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Tt eSPORTS Poseidon Z RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review



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ASUS Strix GTX 950 DC2OC, Strix Goes Mainstream!
Are you looking for an RGB mechanical keyboard without the crazy looks and without the silly price? The Tt eSPORTS Poseidon Z RGB might be up your alley. Thermaltake released the modest looking monocolor backlit Poseidon Z keyboard last year with a fairly low price for a mechanical keyboard. It was also a change from many of the many other gaudier ... [PCSTATS]


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HiFiMAN HE-400S Planar Magnetic Headphones
ASUS released the Strix GTX 950 DC2OC at an Entry / Mainstream price of $159.99 and previous to the GTX 950 NVIDIA was stuck at the $200 price point with the GTX 960. The GTX 960 $200 price point left them vulnerable to sub $200 AMD video cards covering that price point and after an appropriate period of time the GTX 950 was born to fill the gap in... [PCSTATS]


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Sound Blaster E5 @ Bjorn3d.com
HiFiMAN's latest value-oriented headphone is dubbed the HE-400S. Like other headphones in the 400-range, it features a planar magnetic driver and HiFiMAN's newest headband solution. The driver has been tweaked to a point where just about any source out there will power these just fine!
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PC Specialist Ultima OC Review
I am sure when most users hear the name Creative Sound Blaster, they think it synonymous with computer audio perfection, because many of the top gaming boards feature Sound Blaster audio. Today we will be looking at the new Sound Blaster E5 USB DAC & headphone amplifier with Bluetooth. In addition to being a USB DAC Amplifier, it features Bluetooth... [PCSTATS]


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Zotac MAGNUS EN970 Gaming mini-pc
With their Ultima the British system integrator PC Specialist has one good looking and well made and factory overclocked system in their portfolio. Today we're going to have a very close look at what this rig can do and for what kind of gaming it is suitable.

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ASRock G10 Gaming Router Review
Mini-PC’s usually come with a lot of compromises due to their small size. They for example rarely are fit for any serious gaming. The Zotac Magnus EN970 though is different. It still is a small mini-PC, although not as small as some of the other Zotac mini-PC’s we have reviewed, but it comes with a discrete graphics chip, a GTX960 (or more exact a ... [PCSTATS]


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Tt eSPORTS Poseidon Z RGB Gaming
The G10 is the first 802.11ac router from ASRock, a firm that until now has been better known for its motherboard designs. It supports up to quad-stream 802.11ac wireless speeds, along with older standards such as 802.11n over both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. With a few extras as well, including a wireless access point / media streaming dongle, it looks like ... [PCSTATS]


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Z170 Charts: 11 Boards - Supermicro C7Z170-SQ
Tt eSPORTS has has their Poseidon Z line of gaming keyboards out on the market for a while now. These keyboards are made to give gamers a solid no-frills full-size gaming keyboard, which many gamers will appreciate. You are not going to find extra macro keys, unnecessary buttons, or even a wrist rest. Tt eSPORTS also saves you the gamer money by us... [PCSTATS]


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Meet Samsung's Ultra-Slim Android Tablet
In our comparison tables, meanwhile you find benchmark values regarding 11 recent Z170 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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G.SKILL F4-3000C15D-16GVRB Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4 Memory Kit Review
At 5.6mm thin for both the 9.7- and 8.0-inch models, Samsung is touting the Galaxy Tab S2 as the thinnest tablet on the market. The high-end hardware you’ll find in this device, including the Exynos 7 Octa SoC and 2,048 x 1536 Super AMOLED display, make it a serious competitor to the iPad Air 2 and latest iPad Mini. Samsung's software may be it's w... [PCSTATS]


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Supermicro Gaming S5 Review
With the F4-3000C15D-16GVRB Ripjaws V kit from G.SKILL we will have the same memory capacity as the Patriot Viper 4 kit which we have recently reviewed, but with half the number of modules. The higher memory speed of 3000MHz at stock has also an impact on the operating voltage, which is now 1.35V instead of 1.2V and overclocking over this particula... [PCSTATS]


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Smart DPS G 600W/650W/700W/750W
The Gaming S5 is the first gaming case from Supermicro, a company which is best-known for it's server components. This particular case offers space for high-end components and also offers a lot of flexibility when it comes to custom watercooling gear. In addition there are interesting features like washable dust filters, PWM fans and an interesting... [PCSTATS]


