Tuesday, July 22, 2014

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 23/07/2014

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BitFenix Colossus Computer Case Revisited



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Blue Microphones Spark Digital Lightning Review
August 2010. A new company releases a massive enclosure aptly named the Colossus. The original Colossus was BitFenix’s first product as a company, and it captured the attention of the enthusiast crowd at the time with its various added features and performance capabilities. While Benchmark Reviews has taken a look at the Colossus before, the recent... [PCSTATS]


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Samsung 840 Pro Solid State Drive Review
If you want to give your podcasts a professional appearance, you need a good quality microphone. Forget about the tiny hole on your portable smart-whatever device, there’s a world of difference between consumer and professional-grade microphones, and the signal processing circuits that go along with them. Once you have a good microphone and preamp,... [PCSTATS]


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ROCCAT Ryos MK Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
For going on two years now, Samsung has been a major player in the SSD market. Before that, Samsung SSDs just didn’t compete. That has all changed with the Samsung 800 series of SSDs and even more recently with the release of Samsung’s RAPID technology for use with Samsung 840 SSDs. Samsung now competes at the top of the market and their SSDs are f... [PCSTATS]


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Audio-Technica ATH-CKX7iS In-Ear Headphones Review
We have just posted up our review of the ROCCAT Ryos MK Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. This keyboard is the big brother to the ROCCAT Ryos MK Glow that we looked at a while back and this time around it brings a few extra hardware features including a media hub, USB ports and some interesting lighting options. If you are in the market for a new gam... [PCSTATS]


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ADATA Premier Pro SP920SS 256GB SSD Review
Audio-Technica hailing from Japan is one of the leading headphone manufacturers in the world. They compete along with the 3 big names from Germany – Sennheiser, AKG and Beyerdynamic.

They have a rich tradition in the in-ear monitor (IEM) space in addition to their traditional headphone business. They have recently released a new range of IEMs an... [PCSTATS]


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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy RX 7.1 Sound Card Review
ADATA Premier Pro SP920SS 256GB uses Marvel 88SS9189 controller, the same controller that is used in Crucial M550. This controller adds LPDDR (or low-power DDR) and improved DevSleep implementation. In fact, if you’re familiar with Crucial M550’s PCB layout, its no different from this drive.

What’s different is the SSD uses eight chips of 20nm 3... [PCSTATS]


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WD My Passport Slim 1TB USB 3.0 WDBGMT0010BAL Drive Review
Creative had launched their quad core Recon 3D cards and ZX series cards some time back. These were mid and high end audio gaming cards which were well received all over. However, the entry level market didn’t have any real compelling options from Creative. The only options were the old Audigy Value and Soundblaster 5.1 cards which were launched ma... [PCSTATS]


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MSI GeForce GTX 780 Gaming OC 6 GB Graphics Card
When the concept of having 2.5” drives started, in countries like India a lot of buyers used to buy a casing and an internal 2.5” drive. Back then, a lot of people used to ask the question “Are company labelled 2.5” external drives worth it?”

Things evolved since then: form-factor, warranty, branding presence for external drives, etc. Then the s... [PCSTATS]


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Corsair Force LX 256GB SSD review
Today we test the MSI GeForce GTX 780 Gaming OC 6 GB graphics card, the OC edition specifically. The customized product is equipped with a massive cooler that can be air-cooled, this unit comes with a whopping 6 GB graphics memory (rather handy with Watch Dogs we admit) and a very hip looking cooler.

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Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 144hz G-Sync Monitor
In this review we look at the all new Corsair Force LX 256GB SSD. Plextor recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung and Micron mostly, in both price and performance. The end result is a very capable and fast SSD that can keep up with the big guns in the market, yet remains priced in a sweet spot.... [PCSTATS]


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Sony Vegas Pro 13 Rendering
Today we review the highly anticipated Asus ROG Swift PG278Q. This 27 inch Nvidia G-SYNC monitor runs at WQHD 2560×1440 resolution, features a 144hz refresh rate and a 1ms (gtg) response time to cater to the most demanding gamer. The panel features a ‘turbo’ button to automatically select refresh rates of 60hz, 120hz and 144hz. The monitor is due f... [PCSTATS]


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Genius Zabius M Mobile Gaming Headset
"Sony's Vegas video editing software first introduced GPU assisted rendering in v10. Since then, there new processes that take advantage of your video card."

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Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler Review
We have just posted up our review of the Genius Zabius M Mobile Gaming Headset. This is a tidy little piece of kit that makes your mobile gaming easier and a lot more immersive. The Zabius M works with your mobile phone as well as your laptop and promises (and delivers) decent sound at a very good price. If you want to pack light the next time you ... [PCSTATS]


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WD Red WD40EFRX 4TB NAS Storage Drive Review
The giganormous Noctua D-series heatsink gets a new revision.
Will it take home another win?
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Kingston MobileLite Wireless G2 Review
WD sent its 4TB variant of its RED series NAS storage drive for evaluation. This should be interesting to see how it performs. Earlier, we’ve reviewed WD Red 2TB and 3TB variants which performed pretty well.

