Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme DirectX 11 Video Card Review @ PCSTATS
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QNap TS-219P+ Network Attached Storage Review Review @ PCSTATS
"The Sapphire HD5850 Xtreme is a low-cost and powerful DX11 option. The Sapphire HD5850 Xtreme uses an original cooler design that is significantly quieter and cooler than the loud blower-style fan used on stock HD5850 designs. The Sapphire HD5850 has 1440 stream processors and 72 texture units with 1GB of GDDR5 memory, able to handle even the latest DirectX11 games. Although the HD5850 Xtreme edition comes with one less DVI port and one less CrossFireX connector, it is priced below $150 USD, offering huge savings compared to regular HD5850 video cards, while out-performing an NVIDIA card at the same price range."
... [HITECHLEGION] via PCSTATS
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Kingwin Lazer Gold LZG-850 850 Watt Power Supply @ PCSTATS
Take a look at the QNap TS-219P+ Network Attached Storage Box as we walk you through the features that come along with it. For a high level of functionality and comfortable storage, I have been very impressed with the great interface it provides."
... [FUSIONMODS] via PCSTATS
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Xigmatek Loki SD963 Heatsink Reviewed on Frostytech @ PCSTATS
One company that was not offering power supplies until more recently, and have been doing a great job in that market now is Kingwin. We know Kingwin mostly for their hard drive accessories like docks and enclosures, or even cooling products. During their time in power supply production Kingwin has shown their knowledge and competence in this field by offering some fine products, including their latest model with an 80PLUS Platinum rating. Today, we will be taking a look at one of their 80+ Gold rated Lazer Gold models, which has an 850W rating and boasts some quality features.
... [KINGWIN] via PCSTATS
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AMD Catalyst 11.4 Windows 7 Driver Analysis @ PCSTATS
On the test bench today is Xigmatek's mid-compact
Loki SD963 heatsink. The Xigmatek Loki SD963 stands 134mm tall, weighs 430
grams, comes equipped with a 92mm fan mounted on rubber vibration absorbing fan
posts and will support a second 92mm fan if desired (not included). Over the next few pages Frostytech will tell you
if the Xigmatek Loki SD963 heatsink is worth its weight in aluminum, or junk for the recycling
bin. Let's begin.
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ASRock E350M1 AMD Fusion APU Motherboard @ PCSTATS
"Unless you've been living under a rock, you would know that the release of the Catalyst 11.4s has been anticipated as one of the most significant ones from AMD in many months. We've actually been using the 11.4 driver for months in the form of the HD 6990 Beta and new models that launched after the HD 6990 carried with them slightly modified versions of the 11.4.
Today, though, we've got a WHQL version and we'll of course be comparing it to the 11.3 driver which while we thought was better than the 11.2s, wasn't as much of a stand out as the 11.4 betas that we'd been using."
... [TWEAKTOWN] via PCSTATS
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GIGABYTE G1.Assassin gaming motherboard @ PCSTATS
Today's review sample is the ASRock E350M1, which as the name indicates is an AMD E350 Fusion APU with the Hudson-M1 (A50M) FCH. This is an mITX desktop board aimed at anyone interested in building a powerful, yet power conservative, HTPC or Nettop system. With the dual-core 1600MHz E350 being fused together with a Radeon HD 6310 GPU, it makes for the perfect platform with enough horse power for either task. Should you want to make a light TV gaming machine, a digital TV box for DVR, or want the best sound possible for your movies, then there is also a full length PCIe slot that can be filled with a discrete card to match your needs. Having four internal SATA-III ports could easily turn the E350M1 into a massive storage DVR or media storage HTPC. Join us as we see what this little APU equipped board is made of and what it is capable of handling.
... [PRO-CLOCKERS] via PCSTATS
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Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX @ PCSTATS
"Gaming" motherboards seem to be a dime a dozen these days but it's rare to see a product that's built from the ground up to cater to the unique needs of the gaming community. This is exactly what Gigabyte is looking to accomplish with the G1 Killer series; particularly with the flagship G1.Assassin. Packing a Bigfoot Killer E2100 NPU and a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi digital audio processor, this motherboard seems to have what it takes to make a splash in a highly competitive market.
... [HARDWARECANUCKS] via PCSTATS
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Gigabyte X58-OC Preview @ PCSTATS
We take a closer look at a Fusion-equipped Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX motherboard to see if it delivers on Zacate's potential for small-form-factor desktops and home-theater PCs. While we're at it, we also test the peripheral performance of Fusion's Hudson M1 platform hub.
... [TECHREPORT] via PCSTATS
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NAXN 82+ 750W unit @ PCSTATS
We take a first look at what could be the best hardcore overclocking motherboard on the planet...