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OCZ Trion 100 480GB @ LanOC Reviews
Thermaltake is expanding their Digital Power Supply (DPS) lineup with the introduction of the new Toughpower DPS G Series, which includes six models ranging from 450W up to 1050W. We will be taking a detailed look at the Toughpower DPS G 850W PSU in this review. Note: the new DPS G Series is a new line and is different than the Toughpower DPS 750W/... [PCSTATS]


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ASUS Strix RAID Pro 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card
After Toshiba picked up the bankrupt OCZ we have seen OCZ drives move to using Toshiba NAND. With the launch of the Trion 100 though things are a little different. For the first time this is full Toshiba drive that is branded with the OCZ branding. The Trion falls in OCZs product lineup as a budget drive under both the Vertex and Vector drives. The... [PCSTATS]


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Take A Tour Of Microsoft’s Flagship 5th Ave Store
If you take audio seriously then the onboard processing on many motherboards simply wont deliver an immersive enough experience. Today we look at the mid range solution in the new range from ASUS – dubbed the Strix RAID Pro. This card has full support for 7.1 surround sound. Asus have adopted an ‘audiophile grade DAC’ and a 600 ohm headphone amplif... [PCSTATS]


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ASUS Transformer Book T100HA Review
just opened a brand new, flagship store at 677 5th Avenue, in New York City. And since we’re just a short drive away, and were already spending some time in Manhattan with the folks from Motorola and Verizon, we thought we’d pop in and take a look around. The store is comprised of multiple stories—an elevator has buttons for floors 1 – 4, but only ... [PCSTATS]


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ASUSTOR AS6204T NAS Server Review
ASUS recently announced their plans to expand their Transformer Book Family with a brand new update to their successful Transformer line of highly mobile devices. The cool think about the ASUS Transformer line is that these devices are designed to run the latest Windows Operating system as well as give you a full-functionality as a tablet and or ul... [PCSTATS]


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Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 17.3.
After roughly 8 years of testing NAS servers i still get asked quite a lot by both regular consumers and people of the electronics industry as to why i refer to network attached storage devices as servers. We did answer that last time we had one such review with a small history "lesson" so once again although when introduced in the market over a d... [PCSTATS]


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MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning 6GB
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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Corsair Void 3.5mm Stereo Gaming Headset Review
MSI's new GTX 980 Ti Lightning is amazing. It's the fastest, quietest and coolest GTX 980 Ti we ever tested. All at the same time! What a fantastic product, if only the price was lower. Clocking in at $780, it's over $150 more expensive than the cheapest GTX 980 Ti variants.
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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (Intel LGA 1151)
Performance and appearance: The G.Skill Trident Z
F4-3200C16D-16GTZ 2x8GB DDR4 RAM kit aims for both for only $130 at press
time.

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Z170A-XPower Gaming Titanium Edition motherboard
MSI listens to all you gamers out there who want Intel LAN instead of KIllerNIC, and who are tired of all the dragons. The MSI Z170A GAMING PRO is the board that rids itself of the things many users complain about, adding in a new twist instead. Pro gaming for the MSI Z170A GAMING PRO?
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Dell Product Showcase Q4 2015.
Unique is a word I don't throw around much with motherboard reviews, but the latest revision of MSI' XPower series is nothing if not unique. The Z170A-XPower Gaming Titanium Edition features a stunning silver and black aesthetic for a look unlike any of its competition in the LGA1151 realm, featuring a silver colored PCB and black and red accents i... [PCSTATS]


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Global desktop shipments in 2015 expected to fall over 15%
On the 13th of October 2015, Dell Malaysia invited us to The Incredible | Dell Product Showcase for Q4, 2015. It was an important event for them going into the holiday season. As a result, Intel's Sumner Lemon and Microsoft's Bruce Howe were at hand to lend their support to Dell's latest products.


