Austin Downing

Author's details

Name: Austin Downing
Date registered: 7 June 2010
URL: http://techplayboy.com

Biography

Michigan, USA - Senior Staff Writer 6/2010-9/2013

Latest posts

  1. CM Storm Quickfire XT Mechanical Keyboard Review — 22 August 2013
  2. Kobo Arc Android Tablet eReader Review — 17 July 2013
  3. CM Storm Quickfire Stealth Mechanical Keyboard Review — 24 June 2013
  4. Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Computer Case Review — 15 May 2013

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  1. Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Computer Case Review — 1 comments
  2. CM Storm Quickfire XT Mechanical Keyboard Review — 1 comments

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CM Storm Quickfire XT Mechanical Keyboard Review

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Peripherals

22 August 2013

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Quickfire XT 45 Degree

Cooler Master has a full range of keyboards with various prices and configurations, ranging from the fully backlit, full sized Trigger, to the minimalist ten keyless QuickFire Stealth. Adding yet another keyboard into the fray, Cooler Master has introduced the QuickFire XT, a full size companion to Cooler Master’s very popular QuickFire Rapid. The Quickfire XT is a no frills, full-sized mechanical keyboard available with variety of switches depending on a user’s needs. In this review Benchmark Reviews will be evaluating the Cooler Master CM Storm Quickfire XT (model SGK-4030-GKCL1-US) against its rivals in the very competitive mechanical keyboard market.

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Kobo Arc Android Tablet eReader Review

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Tablets

17 July 2013

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For many people carrying a book around to read has become a thing of the past, replaced by a phone, tablet, or e-Reader. Kobo’s e-Reader line has been one of the primary competitors for Amazon’s Kindle, that is until Amazon brought out their Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire helped bring an Android tablet to the masses, and allowed Amazon to distribute its music and movies directly to their device. Kobo is fighting back and Benchmark Reviews tests their new 16GB Kobo Arc 7″ Android Tablet eReader (model K107-KBO-16W), which features a 1.5GHz dual core TI OMAP 4470 CPU and a POWERVR SGX 544 GPU.

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CM Storm Quickfire Stealth Mechanical Keyboard Review

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Peripherals

24 June 2013

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Cooler Master has been building mechanical keyboards under its CM Storm line for the last couple of years. They started with the small Quickfire Rapid, and moved over time to larger designs, but Cooler Master’s newest design harkens back to the original Quickfire Rapid, bring improvements on its design and giving it sleek exterior with no markings on the tops of its keys. The question that Benchmark Reviews aims to answer though is whether Cooler Master improved enough to justify the extra cost or are users better off going with the original Quickfire Rapid.

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Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Computer Case Review

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Cases

15 May 2013

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When Corsair introduced its Obsidian line in 2009 with the 800D it brought out a case that was beautiful, functional, and massive. In 2011 Corsair introduced the mid-tower Obsidian 650D it was still beautiful, functional, and just a bit too big for many enthusiasts. In 2013, Corsair introduced its first Micro-ATX case the 350D. The 350D keeps the beauty and functionality of its larger brethren but fits it into 17.7″ x 17.3″ case designed to contain a powerful multi-GPU system in a much smaller enclosure than many enthusiast have been accustomed to in the past. So let Benchmark Reviews walk you through the Corsair 350D and look at the new smaller case design.

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