OCZ ModXStream Pro 600 W Power Supply Review

ModXStream Pro is a power supply series from OCZ featuring a modular cabling system and a very attractive price tag, at this moment featuring 500 W, 600 W and 700 W models, with the manufacturer promising that these units can deliver their labeled wattage at 40º C. Let’s see if the 600 W version is a good pick.”
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/936

Western Digital AV-GP 2 TB Hard Disk Drive Review

Quote : Once upon a time, a 40 MB hard disk drive was considered state-of-the-art. Now, Western Digital gives us a hard disk drive of the same physical size, but with 50,000 times the capacity! We present – the 2 TB Western Digital AV-GP hard disk drive!

The 2 TB AV-GP is an audio-video version of the the WD Caviar Green hard disk drive. Like its Green Power compatriots, it features a slower spindle speed of between 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM, which greatly reduces its power consumption. However, in addition to common Green Power features, it also boasts several AV-specific features. Let’s find out just how well this hard disk drive performs!

Link : http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=659
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Sans Digital Towerraid TR5UT

Quote: Join us with our review of the Sans Digital Towerraid TR5UT(-B) which could be the storage answer you need for your small business, home, laptop, and desktop. With a capacity of up to 10TB of space you won’t run out of storage anytime soon. We show you the TR5UT(-B) inside and out and test its performance

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/sans-digital-towerraid-tr5ut-b/

News: AMD presents the HD5830

AMD has been busy the last 6 months releasing a lot of DirectX11 cards for every market segment from the cheap and slow HD5450 up to the expensive and fast HD5970. If we look at the range of products released we notice that there is a big gap between the 170$ HD5770 and the 300$ HD5850. While we are still waiting for NVIDIA to release their first two Fermi products at the end of March AMD is taking the opportunity to release yet another card to fill that gap: the HD5830. As the name implies this is a card that sits between the HD5770 and the HD5850 both when it comes to performance and price.’

Link: http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1808

OCZ Alchemy Series Elixir Gaming Keyboard Review

Quote: “The OCZ Elixir keyboard has been out for just about 2 years now. We were lucky enough to win one during CES at OCZ’s party. We normally would not review such an old keyboard, but looking around online we found this keyboard for $20 brand new, which for any keyboard is a great deal. So let’s take a look at the Alchemy Series Elixir Gaming keyboard and see if it’s the perfect keyboard for a gamer on a budget.”

ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB Video Card

QUOTE: “While ATI have clearly cemented the series into our minds ranging from the office orientated HD 5400 series to the dual GPU wielding HD 5900 series, it’s clear that there’s some models left out. You have to wonder if a HD 5650 is coming along with other models like the HD 5550.

What was clear over the past few months was the lack of a model to sit between the HD 5770 and HD 5850 in terms of price. The jump from the HD 5770 and HD 5850 in terms of performance was also quite large. The HD 5830 was rumored and after some delays the model is finally born.”

AMD Radeon HD 5830 Graphics Card Review

Quote: “The Radeon HD 5830 fills the gap between the HD 5770 and the HD
5850 pretty well though not without some lingering performance questions
and debate surrounding it. For AMD it means another notch in their DX11
belt while we continue to wait for NVIDIA to do … well anything at this
point regarding next-generation technology. For users looking for a
sub-$250 graphics card option going into spring the HD 5830 makes a great
choice but as is usually the case, make sure you completely understand what
options are out there before hitting that buy now button.”

QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS with Intel Atom D510 Review

Quote: “When comparing the QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS to the older TS-419P, there is not much to compare. They both look exactly the same. They both have the same Ajax-based software included. Basically, the main upgrade in the TS-459 Pro is in the processor and chipset that QNAP selected. By upgrading the processor to Intel’s latest (and fastest) Atom D510, the TS-459 Pro picks up an incredible performance boost…”

Mean Time Between Failure: A Misleading Spec

“MTBF stands for Mean Time Between Failures. It’s a term that IT professionals use this number to predict the reliability of hardware devices, especially hard disk drives. But this idea is usually flawed. Here’s why.”

ASUS EAH5750 Formula Radeon HD 5750 Video Card Review

Quote: “I think I have actually found the perfect use for this card, at
least for myself. This is now in the Home Theater PC. With the fast Vector
Adaptive De-Interlacing, bitstreaming audio, and overall quiet operation, it
is one of the better HTPC cards around. Throw in solid gaming performance
at 1920 x 1080 resolutions, and it is a shoe-in for any serious HTPC with
lots of video playback use and a smattering of hard core gaming.”

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