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Posted on Friday, 21 November 2014
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Consumer Storage and Networking
Written by
Sean Kalinich
The world of storage is evolving very quickly as the way PCs are built change. We have watched as the…
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CMStorm Devastator Gaming Combo Pack Review Featured
Posted on Tuesday, 19 August 2014
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Consumer Peripherals
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Cooler Master’s CMStorm group has built up a reputation for making good gaming peripherals. Over the years we have seen…
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Asus Z97I-Plus Review Part II - Performance Featured
Posted on Sunday, 22 June 2014
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
One of the things that makes a board stand out from the crowd, beside features and price, is how well…
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Asus Z97-A Design and Feature Review - Storage Options Abound Featured
Posted on Monday, 16 June 2014
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
As Intel moves more and more core components to their CPU we are seeing an interesting shift in motherboard design.…
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Synology DS214SE 2200 Design and Feature Review Featured
Posted on Saturday, 31 May 2014
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Consumer Storage and Networking
Written by
Sean Kalinich
The need for a place to put your digital stuff is always going to be. There really is just no…
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CMStorm Ceres 300 Gaming Headset Review Featured
Posted on Wednesday, 09 April 2014
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Consumer Audio
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Audio on gaming computers is one of the things that gets overlooked when people are building their systems. While they…
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Western Digital Launches Their New WD Red Line of HDDs Built for NAS *** Update with Pricing *** Featured
Posted on Tuesday, 10 July 2012
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Consumer Storage and Networking
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Over the years the need for more storage has exploded. I have seen systems with 750GB drive packed with pictures,…
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Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Performance Review Featured
Posted on Saturday, 02 June 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
After spending some time working with the Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H and all of the features that are packed into this board…
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Asus P8Z77-V Motherboard Performance Review Featured
Posted on Wednesday, 09 May 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
So now that we have covered all of the features and design choices for the P8Z77-V we are about to…
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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Design and Feature Review Featured
Posted on Tuesday, 08 May 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
As we continue our coverage of both Ivy Bridge and the Z77 Express chipset we now head over to Gigabyte.…
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The Asus P8Z77-M Pro Brings Exceptional Performance and Value to the Lab Featured
Posted on Monday, 23 April 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
At almost the opposite end of the spectrum from the Asus Maximus V Gene (in terms of target market) we…
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Intel DZ77GA-70K Desktop Motherboard Review Featured
Posted on Monday, 23 April 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Although the Intel Z77 Express chipset has been available for a while now we chose to wait until the official…
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Asus' P8Z77-V Checked Out For Its Design And Features In The Lab Featured
Posted on Tuesday, 17 April 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
After taking a look at a couple of Asus’ MicroATX Z77 boards we are moving up in size to the…
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Asus P8Z77-M Pro Design and Feature Review Featured
Posted on Friday, 13 April 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
As we showed you recently we do not just have a single Z77 board from Asus in the lab, but…
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Rosewill RHM-6308 Gaming Headset Review Featured
Posted on Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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Consumer Audio
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Audio is a part of the computing experience that is very often overlooked when people are building their system. We…
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We Listen to the House of Marley Zion In-Ear Headphones and Come Away Impressed Featured
Posted on Monday, 05 March 2012
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Consumer Audio
Written by
Sean Kalinich
After being impressed with the House of Marley’s Redemption Song On-Ear headphones we have now spent some time with their…
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We take a look at MSI's X79A-GD65(8D) for its design and features Featured
Posted on Monday, 06 February 2012
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
The fourth X79 board we have in the lab is from MSI in the form of the X79A-GD65(8D). This board…
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Gigabyte A55M-DS2 Performance Review Featured
Posted on Wednesday, 07 December 2011
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Although AMD’s future is far from certain we do know that they have been pushing towards lower power and lower…
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Gigabyte A55-DS2 Design and Feature Review Featured
Posted on Monday, 28 November 2011
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
AMD’s Llano is not a new product; it is one that has been out on the market for long enough…
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Gigabyte's A75-UD4H drops by the lab for some quality time Featured
Posted on Wednesday, 23 November 2011
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
With all of the excitement surround a CPU launch from both AMD and then Intel some of the smaller products…
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The CM Storm Xornet Breaks into the Lab Featured
Posted on Sunday, 23 October 2011
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Consumer Peripherals
Written by
Sean Kalinich
In today’s market a company cannot maintain a single vertical portfolio and survive. We have seen this more times that…
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EDIMAX BR-6258n Nano Wireless Router Impresses us in the Lab Featured
Posted on Sunday, 28 August 2011
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Consumer Storage and Networking
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Wireless networking is one of those things that we all have come to rely on. We tend to expect to…
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We take the Kingston Wi-Drive out Camping Featured
Posted on Sunday, 21 August 2011
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Consumer Storage and Networking
Written by
Sean Kalinich
Apple is famous for many things. They are famous for making the iPhone and iPad, they are famous for their…
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Gigabyte A75-UD4H Design and Feature Review Featured
Posted on Wednesday, 17 August 2011
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
AMD has been throwing the term Fusion around since the early days of the AM2 CPU. We heard rumors of…
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We Put the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H B3 Through its Paces Featured
Posted on Saturday, 13 August 2011
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Consumer Motherboards
Written by
Sean Kalinich
After a look into the design and features of the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H we are now diving into how well it…
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