IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 29/01/2014

Func HS-260 Gaming headset

Categories: Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Sound and speakers Tags: func, gaming, headphones, stereo We recently reviewed the Func KB-460, an inexpensive but still great gamer keyboard from the company Func. Today we are looking at yet another gamer-related peripheral from the company, the Func HS-260 Gaming Headset. The HS-260 is a stereo-headset that comes with several types of ear-cushions, flexible cord-solution as well as a low price. Is ... (Read more...)

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Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti GHZ Edition Review, Super Overclock is now sleeker and cooler!

Categories: Hardware, NVIDIA, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 780, 780 ti, gaming, GeForce, ghz, GIGABYTE, gtx, gtx 780 ti, Nvidia, overclock, SLI, ti Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti GHz Edition Gigabyte has made some definite noise in the graphics side over the past few years, and with the Super Overclock series being the top horse in the Gigabyte stable we always saw soem great performance from them, well it looks like Gigabyte has changed the Super Overclock to GHz ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 14/01/2014

The Black is Back! ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition Motherboard Review

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 3960x, 4960x, asus, black, black edition, crossfire, Edition, gaming, OC, overclock, ROG, SLI, supremeFX, x79 Introduction – ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition Echoes of AC/DC ring in my head as I came up with this title, and it took everything in me not to have about a thousand different “Back in black” references but I think we can survive a few. ASUS seems to reserve its “Black Edition” moniker for ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 20/12/2013

Gigabyte Aivia Osmium Cherry Brown Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (GK-OSMIUM BRN)

Categories: Hardware, Keyboard, Reviews & Articles Tags: Cherry Brown, GIGABYTE, Mechanical Keyboard, MX Cherry Brown, osmium Gamers love their mechanical keyboards and have their own preferred switch. The distinctive clicky feel from a mechanical keyboard offers gamers superior feedback where very little actuation force is needed to register the key is ideal for the repeated action and the multiple press in games. In many FPS shooter games, that milliseconds of response ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 05/12/2013

Biostar Z87X 3D Motherboard Review

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 4770k, crossfire, gaming, haswell, LGA1150, overclock, SLI, z87 Introduction – Biostar Z87X 3D Motherboard Biostar is one of those names you hear about but not as common as the “bigger” players in the component game but regardless of this they have a decent share in the more cost conscious market which is actually a very large segment to live in. Also on previous ... (Read more...)

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MSI Z87M Gaming Micro ATX Motherboard Review

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 4770k, crossfire, Dragon, gaming, haswell, msi, overclock, SLI, z87 Introduction – MSI Z87M Gaming MSI has already had a few entries of its gaming line for Z87 and now there is a third with the board we are looking at today the Z87M Gaming. This board is the mATX version for those looking for a smaller form factor gaming grade board. We have looked ... (Read more...)

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Powercolor Radeon R9-290X

Categories: AMD, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 290X, 4GB, AMD, gaming, Hawaii, overclock, R9 290X, radeon Powercolor Radeon R9-290X OC Powercolor has been a long time AMD partner and like the Devil card we looked at recently they have made a name for themselves with many special edition including high end liquid cooled cards. Today I have their OC version of the 290X which has a small bump to the boost ... (Read more...)

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Powercolor Radeon R9-270X Devil

Categories: AMD, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 270x, AMD, devil, gaming, overclock, r9-270x, radeon Powercolor Radeon R9-270X Devil Powercolor is one of the AMD partners that you see from time to time and they are really known for such designs as the Devil series cards which really shot them into the limelight for the AMD camp about a year or so back now. Well today we have in hand ... (Read more...)

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iPad Air Overview

Categories: Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Tablets Tags: apple, ios, ipad, iPhone After a lot of speculation and waiting Apple finally revealed a set of new iPads to the world a few weeks ago. While we still are waiting for the new iPad Mini we have gotten our hands on the new iPad Air and are putting it through the test to see if it is a ... (Read more...)

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HIS R9 280X IceQX2 Turbo

Categories: AMD, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 280X, AMD, Factory Overclocked, Hightec, HIS, Overclocked, radeon, Turbo HIS is one of the companies that have been partner with AMD for a long time and always released new interesting cards as new GPU’s are released. With the release of the new fall-GPU’s from AMD we get a full spread of products and today we are testing the HIS R9 280X IceQ2 Turbo card. ... (Read more...)

