Intel Core i7 860 Overclocking guide @ PCSTATS
Hardwareoverclock.com has posted another Core i7 Overclocking Guide. Last week they has take a look at the Core i7 860 LGA 1156 processor and its Overclocking properties. There have been experiments with air, water and dice cooling. We also have a real try for everyday documented with pictures. The... [PCSTATS]
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Raid TR4UT 4-Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Review @ PCSTATS
"The TR4UT from Sans Digital is a strong contender in the external storage market. With four drive bays supporting up to 8TB of storage, both home and small business users alike can easily back up important files using USB or the newer, faster eSATA interface. Top it all off with tool-free installat... [PCSTATS]
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Enermax Tomahawk 500 W Power Supply Review @ PCSTATS
Tomahawk is an entry-level power supply series from Enermax. Let's see if the 500 W version is a good buy. ... [PCSTATS]
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Axle Geforce G210 Videocard @ PCSTATS
Axle is one of our new sponsors and today we are looking at our first sample from them; they sent us a Geforce G210 512DDR2 videocard that is mainly meant for HTPC setups. It comes with a HDMI port, Nvidia Purevideo HD tech, and a bunch of nice features that come in handy when watching HD material.... [PCSTATS]
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Preview) @ PCSTATS
"The Battlefield: Bad Company game was a cross-over of both genre and attitudes designed to inject more fun and action into the Battlefield franchise. Set during a fictional war between America and Russia, players controlled a group of soldiers with the sort of personality flaws that while rendering... [PCSTATS]
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iStarUSA xAGE-N99 HDD Docking Station @ PCSTATS
iStarUSA is one of the companies that came to its senses and decided to offer an eSATA function to their hard drive docking station the xAGE-N99-SAU/US. So the only question that remains is just how close did they get their controller to the motherboard speeds? Read on and find out.... [PCSTATS]
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NVIDIA Optimus Aims To Improve Battery Life on Notebooks @ PCSTATS
"When I first heard about the new technology from NVIDIA called OPTIMUS my thoughts went directly to the Transformers. Unfortunately this new technology won't transform your laptop into a something that it's not. What it does do however, is still a great feat. A few years ago NVIDIA released Hybrid ... [PCSTATS]
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Corsair has updated the encrypted Padlock flash drive @ PCSTATS
"Your data will be under the protection of a 256-bit encryption, plus the drive has a user set PIN. For those of you that are wondering, yes, the buttons are actually on the flash drive. Before using it, you'll need to key in your 4 to 10 digit PIN which will unlock the drive." ... [PCSTATS]
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Tuniq Propeller 120: Big Typhoon @ PCSTATS
Today we are going to talk about the most powerful top air-cooler employing core-contact technology in its design.... [PCSTATS]
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EVGA GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition @ PCSTATS
All contemporary Nvidia solutions support PhysX, but in return some of the GPU resources are assigned to physics effects acceleration. Is it possible to avoid performance losses without adding more cards? EVGAÂ’s answer is "yes". We in our turn will try to answer the question if there is an alternati... [PCSTATS]
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Corsair P64 SSD RAID 0 @ PCSTATS
“We're looking at a pair of Corsair P64 SSDs, specifically their RAID-PK1 set, in a RAID 0 configuration to see just what's possible in terms of blazing speed. There are a couple drawbacks to configuring SSDs in a RAID setup, however, so let's take a closer look at these Corsair P64's in RAID 0 and ... [PCSTATS]
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Mionix NAOS 5000 Gaming Mouse. @ PCSTATS
Mionix is a Swedish manufacturer that started the business in 2007. Their product range covers mouse pads, a gaming headset, and a couple of gaming mouse models, the newest of which made its way to our review this time."... [PCSTATS]
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Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 TOXIC Video Card @ PCSTATS
"Being an ATI only partner, it's important for Sapphire to have a large array of variations when it comes to their model line-up. Split into four categories, we have our standard reference models from them. Moving up a notch to the Vapor-X line, you get a nice upgraded cooler, but the same reference... [PCSTATS]
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SilverStone Fortress FT-02 Case @ PCSTATS
Will gives us an in-depth look at SilverStone's latest flagship chassis, the Fortress FT-02. See how this enthusiast-class chassis measures up.... [PCSTATS]
