“The TeraStation is far from being the cheapest way to add up to 4TB of storage space to a network, but it’s built for business with business features. As a result it’s a solid NAS for dedicated file and print server duties. Based on Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Express Edition, it integrates effortlessly with existing Windows infrastructures and… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

ZOTAC’s new GTX 460 Amp! Edition is the highest clocked GTX 460 version available right now. Its clock speeds of 810 MHz core and 1000 MHz memory ensure it delivers substantially improved performance over the GTX 460 reference design. ZOTAC is also using a custom cooling solution and includes a full version of Prince of Persia with their card…. [PCSTATS]  Read More →

Running at 800 MHz GPU and 1000 MHz memory, Palit’s GTX 460 Sonic Platinum is one of the highest clocked GTX 460 cards out there. It also comes with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory which can provide a performance boost over the 768 MB variants too. Being priced at reasonable $249 this card looks like a good alternative to a reference design purchase. … [PCSTATS]  Read More →

“The SilverStone SST-HDDBOOST is a very simple device once you read just the first couple pages of the manual, being practically PnP in a set it and forget it type of manner. The HDDBOOST gives any hard drive the boot times of an SSD without sacrificing hard drive capacity, write wear on the SSD or the complications of having to change file paths w… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

Nvidia is prepared to launch its latest GeForce 400-series GPU, the GeForce GT 430 codenamed GF108, around the middle of October and the GPU will feature a performance in between its GeForce GT 240 and GT 220; meanwhile, AMD is also set to launch its Radeon HD 6000-series around the same time, according to sources from graphics card makers. … [PCSTATS]  Read More →

And there we have it, the Sparkle Gold Class 1000w power supply and I have to say I am impressed. While the appearance isn’t my cup of tea, it wouldn’t exactly be fair to take off points for personal taste. But whether or not one agrees with the appearance, there’s no arguing that Sparkle’s Gold Class Series power supply is a solid contender. T… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

“There is one CPU from Intel which has remained at its price point without a refresh for some time now. That CPU is the Core i5-750 originally released in September 2009 it was long due a refresh and just a few weeks ago Intel made that move, releasing the Core i5-760. Today we have that very CPU on our test bench to find out how it compares with t… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

We test and review the eVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard. The SR-2 is a dual-socket Intel 5520 chipset based server motherboard dressed up for hardware enthusiasts and pro-overclockers. We’ll smack two six-core Xeon X5680 processors on there, four GeForce GTX 480 cards, we’ll cool them all with Liquid Nitrogen, overclock it… and see if we can brea… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

“Today Dell is back with a new system which is aimed at maximising productivity for home users, students and professionals who are on a budget. The Studio XPS 7100 is AMD Vision Black certified and prices start at £479/$499, ideal for the back to school period. So let’s see how it performs for us in a selection of real world tasks as well as a litt… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

When we first tested Corsair’s Voyager GTR, we found it to be limited by the USB 2.0 interface. This didn’t stop it from becoming the fastest flash drive we have ever tested but the nagging question persisted: what happens if you plug this USB 2.0 drive into a next-generation USB 3.0 interface? In this testing update, we find out…. [PCSTATS]  Read More →

Zotac’s GeForce GTX 480 Amp! Edition was designed to address some of the issues found in NVIDIA’s reference design. One look and it’s easy to see that this is an extreme graphics card, made for hardcore enthusiasts. What makes us say that? With a core frequency of 756MHz, 1512MHz shaders, and 950MHz memory, this is the fastest GTX 480 on the market… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

Until now, if you wanted something in a six-core from Intel, the 980X was the only flavor of the day. However, we just got in a sample of a new 32nm Gulftown-based Core i7 six-core that is slotted for a somewhat more palatable price point of $885. Clocked at 3.2GHz, the new Core i7 970 will afford you a bit more financial breathing room, if you’r… [PCSTATS]  Read More →

SSD manufacturers have been energetically rolling out new high-end, high-capacity products based around updated Indilinx, SandForce, or Marvell controllers, while simultaneously also introducing smaller SSDs with better performance and lower prices than we saw with first-generation products. As SSDs become more popular and economical, we’re seeing … [PCSTATS]  Read More →

We test and review the Axle GeForce GTX 460 768MB.The product is reference clocked and as such offers baseline performance. What will be interesting to see if a pure 100% reference model can overclock to ‘Super Overclocked’ models just as well. As that might easily save you 50 USD — all with a manual tweak. For that this card would need to go … [PCSTATS]  Read More →

“ECS is a company know for their cost-effective motherboards, and we were surprised to see them releasing a high-end socket 1156 motherboard with two SATA-600 ports, two eSATA-600 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, three PCI Express x16 slots, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, a POST diagnostics display, and a 14-phase voltage regulator circuit.”… [PCSTATS]  Read More →