Monday, December 8, 2014

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 12/9/2014

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Thermaltake Commander G41 Mid-Tower Chassis Review



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Tt eSPORTS BAHAMUT External Sound Card
Are you on the market for an affordable, yet capable mid-tower computer case these holidays? Today Chad tells us all about the Thermaltake Commander G41."

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ASRock X99 Extreme6 (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review
"Sound is important, not only to gamers, but to everyone. Having a PC with a bad sound card can not only make a difference in gaming, but the ability to enjoy music, watch movies and more. Today we are taking a look a pretty handy USB External Sound Card from Tt eSPORTS. The BAHAMUT features 5.1 virtual surround sound, 8/16-bit DAC channels, suppor... [PCSTATS]


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Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, Watchband Hinge And Intel Core M
During Intel’s X99 launch in early September one motherboard vendor was noticeably absent from the scene – ASRock. While we’re not sure as to the exact reason for ASRock’s delayed entry, they are now out in full force with an extensive top-to-bottom X99 product stack. Their range of products for Intel’s High-End Desktop (HEDT) platform span the usu... [PCSTATS]


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Creative T15 Wireless Bluetooth
We recently go our hands dirty, so to speak, with the new Core M 5Y70 Broadwell-powered Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro ultrabook. Contrary to Intel's design goal with Broadwell, the Yoga 3 Pro is not a fanless design, but instead is a super-thin, ultra-light convertible ultrabook with a premium, high resolution 3K display with a crisp 3200x1800 native resolutio... [PCSTATS]


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u FSXtreme 240GB SLC SSD Review
"A big part of just about any technology game these days is versatility. We’re no longer satisfied with products that only serve one purpose or can only be used under one kind of circumstance. At the same time, we don’t want to sacrifice anything in terms of performance in order to gain some added flexibility. And yes, this even applies to a pair o... [PCSTATS]


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Asrock M8 Z97-600W
"Chris delivers one of the first full English reviews of Fujitsu's FSXtreme 240GB SSD. The special thing about this drive is that it uses speedy SLC NAND."

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ASUS Maximus VII Impact motherboard
For a year now I have been using the original Asrock M8 as my Steam PC with a Core i5-4670K and GeForce GTX 760 combo. As good as it has been, I am looking forward to replacing it with the new and improved M8 Z97-600W which will allow me to take advantage of higher-end graphics cards.
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Tesoro Durandal G1NL Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
"ASUS again proves the strength of their ROG designs with the Maximus VII Impact board. The board may have a small status, but its got the heart of a champion. ASUS designed the board's layout masterfully, providing sufficient space between all integrated peripherals while maintaining a rich feature set with the board. They were able to do this by ... [PCSTATS]


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Corsair Gaming H2100 wireless headset review
Today we are going to look at a mechanical gaming keyboard from a company called Tesoro, the Durandal G1NL. Tesoro are looking to compete with the more established players in the market such as Corsair and Razer who are very popular among the gaming audience. We are excited to see what the Tesoro’s Durandal G1 NL has to offer.


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Synology DS215j NAS Review
We review the Corsair Gaming H2100 wireless headset. The H2100 is a follow-up model to the Vengeance series and works through a USB transmitter powered Dolby headset. One charge will get you 9 hours of wireless headset gaming over two quality Neodyne 50mm drivers. These surround sound headphones offer 16-bit/48 KHz playback and come with Dolby Pro ... [PCSTATS]


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Tesoro Excalibur G7NL Gaming Keyboard
Synology’s latest two-bay NAS is the DS215j. This model looks very similar to the DS214 and shares almost all of the features, except for the loss of one USB 3.0 port (you get one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0) and a reduction in processor speed. The DS214 uses a dual core 1.066GHz Marvell while the new DS215j has a dual core Marvell running at 800MHz.
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GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Hall Of Fame review
If you attended CES earlier this year you might have encountered Tesoro’s booth which featured many of their upcoming products. The recently established German company was trying to bring attention as they have just opened their doors to the USA market, with the objective of bringing their unique gaming designs catered for gamers. In this article, ... [PCSTATS]


