NZXT H2 Computer Case Review @ PCSTATS
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AMD 990FX: Prepping for Bulldozer @ PCSTATS
Explosions, pings, message notifications, and the Windows login tune. What do all of these have in common, you may ask? Well, these are all sounds we may hear almost every day when sitting in front of our computers. From just logging on to playing games, we hear a plethora of stuff coming from our speakers or headsets. However, one thing most users don't want to hear while performing their day-to-day routine would be the incessant humming from their computer itself. In my case, the last thing I would want to hear when I am gaming or listening to music is the spinning noise from my hard drive, or the noise from my case fans. To combat this problem, some people may go about and get the best fans and passive cooling units to reduce the noise. What some users do not think of, however, would be to choose a quieter chassis to seal the deal. Well, today we have a new case from NZXT that advertises to do just that. NZXT is well known in the industry for their high quality cases, fans, and power supplies. The product we will be taking a look at today is the NZXT H2 from the Classic line of cases, which is pretty self-explanatory. This line seeks more classic and clean designs, while providing modern luxury at the same time. Without further delay, let us dive right into our review, and see how well this chassis reaches its goals for being quiet and clean looking at the same time.
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Rasurbo Real Power 650w Modular PSU @ PCSTATS
AMD's latest chipset offering adds in some interesting new features, including support for the upcoming 8-core processors and re-introducing SLI on the AMD platform. Does it make sense to buy now?
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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB @ PCSTATS
"Here’s the third in our Rasurbo Real Power Previews. Today its the 650w unboxing where we’ll be looking at the physical layout and the bundle. Please bare in mind there won’t be any performance results, as we don’t want to be wrong now do we?"
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Flextronics R&D team recruited by Compal, Wistron @ PCSTATS
"The Vertex 3 is equipped with the latest controller from Sandforce, the SF2281TB1-SDC-ES. Sandforce's 2281 controller is a second generation product that uses enhanced Duraclass technology to deliver optimized power consumption, security, wear leveling, and drive performance in a single chip solution. The Vertex 3 has a total of sixteen 16GB 25nm MLC NAND modules on board, eight on each side of the PCB. The NAND is made from Intel, although you may see Micron on board. If you do the math, the total NAND equals 256GB, or 16GB more than the capacity of the drive. This extra space is used by the controller to keep the drive optimized and replace cells that may have failed."
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OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 review @ PCSTATS
With Electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Flextronics recently exiting the notebook manufacturing industry, the company's notebook R&D team was soon being recruited by Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics and Wistron, according to sources from notebook players.
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OCZ RevoDrive 3x2 480GB PCIe SSD Review - 1.5GB/s Read @ PCSTATS
The world of Solid State storage technology is full of surprises and the development rate is exceedingly progressive. As such we today test the OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2.
Let me just throw some numbers at you to get that tickly in your belly ; 1500 MB/s maximum read performance, or what about 1250 MB/s maximum write performance ? No that still didn't do it for you ... well what about 200.000 IOPS (4K writes) ? Yeah that is where we have arrived in the year 2011. It's insanely fast, it will be insanely expensive but it is most definitely insanely sexy.
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OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI Express SSD Performance @ PCSTATS
Today’s complete review of the OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 PCIe SSD is published on the heels of our ‘Quick Look’ of the Revo 3 a few weeks back which resulted in a flurry of attention by PC enthusiasts worldwide. As many e-mails that were received in result, they never compared to the backlinks returned from dozens of forums with members salivating over the Revo 3 x2 and anticipating its release date. It turns out that our ‘Computex Taipei’ RevoDrive 3 x2 SSD benchmarks were an exclusive first look at this cards performance as we tried a new approach in conducting first hand independent benchmarks at Computex on nothing more than a flash drive.
The OCZ Revo 3 x2 PCIe SSD enters the consumer market as the fastest consumer available storage solution by a land slide. OCZ specifications list high sequential performance as 1.5GB/s read, 1.25GB/s write and capable of 200, 000 IOPS at 4k random write disk access. Coincidentally, this is also the first consumer targeted product that brings us out of megabyte per second speeds and into the realm of gigabytes per second.
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Llano and the Fusion architecture @ PCSTATS
In recent months we've covered PCI Express-based SSDs from virtually all the major players, from Fusion-io to, OCZ and LSI. The last time we took a look at OCZ's offering, the RevoDrive X2 took to the test bench for us and with its MLC-based design, offered much of the performance of significantly more expensive SLC-based PCI Express SSDs, but at a fraction of the cost. Today the third coming of the RevoDrive from OCZ is upon us, with all new technology on board, from its Flash controllers to the RAID processor.
