Happy Holidays everyone. Gaming News is wrapping up for the year but I have a couple of quick hits before the new year. Android has Apps on sale everyday this week for ten cents, Midweek Madness has a great RPG on sale this week, a new Flatout Game is almost here and a quick hit of news at the end. Get ready to build a snowman, Gaming News starts now.

Hey everyone and welcome to Tuesday’s affiliate reviews. We have content from most of our affiliates but nothing to exciting today. It feels a little like a hump day, I guess that means this week is going to feel extra-long.

Memory

Patriot Division 4 DDR3-1600 Quad Channel Memory Review @ Neoseeker

GeIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz 8GB Memory Kit Review @ eTeknix.com

Case

Cooler Master Storm Trooper Full Tower Case Review @ Legit Reviews

Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra Case Review @ Hardware Secrets

Cooling

2011 CPU Cooler Roundup: Highlights (and Not-So-Highlights) of the Last Two Years @ Hi Tech Legion

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Review @ OCC

Maingear EPIC 180 Liquid CPU Cooler Review @TweakTown

Storage

RAID 0 Performance With Two Kingston HyperX 120GB SATA3 SF-2281 SSDs @Futurelooks

Silicon Power Diamond D05 750GB USB 3.0 @ techPowerUp

Audio

TRITTON AX Pro True 5.1 Surround Headset Review @ Real World Labs

Network

IOCELL NetDISK 351UNE Network Storage Device @ Benchmark Reviews

Other

ZAGG ZAGGSparq 2.0 Portable Battery Review @ Real World Labs

Thermaltake Dr Power II PSU Tester Review @ Ninjalane

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (2011) Review @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk

ROCCAT Kova+ Max Performance Gaming Mouse Review @TweakTown

I hope everyone enjoyed the first weekend in December. As I said Friday I spent most of my weekend playing DOTA 2 and Chad came down and built a Hackintosh here in the office that you guys will read about soon. With 20 days left until Christmas there is still time to pick out that perfect gift for someone or just for yourself. Here are the Reviews from our affiliates from over the weekend and from today.

Video Cards

MSI GTX 560 Ti-448 1280MB Twin Frozr III Power Edition Overclocked @TweakTown

Cases

Thermaltake Overseer RX-I @ techPowerUp

Motherboards

ASUS Maximus IV Extreme P67 @Futurelooks

ASUS Sabertooth X79 @TweakTown

MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets

Cooling

Corsair H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Review @Hi Tech Legion

Phanteks PH-TC14PE Review @ OCC

Storage

Increase RAID Rebuild / rsync Performance for QNAP NAS @ Computing on Demand

Intel SSD 520 Series 'Sandforce Driven' SSD Close To Release @ The SSD Review

NVELO Dataplex SSD Cache Tested With 7 mSATA SSDS @ The SSD Review

Crucial m4 256GB SATA 6Gbit/s SSD Review @ Techgage

Audio

Ozone Onda 3HX Gaming Headset @ Rbmods

Memory

Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 Low Voltage 1600MHz Review @ Legit Reviews

GeIL EVO CORSA PC3-19200 16GB Kit @TweakTown

Other

Five Totally Awesome but Incredibly Useless Star Wars Gifts @Megatechnews

2011 OCC Christmas Contest

SilverStone SST-EC03 USB 3.0 PCI-E Card @ Benchmark Reviews

Sitecom MD-272 HDD TV Media Player 2TB Review @ Madshrimps

Optoma HD33 3D Projector Review @ TechwareLabs

Antec introduced a new line of products designed specificly for cleaning your PC equipment. The line includes three different types of cleaners: 100% Natural, 3x Strength and a Deep Cleaning Gel. All products come alcohol and ammonia free, while keeping your device or accessory fingerprint resistant, bacteria free and static free. To read more about it click the link below. 

Happy Friday everyone! I woke up this morning to a dead battery in my car but I’m not going to let that get me down. Planning on working on a Hackintosh build tonight with a little DOTA 2 in between! The only thing that could make today better would be a few reviews from our affiliates right?

Motherboards

ECS A990FXM-A Socket AM3+ @ techPowerUp

BIOSTAR TA990FXE AMD 990FX Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews

ASRock 970 Extreme4 AMD Socket AM3+ Motherboard Review @ocinside

Cases                

NZXT Phantom 410 @ techPowerUp

Storage

Patriot Pyro SE 120GB @TweakTown

Coolers

Alpenföhn K2 CPU Cooler Review @ Vortez

Spire Gemini Rev. 2 Review @ OCC

PSU’s

bequiet! Straight Power E9 CM 680 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets

Network

Synology DiskStation DS212j NAS Server Review @ Real World Labs

Other

Peel Universal Smart Remote for iPhone and Android Review @MissingRemote

Razer Onza Battlefield 3 Edition @ Rbmods

Holiday Spectacular Week 1 11/27/11 to 12/3/11 @Hi Tech Legion

ROCCAT ALUMIC Gaming Mousepad Review @ TechwareLabs

Arctic Sound P321 USB Headset Review @Overclockers Online

Cooler Master introduced their newest case today, the Elite 431 Plus. With A MSRP of less than $60 and features you wouldn't normally find on a budget case like a black interior and a window it looks like it could be the perfect balance between being a cheap a** and not looking like a cheap a**. 

The Elite 431 Plus is the perfect choice for DIY computer projects on a budget. It is constructed primarily of high quality steel that lends to its strength and long-term durability. It is engineered to make it possible to upgrade to high-end components at a later date. Long graphics cards such as the AMD Radeon HD 6990 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 will fit with ease. The Elite 431 Plus also supports larger CPU Coolers such as the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. Easily configure the case as a home server or workstation with five 3.5" HDD bays. Enjoy the blazing speed of USB 3.0 included in the front I/O panel connections and a convenient 5.25" bay X-dock that allows you to dock a 3.5" HDD quickly and safely. This X-dock can be removed if all three 5.25" bays are needed for other purposes.

As of yesterday, Jens Bergensten is the new lead developer on Minecraft. He will have the final say in all design decisions, so he will kinda sorta become my boss, I guess. I've promised him to not pull rank. ;)

Western Digital, one of the world’s biggest storage companies, said today that it has resumed hard drive production in Thailand as flood waters recede in that country.

It may not be directly PC related, but I came across this and found it very interesting. Not only is it impressive that its a 100+ MPH RTR kit but the integration with iPods and iPhones is amazing. 

"The XO-1 is not a toy and is intended for use by experts only," says Traxxas, who warns that the XO-1 carries a risk of fire, injury or death! Further suggestions include operating the car only on a closed course, like a real racetrack or drag strip, where the XO-1 should be able to go 0-60 in just 2.3 seconds, on the way to its 100-mile-per-hour-plus top speed.

If one in 50 people on the Web move from Firefox to Chrome, Google's browser will unseat Mozilla's for the No. 2 spot in worldwide usage.

Other than a few exceptions laptop ram has been very boring. Noone has really attempted to push the limits in that market, normally just focusing on the desktop market instead. Today Corsair introduced their new Vengeance line of Laptop memory. Designed to be plug and play they are giving power users a new way to get the most out of their PC, even when their PC is a laptop ;). Personly I'm just excited to see a black PCB, even if I will never see it after installing it.

"As more complex applications and games are available in the market, many laptop users are looking for an easy way to improve their system performance in order to have the best experience." said Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair. "Our new Vengeance high-performance laptop memory kits allow performance-minded customers to boost their memory performance and capacity in an instant."

Read more about it at the link below