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Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:30:00

BIOSTAR at CeBIT 2012

BY: PCSTATS — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:10:32

BIOSTAR, the world famous manufacturer of Mainboard, Graphic cards, Industrial computer systems and peripherals, announced a new premium-level Intel series motherboard and AMD full range motherboards within the CeBIT 2012.

BIOSTAR offers visitors the TPOWER X79 mainboard designed for the latest high-performance Intel Sandy Bridge-E CPUs for ... [PCSTATS]

MX-STARTER PREMIUM Series SSD With Robust Data Protection

BY: PCSTATS — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:07:29

Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in top performance, high reliability and user-friendly designed PC components, today launched improved MX-STARTER PREMIUM Series 2.5" SSD for mainstream users demanding the latest technology at an affordable price point.

The new MX-STARTER PREMIUM Series of... [PCSTATS]

Logitech G400 Gaming Mouse

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:02:00

Here is a snippet that can be used for the review: "Today we�ll take a look at one of the successors to the MX500/MX518 gaming mouse � the Logitech G400 optical gaming mouse. If you've read my review of the MX518, you'll know that it has been a favorite gaming companion of mine for many years. In the jam-packed arena of gaming mice, does the G400 ... [PCSTATS]

In-Win XFrame Limited Edition Review

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:01:00

The In-Win XFrame is a brand new concept and view on what the classic open frame chassis should look like. The In-Win XFrame is far superior and super-exceeds current open frame chassis to date. The XFrame offers extreme amount of freedom and space between cable routing areas and innovates device installation procedures. The XFrame is a very intere... [PCSTATS]

HIS Radeon HD 7750 iCooler review

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:00:00

HIS decided to jump on the bandwagon and releases a slightly customized R7750, it's named the HIS 7750 iCooler 1GB. As you can tell from the photo below the card is all customized, a nice blue PCB and a cooler, that though eats two slots, makes the cards virtually silent. Much much better then the reference AMD design really. The card remains 1... [PCSTATS]

MSI Reveals HD 7700 Series Dual-Fan Graphic

BY: PCSTATS — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:03:00

Today the internationally renowned graphics card and mainboard maker MSI released two new graphics cards. The R7770-2PMD1GD5/OC and R7750-PMD1GD5/OC feature the new Radeon HD 7700 GPU based on AMD's latest 28nm process with support for PCI Express Gen3. Core voltage adjustment is supported by the MSI R7700 graphics card. The R7770-2PMD1GD5/OC GPU c... [PCSTATS]

AMD's new Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750

BY: PCSTATS — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:02:00

"AMD's Southern Island graphics cards have been aggressively hitting the market and while there have been some driver issues, the overall reception for the new cards has been mostly positive. That's because ultimately both the Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950 push more pixels than their HD 6000 series counterparts while also offering better performa... [PCSTATS]

AMD Radeon HD 7770 & 7750

BY: PCSTATS — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:01:00

Today we are checking out the latest additions to the Radeon HD 7000 series, as AMD unveils two new HD 7700 models. Both the Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750 are targeting the sub-$200 price range, making them mainstream gaming graphics cards. Based on the same GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture as the Radeon HD 7900 series, we are expecting good thin... [PCSTATS]

Synchronization Extensions or TSX

BY: PCSTATS — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:00

Two of my personal areas of interest and expertise are speculative multithreading (SpMT) and transactional memory (or TM). Both are techniques designed to make multi-core processors and parallel programming more amenable to developers. For several years, I was the co-founder of Strandera, a start up that was developing speculative multithreadin... [PCSTATS]

ASUS P8H67-M Evo Intel H67 Express Motherboard Test Report

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:54:04

If you're looking at an Intel H67 motherboard chances are good it's because you want to run your PC on Sandy Bridge's integrated graphics core, perhaps to take advantage of the media transcoding capabilities of Intel SmartSync. The Intel HD 2000/3000 IGP... [PCSTATS]

Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Hard Drive Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:51:20

Seagate's Momentus XT is a 2.5" notebook drive of a half-Terabyte in capacity that stands out from the crowd because it contains 4GB of SLC NAND flash. The NAND flash is used as sort of a 'fast access repository' to store commonly used data, though at 4G... [PCSTATS]

Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 6Gb/s SATA III Hard Drive Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:49:52

PCSTATS will be testing out Seagate's 2TB, 6Gb/s SATA III Barracuda XT hard drive. This 3.5" desktop hard drive features an increased 64MB onboard cache where other 2TB drives only have 32MB and it supports Native Command Queing (NCQ). The Barracuda XT i... [PCSTATS]