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Athlon II vs. Core i3 review @ PCSTATS
In our grand Athlon II vs. Core i3 showdown article last week, we included performance-per-dollar graphs based on whole system prices. Those system prices were themselves derived from the rough cost of a middle-of-the-road PC-the kind your typical enthusiast might buy. What if you're on a tight budg... [PCSTATS]
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StarCraft II Wings of Liberty - Beta Performance @ PCSTATS
StarCraft II is not nearly as demanding as I imagined it might have been, and despite looking quite impressive, it was very playable on mid-range graphics cards using maximum in-game quality settings at extreme resolutions such as 2560x1600. Although we have only given you a preview of the performan... [PCSTATS]
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USB 3.0 2.5" SATA HDD Enclosure @ PCSTATS
"Today for review I’ve got another product from our friends at Brando USB, it’s a USB3.0 2.5” SATA HDD Enclosure. This enclosure is obviously USB3.0 enabled so I think that in itself is rather special right there. The enclosure is made of aluminum to help keep the drive nice and cool, and it seems ... [PCSTATS]
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A-DATA 32 GB 633x Compact Flash @ PCSTATS
The 633x Compact Flash from A-DATA is their fastest CF offering available today. With advertised read and write speeds of above 90 MB/s it should be an interesting performer. We take a close look and push it to the real world limits - for your reading pleasure.... [PCSTATS]
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Computer Geeks eSATA Enclosure HE-2521B @ PCSTATS
"External drives are indispensable when it comes to transporting large amounts of data or having a means of portable storage for backup. There's no doubt that USB flash memory drives are hard to beat when it comes to small and lightweight, but sometimes they just don't offer enough capacity. The ext... [PCSTATS]
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MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK Edition @ PCSTATS
It arrives stacked with features. We examine the credentials of this £155 gaming card.... [PCSTATS]
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PowerColor PCS+ HD5870 @ PCSTATS
Similar to the previously tested Radeon HD 5850, also the Radeon HD 5870 from Powercolor comes with overclocked GPU and memory, as well as an own board design and cooling solution. HT4U.net shows, how this graphics card performs. ... [PCSTATS]
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Western Digital's Caviar Black 1TB @ PCSTATS
Western Digital's Caviar Black 1TB is the first two-platter, 7,200-RPM drive to use the company's latest 500GB platters. The new Black is also WD's first step into 6Gbps SATA territory, so let's see how it performs in a battery of performance, noise, and power consumption tests.... [PCSTATS]
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Vantec eSATA ExpressCard UGT-ST450CB @ PCSTATS
"Many years ago it was quite common to find notebook computers sporting PCMCIA cards. If you wanted to add a Token Ring, Ethernet or Modem to your laptop, you had to buy a PC Card that plugged into one of the available slots in the side of the chassis. Even after these devices began to become integr... [PCSTATS]
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13-inch Notebook Review @ PCSTATS
“When you think of ThinkPad’s you think of business notebooks and they really are. I’ve reviewed quite a few ThinkPad’s over the past few years and the features are unrivaled when it comes to other notebooks. But the thing about the ThinkPad’s is that they don’t appeal to many people, even small bu... [PCSTATS]
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ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 Driver Preview @ PCSTATS
"By far the Application Profiles feature is the coolest feature in CCC 10.2. I think it will revolutionize the way drivers will be updated. If it works as well as it looks like it will, we will see performance gains much sooner for newly released game titles. Despite not having as much of a cool fa... [PCSTATS]
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Future ATI Catalyst Drivers - Why you should be excited @ PCSTATS
"In the January Catalyst drivers I made a note that Terry Makedon said on Twitter "10.1 is just a standard release to fix up some bugs, but 10.2 and 10.3 will indeed have some major new features". To be honest, I was a bit skeptical that "Major New Features" were going to be a bit of marketing fl... [PCSTATS]
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Asus Eee PC 1005PE a Intel Pine Tral platform @ PCSTATS
“The lack of actual competition made it possible for the Atom platform to keep its position in its initial form for quite a while, even if there was room for enhancement. Pine Trail, as the name of the new Atom platform goes, has finally seen the light of day, and the honour of leading the n... [PCSTATS]
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NEW NX-6000 - More Wattage, High Efficiency @ PCSTATS