... [OVERCLOCK3D] via PCSTATS
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ASUS U36JC Notebook Review @ PCSTATS
Today we are going to have a look at a product from their latest series of power supplies, called NAXN, the NAXN 82+ 750W unit. How Enermax chose such a strange name for their new series of PSUs we will never know; what we do know is that the NANX series consists of the most aggressively priced products the company currently offers and they are obviously designed to appeal to budget-minded enthusiasts.
... [VR-ZONE] via PCSTATS
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ASUS EAH 6990 Review @ PCSTATS
"The Asus U36 offers the absolute best combination of performance for the size?. With the U36 weighing in at a mere 1.44kg with a 4-cell battery, it is also the lightest notebook with a standard voltage CPU. We will check the Features from the Asus Sub-Notebook in the following Review."
... [TECHNIC3D] via PCSTATS
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ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
With the EAH 6990, ASUS presents its first AMD Radeon HD 6900
series graphics card featuring two GPUs. The successor of the already
very powerful Radeon HD 5970 lets us all hope for another superb
graphics card with excellent performance because it's a fully
functionnal dual Cayman XT (aka Radeon HD 6970) with high clock
speeds. We expect really good DX11 performance and we're going to show
you if the Radeon HD 6990 performs as well as an HD 6970 CrossFire
setup.
... [OCAHOLIC] via PCSTATS
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Fatal1ty P67 Professional @ PCSTATS
That drive to produce excellence no matter what the product has helped them to secure an enviable reputation as one of the PC world's top manufacturers. Even the HTPC market is in their sights with ASUS aiming squarely at the compact home cinema market with their brand new E35M1-I Deluxe. Using the ultra compact ITX form factor the board packs a truck load of current features like USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gbps (courtesy of AMD's Hudson M1 chipset) and AMD's low power Zacate E350 dual core processor.
... [VORTEZ] via PCSTATS
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ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional @ PCSTATS
ASRock tosses its hat into the Intel Sandy Bridge motherboard ring with its Fatal1ty P67 Professional, supporting the Intel P67 chipset and featuring the celebrity endorsement of pro gamer Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendell. The board won't let you forget its a Fatal1ty product, as the visual theme is applied right down to the new UEFI-style BIOS. Hit our review of the Fatal1ty P67 Professional to see if its performance is just as in-your-face:
... [NEOSEEKER] via PCSTATS
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ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
Today we have the opportunity to test ASRock's latest Intel Sandy Bridge
offering. If you view ASRock as a purely budget brand and would skip
them when considering your next upgrade, in favour of more dominant
manufacturers, this review may well change your opinion. So let's check
out what ASRock have to offer!
... [OVERCLOCKERS] via PCSTATS
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Antec Six Hundred V2 Mid-Tower Gaming Case Review @ PCSTATS
The P67 Professional Motherboard from ASRock is the Fatal1ty branded product from the series and comes with a lot of features like Digital PWM, XFast USB Technology, V16+2 CPU Power Phases, no less than 6 USB 3.0 ports and 6 SATA3, C.C.O., THX TruStudio Pro, and the unique Fatal1ty Mouse Port, which allows us to set the desired mouse polling rate, up to 1000Hz.
... [MADSHRIMPS] via PCSTATS
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Antec ISK-100 @ PCSTATS
"One entry in the budget gaming category is the Antec Six Hundred V2 Mid-Tower Gaming Case. The Six Hundred V2 comes with all of the same features as the original Six Hundred, but with one minor change, there is a 2.5" HDD hot swap bay instead of a 3.5" hot swap bay. The Six Hundred has 3 external 5.25" drive bays and 6 internal 3.5" drive bays. The rear has 7 expansion slots. The Six Hundred has excellent cooling with a large 200mm TriCool blue LED fan on the top and one 120mm TriCool blue LED fan on the rear. HDDs can be front loaded with a removable panel that can also house 2 more 120mm fans, if needed."
... [HITECHLEGION] via PCSTATS
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The 9265 & 8 Micron C300 SSDs @ PCSTATS
The ISK-100 is the most compact Mini-ITX chassis from Antec, but still allows for two 2.5" drives to be installed along with your choice of Mini-ITX board. We fill the case with hardware to check if things are too close for comfort or if the small dimensions of the ISK-100 leave a good impression. ... [TECHPOWERUP] via PCSTATS
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Crucial Unleashes the M4 SATA 3 SSD To The Public @ PCSTATS
Welcome to our follow up of the LSI 9265-8i MegaRAID Card, an eight-port PCI Express SATA+SAS RAID Controller that is configured for 6Gb/s devices. Our first LSI review concentrated on RAID 0 speed and performance and the response prompted our further testing of the LSI in a RAID 5 environment. Take a look as we explore the in-depth the performance of the 9265 as it tackles an array of 8 solid state drives.
