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Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB SATA III SSD Review
In this review PCSTATS will be testing the 240GB Kingston SSDnow V300 SSD
- a 6Gb/s SATA III drive rated by the manufacturer for sequential read speeds up to 450MB/s and write speeds up to 450MB/s. Continue» |
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Samsung 5-Series NP540U3C-A01 13.3-inch Ultrabook Notebook Review
| May 08, 2013 | By: Max Page | Topic: Notebooks |
Samsung's 5-Series NP540U3C-A01 Ultrabook is the first touch screen laptop to cross PCSTATS test bench with Windows 8 installed. Our first impressions of this new touch screen interface are positive... Continue» |
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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD4H Intel Z77 Motherboard Review
PCSTATS
really liked what we saw from Gigabyte's Intel Z77 based GA-Z77X-UD4H motherboard -- the board graciously offers up a comprehensive feature set, its layout and implementation are well executed and the build quality is
first rate. Continue» |
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ECS Z77H2-A2X Black Edition Intel Z77 Motherboard Review
PCSTATS has a real treat for
you today - the ECS Z77H2-A2X Black Edition Golden motherboard! Every metallic surface on this board is gold plated so it's got quite the 'bling' factor going for it. Continue» |
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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB Intel Z77 Motherboard Review
The Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB motherboard is a fully featured mainstream-gaming platform based around the Intel Z77 chipset and bundled with a Wireless 802.11bgn + Bluetooth 4.0 PCI Express x1 card, not to mention all the bells and whistles of a highly expandable workstation platform and a good set of overclocking tools. Continue» |
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Beginners Guides: Crash Recovery & The Blue Screen of Death
PCSTATS lays out the ground rules to fixing the problems that can cause a Blue Screen of Death. Or, you can just reinstall your ENTIRE PC... it's your choice! Continue» |
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Beginners Guides: Virtualized Windows 8 Installation with Oracle VirtualBox
Just updated -- Try out Windows 8 by setting up an easy-to-use virtual machine in an existing PC. PCSTATS shows you how to create a Virtual PC, how to install it and where to tweak Windows 8. Continue» |
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AMD's 35W Elite Performance 'Richland' APU Introduced
The four mobile APUs we'll be introducing you to in this article represent the 35W mobile 'Richland' platform as it stands now. Throughout the rest of 2013, AMD has revealed it will release more power efficient 25W TDP and 17W TDP notebook processors. Continue» |
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Samsung 9-Series NP900X4C-A02 15.1-inch Ultrabook Laptop Review
| February 02, 2013 | By: Max Page | Topic: Notebooks |
Design wise, Samsung have done well by their 9-Series Ultrabook; the system is wrapped in dark cobalt blue aluminum chassis that adopts many of the design elements of an Apple Macbook Air, yet posses the large screen size of a MacBook Pro (albeit with better hardware) and a sticker prices that won't cause heart failure. Continue» |
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ICYDock MB981U3N-1SA SATA/IDE Hard Drive Adaptor
I wish there was just ONE little black box that would
allow an IT Admin to connect any kind of hard drive to it, so there's no need to crack open a computer system, mess with BIOS settings or waste time trying to move GBs over a tediously slow USB 2.0 connection. Continue» |
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Crucial M4 256GB SATA III SSD Review
In this review PCSTATS will be testing the 256GB Crucial M4 SSD, a 6Gb/s SATA III drive rated by the manufacturer for read speeds of up to 500MB/s and write speeds of 260MB/s (sequential). Continue» |
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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD VTX3-25SAT3-240G Review
On the test
bench today is a speedy little black box called the OCZ Vertex 3. If you haven't spoiled your computer yet with a Solid State Drive (SSD) yet, now's the time -- SSDs have never been more affordable! Continue» |
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Lexar JumpDrive 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review
| November 14, 2012 | By: Max Page | Topic: Memory |
In this review PCSTATS is checking out Lexar's stylish 64GB JumpDrive Triton - a nice looking retractable thumb drive housed in a weighty metal alloy case. Lexar's USB 3.0 thumb drive is rated for speeds of 155MB/s read and 150MB/s write -- that's pretty quick. For a clearer picture of its capabilities PCSTATS will need to benchmark the Lexar JumpDrive Triton against comparable USB 3.0 drives of similar capacities.
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SanDisk Extreme 240GB SSD SDSSDX-240G-G25 Review
PCSTATS is testing out SanDisk's Extreme 240GB SSD, a 6Gb/s SATA III drive rated to 550MB/s Read and 520MB/s Write (sequential) in ATTO Disk Benchmark. SanDisk's Extreme SSD uses 24nm Toggle Mode MLC NAND Flash and the popular LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller. Continue» |
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Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 mini-ITX 1.6GHz AMD E-350 APU Motherboard Review
The focus of today's review
is the miniITX, 17cm square, Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 AMD Fusion motherboard. This platform is based on a dual-core netbook processor from AMD called the AMD Fusion E-350 'Zacate' APU. Continue» |
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SanDisk Extreme 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ80-064G) Review
| September 11, 2012 | By: Max Page | Topic: Memory |
What's neat about the Sandisk Extreme 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive is that it's built with the kind of flash memory found in Solid State Drives. Continue» |
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Belkin 7-port USB 2.0 Hub F5U307-BRN Review
this quick review PCSTATS is looking at a really simple 7-port powered USB 2.0 hub from Belkin called the F5U307-BRN, it comes in white or brown and runs about $35 USD. The Belkin F5U307 ships with a data cable to connect it to the host computer and a 5V DC power adaptor. The 7-port hub operates at 480Mbps USB 2.0 speeds but is backwards compatible with USB 1.1 and USB 3.0 devices Continue» |
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Tale of the Dead Staples Omnitech Shredder - Why Not Fix it Yourself?
| August 29, 2012 | By: Max Page | Topic: Editorial |
If your consumer electronics break, what's stopping you from trying to fix it yourself? A few weeks ago our inexpensive $50-dollar Omnitech OT-EMC7A micro cut paper shredder from Staples.ca gave up the ghost and stopped working. Being out of warranty, I took a stab at fixing the wee beastie.
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Vantec NexStar HX NST-330SU3 Hard Drive to USB 3.0 / eSATA II External Case
The Vantec NexStar HX NST-330SU3 is an economical external hard drive enclosure for 3.5" SATA II drives that permits extra storage space to be
easily added to any desktop computer via USB 3.0 or eSATA cable. Continue» |
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Western Digital 1TB WD RE4 Enterprise Hard Drive Review
In this review PCSTATS is testing out a 3.5" Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX hard drive. The WD RE4 WD1003FBYX is a 1.0TB hard drive which utilizes Perpendicular Magnetic Recording and operates on the 3Gb/s SATA II interface. It features StableTrac, IntelliSeek, NoTouch ramp loading head technology, a multi-axis shock sensor, RAFF technology and RAID specific Time Limited Error Recovery. Continue» |
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