Saturday, February 2, 2013

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 03/02/2013


PCSTATS Lamptron Fan Controller FC10 Review Read More ...
HP Envy 23 TouchSmart Review The FC10 from Lamptron is not a fan controller like you are used to see. Lamptron gave it's latest toy a cool vintage/steampunk design using four Nixie tubes as displays. Apart from that it's a regular fan controller that allows you to drive up to four fans and monitor four temperature probes via remote. ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Case Conundrum: Affordable Midtowers Compared Quote: The all-in-one with touchscreen. HP was actually the first manufacturer to introduce this concept to consumers about five years back with its TouchSmart computers. By now touchscreens are no longer an exotic feature, they're common, large and work quite well. Windows is finally designed with touch operation in mind. Can HP distinguish itself... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Can A New GPU Rejuvenate A 5 Year Old Gaming PC? Today we're reviewing a series of mid-tower cases at a variety of affordable price points. These four cases are all marketed towards enthusiasts and ship with what were once considered upscale options, including external water cooling mounts, multiple 120mm fans, screwless installation, removable case vents, and board cutouts for easy third-party h... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
iTunes store and the Zune Marketplace. New video card launches from AMD and NVIDIA are almost always reviewed on hardware that’s less than 12 months old. That's not an arbitrary decision -- it helps reviewers make certain that GPU performance isn't held back by older CPUs and can be particularly important when evaluating the impact of new interfaces or bus designs. The downside of this ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Troubleshooting and Fixing Windows 8's Boot Configuration Episode #196 of Weekly Tech Update is now available on iTunes and the Zune Marketplace. This is our weekly podcast that covers the hottest stuff in tech - not only around BCCHardware, but also the world. Check it out over here - as well as a free download in the iTunes store and the Zune Marketplace. In this episode we are discussing Cisco bai... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Toshiba THNSNF256GCSS 'Thin Sniff' Windows 8 received a decent amount of enhancements on the desktop side that I tend to appreciate versus running Windows 7. One such area of improvement is notification management and how it handles updates and system restarts. Running the final version of the OS for a few months now, it’s been a painless affair until this past weekend. Unable ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH Motherboard Review @ RWLabs QUOTE: "You don't hear a lot about this drive since it's a business class product, but it does pack some new technology and innovative features straight from Toshiba's R&D department." ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Brother MFC-J4510DW: printing in landscape mode Here is a snippet: Without a new chipset coming down the pipe for a few months it is up to the motherboard manufactures to be the innovators and make the latest Z77 motherboards sexy and exciting. It is for this reason all the major players in the industry are turning to Thunderbolt, which has been used in the Apple market for some time, but is re... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
BlackBerry 10 preview Quote: We were duly impressed by the Brother MFC-J4510DW. It performs really well in many aspects. It looks good, has more than enough features and has a very nice control panel. The connectors are sufficient, and the presence of Wi-Fi Direct enables you to connect your mobile device to the printer without a router. The print quality is generally h... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
ASUS Vivobook X202E/S200E review: affordable touchscreen Our brief hands-on experience with the new OS left a positive impression. We expect that RIM will be able to compete in this area with the other main players. The hardware used in the new phones isn't ground-breaking, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the new BlackBerry phones will have subpar performance as long as the new OS is optimised wel... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
ASUS Taichi 21: Ultratablet We liked the ASUS Vivobook X202E / S200E. It has a nice finish, enough connectors and a touchscreen with 10 touchpoints. As entry-level Windows 8 laptop it's an interesting option. If you get the most expensive of the two models with Intel Core i3, 500 GB hard disk and 4 GB of RAM you have yourself a very nice Windows 8 laptop, even if we'd recomme... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
ASUS ROG ARES II Video Card Review Rotating displays, touch-sensitive displays, tablet/notebook transformers… All of these were mere concepts a few years ago, yet they’re increasingly invading the store displays of today. Other than the Lenovo Yoga notebook, we’ve also been surprised by ASUS’ Taichi 21. ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
ASUS Maximus V Formula / ThunderFX Review ASUS is launching its latest flagship ROG series video card, the ASUS ROG ARES II. This beast takes two Radeon HD 7970 GHz GPUs and provides CrossFire performance in a dual-slot configuration with unique custom closed-loop external cooling. This powerful limited edition video card is a born overclocker! ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Far Cry 3 @ LanOC Reviews Not one to rest on their laurels, ASUS adds another Z77 Express chipset based board to its Republic of Gamers lineup. This time in Formula trim. The Maximus V Formula / ThunderFX gives us most of what the Extreme version gave us and a couple of things it didn't. What's so special about the Maximus V Formula ThunderFX? Let's find out. ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
EVGA SuperNova NEX 1500W Classified review: a beast of a PSU When Wes first asked if there were any games that I had in mind to review, I immediately thought about Far Cry 3. It’s a game that looks like a blast, but not one that I would be likely to purchase. This is due to problems I had with the second Far Cry, which were mostly PC related issues. However it is with an open mind and heart that I take a loo... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Rosewill RHTS-8206 Review The EVGA SuperNova NEX1500W Classified is a beast. It's clearly aimed at overclockers that need as much power as possible for their high-end components. That is why EVGA focused on power and stability, and sacrificed a little in the area of noise production. Strong qualities of this PSU are its voltages, ripple, efficiency, extra software and its l... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
RaidSonic ICY BOX IB-RD2121StS 2x2.5" to 3.5" HDD/SSD Our Third outing with Rosewill lands us with a curious, affordable USB 5.1 surround sound headset. Surround sound gaming headsets have become abundant over the past few years and the divide between those who swear by stereo headphones and those who enjoy the 5.1 and 7.1 headsets has separated like South America and Africa and forum discussions ofte... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD Review When solid state drives finally made it to the consumer market roughly 5 years ago no one could deny that they offered superior data transfer speeds compared to regular mechanical drives without at the same time producing noise and heat. However no one also could deny that such solutions had but two large drawbacks and that were their prices (for m... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Intel DC S3700 SSD The Kingston SSDNow V300 is yet another value-oriented SSD in Kingston's wildly successful line of mainstream solid state drives. With the pressures of TLC SSDs squeezing the value market we take a look and see if a standard MLC SSD with 19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND and an SF-2281 processor can keep up with the changing times. ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
How to Restore Old Computers to Their Original Color Intel's new DC S3700 SSD series is absolutely perfect for a datacenter environment but it relatively low cost virtually guarantees that home users will take these drive seriously as well. But how do they actually perform against some of today's most popular enthusiast level SSDs? ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
Asustek, Gigabyte look to flat growth in 2013 "Plastic parts of older computers become yellow or brown over time, so you end up with a computer that looks yellow or brown instead of white or gray. In this tutorial, we will show you how to restore old plastic parts to their original color by using a homemade peroxide-based solution called Retr0bright." ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
motherboard makers to enjoy 4 million motherboard shipments from Intel Asustek Computer is expected to ship 21.5-22 million motherboards in 2013 compared to 22-22.2 million units shipped in 2012, while fellow company Gigabyte Technology aims to ramp its motherboard shipments to 20 million units, from 19 million units during the same period, according to industry sources. ... [PCSTATS] Read More ...
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