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XFX R9 285 Double Dissipation
We review the GALAX GeForce GTX HOF edition. The card is beautiful in design with a snow white theme; it is also the fastest factory clocked product that we have tested to date. Get this, the card is boosting at over 1400 MHz with its default settings. Armed with impressive looks, based on a custom PCB and a third party cooler the guys behind KFA2 ... [PCSTATS]


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Quiet ATX Gamer, R5 Version
"Compared to the competitors R9 285 offerings, XFX R9 285 was able to deliver the highest core clock speed out of the three cards I have looked at reaching 1136MHz. As far as the memory overclocking goes, XFX's version comes in second place at 1526MHz. To manage the clock speeds higher than the out-of-the-box clock speeds, you can use any one of th... [PCSTATS]


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NVIDIA's new GRID
The new Fractal Design Define R5 arrived in our lab while we were finishing our original Quiet ATX Gaming Build Guide article. Lacking time to do a full case review, we swapped the R5 in place of the R4 to get a practical assessment of the improvements the new case brings. In the process, we managed to drop the full load noise of our Quiet ATX Game... [PCSTATS]


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OCC has published a review on Far Cry 4
NVIDIA's GRID has been launched onto the SHIELD Tablet but even in its beta phase, it is one of the best solutions around for online game streaming from the cloud.
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ASUS Z97-Pro Gamer Review
"Should we visit Kyrat or let the Crab Rangoon get cold? In my opinion, Far Cry 4 is definitely a game worth playing, though it may be worth putting off so that hopefully some of the graphical issues can be addressed. The stuttering may be bad, but the broken shadows are just, well, broken, and break the experience to a degree. Hopefully both will ... [PCSTATS]


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Seasonic X Series XM2 1050 W
With Z97-Pro Gamer, ASUS is offering a motherboard that's basically being positioned below their ROG series products. Therefore this is ASUS's entry-level gaming motherboard, which should come with an interesting feature mix as well as a reasonable price. We're very curious to find out how this board performs, also when compared to the more expensi... [PCSTATS]


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Kingston HyperX FURY 240GB SSD
We had the chance to evaluate many Seasonic products within the last couple months. Today, we will take a look at their 1050 W Gold-certified X series unit. Like its big brother, the X-1250 XM2 we tested recently, we expect it to perform incredibly well.
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GIGABYTE GA-X99-Gaming
Are you ready for some football? Up for grabs in week fourteen of Bigbruin.com's Pro Football Pick 'Em is a Kingston HyperX FURY 240GB SSD!

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Cougar 700K Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
With a price north of $350, there's no doubt that GIGABYTE's GA-X99-Gaming G1 targets enthusiasts but can it compete against the likes of ASUS and EVGA?
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Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV Micro-Tower PC Chassis Review
QUOTE:"Today Chad dives in and tells us all about Cougar's newest gaming keyboard, the 700K mechanical. Should it find a place under your tree this year?"

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G.Skill Phoenix Blade 480GB PCIe x8 SSD Review
The way we look at PC cases is forever changed thanks to the modders and the modding community. When people started to mod their beige PC cases, manufacturers took notice and changed. They changed what their cases looked like, they changed the materials used in the manufacturing process and most importantly, they changed the options available. In t... [PCSTATS]


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Logitech G910 ‘Orion Spark’ Mechanical Keyboard Review
Everybody loves speed, and there’s no easier way to enhance the snappiness of general usage tasks than by using a solid state drive. But the primary storage interface – SATA 6Gbps – saw its speed limit reached by fast SSD’s more than two years ago. If you wanted higher performance, multiple SATA drives in RAID or a dedicated PCIe solution were the ... [PCSTATS]


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motherboard players to focus on gross margins in 2015
We have seen a sudden influx of RGB based products over the last few months. Corsair has launched a new line of peripherals, Razer swiftly followed suit with its Chroma lineup and now Logitech is jumping in with the Orion Spark G910 Mechanical Keyboard. Main features of this new keyboard include custom made mechanical switches, a second screen smar... [PCSTATS]


