Our review today is going to examine a 4GB kit of Patriot Viper Extreme Division 2 memory. This kit is rated at DDR3-1600 (or 800MHz) at timings of 8-9-8-24 with 1.65v. Based on the quick specifications, it is clear that this low-latency kit is designed for extreme performance. BACKGROUND Patriot Memory is a long standing company that was founded in …

Thermaltake have been in the market for quite some time and have always been known for making some of the weirdest and wonderful products on the market. This ranges from cooling products to cases and as time goes on, more style gets added to their quirky range of products. Today we are taking a look at a controversial product from …

It was some time ago that we were putting our Test Bench together and we were contacted by a company called Icy Dock.  As coincidence had it, Jeff Sung, Sales and Marketing Manager of Icy Dock USA, thought we might be interested in their 4 in 1 SAS/SATA Backplane RAID Cage for our new system. Today, we find ourselves with …

ICY DOCK METAL 2.5″ TO 3.5″ SATA/SSD CONVERTER WITH RAID (MB982SPR-2S) Once again, this cage is a very well built metal cage and will hold two 2.5″ drives for RAID use and fits into a 3.5″ adapter slot.  It would be a great idea for hard drive use but, on the SSD front, there are two limitations of the unit.  …

In testing the 9265, we ran some of the usual suspects for consumer benchmarking to include AS SSD,  ATTO, Crystal Disk Benchmark, and HDtune Pro. We also have ran quite a few tests with IOMeter, and  enjoy the use of AIDA 64 for latency testing as it gives a very good indication of average device latency. The Windows Experience Index …

Lets do a quick primer on the differences between RAID 0 and RAID 5. RAID 0 RAID 0 is commonly referred to as ‘striping’ or a ‘striped array’ because its approach is striping data across multiple disks without any redundant information. An example of this in simple terms would be similar to taking a sentence, and placing each word on …

AS SSD BENCHMARK V.1.6 This is a straight no-cache run here, and the results are tremendous! The sequential writing speed is knocking at the door of the maximum write speed that is achievable with these drives.  The caching with the DDR3 definitely comes into play here. The scaling is absolutely superb considering the amount of computational overhead needed for the …

WIN7 EXPERIENCE INDEX The Win7 Experience Index (WEI) represents Microsofts method of rating computer systems and, more specific to our usage, provides a storage evaluation through a graduated rating system up to 7.9 on pc components and the system as a whole. This benchmark is built into Windows and anyone can use it by simply typing: Go to Win Orb/All …

Today for review Ive got a very inexpensive HDTV from Dynex, its 32 Class in size and it offers 720P resolution and the price is below $300. Hard to believe you can get an HDTV that size for so little isnt it? The Dynex is what you might call a barebones HDTV, meaning that its very limited in what it …

Todays review item is certainly a different type of iPad case. The HandStand for iPad is exactly what it sounds like; a case made for holding the iPad with one hand. It is the first case that I have reviewed that has a built in hand strap. The case is composed of flexible silicone to keep the iPad safe from …