Nexus Technology BV, after the successfull upgrade of the NX-5000 to the NX-5000 R3 in September 2009. We introduce to you the NX-6000 R3. The Nexus NX-5000 R3 already have won several awards, and will now have a bigger brother the NX-6000 R3 Real Silent Power Supply. . ... [PCSTATS]
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Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard @ PCSTATS
For most PC gamers, the best part about playing on a PC over console is the added control and flexibility of using a mouse and keyboard. More specifically the mouse gives you the amazing control that just can't be found with a gamepad. The keyboard, although flexible, has always been used for typing... [PCSTATS]
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Open-Source ATI R600/700 Mesa 3D Performance @ PCSTATS
"As we alluded to last week, we have been in the process of benchmarking many Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 series graphics cards using the open-source ATI Linux graphics stack with the Mesa R600/700 DRI driver. We have now carried out our first batch of R600/700 3D tests using this constantly ev... [PCSTATS]
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Thermaltake Lanbox VF1000BWS Case Review @ PCSTATS
"Thermaltake has a real gem in the Lanbox chassis. The design and styling elements join to produce a small, portable case that not only performs very well, but also is relatively easy to work in, given the space limitations. And, it looks as good as it performs. Its sleek, classy look garnered a l... [PCSTATS]
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Intel announces Itanium 9300 processors for mission-critical computing @ PCSTATS
Intel has introduced the Itanium 9300-series processor, previously codenamed Tukwila, which the company claims delivers more than double the performance of its predecessor, boosts scalability and adds reliability features to the Itanium platform that is already running miss... [PCSTATS]
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Motherboard maker ASRock sees 2009 profits rise 65% @ PCSTATS
Second-tier motherboard maker ASRock has reported net profits of NT$1.12 billion (US$34.8 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$9.62 billion for 2009, with both figures showing growth of 62.7% in sales and 65.2% in profits. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$9.72. ... [PCSTATS]
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Thermaltake Element V Case Review @ PCSTATS
"Thermaltake recently sent me the 301 Wing RS midi-tower case, which is at the budget end of the market, for review. Today I will be reviewing the Thermaltake Element V gaming full tower case. This case is far more up the high-end scale compared to the 301 Wing RS, and as such will demand a premium ... [PCSTATS]
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Gigabyte Ghost GM-M8000X Laser Gaming Mouse Review @ PCSTATS
"While optical mice have finally managed to vanquish ball mice as the standard pointing device, a lot of computer users have been content that their optical mice are "good enough". Gamers on the other hand ... [PCSTATS]
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Zalman Trimon ZM-M220W 22" Stereoscopic Monitor @ PCSTATS
While visiting Zalman at a few trade shows, I was introduced to their new stereoscopic 3d monitor: the Zalman Trimon 22-inch monitor. nVidia has been showing off their own solutions that use any regular monitor, so what makes this monitor different, and why would you want to buy one? [PCSTATS]
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AMD ATI Radeon HD 5830 @ PCSTATS
As the final product in its 5000 series AMD launched the Radeon HD 5830 to fill the gap between the 5770 and 5850. HT4U.net shows, if and how this is really what the market expects and if the product can solve the availability issues of the Radeon HD 5800 products. ... [PCSTATS]
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Asus P7P55D-E Premium motherboard review @ PCSTATS
After finishing my Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 review last week, I simply could not contain the excitement I have for testing the latest and greatest motherboards based off Intel's P55 Express chipset for Lynnfield processors. This curiosity continued on, as I soon discovered ... [PCSTATS]
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SilverStone HDDBoost Hybrid SSD / HDD device @ PCSTATS
Many people have shied away from SSDs due to their somewhat limited storage capacity and high price for the drives. Spindle-based hard drives on the other hand have massive amounts of storage space but lack the performance of SSDs. SilverStone's $50 HDDBoost looks to marry the best of both worlds ... [PCSTATS]
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Corsair Flash Padlock 2 8GB USB Flash Drive Review @ PCSTATS
“Four years ago Corsair introduced the Flash Voyager USB drive, a USB drive that was practically indestructible. A Year after that they came out with the Flash Padlock, u USB drive that had a keypad on the front that allowed you to lock and unlock it to protect your data. It seems Corsair has put th... [PCSTATS]
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