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PowerColor PCS+ HD 5870 Graphics Card Review
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 "When it comes to the decision of upgrading to the latest and greatest, the PowerColor PCS+ HD 5870 sure doesn't make that decision easy. In some benchmarks, it pulled ahead, and in other game which highly rely on tessellation, it fell behind. Where the decision comes in is whether the difference in your mind is worth the US$50-$70 for a couple frames per second."
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In Win Griffin Computer Case Review
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"In Win's Griffin chassis has a lot going for it. A budget case with good cooling (due in large part to the big side panel fan,) is always good to see and a real boon to the enthusiast with limited funds. With a distinctive look and nice features like a hidden I/O panel and tool-free drive clips, the Griffin delivers a lot of bang for the buck."
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XFX HD 6970 Graphics Card Review
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"XFX's reference based version HD 6970 performs exactly like any other reference version at the time of release. Although there was a lot of high expectations for this card, in the end it can be summed up as a mixed bag of good and under-whelming."
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Vantec Nexstar NST-D400S3 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Dual Bay Hard Drive Dock Review
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"Vantec has been on a roll lately with their NexStar line of storage products, and their USB 3.0 dual bay HDD dock is no exception. What stands out with this unit is the ability to access two hard drives simultaneously - something that is handy for all types of buyers ranging from the casual home PC user to network admins who need a quick way to access data on a hard drive."
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ASUS Maximus 4 Extreme Review
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As with any new chip release there is a new chipset. If there is a new chipset, it's time for a new ROG board. Today the Maximus IV Extreme.
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Diamond Radeon 6870 XOC
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“Diamond is a company known for typically pushing overclocked graphics cards, and today's variant is no exception. The Diamond Radeon 68970 XOC is essentially a reference design but it boasts a strong factory overclock and great gaming horsepower at a decent price. Let's take a closer look at the Diamond Radeon 6870 XOC and see what it can do.”
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ECS P67H2-A2 Socket 1155 Motherboard
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"Motherboards supporting the new LGA 1155 Socket are starting to appear online such as the ECS P67H2-A2 we have on hand today. Although we can't share any performance numbers just yet, we can take a detailed look at the P67H2-A2's features and layout, one of four new Black Series boards that ECS will be launching based on the P67 chipset."
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GIGABYTE P67A-UD7 (Intel P67 Express) Motherboard
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"In the last year or so GIGABYTE has been on a rampant run to a leader in the enthusiast and mainstream markets. With offerings like the X58A-UD7, the 890FXA-UD7, the P55A-UD7 and of course the X58A-UD9, we have watched GIGABYTE work their way back to the lead group in the motherboard market. At every step of the way GIGABYTE has been working with partners, press and consumers to make their products better and to actually give you what you want from a component motherboard.
Now things are different; they have had a year of input and also have a new chipset and CPU to build upon. Can GIGABYTE pull this one off, too? - Today we are taking a look at one of the first P67 based motherboards on the market; the P67A-UD7. This board features what you would expect from an enthusiast level product including SLI, Crossfire, Dual Channel RAM, good cooling at the board level and more."
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Intel Sandy Bridge Launch Results are in
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"On our test bench today we have an evolution of the Core architecture in the form of Intel’s “Sandy Bridge” components. These Include the P67 and H67 chipsets and two CPUs, one from the i5 range and the other from the i7."
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Intel Core i7-2820QM Mobile Sandy Bridge Processor
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About this time last year, Intel offered us a complete processor revamp and architecture update for both the desktop and mobile markets. Intel called it their evolutionary "tick" step in their manufacturing process migration from 45 to 32nm. The "tock," as it were, follows along in cadence offering refinement and feature enhancement that completes the product evolution. So here we are, about 12 months or so later, and the "tock" cometh.
Intel's Core i7-2820QM processor is the vehicle that we'll be using as a means of evaluating Intel's new architecture. It's not the highest-end SKU in the line-up but it has all the bells and whistles enabled and about 90% of top-end clock speed that Intel will offer in their "Extreme" version mobile chip. In a 45 Watt power envelope, this is the Sandy Bridge chip you'll likely see in some of the more capable multimedia targeted notebooks coming to market in 2011. And we'd dare say, at this early juncture, it packs a healthy serving of beef-cake computing muscle for just about anything you could throw at it.
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Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5-2500K & i7-2600K
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Lets get the worst thing about these new CPUs out of the way before talking about some of their new features and performance enhancements- these new CPUs bring a new socket with them. This is a bit of a shame as this will be the fourth socket for Intel CPUs in the last few years. We saw the move from LGA 775 found in Core 2 Duo CPUs to LGA 1366 with the introduction of the Core i7 extreme in 2008 which was followed by the mainstream Core i3, i5 and i7 CPUs with the LGA 1156 socket in 2009. What this means is that you will need a new motherboard if you plan on upgrading to the new Core CPU which has an LGA 1155 socket. With that out of the way, here is what these new Sandy Bridge CPU’s architecture look like
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ASUS P67-motherboards - what you don't know...
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'Sandy Bridge has been tantalizing the tech world ever since it was announced at IDF 2010 in September. Motherboard manufacturers have been providing sneak previews of their motherboards to build up the exciting leading to today's launch. We've published previews of the GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4, GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD7, and ASUS P8P67 family. Finally, we can unveil the true performance of the Sandy Bridge and show full details of the boards.'
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Core i7 2600K Processor & DP67BG Motherboard
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'Intel was kind enough to provide us with the newly released Core i7 2600K processor to give our readers an idea of its overall performance throughout different tests including: overall PC performance, video (HD) rendering performance, 3D and gaming performance, productivity performance, and power consumption and temperature improvements. We will try to address these points as accurately as possible, and compare the results to a Core i7 930 processor at stock and overclocked speeds.'
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ASUS P8P67 and P8P67 Deluxe Intel Sandy Bridge Motherboard Review
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Now that the N.D.A.'s have been lifted, we can give you the low down on the new Intel P67 chipset A.K.A. Sandy Bridge. In this article we will take a look at two new ASUS P67 motherboards. The first motherboard is the entry level ASUS P8P67. The ASUS P8P67 features USB3, SATA6, and CrossfireX support. The second board is the top tier of the ASUS P8P67 series, the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe has all the features of the ASUS P8P67 plus SLI, a 16+2 phase power design and more! How will it perform against the Intel P55 system? Read on to find out!
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Intel Core i7 2600K - SandyBridge - Processor Review
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"Times are changing; Intel has listened to its hard core users and has produced a totally unlocked processor. The 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor, codenamed “SandyBridge” (specifically the K- Series) offer a fully unlocked core multiplier, power and memory ratios (DDR 3), as well as an unlocked graphics multiplier. Graphics Multiplier? Yes you read correctly, the new “SandyBridge” processors come with Intel’s newest DirectX 10 HD Graphics (3000) on the same chip, which can reach dynamic frequencies up to 1350 MHz."
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