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| Intel’s Next Unit Of Computing Review - The Future Desktop Or Another Nettop? (Part 4) |
| For comparison, we decided to use a Zotac ZBOX Nano with similar geometrical parameters, particularly the flagship AD12 PLUS model. This minimized computer mostly shares the same size (127x127x45mm), but is built on AMD Brazos 2.0 platform with an 18W dual-core E2-1800 processor working at 1.7GHz frequency and equipped with an internal Radeon HD 7340 graphics core. |
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| Intel’s Next Unit Of Computing Review - The Future Desktop Or Another Nettop? (Part 3) |
| The DC3217IYE processor works at 1.8 GHz frequency and its core voltage varies between 0.75-0.85V. Plus, it is a fully-functional Core i3 CPU from the Ivy Bridge generation. Having two cores, it supports Hyper-Threading technology, and shines with a 3MB L3 cache. Moreover, the NUC CPU modification has the most innovative Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics core with 16 executing units and 1.05 GHz maximum frequency. |
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| Intel’s Next Unit Of Computing Review - The Future Desktop Or Another Nettop? (Part 2) |
| We know Intel mainly as a manufacturer of processors, mainboards and SSDs. However, NUC is a mostly complete computing system with not only a mainboard and a CPU plus extra controllers, but also a system case. In other words, this is a classical bare system, in which the user must add system memory, disk drive and an extendable card if necessary. |
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| Synology 4-Bay NAS: Three Models Review (Part 5) |
| Synology NASes are renowned as trendy products, so three products that we checked have left a really good impression. They feature by its durable cases and efficient coolers. They are easy to use even for inexperienced users. Diverse functions of the firmware is figured out because the truth is that the electrical installation instruction is about 200 pages long and does not include all of the available software. |
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| Synology 4-Bay NAS: Three Models Review (Part 4) |
| Computing performance is one of the most important parameter of NAS, but it should not be overemphasized. A modern NAS is a multi-functional device and very hard to modify a practical using situation in the laboratory. The 4-disk NAS from Synology that we tended to measure the standards are high-performance products, so we would carry out traditional tests beside the one-user working mode. |
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| Synology 4-Bay NAS: Three Models Review (Part 3) |
| The sinology NASes used to require you to install their DSM basis software by the Assistant utility. Therefore, you have to have the compatible OS in order to run that utility, which is not always convenient. Nowadays, each NAS has a web server for the initial setting up. |
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| Synology 4-Bay NAS: Three Models Review (Part 2) |
| This model is equipped in a quite new case which was first introduced in the previous NAS of Synology. It is optimized for lower noisiness, using rubber pads for HDD and the front panel. The case is 20x23.3x16.5 cm in size. Most of its exterior panel is made of black plastic but the rear is made of metal. |
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| Synology 4-Bay NAS: Three Models Review (Part 1) |
| Synology offers three models of the 4-bay network storage unit designed in traditional format and targets at different market segments. They are DS413j, DS413 and DA412+. We plan to introduce all of these three models to you in this review. |
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| Scythe Grand Kama Cross Rev.B Microprocessor Cooler Review (Part 2) |
| To prepare for today’s tests we overclocked six-core processor with the clock operating speed set at 125 MHz, the multiplier at 34x and “load line calibration” allowed at 4.25 GHz. The nominal processor Vcore was increased to 1.35 V in the motherboard’s BIOS. “Turbo Boost” tech was disabled during this testing process, and Hyper-Threading tech was used to increase the heat dissipation. |
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| ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Mainboard - Simple, Reasonable And Extraordinary (Part 2) |
| You can clearly see some similarities in the outta look and functionality of ASRock Z77 Extreme3 and ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherboards, but most of them are the results of both motherboards made by the same manufacturer. It is totally not fair to say that ASRock Z77 Extreme3 is a simplified version of ASRock Z77 Extreme4, because it has its own unique layout. |
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| ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Mainboard - Simple, Reasonable And Extraordinary (Part 1) |
| The main characteristic of this motherboard is that it’s unlike any other board out there, it doesn’t have any unneeded feature. There is no “excess” additional controller, no button, no decorative metal plate, but the things essential for efficient operations are present. We can point out 2 or 3 things, but otherwise, this motherboard has a bunch of good advantages, like other ASRock’s products. |
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| AMD And Nvidia Based Products In The New Benchmark (Part 3) |
| As expected, the Ice Storm could not reveal the full potentials of most graphics cards we tested, because their performance is limited by the CPU and platform. Although we used a six-core CPU, high-end cards which offer the same performance, while the GeForce GTX 690 dual-processor is a bit faster than the Radeon HD 7970 single processor. |
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| AMD And Nvidia Based Products In The New Benchmark (Part 2) |
| As you may have noted, 10 out of 12 graphics has increased the default frequency. However, we decided not to lower them to the nominal reference value, because the different performance will be very clear, and besides, most of the graphics cards being sold are those with the speeds that have been increased slightly. |
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| AMD And Nvidia Based Products In The New Benchmark (Part 1) |
| For 13 years, Futuremark Corporation with headquarters in Finland is developing and publishing software for graphics performance benchmark and for launching the new-generation game machine (in addition to working with some other popular benchmark testers like the famous PCMark). |
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| State Of The Art Standards (Part 2) |
| Each link extending from the PCIe hub corresponds to a physical slot, but the slots come in different form factors that support different numbers of lanes. The smallest PCIe link supports a single lane, which consists of two differential signaling pairs, one for sending data and the other for receiving data. |
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| State Of The Art |
| PCI’s shared bandwidth problem also contributed to the rise of AGP, or the Accelerated Graphics Port, also developed by Intel. Like the proposed PCIe, AGP was a point-to-point connection that was dedicated to the graphics subsystem. PCI-based graphics cards were required to copy textures from system memory to the graphics cards memory. |
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| MSI Z77 MPOWER Mainboard - Military Class Burn-in Test Passed (Part 3) |
| I have to mention that we went through a similar two-step re-flashing process on other manufacturers’ boards, Asus, for instance. However, there’re some crucial differences among them. First, user doesn’t have to choose between two options that eliminate each other – update for BIOS or for BIOS and ME. |
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| Nvidia Project Shield |
| With 72 stream processors, PC game streaming via Steam and decent controls for Android games, Nvidia's new handheld console is a very curious device |
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| Intel Next Unit Of Computing DC3217BY |
| Intel isn't known for making its own computers, but the increasing popularity of small form factor systems as well as the improving efficiency of its own processors has seen it take to the drawing board. The result is the Next Unit of Computing, or N UC. T |
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| Mainstream MSI Z77A-G45 - Mainboard for Power User |
| MSi’s G45 may have a $118 price tag now, but it hasn’t always been a budget board - the introduction of a new version of the board with an added Thunderbolt port (the cunningly titled Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt) means that retailers have slashed the price of the old’ G45 stock. |
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