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Overclocking Competitions: About the Player
Asustek Computer has been aggressively cutting motherboard prices to defend its leading position in the market recently and is likely to use the same strategy for 2015. In response most competing motherboard players have turned to focus on maintaining their gross margins for 2015, according to industry sources.
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Synology DiskStation DS215j
By switching focus away from “The Fastest Person Wins” we open up overclocking to a whole new level of competition. Hardware makers will still have a reason to build and market their high-end overclocking hardware and players will be given a chance to choose what hardware they want to use.
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Corsair Gaming H1500 USB Gaming Headset
Overall the Synology DS215j is as powerful as a sub $250 NAS device gets right now. With the added bonus of being able to use the feature rich DSM 5.1 software, the DS215j offers even more value. Consumers can also rest assured that Synology will continue to support the DS215j with updated DSM versions for the foreseeable future. Having arrived jus... [PCSTATS]


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BlackBerry Passport
Corsair recently rebranded many of their gaming peripherals to the new “Corsair Gaming” moniker. While a simple rename doesn’t mean much, the new branding was immediately followed by a wave of new devices from Corsair. These range from the new RGB equipped keyboards and mice to their new H-series headsets. Today we’ll be taking a look at the new H1... [PCSTATS]


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Bullet Proof 5 (BP5) SATA
The first 24 hours with the new BlackBerry Passport have been... interesting, weird, wide, different, surprising, strange, and did I mention weird?"
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MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof 5 (BP5) SATA m.2 Enclosure Review
MyDigitalSSD's latest storage product is the Bullet Proof 5 (BP5) SATA m.2 enclosure. Read on as Tyler puts it through its paces and tells us all about it."
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Acer Aspire V Nitro Black Edition Gaming Laptop Review
MyDigitalSSD's latest storage product is the Bullet Proof 5 (BP5) SATA m.2 enclosure. Read on as Tyler puts it through its paces and tells us all about it."
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CMStorm Mizar Ergonomic Laser Gaming
Acer's new gaming notebook is a thing of beauty, but looks only go so far. How does it perform? Well, read on to find out. Spoiler: Pretty damn well."

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ASUS GTX 980 STRIX OC
Today Chad tells us all about the CMStorm Mizar, a new and affordable ergonomic laser gaming mouse from Cooler Master. Another one to put under the tree?"


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Thermaltake TTeSports Ventus Gaming Mouse Review
The ASUS GTX 980 STRIX is fast, quiet and only costs a few more dollars than NVIDIA's reference design. It may be the perfect high end graphics card.
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Thermaltake Core V51 Mid-Tower PC Case Review
The selection of gaming peripherals continues to grow at a steady pace. Thermaltake, whose TTeSports product line is geared towards gamers, have brought several new mice to market in recent months. Today we have on hand for review ThermalTtake’s TTeSports Ventus gaming mouse. The VENTUS gaming mouse by Thermaltake comes with its own carrying case, ... [PCSTATS]


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Z97 & Z87 Motherboard Charts: 43 Models tested
Established in 1999, Thermaltake has been in the computer case industry for years. Being a part time computer tech, I built plenty of rigs with their products. They typically offer plenty of value combining a high level of user convenience with their designs at low prices. Their new Core series of cases are no exception. Following the launch of the... [PCSTATS]


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NZXT H440 Razer Edition Mid-Tower Case Review
In our comparison tables, meanwhile you find benchmark values regarding 43 recent Z97 and Z87 motherboards. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right motherboard.
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rsair Carbide 330R Titanium Edition Case Review
NZXT has a long history of making high quality cases and power supplies. While Razer is probably best known for their mice, headphones, and keyboards. As with most companies that specialize in a few products, they are starting to branch out into other products. Razer started with gaming systems, then into the wearables market with the Nabu. Now... [PCSTATS]


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