TechwareLabs has a look at the new Antec P193, a large case that supports Extended ATX motherboards and is a part of their Performance Once lineup. The P193 promises excellent cooling, room for expansion, and quiet computing all in one package. Does it deliver? and is it worth your money? Let's find out.
If you are looking for a semi-rugged portable hard drive, the Buffalo Technology MiniStation Metro is well worth checking out. The attached USB cable makes sure that you always have a cable on hand, while the included extension cable helps when the six inch cable is not enough. Available in a variety of colors and capacities, you should be able to find one to meet your needs.
The A.C.Ryan PlayON! DVR TV combines the benefits of a media player with the ability to record and playback analog and DVB-T signals and act as a wired or wireless NAS. It is capable of streaming and playback of up to 720p video as well as audio and pictures. To top things off, the PlayON! DVR TV also acts as an Internet radio for your living room.
Until SSDs can safely prove that they're a reliable long-term media for Enterprise storage, the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface owns the market share for server storage. Until Seagate launches their Solid State Drive counterpart, the 600GB Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS Hard Drive ST3600057SS delivers safe and affordable high-capacity storage to data servers and Enterprise environments. The 4Gb/s FC or 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0 interface allows the perpendicular storage technology to deliver 15,000 RPM data bandwidth for an industry-leading 1.6-million-hour MTBF. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 SAS hard drive against a wide variety of storage solutions.
"Today we are looking at the Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB Portable Drive. This particlar drive comes with a 5 year warranty, is quiet and uses the USB 2.0 interface. It's perfect for storing photos, music and videos."
We have just posted our review of the ASRock ION 330 NetTop. This little unit comes sporting an ITX motherboard that holds up to 4GB of DDR2 memory as well as a DVDRW and a nice speedy 320GB 2.5in Hard Drive. It is powered by the dual-core Atom 330 processor and of course the NVIDIA ION GPU/Chipset. It's no workstation, but it would make a killer Home Theatre or Media PC. As always, check out our review for all the details.
"Today I am going to check out the Withings WiFi Body Scale. This scale works like any other bathroom scale with a twist. It will send your weight and other data about your body to your computer or to you iPhone. If you are trying to get in shape and you want to track details about your body the Withings WiFi Body Scale may be perfect for you."
Already supercharged your Seagate 1.5 Tb drive and looking to find out what the next step is? The answer is simple: RAID. Join Artiom as he reveals the benchmarks behind the Modified ST31500341AS as well as answering a lot of the questions we were asked after the first editorial.
The Zalman CNPS10X Quiet takes the CNPS10X Extreme and pairs it with a silent fan for all those users who want the cooling performance of a tower cooler in combination with silence. We crank up the heat to see if the CNPS10X Quiet can stay cool when it counts.
"Corsair's new HX750W ATX modular power supply certainly doesn't disappoint. With excellent performance, quiet operation, and a very innovative feature set, this PSU could easily find a home in the most demanding systems."
Today we are taking a look at a PSU from Enermax, a well known power supply manufacturer. We received a sample of their ECO friendly 80+ and SLI certified PSU. This unit has 620W and should be quite silent if we look at the specifiations. Lets have a closer look at this unit and how it can perform.
You can find them in nearly every variation you want: black, white, pink, robust, ultra-light, slick, mat, ... but deciding which one suits you best, performance and style wise often is not an easy job certainly if you are trying to integrate these into your living room environment. HDD Enclosures, that is what I am talking about and today we have a look at an 3,5inch IDE/SATA enclosure offering by Vizo.
Good cooling makes it an excellent gamers’ chassis with plenty of room for expansion. It is water cooling ready even with old school water cooling equipment. There is enough room inside for even the longest graphic cards. Cable management is sufficient for most needs and the sweet lighting seals the deal.
AMD has released several lower end cpu´s on to the market to compete with Intel. We are going to look at the Athlon 2 X2 245 cpu that sells for about 50$ which is one of the cheapest cpu´s on the market. We have decided to compare it in some tests vs a Intel 6300 cpu that has the same cache and clock speed.
Ultras new X4 is quite an attractive package. First and foremost, we have rock solid performance. Acoustically the unit is almost inaudible in idle conditions and quiet when it heats up due to its 135mm fan. The unit comes packed with extras and more connectors that one can possible use. When it comes down to it, the X4 is truly a worthy contender to the more established giants in the market and an excellent buy for anyone looking for a high end, attractive looking and with a feature list to match.
"So why the Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6? It looks like a perfect example of the principle "make it glossy no matter the cost". It's a perfect choice for users who want the ultimate motherboard. Or at least to dream about one. Besides, such boards are necessary to show off manufacturer's engineering skills to create bleeding-edge devices. Devices called to amaze people."
Cell phone laws are rapidly becoming more and more restrictive. At the time of this writing, 36 states have some sort of cell phone restriction while using a motor vehicle. This up from 24 states just a year ago. The hands-free revolution is well under way. Some people even wear a bluetooth headset practically from the time they wake up in the morning. For those of us less fashionable than they are, handsfree kits are more our style. We are constantly looking for the best in quality, versatility, and function for our inevitable daily phone use. Enter the BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Handsfree Kit. Released last year, this device was an upgraded version of their hit Supertooth Light kit. Benchmark Reviews has tested the Supertooth 3 extensively over the past few weeks to see if it can meet the needs of the cell phone users, both casual and talkative.
The Ultra Products X4 1200W PSU is a beast in a small package. This PSU comes equipped with one massive 85A +12v rail and supports 6 PCIe devices - 3x 6-pin and 3x 8-pin. It is completely modular and features a nice large fan that provides very good cooling to this unit under normal circumstances. When pulling 1000W through this unit some components hit 70°C as measured with an IR Thermal probe, but we experienced no stability issues. . .
Qpad, known for superb high quality mousepads and recently also headphones have now released a mouse. I guess this comes quite natural since they have been in the market for a time, we are going to try out this new 5K mouse on their own mousepads to see how the mouse works in various enviorments. Lets have a closer look.
Qpad, known for superb high quality mousepads and recently also headphones have now released a mouse. I guess this comes quite natural since they have been in the market for a time, we are going to try out this new 5K mouse on their own mousepads to see how the mouse works in various enviorments. Lets have a closer look.