Now, this is what we have been waiting for - t... [PCSTATS]


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Patriot Ignite 480GB Solid State Drive Review
Global desktop shipments are expected to decline 15% on year in 2015 and some brand vendors may see their shipments drop over 20% as demand from emerging markets such as China was weaker than expected, while Windows 10's free upgrade plan is expected to have limited effect on triggering a replacement trend, according to sources from the upstream su... [PCSTATS]


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Case Mod Friday: HEX GEAR R40
It has been quite a while since we had any of Patriot’s drives on our test bench and it is as such a pleasure to be able to put the 480GB capacity Patriot Ignite through the paces. The Patriot Ignite is available in several versions and capacities, both M.2 and 2.5-inch form factors and it is also available in various capacities.

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MSI GE62 6QD Apache Pro Gaming Laptop Review
"Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have p0Pe's “HEX GEAR R40 Engineering Station” build. Here is what he had to say about it, "So, as many of you know, I started my own company a year ago with A buddy, which we named HEX GEAR. Since I do all of the 3D work on these cases, I naturally need a quite powerfull workstation, and I... [PCSTATS]


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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 Xtreme R 2GB @ ocaholic
MSI’s GT and GE gaming laptop range have been a phenomenal success due to the feature-rich package, astonishingly-high build quality, and affordable pricing compared to the competition. The combination of class-leading components in a cool and quiet chassis creates a wonderful laptop experience which legitimately rivals large full-tower PCs without... [PCSTATS]


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Gigabyte P55W V4-CF1 Gaming Laptop
These garphics cards charts contain benchmark results of numerous recent graphics cards. We've tested the card with three different resolutions, where there are 1080p, 1440p and 2160p. Apart from that we also show live price tags for all models.
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Gigabyte GTX 950 Xtreme Graphics Card Review
Gigabyte has loaded the P55W v4 with a stack of quality hardware that should appeal to gamers who want decent performance without blowing a fortune. The CPU is Intel Broadwell Core i7-5700HW allied to 8GB of DDR3L and the graphics chip is Nvidia GTX 970M. The 15.6-inch screen is a Full HD 1920×1080 IPS panel, and when you add that lot together you’... [PCSTATS]


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ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
Just a little while ago the world was introduced to the new budget Maxwell GPU from Nvidia. The budget segment is considered by many to be in the range of sub - $200.00 for a GPU. The GTX 950 is aimed at the budget market. Gigabyte recently released the Gigabyte GTX 950 Xtreme edition. The Xtreme edition's chips are binned …

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Silicon Power Slim S80 240GB SSD Review
"Overclocking is just one of the board's strengths. When you crack open ASUS' AI Suite III utility a world of functionality opens up. ASUS includes tools in this suite that can improve power usage, tune the CPU and DRAM, and manage all the attached fans to maximize both the noise and cooling potential of the system via Fan Xpert III. You can bump u... [PCSTATS]


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NZXT S340 By Razer ATX Case Review
Silicon Power continues the line of affordable products with the Slim S80 7mm SSD, which is available online for just about 85 Euros when considering the 240GB version. This one is incorporating 16 NAND chips of Toshiba 19nm MLC flash along with a NANYA 512MB DDR3 buffer and the Phison PS3108-S8-I 8-channel controller.
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In Win 503
The Designed By Razer program was started last year to provide a way for manufacturers to collaborate with Razer’s design studio, allowing for products with the Razer branding that may not have existed otherwise. Razer ventured into the gaming laptop market with their Blade series of laptops; so far their desktop components have been limited to per... [PCSTATS]


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MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING Review
In Win has been known to apply interesting materials to its high-end enclosures. The company was one of the first to utilize glass and has now brought the feature to the main stream with the 503. We received the black and red variant for review.
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Checklist to Build a Gaming PC
In the spotlight today is MSI’s Z170A KRAIT GAMING – an Intel Z170 motherboard which is designed to serve the gamer as its primary audience. KRAIT GAMING adopts distinct black and white styling which is certain to make a strong and lasting impression with users who like to build a configuration with a stylish theme.

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With Intel at Shoreditch Studios, London
Are you ready to build a gaming PC to take advantage of today's Powerful Video Games? Here is your checklist to build a gaming PC so you do it right the first time with no mistakes.

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ASRock H170 Combo Motherboard Unboxing Video
KitGuru were invited to spend some time with Intel on 21st October at Shoreditch Studios, London. Intel used a photographic studio in a converted railway arch in Shoreditch to display a show case of new laptops from a selection of its partners. KitGuru saw models from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo and MSI that were all powered by 6th Gen Skylake chi... [PCSTATS]


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