Monday, February 24, 2014

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 25/02/2014

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AMD Radeon R7 265



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Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2 GB
AMD's R7 265 is meant to reside in the space between the R7 260X and R9 270, though performance is closer to its R9 sibling. Could this make it a perfect budget friendly graphics card?
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AMD Radeon R7 265 Mainstream GPU Review
Today AMD releases their Radeon R7 265 in a pre-emptive strike to cover their bases against NVIDIA's upcoming GTX 750 Ti. While the card is based on the aging HD 7850, it still offers good gaming performance and comes with an excellent price/performance ratio.
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Western Digital Black Gen. 2 (WD4003FZEX) 4 TB Hard Disk Drive Review.
AMD is shaking up its mid-range graphics cards line-up today, by slashing the price of the Radeon R7 260X and introducing the more powerful Radeon R7 265. Though their model numbers are quite similar, the Radeon R7 265 is actually built around a beefier GPU than the 260X, and is more like the higher-end Radeon R9 270X.

AMD is positioning the Rad... [PCSTATS]


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Intel postpones Broadwell availability to 4Q14
Desktop power users on a budget will often pair an SSD boot drive with a cheap, spacious 5400+ RPM desktop drive like the 3 TB Western Digital Green (WD30EZRX). However, while the latest 5400+ RPM hard disk drives can deliver very good throughputs, they are still much slower in random accesses. So, those who can afford it will still go for high-per... [PCSTATS]


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Intel to cut a deal with Apple for Fab 42?
Intel's upcoming 14nm Broadwell-based processors were previously scheduled for mass production at the end of the first quarter for release in the third; however, sources from the upstream supply chain say the processors have recently been delayed and will not be available until the fourth quarter.
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CMStorm Ceres 500 Gaming Headset
With shipments of desktop and notebooks in the doldrums since 2010, Intel's PC processor business has been in decline. Meanwhile, AMD and others are taking aim at the Intel-dominated server business with ARM-based MPUs. At the same time, Intel has struggled to gain access to the fast-growing market for application processors used in tablets and sma... [PCSTATS]


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QNAP HS-210 2-Bay Media Sharing NAS Review
Quality sound and a comfortable fit aren’t exclusive to just PC gaming but for the most part finding the same experience in a console headset can be difficult and expensive. For most, owning a set of quality headsets for both your console and your PC simply isn’t cost effective. Today we take a look at the Ceres 500 from Cooler Master that looks to... [PCSTATS]


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Ozone Onda Pro Headset
QNAP delivers a dual-bay table top NAS that sits with your A/V equipment, and serves media files to your smart playback devices like HDTVs."
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Asus Z87 Pro Motherboard Review
for another gaming headset review, we are today going to take a look at the Onda Pro from Ozone.
This headset is even used by Pro gamers so I expect quite a bit from them. They look comfortable since the earcups fully cover your ear. so let´s get on with the review.
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AMD Kaveri A10 7850K APU Overclocked IGP Gaming
Most people look at Asus’ Pro models as a mainstream product but we don’t with the Z87 Pro. Asus Maximus product may be their high tier offering but we have to say it is not far behind. Here is the icing on the cake; a $199 price point! This is an incredible bang for the buck if your building a Haswell system. There is nothing negative to say about... [PCSTATS]


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Workstation & Server CPU Comparison Guide
Earlier in the week, we looked at overclocked Kaveri CPU performance.
Today we take our Kaveri A10 7850K overclocked to 4.7 GHz with the GPU
overclocked to 1020 MHz and DDR3 2400 and see how it performs in IGP
gaming and OpenCL.

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Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 15.6.
If you have no idea what's different between an AMD Opteron processor and an Intel Xeon processor, then this is the guide for you.

Currently covering 728 workstation and server CPUs, this comprehensive comparison will allow you to easily compare up to 20 different specifications for each and every CPU.

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Hard Disk Drive Performance Comparison
These days, there are so many mobile GPU models that it has become quite impossible to keep up with the different configurations. Therefore, we decided to compile this guide to provide an easy reference for those who are interested in comparing the specifications of the various mobile GPUs in the market as well as those already obsolescent or obsol... [PCSTATS]


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Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide
Ever wanted a guide on hard drive performance, where you can compare the performance of a wide range of hard drives? With 47 hard disk drives for comparison, the guide is fleshing out real nicely.

