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TerraMaster F2-210 2-Bay NAS Review
TerraMaster F2-210 2-Bay NAS Review Network-attached storage doesn’t need to cost an arm and a leg, it is also possible to do it on a budget. Today I take a look at the TerraMaster F2-210 2-bay NAS which is just such a solution. Is it enough to satisfy? We’ll find…
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ADATA Launches the SU750 2.5″ SATA SSD
Using TLC 3D NAND with SLC Caching ADATA first previewed their SU750 SSD back in CES 2019 and it is finally available. The drive uses the standard 2.5″ form factor and SATA 6Gb/s interface. It displaces the previously launched SU700 and provides exceptional SATA speeds at a reasonable price range.…
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ADATA Launches XPG GAMMIX S5 PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 SSD
Another M.2 SSD Option from ADATA ADATA is announcing the arrival of yet another M.2 SSD option from their XPG line. This time it is the XPG GAMMIX S5, an M.2 SSD with built-in heatsink. This results in a 10 degree drop in operating temperature claims the company. Plus, it…
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ASRock Launches the Z390 Phantom Gaming Mainboard Family
New High-End Gaming Series from ASRock We first saw ASRock‘s Phantom Gaming brand offering AMD Radeon video cards several months ago. Now they are launching their first motherboard line under this new brand featuring six models. It consists of five ATX form factor models and one mini-ITX unit. All of…
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- Storage
Synology DiskStation DS418 4-Bay NAS Review
Introduction Today we’re taking a look at a basic but very competent 4-bay NAS, the DiskStation DS418 (product link) made by Synology. The word basic shouldn’t be taken out of context though, it’s a NAS with good hardware specs, but it is one that only comes with the things you…
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Realtek Releases Version 2.80 Audio Codecs
One of the menial tasks for users to do every now and then is to check for driver updates to minor hardware components like the Audio and LAN controllers. One update that has just popped up is Realtek releasing a new version of their Audio Codec. Updating from Versions 2.74,…
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Inateck KT9001 USB 3.0 and AC Wi-Fi Expansion Card Review
Introduction You might be short of some extra USB ports in your system, or maybe you just want another host controller to keep up the transfer speeds on multiple devices at once. Maybe your system doesn’t have a wireless network connection or you just want to upgrade your old 2.4GHz…
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Realtek DRAGON LAN Chip Spotted
The onboard Local Area Network (LAN) is a massively overlooked part of your system; most users tend to buy on the impulse of shiny heatsinks, colour scheme or maybe because it has so many USB 3.1 ports. Despite the lack of consumer interest, companies manufacturer ultra high-speed LAN chips which…
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Gigabyte BRIX GB-BXi5H-5200 Review
Introduction Today we are taking a look at Gigabyte’s Intel i5 5200U powered BRIX. Gigabyte has an impressive array of BRIX models that come in at all different performance levels with many CPU options and even options with discrete GPUs. The small form factor computer business has been exploding the last…
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Club3D Multi-Streaming Transport Hub Review
Introduction There is no doubt that playing games and working is filled with a lot more joy and pleasure when you have more than one monitor connected. You need to use ALT+TAB a lot less to view everything, can have source code on one screen and the result on another,…
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ASRock Announced a mITX-board With LGA2011v3 and Quad-Channel Memory
A powerful server doesn’t necessarily need to be a huge monster of a beast and ASRock proves that once again by cramming not just an Intel LGA2011 v3 socket and a C612 chipset onto a tiny mini ITX motherboard, they also managed to cram in support for quad-channel DDR4 memory.…
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Thecus N5810 Pro Zero-Crash 5-Bay High-Performance NAS Review
Introduction Thecus have created a new NAS that is something just a little bit special, if not a lot of special. It looks pretty normal on the surface, but it comes packed full of great features, plenty of storage abilities, and with connectivity options as they’re rarely seen. The new…
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Gigabyte Rolls out the 990XA-UD3 R5 Socket AM3+ Motherboard
Gigabyte has announced that it has recently added a new socket AM3+ motherboard to its lineup. The motherboard is set to support all AMD AM3+ FX processors and AM3 Athlon/Phenom II CPUs, while also supporting 2-way SLI or Crossfire. The company has based the motherboard on the AMD 990X chipset,…
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Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Intel’s Z97 platform feels like it has been here forever; since its official launch in early May 2014 we’ve ploughed through a sizeable 13 Z97 motherboard reviews here at eTeknix. Yet in the grand-scheme of things that 5 months is barely any time at all:the average PC user will tend…
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Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Biostar aren’t a brand of products we review that often as their main presence is within the Asian market, however, every now and then we do get a motherboard from them which they are targeting towards the Western market. Today is one of those rare days as we…
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