http://www.legionhardware.com Legion Hardware en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 17:07:53 -0600 Wed, 09 May 2012 05:25:28 -0600 Esselbach Contentteller CMS http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/gainward_geforce_gtx_670_phantom.html Today marks the release of the GeForce GTX 670 GPU from Nvidia and we will be checking out a particularly interesting version from Gainward which is part of their elite Phantom series. Read on as we p... Wed, 09 May 2012 05:25:28 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/qnap_ts_879_pro_10gbe_performance.html Building on the success of the QNAP TS-x69 series is the new TS-x79 range, which features two new models. Leading the charge for QNAP are the TS-879 Pro and TS-1079 Pro high-end small and medium busin... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:55:27 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/intel_core_i7_3770k_ivy_bridge.html Today Intel is unveiling their latest CPU microarchitecture which has been codenamed Ivy Bridge. Intel has been following the tick-tock rule for the past few years, which sees a new architecture and s... Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:52:58 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/kingston_datatraveler_hyperx_30_64gb.html Today we are looking at the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 64GB, which is the company’s fastest USB flash drive to date. By utilizing an eight-channel architecture Kingston claims that this new driv... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:45:13 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/his_radeon_hd_7870_iceq_turbo.html Today we are checking out the HIS Radeon HD 7870 IceQ Turbo, which has been designed to get the most out of AMD’s 7870 GPU. The card boasts an upgraded cooling solution along with a little factory ove... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:28:56 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/asrock_x79_extreme4_x79_extreme4_m.html Today we are checking out a pair of Asrock X79 motherboards designed to provide users with an affordable option for this high-end platform. Although they are affordable, the X79 Extreme4 and X79 Extre... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:54:10 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/gigabyte_radeon_hd_7870_oc.html Today we are checking out the Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 OC Edition, which has been designed from the ground up featuring a custom PCB, upgraded cooling setup, and factory overclocking. Despite the numer... Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:24:32 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/ocz_octane_512gb.html Today we are taking a look at an OCZ brand SSD that uses a controller developed by the same manufacturer that powered the original Vertex series. Once again OCZ and Indilinx are working closely togeth... Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:01:15 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/amd_radeon_hd_7870_and_radeon_hd_7850.html March is a new month and it means AMD have a new set of Radeon HD 7000 series graphics cards for us. The new Radeon HD 7800 series includes the HD 7870 and HD 7850 and both are designed for serious ga... Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:04:38 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/gigabyte_radeon_hd_7770_oc.html Today we are checking out the Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 OC Edition, which has been designed from the ground up featuring a custom PCB, upgraded cooling setup, and factory overclocking. Despite the numer... Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:46:17 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/amd_radeon_hd_7770_7750.html Today we are checking out the latest additions to the Radeon HD 7000 series, as AMD unveils two new HD 7700 models. Both the Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750 are targeting the sub-$200 price range, making t... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:34:52 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/sandy_bridge_e_memory_performance_guide.html Those wanting to build the ultimate performance system will naturally turn to Intel’s new LGA2011 platform which recently made its debut with the Sandy Bridge-E processors. This highly refined archite... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:59:49 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/crucial_m4_512gb.html Today we are revisiting the Crucial m4 Solid-State Disk using the latest firmware, to see how it compares to the competition in terms of value and performance. This time we have the premium 512GB mode... Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:12:44 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/ocz_zt_series_750w650w_and_550w.html Today we are taking a look at OCZ’s new affordable performance power supply series, known as the ZT range. These modestly priced units are 80-Plus Bronze Certified for up to 85% efficiency. The series... Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:54:12 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/amd_radeon_hd_7970.html Today we are checking out the new AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics card that is targeting the $549 price range. AMD hopes to take down the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580, which is currently the fastest single-GPU ... Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:31:46 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/patriot_pyro_se_120gb_raid0.html Today we are checking out how the new Patriot Pyro SE drives perform when placing two of them in a RAID array. The Pyro SE is the latest SSD range from Patriot and it is their answer to the Vertex 3 a... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:48:50 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/asrock_vision_3d_252b_sandy_bridge.html Today we are checking out the latest Mini PC from Asrock known as the Vision 3D 252B. This second generation Vision 3D series adopts the Intel Sandy Bridge architecture while it also provides a few ot... Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:38:27 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/synology_diskstation_ds212j_and_ds212.html Today we are checking out two of the newest desktop NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions from Synology, which are part of their growing Disk Station x12 series. The budget orientated DS212j is des... Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:14:31 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/intel_core_i7_3960x_extreme_edition_.html Today Intel takes the next step in the evolution of their Sandy Bridge architecture, as they push the 32nm design process to the limits with a 2.27 billion transistor architecture featuring up to 6 co... Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:38:03 -0700 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/adata_s511_240gb.html Today we are checking out a new product from ADATA called S511, which is their latest SSD series. Based on a latest generation controller from SandForce, the S511 is the successor to the S599 series a... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:31:35 -0700