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TRENDnet TEW-692GR 450Mbps Concurrent Dual Band Wireless N Router and TEW-680MB HD Media Bridge Review TRENDnet TEW-692GR   TRENDnet TEW-680MB  450mbps concurrent wireless N router  HD media bridge
[02/03/12 | Networking ]

We will talk about the first router from Trendnet to support 450Mbps speeds on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands at the same time. We will also look at 450Mbps Dual Band Wireless N HD Media Bridge that streams HD video to media center devices over an ultra-high performance 450Mbps wireless network.

"Super 5": Super-Coolers on LGA 2011 Platform Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition cooler  LGA 2011 cooler  Intel RTS2011LC Water Cooler  Noctua NH-D14 SE2011  Phanteks PH-TC14PЕ  Thermalright Archon  Thermalright HR-02 Macho  Zalman CNPS12X
[02/02/12 | Cooling ]

Today we are going to compare the cooling efficiency of the best air-coolers out there and one mainstream liquid cooling solution in a system with Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition inside.

Compact Network Attached Storage from Synology: DiskStation DS411 Slim Synology DiskStation DS411 Slim
[02/01/12 | Networking ]

This compact product working with 2.5”hard drives brings low power consumption (“green” solution), quiet operation, reliability and easy disk replacement in a small size. The operating system, Synology DiskStation Manager 3.0, delivers rich features for multimedia, Internet sharing, data protection and energy-saving options. Read more in our review.

Intel Core i7-3820 vs. Core i7-2700K and Core i7-3930K Core i7-3820  Core i7-2700K  Core i7-3930K  LGA2011
[01/29/12 | CPU ]

In the nearest future Intel is going to start selling their new quad-core LGA 2011 processor – Core i7-3820, which will boast low price tag of only $285. Let’s see how attractive the new product is going to be.

Gold and Bronze: NZXT Power Supply Units Roundup NZXT HALE82-650-M  NZXT HALE82-750-M  NZXT HALE82-850-M  NZXT HALE82  NZXT HALE90  NZXT HALE90-750-M  NZXT HALE90-1000-M
[01/29/12 | Cases/PSU ]

Today we are going to talk about five power supply units from NZXT ranging in capacity from 650 W to 1000 W and certified according to 80 PLUS Bronze and Gold standards.

Panther Attacks: Prolimatech Panther CPU Cooler Review Prolimatech Panther
[01/23/12 | Cooling ]

Today we are going to talk about another tower cooler with a pretty simple design and a vivid name. Will it be able to surprise us? Let’s find out!

Zalman F1 120 GB Solid State Drive Review Zalman F1
[01/23/12 | Storage ]

Can a well-known cooling product manufacturer roll out a good SSD? Yes, he can, because the second generation SandForce platform paved a very short route to the SSD market for those interested.

Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7: Mainboard for LGA 2011 CPUs Overclocking Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7  3D Power  3D BIOS  LGA2011
[01/21/12 | Mainboards ]

Together with the new platform Gigabyte introduced new technologies called “3D Power” and “3D BIOS”. At this time, there is still room for improvement, but even now you can enjoy broad functionality and rich feature set of the high-quality mainboard designed according to the high standards.

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler Review Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
[01/18/12 | Cooling ]

The evolutionary Hyper 212 model now boasts new base with improved heatpipes direct-touch technology and a new fan. The cooler has also become a little pricier. Let’s find out how successful these improvements turned out to be.

RAID 0 of SSDs: Two Kingston HyperX 120 GB SSDs vs. Kingston HyperX 240 GB SSD RAID 0 of SSDs  Kingston HyperX
[01/17/12 | Storage ]

Today almost every mainboard has onboard RAID controllers. So, why not try increase the performance of the disk sub-system by building a RAID 0 array of a couple of SSD drives?

550-850W Power Supply Units Roundup Chieftec BPS-650C  Cooler Master GX  RS-750-ACAA-D3  Enermax NAXN ENM850EWT  Thermaltake EVO Blue  Vantec ION2+  VAN-600AS
[01/17/12 | Cases/PSU ]

Today we are going to introduce to you six power supply units with capacities ranging from 550 to 850 watts. We will talk about products from Chieftec, Cooler Master, Enermax, Thermaltake and Vantec.

Muscle-Flexing: AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Graphics Card Review Radeon HD 7970  Southern Islands  Tahiti
[01/14/12 | Graphics ]

With its new Tahiti GPU architecture, highest-ever clock rates and 384-bit memory bus, how fast is the new single-processor flagship graphics card from AMD? Find out from our review!

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