PC Hardware Reviews
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ECS LIVA Z2 Mini PC
ECS (Elitegroup) is no stranger to the mini PC biz. My first experience with an ECS mini PC was the Intel Bay Trail SoC-based LIVA Bat-Mini, which was called “the…
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080TI Founders Edition & RTX 2080 Founders Edition GPU Review
What’s in a name? Turing, more specifically Alan Turing was an English computer scientist, mathematician, cryptanalyst, and held a few other titles. Alan Turing developed the Turing Test. In short,…
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Intel 660p NVMe M.2 SSD Review
Introduction For as long as solid state drives have been a thing, Intel has been known for making some of the highest quality SSDs on the market. However, this usually…
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ASUSTOR AS1002T v2 NAS: Redefining Home Storage
Recently I had an opportunity to take a look at one of the most affordable entry-level NAS devices available on the market, AS1002T by Asustor. I liked this device so…
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Gigabyte UD PRO 512GB Solid State Drive Review
With the release of Gigabyte’s UD PRO line of SATA SSDs, Gigabyte is moving towards being a one-stop shop for everything PC, sans CPU. Gigabytes line of SSDs is aimed…
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Cougar Conquer Essence Mini Tower Case Review
I love open design cases. Cases like Core P1-3-5-7 (Thermaltake) and Paean (Raijintek) offer a lot of customizable options for anyone who is trying to put together a custom rig.…
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Swiftech H240 X3 All in One Cooler Review
As reviewers, we tend to swap out hardware on a very regular basis. Because of this, as test bench is a must for any serious reviewer. Not too long after…
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Kingston UV500/480G SSD Review
Prices on Solid State Drives are dropping very quickly and with this drastic change in the industry it is time to think of replacing your junky ‘ol spinning drives. It’s…
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Ballistix Elite 32GB Kit (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3466 Review
The Ballistix series of memory, from Crucial (Micron) represents a step up compared to the run-of-the-mill (fab?) stick of green stuff that you put in an aging Macbook to slightly…
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Cooler Master CK552 Full RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
We have seen a lot of keyboards recently. Full-sized, Compact, RGB, Customizable, Gaming, Mechanical are all terms we have seen used. Cooler Master has provided us with their new CK552…
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ADATA XPG SX8200 NVMe SSD Review
The ADATA SX8200 NVMe SSD is the latest drive in the XPG product line. The SX8200 is a PCIe 3.0 x4 drive and features Micron’s 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. The…
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MSI Vigor GK80 Gaming Keyboard
A few months ago, our own David Bremer wrote a review of the MSI Vigor GK70 Gaming Keyboard, a tenkeyless keyboard that he called a compact but powerful “gaming monster.” The MSI…
