Everyone knows everything is upside down in Australia. They sit, sleep, and eat upside down. They celebrate Christmas in the summer. They drive on the wrong side of the road. But here are some things you might not know. Did you know that the Liberal Party of Australia is actually conservative? Did you know you can get slapped with a …
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GIGABYTE Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Intel Z68) Motherboard Review
Just before the launch of the Intel Z68 chipset, we had the opportunity to preview the Z68X-UD7-B3 and Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboards in Taiwan. Earlier this week we did a full review on the GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 Motherboard and if you’re interested in a really top end Z68 board, I’d highly recommend checking that review out, especially if you’re interested in a multi …
Read More »QNAP TS-119P+ Single Bay HOME/SOHO NAS Review @ Tweaknews
The TS-119P+ continues QNAP’s reputation of making fast, reliable NAS units for all types of environments. This little one-bay offering is perfect for a home or small office with simple storage and backup needs. And as your network grows, you can rest easy knowing the NAS will be able to keep up thanks to impressive hardware specs and support for external drives …
Read More »Portal 2 PC Review
Before I start this review, I will need you to do one thing for me. Buy Portal 2. I could finish the review right here with those words – seriously, that’s all I need to say; it’s that good. For those of you who trust me, follow the first step, buy Portal 2. Those of you who require a bit …
Read More »LEVEL8 Products Macbook Air Sleeve @ Benchmark Reviews
While high-end motherboards, video cars, and SSDs are exciting to test and read about, we sometimes overlook the more prosaic products that we actually use day-to-day. A laptop sleeve doesn’t have the geek appeal of a Z68 motherboard or fancy new CPU, but if you’re going to carry your laptop around with you, you’re going to need a sleeve or …
Read More »Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SATA II SSD Review @Hi Tech Legion
Well known and respected memory manufacturer Patriot has released a new generation to their SSD lineup with the Torqx 2 128GB SSD front and center. The Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SSD follows the traditional 2.5 form factor, but bucks tradition in many other ways going straight for the cutting edge while keeping pricing in the mainstream. 128GB is often considered …
Read More »ZOWIE CELERITAS Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review
I’m a person of first impressions, and first impressions of this keyboard (for me) are quite good. The ZOWIE CELERITAS Mechanical Gaming Keyboard comes in a stylish black box with a circle in the middle that gives you a peek of things to come. Once inside, you’ll find the keyboard with a 2m long USB cable, a USB to PS/2 …
Read More »Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch 2011 Edition Review
The 2011 Edition Apple MacBook Pro’s are some seriously beautiful pieces of technology. Thin, unbelievably fast, amazing screen and finally, not so expensive. Spec-wise, Apple throw some decent tech into their 17-inch MacBook Pro. The 17-inch model contains; an Intel Core i7 2.2GHz processor (6MB shared L3 cache), 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory (upgradeable to 8GB), 750GB 5400-rpm SATA HDD, …
Read More »VTX3D Radeon HD 6790 1GB @ OCAU
With all the fancy and feature-dripping high-end video cards it’s easy to forget some of the better value cards on the market today, and the fact that not everyone has the budget, or even the need, for a $500+ video card. So today we take a look at VTX3D’s Radeon HD 6790 equipped with 1GB of speedy GDDR5 memory linked to a 256-bit memory …
Read More »Gigabyte Z68X UD7 B3 Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane
One of the first motherboards we received after the Sandy Bridge launch the Gigabyte P67A-UD7 and we almost instantly fell in love with the board. Sadly were we unable to get the review posted before the worldwide chipset recall but we did spend a considerable amount of time tweaking and tuning the board and even posted some very impressive numbers …
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