RAID 0 is the 'big dog' when it comes to flat out performance. In previous generation RAID cards, the maximum sequential throughput and random I/O would make it impossible to match the speed of RAID 0 with a RAID 5 setup. The stage is changing, however, as the dual core ROC LSI2208 of the the 9265 raises RAID 5 performance to new levels.
... [THESSDREVIEW] via PCSTATS
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Coolermaster Storm SF-19 Strike Force battles high notebook temperatures @ PCSTATS
Just a quick note to pass on that the Crucial M4 SSDs, as reviewed here, have been released to the public as of this morning and can be purchased from Crucial direct by following this link! Of particular interest just might be the pricing as we are seeing great prices for the 64GB, 128GB and 256GB at $129, $299 and $499 mark which seems to be a low for the new gen SATA 3 family.
Prices have gone up a bit since their original estimate (shown below) but this SSD is still the lowest available for generation, performance and price. In fact, the Crucial M4 512GB SSD comes in at around $999 where its competition can be found at Newegg in the 480GB capacity for $1899.
... [THESSDREVIEW] via PCSTATS
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Thermaltake Challenger Pro Gaming Keyboard @ PCSTATS
If you're even half the nerd that I am you might eventually have wondered what's inside your notebook, where the irritating noise of a fan suddenly came from when watching Youtube vids, and very maybe you might have wondered why your notebook sometimes gets so hot! I'm a bit being sarcastic here as I perfectly know most of our readers indeed do understand what's going on inside the metal or plastic housing, yet still what's there to do when temps keep on rising? Notebook coolers to the rescue! Todays we'll be having a look at one of the more performant notebook coolers you'll stumble against upon your search for the perfect solution, or did we just find it four you? Read on!
... [MADSHRIMPS] via PCSTATS
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Intel DH67BL MicroATX Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
The keyboard is a vital piece of equipment to any gamer looking
for that certain edge. Thermaltake’s Challenger Pro has a few unique
features to set itself apart from the rest of the field.
... [THERMALTAKE] via PCSTATS
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Patriot SuperSonic 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive @ PCSTATS
"Purchasing the Intel DH67BL MicroATX motherboard isn't a sacrifice in quality. The DH67BL has all the necessary features that a HTPC or anyone needing a small powerful computer would need. The DH67BL has the LGA1155 socket that supports the newest Intel Core i7/i5/i3 Sandy Bridge processors. There are four 240-pin DIMM slots that support DDR3 memory modules at 1333MHz and 1066MHz speeds. Maximum supported memory is 32GB. The Intel H67 Express Chipset has the Intel Rapid Storage Technology capability. This allows RAID 0,1,5, and 10 hard drive configurations. Onboard are DVI-I and HDMI connections to allow processors with Intel HD Graphics."
... [MOTHERBOARDS] via PCSTATS
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XFX Pro Series Core Edition Power Supplies @ PCSTATS
"The one thing that worried me is when bench testing using the Flash Memory Toolkit, the drive casing became quite hot, too hot to touch at one point. While this did not happen during regular use, if you are doing a large volume transfer there is a possibility that your drive will heat up so I would use caution. The fact that the casing is made of aluminum could be the reason for the higher external temperature since the drive does employ a quad channel design on the inside and the case is acting as a passive cooler for the chips."
... [PATRIOT] via PCSTATS
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AXLE GT 430 Classic @ PCSTATS
"The XFX Pro Series Core Edition power supplies performed very well across the range. The DC voltage load regulation was excellent from 20% to 100% DC loading and in combination with very low AC ripple/noise levels means excellent DC quality on all rails on all three power supplies. The 3V3 and 5V0 rails dipped a little lower than I would have liked but they still remained well within the limits set down by the ATX12V V2.2 specification and won’t prove to be a problem when the biggest dip below ideal rail voltage was only 0.09V."
... [OVERCLOCKERSCLUB] via PCSTATS
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HIS HD 6870 IceQ X Turbo X Video Card @ PCSTATS
"The AXLE GT 430 performed great. It didn't overclock past the ASUS variant, but it did run with a lower temperature while operating approximately as quiet as the CPU heat sink fans. The gaming potential is there somewhat, as long as graphics quality or frame rate isn't important — minimalism is key for gaming with this. High definition content handling is a great use for this card, as it is tailored to media workloads. This card also works great as a dedicated PhysX processor and can take the load off the CPU when decoding media content, while also completing the job faster!"
... [OVERCLOCKERSCLUB] via PCSTATS
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Radeon HD 6790 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti @ PCSTATS
HIS HD 6870 Turbo cards are factory overclocked with a warranty. Now let me clarify something here. I said the HIS HD 6870 Turbo which is what we reviewed recently. HIS's Turbo X takes things to an entirely new level. The HD 6870 reference clock is 900MHz on the core and 4.2GHz on the memory. The HIS Turbo version of that card tweaks things to 920MHz on the core and 4.48GHz on the GDDR5 memory. With the IceQ X cooler, HIS takes things to the X level and jacks their card up to 975MHz on the core and 4.6GHz on the memory. That's quite a bump.