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Diamond Xtreme Sound 7.1 External Sound Card Review
Our hardware quests don’t always stop with the PC and while Hardware Asylum may not review much in the mobile space that doesn’t mean we ignore our enthusiast roots.
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RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme 23000mAh Portable Battery Charger Review
Today is a great day in the eTeknix office, as I’m very happy to have yet another high-end chassis from the legendary Thermaltake. The Core V71 was first seen earlier this year at CES 2014 and we saw it again at Computex in Taipei a couple of months ago, now we’re finally able to get hands on with this beast and put it to the test.

The Thermalta... [PCSTATS]


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ASUS Strix Radeon R9 280 3GB Review @ Hardware360
RAVPower's impressive RP-PB14 Xtreme 23,000mAh charger not only charges your mobile device, but your notebook or Ultrabook, too. Let's take a close look."
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HGST DESKSTAR NAS 4TB HARD DRIVE REVIEW
When it comes down to it you can’t go wrong with this card. It offers great performance up to 1440p, looks dead sexy and is completely silent up to 65°C. It is easily the best R9 280 graphics card we have tested.
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Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 15.7.
Speed an enterprise grade features? We took in the 7,200RPM
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB to see how it compete against entries from WD and
Seagate.
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Workstation Graphics Card Comparison Guide
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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air Obsidian Series 450D Mid-Tower PC Case Review
These days, there are so many workstation graphics card models that it has become quite impossible to keep up with the different configurations. Therefore, we decided to compile this comprehensive guide to 169 workstation graphics cards.



We hope this comparison will provide an easy reference for those who are interested in comparing the spe... [PCSTATS]


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Thecus N5550 Network Attached Storage Review
Remember when Volvo was "Boxy but safe?" While Corsair's new Obsidian 450D may not hit that point exactly, it does pretty darn well in the "Boxy but with a roomy interior that's optimized for airflow." The 450D has all the features you want for a new cool build whether it be air or water cooled with tons of components.
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ADATA XPG SX300 SATA 6Gb/s mSATA SSD Review
Thecus released the N5550 NAS and gives the consumers a ton of options on how it can be configured. The Thecus N5550 is aimed at home and SOHO users and houses up to 5 hard drives.
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Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE Motherboard Review
ADATA is one of the market leaders in memory and SSD drives. Their current solution for the mSATA market is the XPG SX300 mSATA drive. The ADATA XPG SX300 is a MLC mSATA drive that features an LSI controller.

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MSI GT Dominator Pro Gaming Laptop
One of Samsung's goals with its latest Galaxy Tab 4 tablets was to create a family of products that offered good value and versatility to a wide range of potential consumers. The new Galaxy Tab 4 family is available in three sizes: 7-, 8-, and 10.1-inches and the tablets feature lightweight materials, thin bezels, and HD displays.

In March, we t... [PCSTATS]


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ASUS Maximus VII Gene micro-ATX Motherboard Review
The MSI GT60 Dominator Pro gaming laptop has features that can seriously replace a desktop gaming PC. It has an amazing 3K display (2880 x 1660 resolution) which rivals the MacBook Pro and is the first laptop to feature the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M.


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ASUS R7 265 DC2 & GTX 750 Ti DC2 OC 1080p Review
Generally speaking ASUS Republic of Gamers motherboards set the bar extremely high in all categories. Fortunately motherboards have nothing in common with films and generally the sequels are as good if not better than the originals. In films this is almost never the case. Does ASUS have another hit with this micro-ATX sized motherboard?
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ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
Today we continue our quest at finding the best value for 1080p gaming at less than $200. We are looking at two video cards from ASUS, the R7 265 DirectCU II and the GTX 750 Ti DirectCU II OC. We will compare across a variety of 1080p gaming, and draw our conclusion on the best value between the R7 260X, R7 265, and GTX 750 Ti.
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GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
The ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer offers very little frills and boasts tons of performance at a very low cost. ASRock with us has been hit and miss in the past in terms of reviews. This $125 has all the features though that are needed to get you overclocking though. We put the ASRock Z97 Killer Fatal1ty to the test.
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Weekly Steam Game Giveaway Kings Bounty The Legend
GIGABYTE's Z97X-UD5H is a compelling option offering features above and beyond what similar motherboards had last generation as well as superb performance, stability and stellar overclocking for the money. Gone are the crazy colors and while this motherboard has some bright gold heatsinks it will appeal to many more buyers.
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Spire Ridge 6602B Review
"We’re back with another Steam game giveaway, and this week it’s Kings Bounty The Legend which is a fantasy adventure game combing real time adventuring and turn based battles. The Kings Bounty series is one of my favorites, it’s a lot of fun and the stories are decent. Yes it can be repetitive at times, but that’s just the nature of the game, stil... [PCSTATS]


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Samsung 845DC PRO 400GB SATA SSD @ Custom PC Review
The Spire Ridge 6602B is a seriously low priced case with a rather aggressive design. With this product Spires wants to attract gamer who are looking a new home for their hardware that doesn't burn a hole into their pocket. What this case has to offer, that we will show on the following pages.
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ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 Sound Card
In order to fill the gap, Samsung recently introduced the Samsung 845DC PRO, which would rely on Samsung’s latest innovation, 3D V-NAND, to produce a drive that was both high performance in write intensive workloads and also high endurance as well.The Samsung 845DC PRO will come in only two capacities..."
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