Tuesday, January 20, 2015

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 1/21/2015

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Asus Maximus VII Impact (Z97) mITX Motherboard Review



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Turtle Beach Z60 7.1 Audio Gaming Headset Review
n the computing world, bigger is usually better. But that doesn’t stop us trying to squeeze the same performance out of something that is physically smaller in size. ‘Why?’ you ask. Well, perhaps desk space is at a premium or maybe you simply never plan to use multiple graphics cards with a kilowatt power supply and an array of HDDs. If that’s the ... [PCSTATS]


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TYLT 2.1A-Wall Travel Charger Review
For over 35 years Turtle Beach has been a leader in the gaming headset industry, widely recognized as one of the best producers of headsets for console and PC gaming. Their catalog includes a wide range of headsets designed to fit the needs of nearly every consumer from the low cost basic headset to the high end professional gamer headset. Today,... [PCSTATS]


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Guru3D Octagonal Competition reminders
TYLT has a great device in the 2.1A-Wall, as it's a super small and very powerful travel charger that will have you up and going in no time at all."

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OCZ discuss the past, the present and the future under Toshiba
Hey every body, just a generic reminder that today is the last day you can be part of any of our eight contests ! We have some great stuff for you to get a chance to win thanks to our partners: MSI, AMD, G.Skill, Corsair, Noctua, Gigabyte and OCZ Storage solutions. Today we start the first of eight (you heard that right my man!) competitions.

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ASUS X99-A
Have you had an OCZ drive fail before? We sat down with them this week and THEY want YOU to believe in them again as an SSD pioneer.

KITGURU TV managed to get some time to chat with OCZ's James Tout, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Engineering. He openly discusses the Sandforce issues from the past, the companies new direction since the acqui... [PCSTATS]


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Two And A Half Geeks Webcast: CES 2015 Wrap-Up
"Drive performance on this board is well covered with both SATA Express and M.2x4 support as well as your standard compliment of SATA 6Gbps ports. This gives you the ability to not only use standard SATA drives, but move up the level of drive performance you can take advantage of, should you choose to use them. Overall, there is not a whole lot I c... [PCSTATS]


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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WATERFORCE
In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks, Dave and Marco round-table rap about highlights of CES 2015, including the CyberPower Fang Trinity, NVIDIA’s Tegra X1, 5th Gen Core Intel-powered notebooks like the Dell XPS 13, AMD Freesync monitors and upcoming Carizzo APU, and what we expect for the coming year...
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GX Gaming SW-G2.1 2000 Gaming Speakers
Join us we review three factory overclocked and water-cooled GeForce GTX 980 cards, yes it is the Gigabyte WaterForce, a 3-way SLI review on the GeForce GTX 980 that has been water-cooled by a complete AOI kit. We'll FLIR them, FCAT them, overclock them and look at Ultra HD performance as well. Join us in this review where we'll once again look at ... [PCSTATS]


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Silicon Power Jewel J06 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review
“Discrete sound cards, integrated audio chips, gaming headsets and complete speaker systems are some of the more common items discussed for delivery of gaming audio. Often you will find multiple solutions in a serious gamers tool box: a gaming headset for late night gaming sessions and a speaker solution for when free to play as loud as possible. I... [PCSTATS]


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ECS LIVA-X Mini PC (Intel N2808)
If you happen to need lots of storage capacity while on the go then the smart and most affordable thing to do is either to get an 2.5" portable hard drive or one of the larger 3.5" desktop drives (although the first is obviously preferable thanks to size and the lack of need for an external power supply the 2nd can offer much higher capacities at... [PCSTATS]


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CES 2015 Coverage
Tired of your smart TV's horrible interface? Looking to add Wi-Fi and digital media options to your home theatre? Want Windows in your living room? ECS's LIVA X is the cost-effective, silent solution to meet those needs, as well as the basic compute needs of most Internet users. With added storage-expansion options and more CPU power, the new LIVA ... [PCSTATS]


