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    Patriot Gauntlet Node Review

    Posted 04/08/2013 at 2:30pm | by Gordon Mah Ung
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    Patriot Gauntlet NodeBYO media streamer

    If Jerry Seinfield worked at Maximum PC reviewing overpriced gadgets, we’re pretty sure he’d be saying: “And what’s the deal with getting charged so much for so little RAM? You know, the 16GB version of the HTC Galaxy 5s costs $199 but the 32GB costs $299? And, what? No expansion slot for additional RAM?” 

    Note: This review originally appeared in the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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    Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB Review

    Posted 04/05/2013 at 12:57pm | by Josh Norem
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    Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB

    Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    When we last paid a visit to the Corsair Neutron GTX in the December 2012 issue, we declared it one wicked-fast SSD, but it was unfortunately nicked at the finish line by the Samsung 840 Pro. Corsair isn't too worried about that, though, and seems to have adopted an "upwards and onwards" mentality we see manifested in the capacious 480GB variant of the GTX that landed on our test bed this month. Like its smaller-capacity brethren, it's sporting a brand-spankin'-new Link A Media controller (LAMD) that is exclusive to Corsair at this time, and it's wedded to Toshiba 24nm toggle-NAND. Running the show is an ARM microcontroller that pumps data through a SATA 6Gb/s connection. The Neutron GTX is also a slim 7mm jobbie, so it'll fit in even the most anorexic Ultrabooks. Desktop jockeys are also given consideration via the included 3.5-inch bay adapter.

    Note: This review first appeared in the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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    Intel 335 Series SSD 240GB Review

    Posted 04/05/2013 at 12:44pm | by Josh Norem
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    Intel 335 Series SSD 240GB

    Respectable performance and relatively inexpensive

    The last time we heard from Intel's SDD department it was throwing around its performance-oriented 520 Series SSD that rocked a SandForce controller and custom Intel firmware with 25nm NAND flash. That drive earned a 9 verdict from us (April 2012) but no Kick Ass award, as its performance was about equal to its peers’ but not better. The crux of that drive was SandForce performance with Intel reliability, and though that's a potent combo, it's one that came in the form of a higher price tag. With Intel’s new budget-oriented 335 Series SSD, that tax is gone, as this drive is priced right below $200, the current sweet spot for 240/256GB SSDs. It still has the same SandForce SF-2281 controller and the same Intel reliability, but includes new smaller-die 20nm MLC NAND flash. The smaller flash marks the industry's foray into the 20nm era, and Intel is the first manufacturer to take us there.

    Note: This review first appeared in the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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    Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Review

    Posted 04/04/2013 at 1:40pm | by David Murphy
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    Heart of the Swarm reviewHeart of the Swarm is one great (Zerg) rush

    Absence makes the heart grow fonder.  That, or tentacles – because it’s certainly not Sarah Kerrigan’s disposition that keeps cowboy-turned-space-marine Jim Raynor chasing after his queen in Blizzard’s Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

    We’re not spoiling anything you haven’t already seen on any of the game’s trailers – or box art.  Kerrigan is back and ready to lead her squishy-sounding army of Zerg to victory once again, flattening out any speed bumps in her way within one of the three plots Blizzard knows how to write nowadays: The good old Revenge Quest.   

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    Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 PCIe SSD Adapter Review

    Posted 04/03/2013 at 2:10pm | by Josh Norem
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    Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 PCIe SSD AdapterThe poor-nerd’s RevoDrive

    The Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 is designed to do one thing and one thing only: let you upgrade your boot drive to a SATA 6Gb/s SSD on a system that doesn’t have any of them newfangled ports. Living in a world filled with PCs that could be used in the space program, it’s not a problem we encounter very often, but we can certainly understand its utility where an older motherboard is involved.

    Note: This review was taken from the January 2013 issue of the magazine. 

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    Razer Edge Pro Review

    Posted 04/01/2013 at 12:00pm | by Jimmy Thang
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    Razer Edge ProIt sounded good on paper...

    The Razer Edge sounds fantastic: a Windows 8 tablet, notebook, and portable gaming system in one. But in actual use, the Edge is a letdown. 

    The Edge starts at $1,000, with the Pro (reviewed here) climbing up to $1,450. That may be pricey for a "tablet," but it comes with a Core i7-3517U, Nvidia GT 640M LE, 8GB of DDR3/1600, and a 256GB SSD. While it’s supposed to be the happy love-child of a portable tablet and a powerful PC, the end result is a compromised monstrosity.

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    iBuyPower CZ-17 Review

    Posted 03/25/2013 at 2:10pm | by Jimmy Thang
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    iBuyPower CZ-17The Incredible Hulk of laptops

    Think a laptop is supposed to be a light and portable PC? Think again. iBuyPower’s CZ-17 is neither of those things. With a carry weight of almost 11 pounds and dimensions measuring 16.9x11.3x2.2-inches, this thing is huge and friggin’ heavy. Imagine lugging around a dumbbell in your pack all day and you’ll catch our drift.

    Note: This review first appeared in the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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    Samsung Chromebook Review

    Posted 03/22/2013 at 3:10pm | by Gordon Mah Ung
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    Samsung ChromebookARM isn’t always slower than x86

    It’s hard to believe that the Chromebook is still with us. If you recall, Chromebooks were birthed in a tumultuous time for the world. The country was in the midst of economic collapse and craptastic netbooks were the cheap hotness.

    Note: This review was taken from the January 2012 issue of the magazine.

     

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    Digital Storm Bolt Review

    Posted 03/20/2013 at 3:40pm | by Gordon Mah Ung
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    Digital Storm Bolt

    Digital Bolt Storm confirms the PC is going small

    One is an outlier. Two a coincidence. But three, as we know from News Media Statistics 101, is a crystal-clear trend.

    And that’s just what we have with the Digital Storm Bolt, which follows on the heels of Alienware’s X51 and Falcon Northwest’s Tiki: proof that the PC is making an assault on the living room. Of course, the “assault on the living room” is our own private fantasy about the PC pushing the traditional game console overboard—Digital Storm just presents the box as a small PC (although we will note that the machine came with a wireless keyboard and game controller).

    Note: This review first appeared in the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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    EVGA GTX 690 Review

    Posted 03/18/2013 at 5:36pm | by Josh Norem
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    EVGA GTX 690

    Hail to the king

    When Nvidia launched the GTX 680 back in May it handily cleaned the AMD HD 7970’s clock, but that wasn’t enough for Nvidia (or us, to be honest). So Nvidia did what any rational power-hungry company would do, and married two GK104 GPUs to a single PCB, connected them with a 48-lane PLX PCIe 3.0 bridge chip and dubbed it the GTX 690. It currently reigns as the only current-gen dual-GPU card available since AMD’s dual HD 7970 card never officially materialized. Though we’ve reviewed the GTX 690 before, and also chose it for our lust-inspiring Dream Machine 2012, we had previously sampled the Asus board, so this month we’re checking out the other GeForce GTX 690, from EVGA. The two cards are clocked the same—slightly lower than a stock-clocked GTX 680 on each GPU—but the EVGA card is $50 less expensive.

    Note: This review was taken from the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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