In this performance comparison guide, we will test and compare the performance of all the hard drives we can get our hands on. This is similar to what... [PCSTATS]


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S Option Of The Week - IOQD.
Covering 576 desktop graphics cards, this comprehensive comparison allows you to easily compare 24 different specifications for each and every card. If you need to find out about the specification of any card, just come over and check out our Desktop Graphics Comparison Guide.



We hope it will prove to be a useful reference. We will keep thi... [PCSTATS]


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Seasonic S12G-Series: S12G-550 Power Supply Review
Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization Guide, affectionately known as the BOG. From a meagre beginning of a single page, it now covers over 440 BIOS options. As old BOG readers will know, we started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision 8.0 - a simplified edition and the complete edition.

Normally, the complete editi... [PCSTATS]


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Cooler Master's QuickFire
Seasonic builds some of the best computer power supplies on the market. When do we ever get a power supply that is actually a better product than what it is marketed to be? Not often, but that is the case with the S12G-550 PSU. It is not terribly inexpensive, but it is a great value for your hard earned dollars.
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Func HS-260 Gaming Headset
With an embedded steel plate and a beefy body, Cooler Master's QuickFire Ultimate may be one of the sturdiest mechanical keyboards around. We take a closer look at this affordable backlit model to see how it holds up.
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Le Pan TC1020 Tablet Review
We recently took a look at a gaming mechanical keyboard from an unlikely source, Func. In that review we also made allusions to Func bringing their design focus of innovative functionality without gimmicks to a whole range of gaming peripherals. Today we are here with the final piece of hardware in this new Func collection, the HS-260 Gaming Headse... [PCSTATS]


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Akasa Newton NUC Case
Today we are taking a look at Le Pan's entry in to the high-end tablet game, the TC1020. With a Tegra 4 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, a 9000 mAh battery, and the highest resolution (2560 x 1600) 10 inch IPS display available right now, you can tell right off the bat that this thing is no joke. Read on to see how well it performs and if it can st... [PCSTATS]


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BIOS Option Of The Week - CPU Fast String.
Intel managed to turn some heads with the NUC, but with its active cooling solution, it leaves things to be desired in terms of noise. A few manufacturers have stepped up to offer passive cooling platforms, one of which is the Akasa Newton. Competitively priced and with a good feature set, it has all the right ingredients to make for an excellent s... [PCSTATS]


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SilverStone MR01 Monitor
Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization Guide, affectionately known as the BOG. From a meagre beginning of a single page, it now covers over 440 BIOS options. As old BOG readers will know, we started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision 8.0 - a simplified edition and the complete edition.

Normally, the complete editi... [PCSTATS]


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Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87 Motherboard Review
"The SilverStone MR01 Monitor Riser is constructed from thick aluminum, weighs 2kg and supports displays up 10kg. Many monitor risers can't handle the larger 27" displays, but this one can. It's basic, but yet a very stylish and elegant riser that does the job. " ~3dGameMan.com
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China crucial to global DIY market, say Taiwan motherboard makers
In this review we looked at the Gigabyte G1 Killer Sniper Z87 gaming motherboard which is not the top of the line but rather a reasonable version that anyone could buy.
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AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card Review
The China market occupied about 40% of global DIY motherboard shipments in 2013 and 60% of shipments to China were for sale in smaller cities or towns, according to Taiwan-based motherboard makers.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2014), A Fantastic Revision
Last week AMD beefed up their entry-level and mid-range graphics cards with the introduction of the AMD Radeon R7 250X and the Radeon R7 265. It appears that AMD did this to help fill in both the performance and price between the Radeon R7 260x and the Radeon R9 270 ahead of NVIDIA’s rumored GeForce GTX 750 Ti launch. AMD did not send us their Rade... [PCSTATS]


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OCZ Vector 150 and OCZ Vertex 460 Review
It could be said that Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon series cuts through the stuffy corporate facade, offering something for the conference room or coffee shop with a sleeker physique and sports car-like good looks. The original ThinkPad X1 Carbon was initially released back in 2012 and at the time, its carbon fiber-infused chassis offered a rare com... [PCSTATS]


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