IcyDock MB994SP-4S Four-bay 2.5-inch SATA/SAS Hard Drive Rack Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:47:49

The IcyDock MB994SP-4S is just such a unit - it packs four 2.5" HDD/SSD drives into the space of a single 5.25" DVD drive and provides unified power and supported SATA hook ups at the rear. On top of its high density convenience, all four SATA drive bays... [PCSTATS]

Intel DH67BL Intel H67 Express Motherboard Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:10

Intel's DH67BL motherboard is built around the Intel H67 chipset and supports socket LGA1155 Intel 2nd Generation Core i3/i5/i7 2xxx-series 32nm Sandy Bridge processors. It is not compat... [PCSTATS]

Biostar TH67XE Intel H67 Express Motherboard Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:43:23

The powerful socket LGA1155 Sandy Bridge processor may have the integrated graphics core, but it's the Intel H67 chipset which makes it possible to output HD video content via HDMI and Display Port to a big screen HDTV. The TH67XE can also support a [PCSTATS]

ECS H67H2-M Black Edition Intel H67 Express Motherboard Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:40:18

Integrated Graphics (IGP) can save you a ton of money when building a workstation PC, it's for this very reason why your office computer is probably running on IGP graphics right now. The integrated graphics core at the heart of all Sandy Bridge pr... [PCSTATS]

Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:35:47

"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 ... [PCSTATS]

Glacialtech Igloo 5620 PWM Heatsink Test Report

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:32:32

"While the Glacialtech Igloo 5620 PWM heatsink ships with one 92mm fan capable of operating at 2300-800RPM, additional fan clips are supplied for a seco... [PCSTATS]

Coolermaster Hyper 612 PWM Heatsink Test Report

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:28:26

"On the test bench today is a boxy tower-style processor heatsink from Cooler Master called the Hyper 612 PWM. This is a pseudo-quiet cooling heatsink built around six, 6mm ... [PCSTATS]

Intel DX79SI: Super Energy-Efficient LGA 2011

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:02:00

The flagship mainboard from the microprocessor giant doesn�t strike you with unique design, specific features or functionality. However, it is phenomenally energy-efficient in its category, of course. ... [PCSTATS]

Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Black

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:01:00

Today we look at the new Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Black and White edition of the chassis. A new trend as of late is using a two tone colored chassis, black and white is a new trend. The new updated Advanced model has a few other tweaks as well, as next to the seductive black/white interior, additional capacity, superb cooling system and... [PCSTATS]

Zotac GTX 580 AMP2 3GB Edition Review

BY: PCSTATS — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:00

ZOTAC�s quality GTX graphics cards have greatly improved in their performance and efficiency. ZOTAC made a stand as they proudly released their GTX 580, putting themselves on top of benchmarks since the GeForce GTX 480, which at one point was renowned in the industry. However, ZOTAC have push the bar even higher with the GTX 580�s big brother; the ... [PCSTATS]

Buffalo CloudStation Pro Duo Network Storage Review

BY: PCSTATS — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:03:00

Cloud technologies, a very popular topic these days, already started penetrating the SOHO data storage market. Buffalo Technology tried to combine a NAS system with Cloud. Let�s see what the result was. ... [PCSTATS]

XFX R7970 Double Dissipation Edition and Radeon HD 7970 CrossFireX Performance R

BY: PCSTATS — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:01:00

We are going to talk about features, cooling, level of noise, overclocking potential and finally performance of one of the first proprietary graphics cards based on AMD�s fastest GPU. We will also check how fast a CrossFireX configuration of two Radeon HD 7970 graphics cards will turn out in our tests. ... [PCSTATS]

Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM HD Review

BY: PCSTATS — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:00

When it comes to adding a performance-enhancing upgrade to your system, a good SSD can�t be beat, but storage capacity is an ever-growing need as well. There was a time when a 1TB drive seemed grossly (deliciously?) excessive for the average user, but these days anything less than 500GB seems woefully undersized. Even casual users who play a few ga... [PCSTATS]

Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player

BY: PCSTATS — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:03:00

The Western Digital WD TV Live media player packs a lot of features in to a little box. Couple this with a great price, and you have a very attractive device. It is remarkably easy to setup, has tons of connectivity options, has great file support, easy network integration with built in wireless, and it offers many useful apps. ... [PCSTATS]

Basic Casemodding Listener Mailbag Interview

BY: PCSTATS — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:02:00

Ninjalane Podcast - In this episode we talk about basic casemodding tekniques and how to turn that plain box into something cool, we answer some of your questions and interview one of the top US overclockers. ... [PCSTATS]

