claim this after reviewing the QNAP TS-669 Pro. It's a powerful NAS with room for six disks running on Intel hardware. It's very comprehensive and fast, but with an average price tag of £872 it's not for everybody. The QNAP TS-412 is a different beast altogether, with room for four disks and a more reasonable price of £263 that's in the area of the recently tested Thecus N4100EVO. "

Hardware.Info

" ASUS has been bringing high quality components to the PC world for the past two decades. They are not slowing down and they continue to help lead the way to a faster, more effective and efficient tomorrow. Keeping with the tradition of quality and cutting edge innovation is no small task and like few other manufacturers out there, ASUS brings it with this board. The P8Z77-V PRO is not a fancy gaming board with hot colors and a promise of record overclocking (though it is capable) but it does bring some things to the table that give it a solidity that many other boards lack. Though it has great digital power management, BIOS that are not so unfamiliar to the older generation that they feel alienated as well as some bells and whistles; its strong points are what is almost never considered. Its flexibility. So what does the P8Z77-V PRO offer that makes it stand out in a crowd of comparable boards other than the ASUS name? We will try and find out. "

TechREACTION

" Corsair’s Gamer Series launched only a month ago and features a new design both internally and externally. Available in 600W, 700W and 800W, with a fresh design comes a new feature to switch between different colour configurations for lighting – red, blue, white. Today we will be taking a look at the biggest unit in the series, namely GS800. So let’s waste no further time and begin our analysis of GS800. "

Vortez

" When it comes to overclocking we found the SAPPHIRE HD 7970 OC to be a blast to overclock. Using the SAPPHIRE TriXX overclocking utility we were able to hit 1310MHz on the core clock speed! This is a 42% clock frequency increase from a stock AMD Radeon HD 7970 GPU and the first Tahiti XT graphics card that we have broken the 1300MHz barrier with! How can you complain with a 1.3GHz+ core clock speed that was done without any mods on the GPU cooler that came on the card? "

Legit Reviews

" I know a lot of you were pretty pumped for the release of Ivy Bridge, but I know your dreams were shattered when you found out that you'd probably need an ultra high end CPU cooler to cool the sucker down. Since high end CPU coolers are pretty expensive these days, I decided why not give one away! ...Right? Since I couldn't think of a more powerful air cooler out there than the Phanteks PH-TC14PE, that's what I decided to get for you... "

Custom PC Review

" In his latest blog post, TR's Geoff Gasior explains why the Google Glass, er, glasses represent the next step in our cyborg evolution. "

The Tech Report

" The latest addition to the Flex Edition series from Sapphire comes in the form of the AMD Radeon HD 7950. Let's check it out. "

TweakTown

" Today we are looking at the latest Dark Rock 2. While we recently tested the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 this is very much the big brother of the Dark Rock 2 and has a design similar to that of the Noctua NH-D14 in regards to the dual heatsink design. The new and improved Dark Rock 2 is based around the Dark Rock Advanced CPU cooler, which was a single heatsink design. "

Kitguru

" We take the new KFA2 GTX 680 EX OC for a spin, but can it offer much more performance than a reference card? "

eTeknix

" Today we are going to test Lepa's new 1600W beast, the GA1600-MA, which is based on the Enermax Platimax platform. It is 80 PLUS Gold certified and with its huge power it can easily feed every PC system out there. It not only offers outstanding power, but also comes at very attractive pricing, cheaper than many competing products in this category. "

techPowerUp

" We all love our NAS. If you don't have one yet, you will love your NAS. Sometimes picking the right one for you may be difficult. Really, it all boils down to what you need. In the last showdown, we matched QNAP vs Drobo, in this NAS Showdown we are going to pit QNAP against Thecus in a cage match to help you determine who deserves your money. "

Computing on Demand

" Let's test the Frio Extreme, a huge CPU cooler from Thermaltake. It has two twin heatsinks, six heatpipes, and two 140 mm fans. We have already tested three members of this family of CPU coolers: the Frio, the Frio OCK, and the Frio Advanced. The first two are excellent coolers, but we were very disappointed with the Frio Advanced. The Frio Extreme that we are testing now seems to be the most aggressive family member. "

