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Mouse and Mouse Pad Travel Pouch Review
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 Today we have a rather interesting product that confused me a little when I found out about it. The Belkin Washable Mouse is a mouse that is water-resistant, so it can endure spills and it also stays clean. Along with a versatile scroll pad, the Washable mouse from Belkin sounds like something that sounds too good to be true. Let's take a look and see if the ride is as smooth as Belkin suggests.
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Areca 1880 SAS/SSD RAID Card Reviewed
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Today we are testing the new Areca 1880ix-12 RAID controller. This is Areca' premier SATA 3 internal RAID offering and signifies a great leap forward for a company known to cater to the enthusiast crowd. With the speed and power of SSDs reinventing mainstream storage, RAID card manufacturers have been under tremendous pressure to deliver a product that can handle the massive throughput and high random reads of SSD's combined into ultra speedy RAID arrays.
Previous generation RAID cards have been a trying venture for manufacturers as they have been unable to scale well in arrays, making the cards themselves a pointless endeavor. Ripping apart Arecas new flagship line of controllers here though, we think you will be amazed at the numbers we have pulled up for the 1880ix-12.
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In-Win Griffin Case Review
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The In-Win Griffin case is designed with the beginning builder in mind. It is stylish on the outside and has some nice features on the inside that helps to keep the confusion down on the first build. Follow along as we go over how well this case is built as well as what each feature of the case allows the end-user to do.
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ASRock P67 Professional Motherboard
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ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional enthusiast motherboard featuring the Intel P67 chipset is designed to harness the full potential of Intel 2nd Gen Core series processors. But don't take our word for it, come check out the full review and benchmarks and decide for yourself...
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Intel 310 80GB Mini-PCIe SSD First
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It wasn't 2 hours ago that I received a call from DHL stating that they had received a rush package from Intel I might be interested in. It hasn't been 10 minutes since I tested the Intel 310 Series Mini PCIe SSD for the first time. The internets first tests (I think) can be seen in our Benchmarks Forums.
This is the worlds smallest SSD and, as seen below, its a pretty amazing feat when perched atop of the worlds fastest consumer SSD which posts speeds above 740MB/s. We were halfway through our review of the OCZ RevoDrive x2 100GB PCIe SSD when this delivery came about and couldn't resist this picture to show just how small the worlds smallest SSD is. I guess a big welcome is deserved for Intels newest release, the Intel 310 series 80GB Mini-PCIe SSD.
Stay tuned in the next few days for detailed reviews on both and don't forget to check out our forums for the Crystal performance benchmarks on this little baby! Its a pint sized X25m and then some!
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BIOS Option Of The Week - SDRAM RAS Precharge
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Since 1999, we have been developing the BIOS Optimization
Guide, affectionately known as the BOG. From a meager beginning of a
single page, it now covers over 440 BIOS options. As old BOG readers
will know, we started offering two editions of the BOG since Revision
8.0 - a simplified edition and the complete edition.
Normally, the complete edition is only available to subscribers who
help sponsor the development of the guide through a small fee.
However, that changes today! From now on, we will post a BIOS option
from the complete edition of the BIOS Optimization Guide every
weekend.
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Zalman ZM-HE350 U3 Hard Drive Enclosure Review
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Choosing the right CPU, GPU, or even SSD could be considered difficult - but so could simple peripherals, such as an HDD enclosure. These seem to be a dime a dozen, and while many consumer purchases may boil down to aesthetic value, we've discovered with Zalman's ZM-HE350 U3 that not all external enclosures perform alike.
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OCZ Vertex 2 40GB drives
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Solid State Drives are known for there incredible access times and massive sustained write speeds. A single SandForce controller-based SSD can push the limits of the SATA II interface. This leads to faster Windows boot times, application loading and a snappier desktop feel. OCZ Vertex 2 drives were among the first to bring the SF-1200 to the enthusiast community and have received numerous commendations as a result. The OCZ Vertex 2 60GB review was enough to make this reviewer take a RAID0 Velociraptor set up and install it into older, slower PCs, because a modern system should not be hung up on dated storage technology.