HotHardware's Two and A Half Geeks Webcast - Feb. 13, 2012

BY: PCSTATS — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:00:00

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks webcast, Marco, Iyaz and Dave discuss the MainGear SHIFT do-it-yourself case kit and the recently released Intel SSD 520 series solid state drive built on SandForce controller technology. The guys also discuss the used game debate and game devs locking down DLC content for new game buyers o... [PCSTATS]

Steelseries Simraceway SRW-S1 Controller Review

BY: PCSTATS — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:03:00

"The Simraceway aims to provide the most comprehensive game control experience on the market today, quite the task when you consider the competition includes simple wheels to all in one racing chairs. So let�s have a closer look and see how this pretender to the throne of racing wheels shapes up." ... [PCSTATS]

MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozer III review

BY: PCSTATS — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:02:00

MSI can now be included in our line-up of R7950 reviews with a customized model. It is the TwinFrozr III version that clocks in at a nice 880 MHz on the graphics core with it's memory clocked default at an effective data rate of 5000 MHZ. It is locked and loaded with 3GB of graphics memory and dressed to impress. The GPU empowering this graphics... [PCSTATS]

Foxconn Quantum Force Quantumian-1 X79 Motherboard Preview

BY: PCSTATS — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:01:00

In this preview we will be looking at one of the latest motherboards in the Quantum Force lineup the Quantumian-1 X79. The Quantumian-1n is an enthusiast level motherboard designed for high-end gaming and overclocking using the full set of features common to Quantum Force motherboards. ... [PCSTATS]

Kingwin LZP-1000: Platinum Efficiency at a KiloWatt

BY: PCSTATS — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:03:00

The subject of our second KW power supply test in a row is an 80 Plus Platinum rated Kingwin vying for top honors among gaming silent PC enthusiasts. How does it fare against the Seasonic X1050 celebrated in a recent review? http://www.silentpcreview.com/Kingwin_LZP-1000_PSU ... [PCSTATS]

Synology DS411J NAS Review

BY: PCSTATS — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:01:00

"Synology Disk Station DS411j designed to provide a cost-effective file storage and backup solution with RAID protection for multi-user home environments. The operating system, delivers rich features for multimedia enjoyments, worry-free backup, Internet sharing, and energy-saving options." ... [PCSTATS]

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Intel LGA1155 Motherboard Review

BY: PCSTATS — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:00:00

Gigabyte offers with the GA-Z68XP-UD3 an Intel LGA1155 Sandy Bridge motherboard with some interesting characteristics and a lot of OC features. The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 is based on the Intel Z68 chipset for current LGA1155 processors like e.g. the Intel Core i7-2700K, Intel Core i3-2100, or the Intel Core i5-2500K processor which is used for the ... [PCSTATS]

500GB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Review

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:40:33

"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 dri... [PCSTATS]

ARCTIC MX-4 Thermal Compound Review

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:36:58

" If you�re in the market for thermal compound you�ve got a ton of choices out there. It�s hard to make a decision isn�t it? Today for review I�ve got the newest thermal compound from ARCTIC called MX-4 and I�ve that it�s pretty good stuff. So read on.. " ... [PCSTATS]

Intel to postpone mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:33:09

Intel recently notified its partners about plans to postpone mass shipments of its upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Despite that the company will still announce the new products and ship a small volume of the processors in early April, mass shipments are not expected to occur until after June, according to sources from notebook players. ... [PCSTATS]

Antec Soundscience Rockus 3D 2.1 Review

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:02:00

The rockus� 3D | 2.1 speaker system from Antec Soundscience is a product that waits to surprise you with its incredible bass and clarity of sound at the very high levels of loudness. The rockus� 3D | 2.1 speaker system immerses you into the real-time atmosphere of your chosen sound environment... ... [PCSTATS]

Zalman ZM-VE300 2.5' USB 3.0 External HDD Enclosure Review

BY: PCSTATS — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:00:00

The ZM-VE300 from Zalman may look a lot like the previous VE200 version, but it brings a lot of new features like the USB 3.0 interface, a more intuitive and rich menu, a pre-applied tape for avoiding short-circuits inside its chassis and a backup software for added value. ... [PCSTATS]

GIGABYTE - Spring Extreme Contest - Win with SuperPi!

BY: PCSTATS — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:16:33

GIGABYTE's Spring Extreme Contest starts today with an overclocking competition hosted on HWBOT.org.

GIGABYTE invites anyone in possession of an AMD processor and a GIGABYTE motherboard to tackle four uncompromising stages that will decide once and for all who rules the AMD roost... the winner walks away with a top-of-the-range GIGABYTE 990FXA... [PCSTATS]