SilverStone Precision Series PS11 Case Review
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SilverStone Kublai KL05B Review
"Okay
lets stop accentuating the negatives, because there are some good parts
as well. For the compromises you do make you get a nice looking case
that has a really nice mirrored finish emblem two fully autonomous USB
3.0 Ports and some small amount of foam on the inside of the panels to
keep them from vibrating to the heartbeat of your hard drive...
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Western Digital RED 6TB 3.5? NAS HDD Four Disk RAID Review
If
you have ever bought a SilverStone case, you would probably agree that
the price can be easily justified by the over-the-top build quality and
the unique designs that can only be obtained by buying one of the many
cases that SilverStone has available. It has been over a year since
SilverStone last released a member of the Kublai series, and whe...
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Crucial BX100 1TB Solid State Drive Review
We
have recently taken a look at the WD RED 6TB hard disk drive designed
for NAS usage, and today it is time to see how these drives perform in a
4-disk RAID setup. Western Digital was so nice to provide us with all
these wonderful drives for our NAS testing, so it will be great to have a
baseline performance directly on our test bench. I’ve been w...
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F-Secure Freedome VPN Software Application Review
“We
designed the MX200 and BX100 to meet the varied needs of the market,
making it easier for anyone to move to an SSD, whether they are a
seasoned computer enthusiast or an absolute beginner, all while keeping
value top of mind,” said Jonathan Weech, senior worldwide product
manager, Crucial. “These drives leverage Micron’s years of heritage in
st...
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Corsair Gaming STRAFE mechanical keyboard review
Security
and privacy is something we take for granted, however in todays online
world it’s something that’s easily taken away from you. VPN applications
and services have been around for a long time, but the F-Secure
Freedome app states it’s a new kind of simple, but powerful, online
privacy and security app. Let’s take a closer look.
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Fractal Design Define S Case Review
Corsair
Gaming dismayed long-time fans last year when it dropped its famous
sales logo in favour of a tribal tattoo. Following fan outrage however,
it has made a comeback on the latest line up of products, like the
STRAFE gaming keyboard that we are looking at today. Featuring
everyone’s favourite Cherry MX switches, textured key-cap replacements
a...
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SilverStone MS08 Internal SATA Hot Swap Bay Review
Today,
we have tested the Fractal Design Define S PC case. As a rule, real
estates are a smart investment. Why should it be different with computer
cases ? Due to the manufacturers the gamer upgrades his computer every 2
years, and simply keeps his computer case. Today we like to present a
case with which you might like to move more often - the Def...
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Asus' MG279Q is a 27" FreeSync monitor
If you have ever wanted to quickly swap your internal SSDs,
take a look at the SilverStone MS08.
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Shadow of Mordor Performance: Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux
Asus'
MG279Q is a 27" FreeSync monitor with a 144Hz, 2560x1440 IPS panel for
an appealing price. Our own Gyromancer, Nathan Wasson, has spent some
quality time with the MG279Q, and he's collected his impressions in
video form.
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Thermaltake LUXA2 GroovyA Wireless Speaker
"Last week Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was released for
Linux after this AAA game premiered for Windows last year. Following its
release I ran some Shadow of Mordor Linux benchmarks (and part two).
Today are results on the same system when comparing the performance of
this game under Ubuntu 15.04 to that of Windows 10 x64 Pro."
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Battlefield Hardline Benchmarked
"My
experience with the GroovyA has been thoroughly enjoyable. In fact, I
have become quite attached to it and I am using it now as I wrap up this
review. On the outside, it looks great. The fit and finish are
top-notch, which is standard fare for all the Thermaltake products I
have encountered. And the performance is equally satisfying. The sound
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This is Kingston’s first attempt at developing a high speed M.2 PCIe SSD and the
Battlefield
Hardline showed superb graphics and smooth gameplay when we benchmarked
it during last month's week-long public beta, and while the good news
was that the game could be played on fairly modest hardware, it didn't
quite display Battlefield 4's wow-factor. Developed by Visceral Games,
the retail version Hardline is now available and we ar...
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Kingston HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe SSD Review (480GB)
Although
there are higher-clocked kits on the market, Corsair's Corsair
Vengeance LPX is one of the few 32GB DDR4-2666 kits that combines speed
with relatively tight timings and awesome overclocking headroom.