... [OVERCLOCKERCAFE] via PCSTATS
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Sapphire 5830 and 5850 Xtreme @ PCSTATS
It's a blast from the not so distant past here at Neo today with our review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5830 Xtreme graphics cards. What's so Xtreme about cards that still use the reference specifications of the older mid-range Cypress GPUs models? Sapphire throws in custom PCB and thermal designs, not to mention Eyefinity and ATI Steam processing, to improve performance and pack more value into these Cypress-based cards. We put the Xtreme cards to the test to see just how well they compete against the likes of the Radeon HD 6790 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti in the DX11 sub-$150 graphics card market.
... [SAPPHIRE] via PCSTATS
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The State of Overclocking on Intel Motherboards @ PCSTATS
“No, this isn't a review of two older graphics card models originally released a year ago. The Sapphire 5830 and 5850 Xtreme are actually two "new" graphics cards. More precisely, these are two previous-generation graphics cards that have been completely overhauled in design and are being released at extremely aggressive prices to compete against Nvidia's GTX 460 and 550 Ti mainstream lineup.”
... [PUREOVERCLOCK] via PCSTATS
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AMD's Northern Islands architecture @ PCSTATS
I'd like to think that I'm the kind of person who doesn't hold a grudge, but after bouts of unsuccessful overclocking runs with Intel motherboards in the past, I just about gave up. Until I decided to investigate further to see where things stood today. Have my opinions changed after overclocking with Intel's DP67BG this past weekend?
... [OVERCLOCKING] via PCSTATS
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Gigabyte G1.Assassin Motherboard @ PCSTATS
AMD's Northern Islands architecture is now open for business for the entry level graphics card market with the release of the new Radeon HD 6570 and HD 6670. Priced at $79 and $99 respectively, these Turks-based cards will bring DirectX 11 to the value crowd. Now see if they can bring some bang for the buck in our roundup review that pits the new cards to similar offerings.
... [HARDWARE] via PCSTATS
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TRENDnet TPL-401E2K 500Mbps Powerline Adapter Kit Review @ PCSTATS
"The G1.Assassin is the most high-end socket 1366 motherboard from the Gigabyte series "G1-Killer," which has a "gun-like" design and is aimed at gamer enthusiast users. It has eight SATA ports (six SATA-300 and two SATA-600), eight USB 3.0 ports, six memory sockets, and four PCI Express x16 slots. Let's check it out."
... [HARDWARESECRETS] via PCSTATS
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Thermaltake eSPORTS Shock @ PCSTATS
The TRENDnet TPL-401E2K is a 500Mbps, IEEE 1901 compliant Gigabit Ethernet Powerline adapter kit and although we were unable to achieve its advertised speed it still managed to outperform all similar Powerline kits we have used to date.
... [RWLABS] via PCSTATS
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Corsair AirFlow Pro Memory Temperature Monitor Review @ PCSTATS
“Thermaltake is continuing their foray into the gaming component market by means of their eSPORTS lineup, and this time it's the audio arena with a new gaming headset, theThermaltake Shock. The Shock looks pretty unique with its angular lines and portability, and comes very reasonably priced at about $60. But what about performance? Indeed, this is where headsets make their reputations, so let's take a closer look and see just how well the Thermaltake eSports Shock gaming headset performs.”
... [PUREOVERCLOCK] via PCSTATS
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G.Skill Ripjaws-X DDR3-2133 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit Review @ PCSTATS
Have a desire to add a bit of 'bling' to your PC, but fear being ridiculed for it? Well, there's no better excuse for bling than with Corsair's AirFlow Pro add-on for the company's AirFlow 2 memory cooler. In addition to offering a hypnotizing light-show, the AirFlow Pro can also keep you informed on your memory's usage and temperatures.
... [MEMORY] via PCSTATS
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ASUS O!Play HD2 Review @ PCSTATS
“Sandy Bridge, by now you all know the name and you know that Intel’s new processors blew the socks off almost anything out there. With this whole new architecture comes a new line of components made specifically for Sandy Bridge. Today we will be taking a look at some memory from our friends at G.Skill. A little while back we took a look at their 1600 MHz Ripjaws memory and today we are checking out the 2133 MHz Ripjaws-X memory, more specifically the Ripjaws-X F3-17000CL9D-8GBXLD kit. This kit runs at 2133 MHz with timings of 9-11-9-28 at 1.65v. Let’s take a look at this memory and s ee if it is perfect for your Sandy Bridge setup."
... [THINKCOMPUTERS] via PCSTATS
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