With read/write specs that will make you drool, the RevoDrive 3 X2 is here and if it lives up to its specifications on paper, we think you're going to want to stick around for the intimate details...
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Gigabyte to sell Z68 motherboard/20GB SSD bundle in July @ PCSTATS
AMD has clearly articulated a software and hardware roadmap for unified CPU and GPU computing at their Fusion Developer’s Summit that has all the right pieces. Llano and Zacate are the first integration steps and focus on reducing overhead by sharing – rather than copying – data between the CPU and GPU.
Llano made a number of compromises in favor of time to market, such as using a very mediocre CPU core and relying on memory rather than on-die caches for CPU/GPU communication. However, it still packs the best performance integrated graphics period, and good media decoding. Overall, Llano is a serious improvement for AMD’s notebooks, mostly due to power management, which should be well received by consumers. The trick for AMD going forward is to execute on their vision and consistently deliver compelling improvements in a timely fashion.
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Gigabyte re-arranges executive positions to fix motherboard shipments @ PCSTATS
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will start selling its Intel Z68-based Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard bundled with Intel's 20GB 331 series solid state drive (SSD) in early July, hoping to boost its Z68 motherboard demand.
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OCZ released the RevoDrive @ PCSTATS
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology saw its motherboard shipments performance in the first half rather stable compared to its competitor Asustek Computer and has recently re-arranged its executive positions to fix the issues, according to sources from retail channel vendors.
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Seagate GoFlex Slim (320GB) @ PCSTATS
"The RevoDrive 3 X2 is a true breath of fresh air to the field
of PCIe Solid State Storage. With very large available capacities, and
performance on-par with solutions costing several times more to
obtain, I see the new RevoDrive making its way into low end servers
and (very) high performance end-user PC's. Anyone truly serious about
their storage performance should not be without this Drive."
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ASUS EAH5550 Review @ PCSTATS
“The Seagate GoFlex Slim (320GB) hard drive is like a prize greyhound, with a distinctive slim look and USB 3.0 speed. Some might want a drive with more storage capacity, but the sleek design and zippy speeds will tempt most buyers.”
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Motorola XOOM Review @ PCSTATS
With the EAH5550 ASUS has AMD's low end product in its
portfolio that comes with PCB layout made by ASUS themselves. This
card is based on the RV870 architecture which has been fully reworked
for the entry level market. Never the less we're curious how this
thing will perform in our benchmark parcours. For a small teaser: this
card proves quite decent and overclocking was a lot of fun.
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CPU Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 5.6 @ PCSTATS
"As most of you may know, up until recently we have mainly focused on computer hardware. Well today we have our first tablet to review, the Motorola XOOM. Whereas most sites will provide you with extremely technical reviews that sometimes include paragraphs of technical jargon you just don’t understand a word of, we’re here to provide you with a high quality review that gives you an overview of the product in general, its hardware, operating system and our overall verdict. With that being said, let’s get down and dirty with the XOOM from Motorola."
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ASUS BC-12B1ST Internal 12X BD-Combo Drive Review @ PCSTATS
This article compiles the best benchmark results we collected
of various CPU models using x264 HD Benchmark 4.0, a free CPU
benchmark developed by graysky, Dashken and Adrian Wong. This CPU
performance comparison guide currently covers 59 different CPU models
plus another 283 CPUs in the older comparison but this is just the
beginning. We will keep updating the results as new results come in,
so please contribute your results.
If you would like to participate in this endeavor, head over to the
x264 HD Benchmark 4.0 page and download a copy. After you obtain your
benchmark results, simply post them in the official forum thread of
x264 HD Benchmark 4.0. Please post your results even if your processor
is already listed in the comparison. This is because we will use your
results if they are better than the results currently listed in the
comparison.
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Gigabyte A75-UD4H FM1 (AMD A75) Motherboard @ PCSTATS
"The ASUS BC-12B1ST drive can read a Blu-Ray disc and has the ability to burn data onto a DVD media. The ASUS BC-12B1ST BD-Combo drive can reach read speeds of 12X for BD-ROM discs and 16X for DVD-ROM discs. As for data burning speed, the ASUS BC-12B1ST BD-Combo drive can burn a DVD+/-R disc up to 16X and store data on CD-R discs up to 48X. Using ASUS’ E-Green technology, the BC-12B1ST BD-Combo drive conserves energy by closing unused drive applications while the Optical Tuning Strategy employed by the BC-12B1ST drive when burning results in excellent error-free burning. Using a SATA interface and being compatible with a Windows operating system, makes the ASUS BC-12B1ST a great addition to your PC-based home theater system."
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