Hardware Secrets

" In this episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks webcast, Dave, Marco and Iyaz discuss the hot new Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, the powerful Samsung Galaxy S III, Microsoft's Surface and Windows Phone 8 announcements, and AMD's Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition! Also, tell us what you want to win for the next contest; desktop system, notebook, tablets? We want to hear from you! "

HotHardware

" Rather than go with a rebranded version of an existing headset for their Battlefield 3 set Razer decided to design a new model and that is the Blackshark. Today we have the Blackshark on our test bench to see how it performs. "

HardwareHeaven

A few more videos for MechWarrior Online have been surfacing online in recent days. In the first video Russ Bullock the president of Piranha Games explains in a developers diary style about the four pillars of game play within the upcoming MechWarrior Online which is set to launch on August 7th. What is interesting is that some may instinctively assume that having the biggest and baddest mother of a mech would be most useful, yet a little one could prove to be a badder choice for the annihilation at hand. Check out some screenshots and the second video of mech gameplay in the Frozen City and how you can reserve your own pilots name in advance.

An Oregon man by the name of Ryan Harris (28)was sentenced by a federal judge in Boston Wednesday, to three years in prison along with $200,000 in fines and restitution for helping people steal Internet access. In 2006 Harris was known as a hacker going by the name "DerEngel" ("The Angel") wrote a book for respected tech publishers No Starch Press on Hacking the Cable Modem . Acting out in what was deemed to a be a personal vendetta of frustration, Harris and others were determined to develop hacking tools with names including Sigma, Blackkcat, and DreamOS which allowed users to gain free internet access and thwart the capping limits enabling higher speed service from local Internet providers.Harris would also clone modem addressees or identification codes, and was convicted of the scheme in March

AMD had announced last moth that they would be moving away from a monthly release schedule for updating graphic drivers. They decided to be focus on quality, performance and new features when it came time to release new drivers. What is currently available is both the AMD Catalyst 12.6 (WHQL) and AMD Catalyst 12.7 (Beta) drivers. The new release are sure to provide noticeable updates within a single driver containing a number of fixes and enhancements that would have been deployed over several releases with the old schedule, as well as in house AMD Issue Reporting Form, which you can use to contribute bug reports.

Shuttle New AMD Graphics For XPC Mini PC Barebones XS35 Series

The well known mini-PC and DIY home theater chassis manufacturer Shuttle today announced 2 new Slim PC Models the XS35V3 barebones and the XS35GTA V3. Both include its award winning and completely fanless designs, and differ mainly with choice of an Intel GMA 3650 graphics for the XS35V3 or the AMD Radeon HD 7410 GPU for the XS35GTA V3, and both use an Intel Atom D2700 processor. An optional VESA PV01 mounting bracket is also available, along with more details, pricing info and pics that follow in the official press release.

Everybody loves free stuff and thankfully, Sapphire Technology loves giving free stuff away. On Canada Day weekend (That is June 30 to July 1), Sapphire Technology in partnership with Team EG on Facebook, will be giving away a Sapphire EDGE HD3 mini PC, an HD 7870 GHz edition video card as well as ten Team EG Jabba T-shirts to a few lucky partipants. Hurry up and join as this contest is closing on July 1st 11:59PM PDT. Details on how to enter can be found by following this link: Sapphire Manic Weekend Giveaway.

It is hard to pin just one product to Rosewill's name since they make everything under the sun, but lately they have also been making strides on providing high quality products for enthusiasts.  Rosewill's award winning Thor chassis and RK-9000 mechanical keyboards turned everyone's heads and has established Rosewill as a brand that is more than "that brand you buy in NewEgg".  Now widely available in Amazon and other online etailers as well, Rosewill has unveiled their latest high quality product: The Rosewill Fortress Power Supply.

Icy Dock has a new external drive enclosure designed to keep your hard drive running cool.  The Icy Dock MB080U3S-1SB is essentially part external HDD case and part wind tunnel, with an 80mm fan built-in that can be manually or automatically adjusted to keep thermal levels in check.  The Icy Dock MB080U3S-1SB (they should really use product names instead of alpha-numeric combos) has an eSATA and USB 3.0 ports for flexible connectivity options.  Like all of Icy Dock's current external storage drives, the MB080U3S-1SB supports SATA3 6G and 3TB HDDs for either Mac or PC systems.  For more information and product photos, you can read the official Icy Dock press release statement here.