The ECS X79R-AX Black Extreme is an Intel X79 chipset powered motherboard that comes with the ability to enable the Intel Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ports. By doing this you get the ability to run four more SATA or SAS devices off the Intel X79 chipset, but does it work and how? Read on to find out as we recently sat down with both companies to figure out what the heck it going on!
The Thecus N5500 is equipped with five hot-swappable SATA 3.5″ hard disk bays for up to 15TB of total storage capacity if you use 3TB hard drives. To protect this data, the N5500 lets you choose from a wide selection of RAID modes, including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and JBOD. Read on to see how the 1.86GHz Celeron M processor does in the Thecus N5500 when paired with five 1TB WD Caviar Green hard drives.
ioSafe has created a reputation for attempting to creatively destroy one of their rugged external storage enclosures. Since Thunderbolt was very popular in the external storage markets for CES 2012, ioSafe decided their new Thunderbolt Rugged Portable drive should be put to the ultimate test of its name. So the guys over at ioSafe justifiably used a tesla coil to generate nearly one million volts and zapped the drive to see if it could take a direct lightening strike.
Seagate was showing off the companies pair of Thunderbolt solutions at CES 2012 this week in Las Vegas. The storage devices on display were a pair the Thunderbolt adapters for the GoFlex Desk and GoFlex Satellite product lines. This means that any owners of those existing product line can now get Thunderbolt capabilities should they choose to. Read on to see what these Thunderbolt products due and to see the new Seagate 4G LTE mobile wireless storage device.
Motorola gave us a tour of their latest mobile devices. The Droid 4 and Droid Razr Maxx are expected to be out in the coming weeks. While they don’t have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich yet, we were told to expect updates to get pushed out for these devices in the next few months. Check out the videos with Motorola giving us a hands-on demo of each of these superphones and the new Xyboard tablets.
ASUS was on hand in Las Vegas, NV. for CES 2012 and were showing off their latest Intel X79 chipset motherboards. These aren’t just any run of the mill motherboard, they are the latest additions to the infamous Republic of Gamers product line up! The ASUS Rampage IV Formula is the latest enthusiast motherboard in a full ATX solution, while the Rampage IV Gene is a small form factor solution that packs just as much punch! Join us as we preview the latest ASUS Republic of Gamers X79 motherboards!
While at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas we stopped by the AMD suite and checked out what they were showing off for the show. This year the company was showing off the upcoming ‘Trinity’ APU, Lighting Bolt I/O technology, AMD powered tablets, and both desktop and mobile Radeon HD 7000 series video cards. They started off our tour by showing us a little demo that you have to watch!
Razer is showing off a tablet called ‘Project Fiona’ that managed to catch our attention at CES this year. The tablet is expected to be powered by Intel’s 3rd generation Core i7 Ivy Bridge Processor if it goes to market and is aimed at gamers. This Windows 7 tablet is said to be enough for hardcore PC Gaming made and an ideal solution for gamers that travel. Read on to see some pictures and video of a true gaming tablet.
We had a chance to meet with EVGA this morning and they had most of their usual stuff on display. What caught our eyes were the latest version of the EVGA Classified SR-2, the SR-X. The EVGA SR-X is a Dual Intel LGA2011 socket motherboard and it will support nearly 100 Gb of memory! The other EVGA Products that caught our eyes were a series of power supplies that EVGA is going to be releasing in 2012!
Last night Legit Reviews had the opportunity to spend some time with Corsair. While mainly known for their Memory and Power Supplies, their cases are also hitting the market like a ton of bricks! The Corsair Obsidian 550D and the Corsair Carbide 300R are Corsair’s latest entries into the PC case market. After spending a few minutes with them last night, once again it seems that Corsair hit the nail on the head! Cases aren’t the only thing that they showed off; they are also announcing the Corsair Accelerate SSD Caching!
While Intel is being tight lipped about the up and coming ‘Ivy Bridge’ platform, GIGABYTE gave us a little bit of hands on time with five of their motherboards. The Intel Z77 Express chipset supports the next generation of Intel 22nm processors. Each of the GIGABYTE motherboards we are about to show off support ‘Ivy Bridge’. We didn’t get any time with processors, so performance is still a mystery, but GIGABYTE has a pretty solid product stack already!
Thermaltake had a room full of interesting products here at CES 2012 and Legit Reviews stopped by to take a look and see what the hot products are going to be for 2012. Thermaltake their Snow Edition product lines and also had an impressive Level 10 GT case mod called ‘Aztec’ that was done by Dan McGrath that you have to see!
At CES 2012, amongst other announcements, ASUS laid out the goods for their new netbook lineup consisting of four new models that are eager for your desire. They come in a variety of color and there are Intel and AMD based hardware. We put together some videos to showcase them so have a look and see!
CES Unveiled is the official press event of the 2012 International CES and Legit Reviews was in attendance trying to find some interesting and innovative products to show to our readers tonight. CES Unveiled is attended by more than 1,500 media and analysts from around the world. We fought the hoard of journalists for a glimpse of what the highlights of the CES 2012 would be and we think we have assembled a good look at those products in this article.
We are still a few days away from CES 2012, but the eleventh annual Storage Visions Conference is well underway. We were able to take a look at some unreleased products from Intel, Crucial, OCZ and ioSafe that are worth a look if you are interested in storage. The next generation of SSDs promise more performance with additional focus on reliability. Read on to see what the highlights of the show were for us.