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Crucial MX200 250GB SSD Review
This
is Kingston’s first attempt at developing a high speed M.2 PCIe SSD and
they took their time to do it right. The HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe SSD
utilizes the PCIe 2.0 x4 interface to achieve read speeds of up to
1.4GB/s and write speeds up to 1GB/s. When looking at IOPS, this SSD can
deliver up to 160,000 read and 119,000 write! Sustained random ...
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Windows 10 vs. Windows 8.1 vs. Windows 7 Performance
Even
up to 3-4 years ago none of us here expected to see a time (at least
not as fast) when manufacturers would be able to release solid state
drives (SSDs) with really good performance levels that would cost as low
as USD0.35 per Gigabyte. Of course back then we also didn't expect to
see SSD models (at least not for many years to come) that would ...
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Synology DS1515+ & DX513 Expansion Unit
Windows
10 is put to the test to find out how it fares compared to Windows 7
and Windows 8.1 in various aspects of the operating system including
boot up and shutdown times, file copying, encoding, browsing, gaming and
some synthetic benchmarks.
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Comparing Today's Modern CPUs To Intel's Socket 478 Celeron
Synology's
DS1515+ mostly addresses SMB environments since it can combine with two
DX513 expansion units to support up to 15 HDDs. Today, we have the
opportunity to evaluate a DS1515+ along with one of Synology's expansion
units, which make for a great opportunity to figure out how this
combination performs in various usage scenarios.
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Cooler Master V550S semi-modular power supply
With Phoronix having turned 11 years old last week, there's
been several interesting articles looking at the historical performance
of Linux, large GPU/driver comparisons, etc. Today is arguably the most
interesting birthday article yet. I dug out an old Intel Socket 478
system with the i875p Canterwood chipset and Pentium 4 and Celeron CPU...
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COUGAR 700K Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Today,
we test the Cooler Master V550S semi-modular power supply. If one can
speak of reason with a power supply, this Cooler Master 550 Watt power
supply not only falls in this category for its semi modular design. In
the following review we take a closer look to the cable management, the
power supply part and the energy efficiency in practice of ...
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MSI R9 380 Gaming 2G
"I
would try to phrase this in a nice way, but that just isn't me. I hated
this keyboard on day one, day two, and heck, maybe even still at the
end of all this. Unfortunately, it's only for one reason – the damn
split space bar. Who the hell thought this was a good idea? You never
realize how often you might alternate between thumbs for this key pr...
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MSI R9 390X Gaming 8 GB
AMD
officially took the wraps off of its Radeon R7 and R9 300 series of
graphics cards, and disclosed some details regarding the R9 Fury—a.k.a
Fiji—during a livestream held near the E3 convention earlier this week.
Today
though, we’ve actually got one of the “new” Radeon R9 300 series cards
in-hand for some review and benchmark action. We put “n...
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ASUS STRIX GTX 960 DirectCU II OC Video Card Review
MSI's
Radeon R9 390X GAMING comes with a massive triple-slot dual-fan cooler,
which turns off its fans completely when the card is idle. Thanks to
the overclock out of the box, the card matches GTX 980 performance at
1440p at beyond. Like all R9 390X cards, the MSI R9 390X GAMING is
equipped with 8 GB of video memory.
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SpotCam HD Wi-Fi Video Monitoring IP Camera
For
our GPU review today we have the ASUS STRIX GTX 960 DirectCU II OC, one
of the highest factory overclocked GeForce GTX 960 that money can buy.
We will compare it to the fastest overclocked Radeon R9 285 that we have
at the Underground Bunker to see which reigns supreme at the $200 price
point.
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MSI GTX 980 Gaming - Watercooling EK-FC980 GTX TF5 vs. Aircooling
"It's
not that IP cameras are a particularly new phenomenon, but in the age
of the Internet of Things, they're becoming far more commonplace among
the average mainstream consumer. To this end, they need to be
feature-rich and easy to use. Addressing this segment of the market is
the SpotCam HD IP camera, making the whole standalone, web-connected
v...
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Asus TUF Sabertooth X99 Motherboard
Meanwhile
EK Water Blocks also has a full-cover watercooler for MSI's latest and
greatest GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G graphics card in its portfolio. For
us this is reason enough to have a close look at the cooler itself.
Apart from that we want to know if there is any performance when
aircooling or watercooling the card.
