http://www.legionhardware.com Legion Hardware en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:54:59 -0700 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:12:44 -0700 Esselbach Contentteller CMS 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 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/qnap_ts_119p_ii_and_ts_219p_ii.html Today we are checking out the QNAP TS-219P II and TS-119P II, which are designed to provide corporate workgroups or small office/home office users with budget-friendly network attached storage (NAS) s... Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:08:03 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/his_radeon_hd_6870_iceq_1gb.html Today we are checking out a new graphics card from HIS, as they reinvent the Radeon HD 6870 with a new IceQ model. Sporting what HIS call a black hole impeller, this new graphics card receives a massi... Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:51:29 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/silicon_power_diamond_d10_750gb_and_stream_s20_750gb.html Today we are checking out a few new portable USB 3.0 hard drives made by Silicon Power, called the Diamond D10 and Stream S20. These 2.5” portable drives come in a range of capacities and we will be t... Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:31:01 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/synology_diskstation_ds712_and_dx510.html Today we are checking out the Synology DiskStation DS712+, which is powered by an Intel Atom D425 dual-core processor and features a 1GB memory buffer. These hardware specifications should make the DS... Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:38:59 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/amd_fx_8150fx_8120fx_6100_and_fx_4170.html Today AMD is launching for the first time its new FX processor series based on the Bulldozer microarchitecture. Designed from the ground up, these new processors are geared towards mainstream users. T... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:10:49 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/ocz_revodrive_3_x2_480gb.html Today we are checking out an SSD designed specifically for power users and multimedia designers in mind. The RevoDrive 3 X2 which has been developed by OCZ is said to be the ultimate storage solution ... Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:32:55 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/patriot_javelin_s4.html Today we are checking out the Patriot Javelin S4, a 4-bay NAS device capable of supporting up to 12TB of storage along with many other noteworthy features. Aimed at home users, this budget orientated ... Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:24:39 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/patriot_supersonic_magnum_128gb.html Today we are checking out a new flash drive from Patriot featuring a massive 128GB storage capacity. Known as the SuperSonic Magnum, this new flash drive utilizes eight channel technology in conjuncti... Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:02:57 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/asus_maximus_iv_extreme_z.html Today we are checking out one of the most expensive LGA1155 motherboards money can buy, as we give the Asus flagship Z68 motherboard the once over. Known as the Maximus IV Extreme-Z, this enthusiast t... Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:08:56 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/qnap_ts_659_pro_ii_nas.html Today we are checking out the QNAP TS-659 Pro II, a 6-bay NAS device capable of supporting up to 18TB of storage along with many other noteworthy features such as USB 3.0 support. Aimed at business cl... Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:46:30 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/patriot_viper_xtreme_gamer_2_ddr3_memory.html Patriot Memory now offers an extensive range of DDR3 memory modules with their latest Viper Extreme and Gamer 2 series covering a wide range of timings and frequencies. Today we are taking a look at t... Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:57:30 -0600 http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_summary/asrock_z68m_itxht.html Today we are checking out a bite size motherboard from Asrock that takes the Sandy Bridge platform and shrinks it down to the Mini-ITX form factor. Called the Z68M-ITX/HT this motherboard can not only u... Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:25:12 -0600