ASUS is at it again! The have brought their latest flagship motherboard out for Legit Reviews to play with. Curious about what new features ASUS has implemented in the new ASUS Republic of Games Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard? Or are you simply curious how it will perform with the Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor? Either way, join us as we go over the ASUS R4E in detail and put it through a series of benchmarks!
Cooler Master is known for some edgy cases that hit the sweet spot for gamers looking to have aggressive styling in their rig. The Cosmos S was very popular but it was released back in 2007 which means: Time For an Upgrade. Meet the Cosmos II Ultra Tower. Legit Reviews gets an early sample to inspect to see if it lives up to its predecessors legacy.
Corsair has been putting out SSDs for awhile now and we have the chance to give some of their best drives a side-by-side test run to flush out any differences that may help with your purchasing decision. Featuring both Marvell and SandForce controllers, the Performance Pro and Force GT drives out up some impressive numbers but which one, if either, stand out? Read on and see.
Kingston recently announced the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 Flash drive that is designed for enthusiasts and gamers, and we have been dying to see how fast this drive really is. Kingston has this drive rated up to 225MB/s read and 135MB/s write! Read on to see what we think of this drive and then see what the benchmark numbers reveal about the 64GB drive that we got for testing.
The Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro USB 3.0 external drive provides portable storage for all your photos, movies, music and documents. Are you also looking for cloud storage for your most critical files? If you grab a new Touro Mobile Pro external drive from Hitachi you get 3GB of free cloud storage! Legit Reviews plugged in the 750GB sleek USB 3.0 drive into one of our test rigs to see how well it performs.
Today we have a roundup of 9 CPU coolers, both water and air, for the new Intel LGA2011 socket. Coolers that we will be looking at came in from Coolink, Corsair, Intel, Noctua, NZXT, and Zalman. These coolers range in price for the budget minded and over $100 for enthusiasts. Join us and see how all the coolers stack up and handle the new Intel Core i7-3960X processor. We will declare a winner based on both price and performance.
The Fractal Design Arc Midi comes head first into the mid-tower PC case market. Some great things have been imported from Sweden over the last few years in pop culture. Fractal Design makes way to continue the trend in PC parts such as cases. Let’s see how the Fractal Design Arc Midi holds up compared to others in the $100 USD price range.
The Energizer iSurge Travel Charging Station is designed for Apple iPod and iPhone users on the go. This all-in-one AC adapter offers a top-mounted 30-pin dock for the iPod and iPhone, a standard USB port, three surge-protected AC outlets and more! This charging station could make traveling easier, so read on to see how it performs when we put it to the test!
GoldKey offers a variety of security options to those who are serious about data security. Today we are reviewing the GoldKey security token and GoldKey Master token, which, along with the GoldKey software, enables powerful AES encryption for sensitive data. GoldKey integrates twelve security strategies into a single device making it a very interesting security solution.
AMD has officially launched the Radeon HD 7000 series of graphics cards with the introduction of the companies new flagship single GPU graphics card, the AMD Radeon HD 7970. We put the AMD Radeon HD 7970 to the test on with an Intel Core i7-3960X on the Intel X79 platform with PCI Express 3.0 enabled to see how this card performs. We also overclock it as far as we could to see what the Radeon HD 7970 can do!
Today, we look at what it takes to build a low-cost, low-power BitTorrent machine. To build this BitTorrent box, we use a recently released Zotac ZBOX Nano palm-sized mini-PC which features a VIA Nano X2 (U4025) processor and one of the most popular BitTorrent clients – Vuze. We have created a step-by-step guide to help you configure your PC and optimize your home network for BitTorrent P2P data transfer.
At BlizzCon 2011, we were lucky enough to have a sneak peak at SteelSeries Diablo III Gaming Mouse and matching Headset. Today, we take an in-depth look at what makes this duo so unique. Do they help protect you from the armies of the Burning Hells or are they just nice to look at when you are sitting at your desk. Read on to find out what we thought!
White became the new black back in 2010 and the NZXT Phantom full tower PC case was one of the key drivers of this popular movement. NZXT just released the mid-tower follow up, the Phantom 410, and sent us a sample to check out. Does this case live up to its big brother? Read on to find out if the NZXT Phantom 410 is the right case for you!
Not too many people have over $500 to spend on a video card, but for those fortunate to be able to there are there are a fair number of options to pick from. When it comes to spending that much money on a video card there are two companies you’ll want to take a closer look at: ASUS and EVGA. The cards sent to Legit Reviews for review were the ASUS MATRIX GTX580 1536MB (P/2DIS/1536MD5) and EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified 3072MB (3G-P3-1588-AR).
Samsung has joined the ranks of SATA III SSDs with their new 830 Series drives, following up on their impressive 470 Series. They’re sleek and black with performance that will grab your attention and a nice bundle to boot. Will it be enought to stave off the likes of SandForce, Marvell and Indilinx? Check out the article to find out.