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ADATA HD710A USB 3.0 Rugged Portable HDD For Mac Review
Guaranteed
reliability and enhanced thermal performance are the crucial principles
upon which Asus’ TUF series motherboards are forged. A variety of
military-grade certification tests, as well as five years’ worth of
warranty, tackle the ‘guaranteed’ part of guaranteed reliability.
The physical elements of reliability and thermal performance, ho...
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Razer Seiren Elite USB Digital Microphone Review
ADATA
is very well known for their storage products which range from SSDs and
thumb drives to memory cards and RAM modules. They also have a
comprehensive line of external storage drives for nearly every
application. We all know how fragile some external drives can be so they
offer a line of “durable” drives meant to take the rigors of mobility
in ...
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Gigabyte Brix GB-BXA8-5557 @ LanOC Reviews
Thanks
to the three 14mm condenser capsules, Seiren can function in four
different modes: cardioid, stereo, omnidirectional or bidirectional, in
order to accommodate different recording environments. Even if you do
not use it in a professional environment, it should bring a lot of
benefit to people which record streams daily/weekly thanks to the ad...
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LUXA2 Thermaltake Mobile TX-P2 Wireless Power Bank
In
the past I have taken a look at a ice variety of small form factor PCs.
Out of all of them I was most impressed with the NUC. Not only did it
have the smallest form factor, but it also performed extremely well. It
really opened up my eyes to the possibility that only gamers and
enthusiasts will be sporting full or mid-sized PCs in the future. We...
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Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming Review
"In
the last few years, one product category has quietly become one of the
most important in our daily lives: portable power banks. Also referred
to as USB battery packs, power banks provide our smartphones and other
mobile devices with a much-needed midday charge. For the most part,
you're stuck using a charging cable in tandem with a power bank, ...
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WD My Cloud EX4100 4-Bay Expert Series 16TB NAS Review
"Gigabytes take on a custom cooled, overclocked 980 Ti gets tested..."
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Synology DiskStation DS1515 Review
We
ain’t all equally skilled when it comes to the configuration of network
and storage devices nor is it everyone that has the same interest in
that. Sometimes you just want to purchase something, enter your
preferred name and password, and then be ready to rock.
WD’s My Cloud series is designed for just these scenarios and it comes equipped wit...
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ASUS ROG G751JY-DB72 w/G-Sync Gaming Notebook Review
The
DiskStation DS1515 is aimed at home users as well as small businesses.
Out of the box this NAS can handle five 3.5" hard drives, giving it a
maximum capacity of 40TB using the latest 8TB drives, while the addition
of two DX513 expansion units boosts capacity to a whopping 120TB.
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Apacer Thunderbird PT910 256GB PCIe SSD Review
"My
needs are, at least 1 to 2GB of storage and an SSD, 16GB of memory, a
Core i7 Quad core processor, 17” monitor, full backlit keyboard, 4 to 6
USB 3.0 ports, good speakers, wireless AC, HDMI, Display Port or
Thunderbolt to hook up to my 4K monitor if need be and a Discreet
Graphics powerful enough to give me a desktop like gaming experience.
One...
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Cougar 600K Gaming Keyboard Review
Apacer
launches a new All-in-One RAID drive in 256GB and 512GB capacities for
gamers and power users. Here's our Thunderbird PT910 PCIe SSD verdict."
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NVIDIA CEO And Elon Musk On Autonomous Cars
Back
in December we took a look at Cougar’s flagship gaming keyboard the
700K, which took home our Editor’s Choice Award. We are moving down
Cougar’s gaming keyboard product stack and next up is the 600K. The 600K
is a small step down from the 700K, but it still features the same
aluminum chassis design, mechanical key switches, repeat rate buttons...
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FSP Aurum Pro 1200W Power Supply Unit Review
One
of the highlights of today’s opening keynote at the NVIDIA GPU
Technology Conference in San Jose (GTC), was NVIDIA CEO, Jen-Hsun
Huang’s invited special guest, Tesla CEO, Elon Musk and the “fireside
chat” the two were scheduled to hold. Frankly, it was a bit shorter than
expected, but when two visionaries take the stage, time does tend to
fly, ...
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti: Simply The Best For Linux Gamers
If
you happen to be one of those people who like spending a small fortune
to build a gaming rig then the two hardware components on top of your to
buy list are (or at least should be) the best graphics cards available
for dual/tri/quad configurations (the NVIDIA Titan X was just released
by the way) and an power supply unit powerful enough to suppo...
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