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Patriot PBO Core Media Player Review
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Patriot relaunched the Patriot Box Office as the PBO Core with
an improved user interface and added functionality. The new GUI lives
up to the relaunch and is easy to use and with a long list of file
compatibility makes it a great device for your digital media playback
for even the technologically challenged members of your family
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OCZ ZX Series 850w Power Supply
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"Like many other manufacturers at CES 2011, OCZ had a collection of their most recent hardware on display, including solid state drives, memory and power supplies. It's one of the latter that we have for review today, the ZX Series 850W. The ZX replaces the Z Series as OCZ's Maximum Performance line of power supplies, and is available in 850W, 1000W and 1250W capacities. These models all feature 80Plus Gold efficiency levels, multi-GPU support and OCZ's exclusive five year PowerSwap Warranty."
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Aten CM0264 KVMP switch
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Aten is one of the industry leaders in KVM switches and they have been producing unique KVM switches and related products with latest technologies to fulfill the market. CM0264 was released in Aug 2010 and being one of the latest Aten KVMP switches, it is a 2 x 4 DVI-HDMI matrix KVMP switch which supports 2 x HDMI + 2 x DVI-enabled devices with dual-display capability."
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In Win Dragon Slayer mATX Case Review
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“Many people are turning to mATX setups for LAN gaming systems and home theater PC systems. There are not a ton of options when it comes to mATX cases; most are cube cases that do not offer a lot of features. Well today we have a mATX that is designed just like any other mid tower case and has quite a few options. What case are we talking about? The Dragon Slayer from In Win, let’s take a look…"
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Intel Core i5-2500K LGA 1155 “Sandy Bridge” Processor
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“The word Sandy Bridge is what we have been hearing for the past 3 months. In forums, on different websites and even on the news. Sandy Bridge is the codename for Intel’s new 32nm processor architecture. This new architecture brings on-die graphics to a whole new level and still has all of the same features we saw on the Nehalem architecture. It adds even more with Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel Quick Sync Video, Intel InTru 3D, and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions) instructions. With this new architecture Intel is releasing 11 desktop processors, we will be taking the Core i5-2500K throug h the paces, read on to check it out!"
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In Win Dragon Rider Full Tower Case Review
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“Over the past few years In Win has been designing a lot of different cases to stir up the competition with larger manufactures. Their latest Full Tower Case, the In Win Dragon Rider is no exception to In Win’s quality products. The Dragon Rider has advanced features such as a CPU backplate cooling fan, two USB 3.0 easy access ports and support for E-ATX motherboards. The case also includes 4 fans and has support of up to 10 fans to go along with its already cool and quiet design. Let’s take a closer look."
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TRENDnet TEW-691GR 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router
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“The TRENDnet TEW-691GR 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router is a sleek looking router with a long name and potentially big performance. We’ll examine the specs, packaging, features, interface and of course performance, to determine if the TEW-691GR can survive in your personal network."
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LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i 6G Review - 2.5GB/s Speed Through 8 SSDs
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Hot on the table in our labs today is the LSI 9260-8i MegaRAID SATA 3 internal RAID card and it happens to be sitting beside 8 Crucial C300 SATA 3 SSDs and 8 OWC Mercury Extreme Pro RE SSDs. We are going to put this card through its paces and brace yourself because we have been pulling off amazing speeds as high as 2.5GB/s and 1.7GB/s for high sequential read and write access.
The LSI 9260-8i MegaRAID card is a SATA 3 internal RAID card that allows us to connect up to 8 hard drives (or in our case SSDs) in a variety of multi-level RAID configurations to include RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. It installs through a quick clip into your motherboard PCIe 2.0 x8 slot and, as we saw with this card, is recognized immediately.
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