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti – Nvidia takes GK110 to the Next Level

Categories: Hardware, NVIDIA, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 290, 290X, AMD, GeForce, gk110, gtx, Nvidia, overclock, R9, TITAN Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti Nvidia launched the 700 series and really took the market by storm with the capability to offer exceptional power savings and super strong performance per watt, along with cool running cards which makes for a great gaming package. However nothing ever is safe for very long and with that AMD ... (Read more...)

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Gigabyte Stealth Force K7 Gaming Keyboard

Categories: Hardware, Keyboard, Reviews & Articles Gamers often prefer clicky feeling of the mechanical keyboard. But no matter how good a mechanical keyboard is, it is still rather expensive and the clicky noise can be somewhat bothersome for those who are used to the membrane type keyboard. Even the quietest mechanical that uses Black switches is noticeably louder. If you work ... (Read more...)

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Patriot Viper 32GB Low Profile Memory Kit Review

Categories: Hardware, Memory, Reviews & Articles Tags: 32GB, gaming, low profile, Overclocking, Patriot, ramdisk, viper Introduction Patriot being in the memory game for some time always has some tricks up its sleeve so to see them join the “Low profile” game is really cool. Now to clarify obviously these are not the low profile spec in terms of PCB or sub 18mm sticks, these are simply low profile heatspreaders compared ... (Read more...)

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MSI GK-601

Categories: Hardware, Keyboard Tags: GK-601, Mechanical, msi MSI introduces an advance gaming series backlit mechanical keyboard – read on to discover more. Introduction MSI has always been a major element in the computer industry world-wide for over the last 25 years, touching on every aspect of hardware and peripherals. With the introduction of the “Gaming Series” line, MSI raises the standard once again. The GK-601 ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 28/11/2013

MSI Z87M Gaming Micro ATX Motherboard Review

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 4770k, crossfire, Dragon, gaming, haswell, msi, overclock, SLI, z87 Introduction – MSI Z87M Gaming MSI has already had a few entries of its gaming line for Z87 and now there is a third with the board we are looking at today the Z87M Gaming. This board is the mATX version for those looking for a smaller form factor gaming grade board. We have looked ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 27/11/2013

iPad Air Overview

Categories: Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Tablets Tags: apple, ios, ipad, iPhone After a lot of speculation and waiting Apple finally revealed a set of new iPads to the world a few weeks ago. While we still are waiting for the new iPad Mini we have gotten our hands on the new iPad Air and are putting it through the test to see if it is a ... (Read more...)

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HIS R9 280X IceQX2 Turbo

Categories: AMD, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 280X, AMD, Factory Overclocked, Hightec, HIS, Overclocked, radeon, Turbo HIS is one of the companies that have been partner with AMD for a long time and always released new interesting cards as new GPU’s are released. With the release of the new fall-GPU’s from AMD we get a full spread of products and today we are testing the HIS R9 280X IceQ2 Turbo card. ... (Read more...)

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti – Nvidia takes GK110 to the Next Level

Categories: Hardware, NVIDIA, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 290, 290X, AMD, GeForce, gk110, gtx, Nvidia, overclock, R9, TITAN Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti Nvidia launched the 700 series and really took the market by storm with the capability to offer exceptional power savings and super strong performance per watt, along with cool running cards which makes for a great gaming package. However nothing ever is safe for very long and with that AMD ... (Read more...)

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Gigabyte Stealth Force K7 Gaming Keyboard

Categories: Hardware, Keyboard, Reviews & Articles Gamers often prefer clicky feeling of the mechanical keyboard. But no matter how good a mechanical keyboard is, it is still rather expensive and the clicky noise can be somewhat bothersome for those who are used to the membrane type keyboard. Even the quietest mechanical that uses Black switches is noticeably louder. If you work ... (Read more...)

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Patriot Viper 32GB Low Profile Memory Kit Review

Categories: Hardware, Memory, Reviews & Articles Tags: 32GB, gaming, low profile, Overclocking, Patriot, ramdisk, viper Introduction Patriot being in the memory game for some time always has some tricks up its sleeve so to see them join the “Low profile” game is really cool. Now to clarify obviously these are not the low profile spec in terms of PCB or sub 18mm sticks, these are simply low profile heatspreaders compared ... (Read more...)

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MSI GK-601

Categories: Hardware, Keyboard Tags: GK-601, Mechanical, msi MSI introduces an advance gaming series backlit mechanical keyboard – read on to discover more. Introduction MSI has always been a major element in the computer industry world-wide for over the last 25 years, touching on every aspect of hardware and peripherals. With the introduction of the “Gaming Series” line, MSI raises the standard once again. The GK-601 ... (Read more...)

