WD My Passport Ultra 1TB Storage Drive Review

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.

By Nathan Kirsch

ASUS PCE-AC66 Dual-Band 802.11 AC PCIe Wireless Card Review

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!

By Nathan Kirsch

Kingston MobileLite Wireless Card Reader Review

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!

By Brian Nyhuis

Seagate Desktop HDD.15 4TB vs WD Black 4TB Hard Drive Review

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.

By Nathan Kirsch

Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G3 32GB Flash Drive Review

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!

By Nathan Kirsch

Buffalo AirStation N600 Dual-Band Wireless Router Review

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!

By Ken Brown

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 850W BN603 PSU Review

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.

By Legit Staff

ASUS VivoTab Smart ME400 10.1 inch Windows 8 Tablet 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!

By Dan Stoltz

Spire Power Bank 4000 Battery Charger Review

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.

By Brian Nyhuis

Intel Iris Graphics Announced For 4th Gen Core Processors

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!

By Nathan Kirsch

Intel GT3 Graphics in Haswell – Twice as Fast as Ivy Bridge

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?

By Nathan Kirsch

Intel LANFest SoCal 2013 Local Gaming & Fun

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.

By David Yee

ADATA DashDrive Air AE400 Review

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!

By Brian Nyhuis

Spring Storm Preparedness – A Look At Energizer & Maglite LED Flashlights

This year, the first day of spring fell on March 20th, and for those in the Midwest that means that Tornado season has started. The season has started off slow so far, but dozens of tornadoes have already touched down and more are surely coming. It was around this time that we realized that we have prepared our computers for a power outage, but we weren’t prepped for a long term power outage. Read on as we take a look at some LED lights that are perfect for emergencies.

By Nathan Kirsch

Crucial M500 480GB Solid-State Drive Review

If you’ve been waiting for the time when a near 1TB SSD has a reasonable cost per GB price tag, Crucial may have something for you. Their new M500 series has drives available from 120GB to 960GB and feature the latest iteration of the Marvell controller and some updated architecture to match. Have a read to see how well it compares to the latest drives from other makers.

By Joe Evans