Micro Star International, more commonly known as MSI recently sent us over one of their latest Intel Z77 Gaming motherboards. Part of the recently released Gaming series the MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming is meant for those looking for top tier gaming performance. The MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming is the top rung of MSI’s Gaming Series, and today we will get to spend some time with it and put it through the paces! Read on to see how well it does!
Do dedicated sound cards matter? We take a look at ASUS’s two budget PCI-E Xonar sound cards and set the record straight. Both cards feature multichannel surround sound output and virtual headphone surround sound while the DGX packs a dedicated headphone amplifier and the DSX comes with a swappable op amp socket. Read on to see if these cards can bring music to the ears!
WD today released the My Passport Ultra line of portable hard drives aimed at consumers that want the safest and easiest way to protect their digital content while traveling. We have the 1 TB WD My Passport Ultra portable hard drive with WD SmartWare Pro backup software with Dropbox integration and put it to the test.
The ASUS PCE-AC66 is a 802.11ac Wi-Fi PCI Express adapter for desktop that allows you to to ditch the Ethernet cords and experience 802.11ac wireless speeds of up to 1.3Gbps through the 5GHz band. This is made possible because the ASUS PCE-AC66 uses Broadcom’s new 5th generation Wi-Fi 802.11ac chipset. Read on to see how it performs!
Mobile media sharing is becoming very popular with today’s vast growing mobile market. We take a look at this production Kingston MobileLite Wireless unit and look at the software interface that drives it. There is one big thing missing from this unit, from what you saw on the preview unit, so read on to find out what we thought!
A 4TB hard drive offers a ton of storage space and is rather affordable ($180-$300) despite the fact that only HGST, Seagate and Western Digital (WD) make 4TB drives. We managed to get our hands on 4TB drives from WD and Seagate and will be comparing them against each other to see which has the best bang for the buck. The WD Black and Seagate Desktop HDD.15 are both 4TB drives with 64MB of cache, but we are going to put them to the test to see which one is right for you.
The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 3 USB 3.0 Flash drive has been redesigned with a slim new case and improved transfer speeds. We take the Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G3 32GB capacity drive for a test drive and see if this device is worthy of holding your important data on the go!
Today we take a look at Buffalo’s AirStation N600 802.11n wireless router that is shipped with a customized DD-WRT firmware. Those who are interested in the ultimate customization of their network should read on to see how the WZR-600DHP AirStation competes against several other popular wireless routers!
Today we are having a look at another product from Be Quiet!, the German supplier of high end PC parts, the Dark Power Pro 10 850W power supply. Despite boasting excellent performance and unique features, it comes in a very competitive range of the market. Does it have what it takes to survive the relentless competition? We will find out in this review.
Tablets are the wave of the future! They are becoming more powerful, more capable, and have more bells and whistles. Today we have one of the latest tablets from ASUS, the VivoTab Smart 10.1″ tablet. The VivoTab Smart runs a full version of Windows 8, is powered by a dual core Intel Atom processor, and has 64GB of storage built in! Read on to see how it performs!
Spire recently introduced a new, and very slim Power Bank to their lineup, helping your mobile gadgets last just a little bit longer throughout the day. If you haven’t guessed from the product title, the Spire Power Bank 4000 boasts a cool 4,000mAh Li-ion battery. Read on to see how we liked this unit and how well it performed.
Today Intel unveiled the performance capabilities of Intel Iris graphics, which will be available on select SKUs of our highly-anticipated 4th Gen Intel Core processor family. For the very first time Intel is showing off 3DMark performance benchmarks, so read on to find out what is in store for all of us when Haswell processors come out!
Next month Intel will be releasing dozens of processors based on the new highly anticipated ‘Haswell’ microarchitecture. These processors use the brand new 22nm 3D Tri-Gate production process and have some pretty interesting features, but we are going to be talking about the graphics aspect of the new processors today. Intel GT3 graphics is said to double the performance over current Intel graphics solutions, but is it coming to desktop processors?
This past weekend during April 26 through 28, Legit Reviews returned to Cal Poly Pomona in Southern California to attend the second Intel LANFest SoCal. Last year’s summer LANFest SoCal occurred alongside the GIGABYTE ESport LAN. While GIGABYTE’s invitational tournament did not return this time, a good portion of the GESL volunteer staff returned as LANFest SoCal 2013 gamers or volunteers. Check out our coverage of the event, tournaments, and sponsors.
The DashDrive Air AE400 can be used an a wireless Access Point, USB drive, memory card reader and even a power bank! These features make this $80 device extremely versatile for people on the go. Users can easily share photos, music, video, or documents with others. Read on to see what we think of it when we use it on both Apple and Android based smartphones!