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NikKTech & FSP Worldwide Giveaway
"Join HiTech Legion as we take a tour of CES 2015. HiTech Legion will be providing ongoing video coverage as we vist the suites and showroom floor for the latest and greatest hardware offerings from some of the most popular computer hardware and software manufacturers."
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SilverStone Nightjar NJ520 520W Fanless PSU Review
2015 is finally here and so is another of our great giveaways. The prize? One massive Aurum Pro 1200W 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU by our friends at FSP and yes once again it's a Worldwide event!
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MSI Z97S SLI Plus LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
What is more quiet than a computer power supply with a fan? You guessed it, a PSU with no fan. This unit has small footprint builds in mind featuring excellent Platinum efficiency, flexible flat cables, and of course no sound profile to speak of. Does the 520 watt rated SilverStone Nightjar hold up when we put it in the incubator?
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GTX 780 OC 6GB vs. R9 290X 4GB Overclocked at 4K
MSI once again brings us a solid, stable, and reliable motherboard with some great overclocking and positions it in the multi-GPU category. Usually when we see marketing moves like this we think of $200, $300, or even $400 motherboards. This MSI platform rings in at the $138 mark, which spikes this motherboard in the value category as well.
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SilverStone Raven RV05 Rotated Computer Chase Review
We take the ASUS STRIX GTX 780 OC 6GB video card and run two in SLI and overclock both of these at 4K resolutions to find the ultimate gameplay performance with 6GB of VRAM. We will also compare these to two overclocked ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II CrossFire video cards for the ultimate VRAM performance showdown.
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Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-in SSD Review
The SilverStone Raven series of cases long ago broke the mold when it comes to "normal" computer chassis. Its design execution has always been good and the Ravens' airflow characteristics are excellent. Today SilverStone pushes the new Raven RV05 out there a little bit further in terms of design and function.
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GIGABYTE GA-Z97X Gaming GT LGA1150 ATX
It's been a while since I tested an SSD and after using mechanical drives in some of my systems for the past few months, the difference was incredible. The MX100 is Crucial's answer to performance at a price that makes an SSD affordable. This drive has an MSRP that makes it just under $0.45 / GB and if you can find it on sale - it's an even better ... [PCSTATS]


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Sony Xperia Z2 Smartphone
"We’ve received their latest G1 Gaming motherboard, the GIGABYTE GA-Z97X Gaming GT, which follows the same feature rich design as the previous G1 series, but is now clad in the new red and black styling. We took a detailed look at this new board to see if it measures up to the legacy left by their previous products."
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WD My Passport Pro 4TB Thunderbolt Portable RAID Drive
"Sony isn’t exactly looking to reinvent the wheel with the new Xperia Z2 Android smartphone. Instead, the Xperia Z2 really is the natural evolution of the Android smartphone line that Sony has been building up these last couple of years. You get a tremendously slim slab of a phablet that’s dressed up in classy glass both on the front and the back. ... [PCSTATS]


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Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E LGA2011-V3 Processor
"In this day and age of digital entertainment, the associated files that are edited to bring you amazing still life imagery or high-definition video require high performance peripherals. With a large amount of digital content producers being out on location and not in the comfort of their studios, their devices need to be portable without sacrifici... [PCSTATS]


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InWin D-Frame Mini mITX Case Review
"Haswell-E is here. Well, technically, it’s been “here” for a while but has undergone refinements throughout the last year to ready itself for launch. One of those refinements was more performance and cooler operating temperatures. Without creating a whole new architecture, the only feasible direction, given the current TDP and heat challenges faci... [PCSTATS]


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Far Cry 4 Video Card Performance and IQ Preview
“If money is no object and you want opulence in the most functional way possible, InWin may have something that’s right up your alley. As of late they are most well known for their artful use of aluminum and tempered glass in cases like the S-Frame, the 901/904, and the D-Frame, and today we’re take a look at the D-Frame’s little brother, the D-Fra... [PCSTATS]


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Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Gold Power Supply Review
Far Cry 4 is here, and we take an early look at how current video cards stack up in performance, and which quality settings are graphically demanding. We will also look at some image quality comparisons and talk about the state of this game at launch. Will it measure up to Far Cry 3 in terms of graphic fidelity?
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Alien: Isolation - Video Card Performance Review
Thermaltake has traditionally shined when it comes to computer power supplies in excess of 1000 watts. But in the past these power supplies have often been very costly. Today we cover Thermaltake's new 1200 watt power supply that is currently selling for $139 after $30 MIR. Is it worth your hard earned dollars?

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