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Quick Look at Antec USB charging hub (UA4-25) and PowerUp Slim 2200 (APS-2200)

Categories: Android Accessories, Hardware, iOS Accessories, Peripherals, Phones, Reviews & Articles Tags: Antec, aps-2200, charging hub, external battery, ua4-25 Introduction AMP branding is expanding into the mobile market with various peripherals such as speaker, headphone and power adapter for mobile devices. Among the power adapters, Antec has shipped us the 4-port USB Charging Station (model number UA4-25) and the external battery pack, the PowerUp Slim 2200 (model number APS-2200) that we will take a ... (Read more...)

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AMD Introduces heterogeneous Queuing (hQ)

Categories: AMD, CPU/Processors, Hardware, News, Reviews & Articles Tags: AMD, APU, heterogeneous queuing, hQ AMD today brings the latest implementation of the heterogeneous computing with the introduction of the heterogeneous queuing (hQ). As you may recall, AMD founded the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation with other chipmakers and industry giants such as ARM, Qualcomm, and Samsung to promote a great utilization of various computing processors such as CPU, GPU, ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 25/11/2013

Powercolor Radeon R9-290X

Categories: AMD, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 290X, 4GB, AMD, gaming, Hawaii, overclock, R9 290X, radeon Powercolor Radeon R9-290X OC Powercolor has been a long time AMD partner and like the Devil card we looked at recently they have made a name for themselves with many special edition including high end liquid cooled cards. Today I have their OC version of the 290X which has a small bump to the boost ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 11/21/2013

Powercolor Radeon R9-270X Devil

Categories: AMD, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 270x, AMD, devil, gaming, overclock, r9-270x, radeon Powercolor Radeon R9-270X Devil Powercolor is one of the AMD partners that you see from time to time and they are really known for such designs as the Devil series cards which really shot them into the limelight for the AMD camp about a year or so back now. Well today we have in hand ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 11/15/2013

iPad Air Overview

Categories: Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Tablets Tags: apple, ios, ipad, iPhone After a lot of speculation and waiting Apple finally revealed a set of new iPads to the world a few weeks ago. While we still are waiting for the new iPad Mini we have gotten our hands on the new iPad Air and are putting it through the test to see if it is a ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 11/12/2013

HIS R9 280X IceQX2 Turbo

Categories: AMD, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 280X, AMD, Factory Overclocked, Hightec, HIS, Overclocked, radeon, Turbo HIS is one of the companies that have been partner with AMD for a long time and always released new interesting cards as new GPU’s are released. With the release of the new fall-GPU’s from AMD we get a full spread of products and today we are testing the HIS R9 280X IceQ2 Turbo card. ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 11/11/2013

Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti – Nvidia takes GK110 to the Next Level

Categories: Hardware, NVIDIA, Reviews & Articles, Video Cards/Graphics Cards Tags: 290, 290X, AMD, GeForce, gk110, gtx, Nvidia, overclock, R9, TITAN Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti Nvidia launched the 700 series and really took the market by storm with the capability to offer exceptional power savings and super strong performance per watt, along with cool running cards which makes for a great gaming package. However nothing ever is safe for very long and with that AMD ... (Read more...)

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Gigabyte Stealth Force K7 Gaming Keyboard

Categories: Hardware, Keyboard, Reviews & Articles Gamers often prefer clicky feeling of the mechanical keyboard. But no matter how good a mechanical keyboard is, it is still rather expensive and the clicky noise can be somewhat bothersome for those who are used to the membrane type keyboard. Even the quietest mechanical that uses Black switches is noticeably louder. If you work ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/24/2013

AMD Introduces heterogeneous Queuing (hQ)

Categories: AMD, CPU/Processors, Hardware, News, Reviews & Articles Tags: AMD, APU, heterogeneous queuing, hQ AMD today brings the latest implementation of the heterogeneous computing with the introduction of the heterogeneous queuing (hQ). As you may recall, AMD founded the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation with other chipmakers and industry giants such as ARM, Qualcomm, and Samsung to promote a great utilization of various computing processors such as CPU, GPU, ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/23/2013

