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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Seasonic X-460 Fanless 460W 80Plus Gold Silent Powersupply Review
In this review PCSTATS is testing out an entirely fanless, silent 460W power supply from Seasonic's modular "X" series. There aren't very many fanless power supplies on the market so this is a bit of a treat. Continue» |
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Waterfield Designs Muzetto Leather Notebook Satchel Review
| August 02, 2012 | By: Max Page | Topic: Notebooks |
Made in Waterfields' San Francisco
sewing shop, the leather Muzetto horizontal notebook bag is available in five different sizes, two different leathers (black or brown) and with six different accent colours. Continue» |
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Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H AMD A75 Socket FM1 Motherboard Review
First and
foremost, the Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H motherboard features extensive onboard
graphics ports, excellent connectivity and of course, DX11
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Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 Intel X79 LGA2011 Motherboard In-Depth Review
The Gigabyte
GA-X79-UD5 is an awesome 'Sandy Bridge-E' motherboard for anyone in the business of content creation, yet still nimble enough to take on multi-videocard gaming and overclocking at the end of a days work. Continue» |
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Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H AMD A75 Socket FM1 Motherboard Review
Gigabyte's GA-A75M-UD2H is an entry level motherboard with onboard graphics, excellent connectivity and a rather appealing low total system
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Beginners Guide: How To Install/Remove Intel Socket LGA1155 CPU and Heatsink
At PCSTATS we've built hundreds of computer systems while testing different motherboards and CPUs, but haven't ever documented the steps. In this straight forward Beginners Guide PCSTATS will show you all the steps to installing and removing a socket LGA1155 Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor and heatsink. Continue» |
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Beginners Guide: How To Install/Remove AMD Socket AM3 CPU and Heatsink
Installing an AMD Socket AM3 processor into a motherboard is not
a difficult task, but if you've never done it before some friendly guidance is usually a good
idea. Most users tend to encounter problems attaching the AMD heatsink correctly or are unsure
about which CPU is compatible with each different socket version. Continue» |
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Gigabyte Motherboards at Computex 2012
Gigabyte unveiled several new Intel X79, Intel B75/H75 and AMD A85 based motherboards at Computex 2012 Taipei, this year. These motherboards support Intel socket LGA2011, LGA1155 and AMD socket FM2 processors.
It's always fun to learn what new technologies are in store for us, so today we're going to take a sneak peek at Intel's Thunderbolt, AMD's upcoming socket FM2 & AMD A85 chipset motherboards...
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Biostar TA75M+ AMD A75 socket FM1 Motherboard Review
Biostar's TA75M+ motherboard is a micro-ATX entry level platform with relatively robust onboard graphics care of the AMD Fusion APU processor and thorough storage options via AMDs A75 chipset. Built around the AMD Fusion A75 chipset, the board supports socket FM1 AMD A8/A6-series processors which feature integrated graphics in the form of a Radeon HD 6550D/6530D graphics core. Continue» |
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Biostar TA990FXE AMD 990FX Motherboard Review
The AMD 990FX chipset has been out for a while now, yet Biostar's TA990FXE motherboard still gets you in the game with plenty of PCI Express lanes for Crossfire/SLI, and more SATA III connectivity than rival Intel's Z77 platform. Continue» |
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Beginners Guide: Fujitsu Lifebook P770 Memory Upgrade
There comes a point in every notebooks lifespan when it's time to upgrade the memory. Follow along as PCSTATS outlines the steps to upgrade the P770's hidden memory slot. Continue» |
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Beginners Guide: Intel Smart Response Technology and Intel 311 Larson Creek SSD
With the launch of the Intel Z68 motherboard chipset, Intel also unveiled a novel addition to its Rapid Storage Technology v10.5 disk storage and RAID management tool called Smart Response Technology. What's interesting about Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT) is that it can designate a single SSD to cache frequently accessed I/O data in a sort of hybrid RAID 0 arrangement.
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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 Motherboard Review
There's nothing finer than a new chipset to kick the summer off and this year it's the Intel Z77 Express. In this review PCSTATS will put the performance oriented Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H motherboard, which is built on Intel's shiny new Z77 Express chipset, through its paces with the exceptionally popular 32nm 2nd Gen. Intel Core i3/i5/i7 'Sandy Bridge' processor. Continue» |
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IcyDock MB994SP-4SB-1 Four-bay 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive Rack
The IcyDock MB994SP-4SB-1 is just such a unit - it packs (4) 2.5" HDD/SSD drives into the space of a single 5.25" drive bay and provides unified power and SATA hook ups at the rear. On top of its high density convenience, all four SATA drive bays are hot swappable without the need to pop off a side panel or disconnect cables.
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Intel Core i7 3820 / X79 Platform - How much Memory is Ideal?
While setting up Gigabyte's latest Intel X79 motherboard on the PCSTATS test bench a few week ago, we found ourselves wondering; "what's the ideal amount of memory to use in a Intel Core i7 3820 'Sandy Bridge-E' platform these days?" Obviously, with a 32-bit Windows 7 OS we'd be limited to 4GB of system memory, but what's the magic number for Windows 7 64-bit?
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Blackle vs. Google Monitor Power Consumption Tested
Is the search page, Blackle.com, really an energy efficient alternative to Google? The theory is websites with black background save energy. PCSTATS finds out if this is a blatant green washing, or an earnest energy saving tweak for something we use every day.
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ASUS P8P67 Pro Intel P67 Motherboard Review
The ASUS P8P67 Pro motherboard is a pretty standard platform with a good feature set, ideal for mainstream overclockers and gamers. Continue» |
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500GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Review
The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlext Ultra-Portable hard drive is more than just a portable 2.5" SATA HDD. key to the system's brilliant usefulness is that Seagate designed this hard drive to interface with a series of modular cable interface adaptors, docks and a media player. It's what you'd call, really very flexible. Continue» |
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ASUS P8H67-M Evo Intel H67 Express Motherboard Review
The ASUS P8H67-M Evo is a decent Intel H67 based microATX motherboard for mainstream computer builders focused on the popular socket LGA1155 Intel 2nd
Generation Core i3/i5/i7 2xxx-series 32nm Sandy Bridge processor family. Continue» |
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