QNAP TS-119 Gigabit NAS Server @ Benchmark Reviews

If you've ever visited Benchmark Reviews in the past, you've probably noticed that we've tested a large collection of NAS products. At the same time, you might have noticed how many of these products aren't really geared towards home users needing just the basics. That's where the QNAP TS-119 comes in handy. Designed to hold a single SATA drive (HDD or SSD), the TS-119 can deliver all the great features of larger more expensive NAS products. The latest Enterprise-level NAS servers feature iSCSI expansion, RAID redundancy, and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, and surprisingly the TS-119 does these things too, but without the expensive price tag. How can a single-drive NAS offer RAID you ask? In this article Benchmark Reviews takes the QNAP TS-119 through a tough set of p! erformance tests while we outline the Turbo NAS functions and features.

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ASUS EN9400GT GeForce 9400GT HDMI Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews

Home Theater Personal Computers have been on the rise in recent years but most HTPC cases have a major flaw that makes them inherently tricky to deal with, their size. Some say size doesn't matter, well that may be true for some things in life but when it comes to HTPC's, if it's small it means limited air flow and thus it's cooling capabilities are limited. It also means that you just can't fit a very powerful video card inside of it. Even if you could, a bigger video card means more heat and we all know that heat is the number one enemy of all your computer components. So what if there was such a video card that would not only fit inside of a small form factor HTPC case but one that can perform well enough to meet the demands an HTPC requires all the while keeping it's cool? Sounds impossible? Maybe or maybe not. Here at Benchmark Reviews, you will find a lot of high end video ca! rd reviews just like many other review websites but not everyone is looking for a high end video card. Benchmark Reviews tests the ASUS EN9400GT GeForce 9400GT HDMI video card and puts it through a battery of frame rate tests to see just how well the 9400 GT performs and whether or not it can live up to the requirements of living inside of a HTPC case.

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Silverstone LC10B-E HTPC Case @ Benchmark Reviews

Home Theater PCs continue to gain popularity, particularly as more television networks are pushing their content over the web. They're also a great platform for gaming, watching Blu-Ray movies, running a custom DVR, and centralizing media storage. For some of these tasks, a low-power Atom system might be sufficient, but for gaming and processing high definition content, most consumers will want a little more horsepower. That's where a quality HTPC chassis can make a big difference. With room for full-size ATX components, seven hard drives, and five fans, the SilverStone LC10B-E that Benchmark Reviews is covering today should fit the bill.

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Sapphire HD4890 Toxic Vapor-X 11150-01-40R @ Benchmark Reviews

Sapphire has four ranges for most top-end products they offer: standard, Vapor-X, Toxic, and Atomic. While each is different in its own right, for most gamers it is the Toxic design that draws the most attention. Combining the Vapor-X cooling with overclocks seen on the Atomic, the Toxic brand is the most elite air-cooled video card Sapphire offers. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the performance on the Sapphire HD4890 Toxic Vapor-X 11150-01-40R video card against many of the other best graphics accelerator solutions in the price segment. FPS tests compare frame rates between low to high-end video cards, including a pair of CrossFireX Radeon HD 4770's.

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iHome iH27 Portable Speakers with Alarm Clock for iPod @ Barry's Review Blog

There's no doubt that the iPod has revolutionized consumer electronics. Apple's ubiquitous multimedia player has become an integral part of nearly every aspect of the Digital Lifestyle, from home entertainment centers to the hottest cars, portable devices and household appliances that allow you to enjoy your iTunes collection anytime, anywhere. Case in point: the iHome IH27 Portable Speakers with Alarm Clock for iPod. Let's take a look!

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Recycled PC: Old Computers with a New Purpose @ Benchmark Reviews

Frequently, we find that new technological breakthroughs make old hardware that was just fine seem quaint. Be it a race toward higher clock speeds, faster front side buses, multiple cores, etc, computers become disused and replaced. Green attitudes have dissuaded people from tossing out components that are, for all intents and purposes, quite harmful to the environment. Moreover, current operating systems are becoming more power hungry let alone the software that runs on them. What's interesting about these computers is that in many cases they're perfectly useable. Here at Benchmark Reviews, we'll provide our list of uses for recycled computers.

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Fallout 3 The Pitt @ Barry's Review Blog

Decades before the main events of Fallout 3, a Brotherhood of Steel expedition to the East Coast led by Owyn Lyons enroute to the Washington D.C. area (who is now Elder Lyons in Fallout 3's main quest), discovered The Pitt. Faced with a homicidal, mutated adult population gone mad and hordes of blood-thirsty Raiders, they had no choice but to round up every non-mutated child they could find-twenty in all-and raze The Pitt to the ground, killing any and everything in their path that stood against them. When the Brotherhood reached D.C., they discovered The Pentagon, and took it over as a base of operations, renaming it The Citadel. Their assault on The Pitt was recorded in their codex as "The Scourge." Under Lyons' watchful eye, the rescued children became members of the Brotherhood of Steel. About as happy an ending as could be expected in post-apocalyptic America, I suppose. But it certainly isn't the end of the story.

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