Antec SP1 Portable Bluetooth Speaker

Categories: Android Accessories, Hardware, Reviews & Articles, Sound and speakers Tags: Antec, Bluetooth, SP1 A well-known brand among the PC industry, Antec is branching out like many other manufacturers. Antec A.M.P. (which stands for Antec Mobile Products) is the branch of Antec that specializes in mobile products. Antec’s foray into mobile peripherals started with an array of audio, power, and cleaning product. Today, we are going to take a ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/18/2013

Arctic S113BT Bluetooth Wireless Speaker with NFC

Categories: Hardware, Peripherals, Reviews & Articles, Sound and speakers Tags: Arctic, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, S113BT, speaker Remember old times, when you had to plug a cable in the 3.5” mm headphone jack of your mobile device to the speaker in order to amplify the volume so that everyone at the party could enjoy music? Many IOS devices also utilize the 30-pin or lightning connector to pass the audio to the speaker. ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/16/2013

OCZ Vertex 450 2x128GB RAID

Categories: SSD, Storage Tags: Barefoot 3, indilinx, ocz, RAID, ssd, Vertex 450 Looking at the model number of the OCZ Vertex 450 and you would be thinking that the product falls in the same family as the Vertex 4. However, the only thing that the Vertex 450 shares with the Vertex 4 is only the branding of Vertex. Other than that, the Vertex 450 actually is more ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/11/2013

Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce OC

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 780, GeForce, GIGABYTE, gtx, Nvidia, OC, overclock, windforce Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce OC When thinking graphics so many times names jump into out minds like EVGA, ASUS and whatnot but many times when you think about Gigabyte, graphics cards simply don’t jump to the forefront. Gigabyte is best known for their extensive motherboard offering while for some reason their graphics offerings have not ... (Read more...)

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ASUS Z87I-Deluxe Motherboard Review

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 4770k, haswell, itx, mini, overclock, z87 Introduction – ASUS Z87I-Deluxe ASUS while best known for the crazy features and designs on ROG boards they also do design some very impressive mainstream level boards much like the ITX offering we are looking at today. The Z87I-Deluxe is a highly featured ITX Z87 model that offers ASUS performance and features but at a ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/11/2013

Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce OC

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 780, GeForce, GIGABYTE, gtx, Nvidia, OC, overclock, windforce Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce OC When thinking graphics so many times names jump into out minds like EVGA, ASUS and whatnot but many times when you think about Gigabyte, graphics cards simply don’t jump to the forefront. Gigabyte is best known for their extensive motherboard offering while for some reason their graphics offerings have not ... (Read more...)

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ASUS Z87I-Deluxe Motherboard Review

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: 4770k, haswell, itx, mini, overclock, z87 Introduction – ASUS Z87I-Deluxe ASUS while best known for the crazy features and designs on ROG boards they also do design some very impressive mainstream level boards much like the ITX offering we are looking at today. The Z87I-Deluxe is a highly featured ITX Z87 model that offers ASUS performance and features but at a ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/7/2013

ASUS Maximus VI Impact Mini ITX Motherboard Review

Categories: Hardware, Motherboards, Reviews & Articles Tags: AC, gaming, Impact, itx, Maximus, mITX, ROG, sff, supremeFX, WiFi Introduction – ASUS Maximus VI Impact The ASUS Z87 series is far from over as something we have today is something people have been asking for some time for ASUS to produce. Being as the PC world is going through a trend of smaller systems it started with lanBox style systems and mATX boards and ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 10/2/2013

Dynatron R17 – LGA2011 3U+ Server or Workstation CPU Air Cooler

Categories: Hardware, Heatsinks/Coolers, Reviews & Articles Tags: 2687W, 3U, cooler, LGA 2011, LGA2011, server, WorkStation, x79   Closer Look When we first took on the Dynatron coolers honestly one of the most excited I was to work with was this one and that’s because I feel a bit more at home working on a tower cooler like this as the small flat coolers you get with servers just do not seem ... (Read more...)

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IT News Head Lines (Bjorn3D) 9/30/2013

Dynatron K2 1156 Low Profile CPU Air Cooler for Mini ITX Platforms

Categories: Hardware, Heatsinks/Coolers, Reviews & Articles Tags: 1150, 1155, 1156, cooler, CPU, Dynatron, itx   Closer Look Previously we had taken a look at a unit from Dynatron for the LGA 2011 server side application utilizing the Slim ILM design and active cooling for a really thin 1U blade server application. Well today we have a similar unit in appearance but its application is quite different as this is ... (Read more...)

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