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This is a very interesting product designed primarily for overclockers and gaming enthusiasts. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/video/tahiti-6.html">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/i3dspeed/0313/i0313-video-p1.html">i3DSpeed, March 2013</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/i3dspeed/0313/i0313-video-p1.html"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/pic/articles3/i3dspeed.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date_sect">April 16, 2013<br><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/video.html#subsec236" title="Go to this subsection for more similar articles">3Digests</a></p> <p class="index_desc">The i3DSpeed informs you about performance of popular graphics cards and the best price/performance deals in the market. This time we added the test results of AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, AMD Radeon HD 7790 (standard and overclocked), ASUS Ares II (Radeon 7970 GHz CrossFire), ASUS Ares II CrossFire, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost, GeForce GTX Titan. We also replaced the 3DMark11 and Formula 1 (2010) benchmarks with the new 3DMark FireStrike and Unigine Valley benchmarks. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/i3dspeed/0313/i0313-video-p1.html">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/intel-celeron-pentium-0213.html">Ivy Bridge Based Intel Pentium and Celeron Processors</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/intel-celeron-pentium-0213.html"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/pic/articles3/intel-celeron-pentium-0213.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date_sect">April 03, 2013<br><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/platform.html#subsec13" title="Go to this subsection for more similar articles">Processors: Intel</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Half a year ago we saw the rollout of Pentium G2120, the first budget Ivy Bridge CPU. Today the new microarchitecture is used widely not only in the Pentium but also Celeron series. Time to have a closer look. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/intel-celeron-pentium-0213.html">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/video/titan.html">Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan Graphics Card</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/video/titan.html"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/pic/articles3/titan.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date_sect">April 01, 2013<br><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/video.html#subsec254" title="Go to this subsection for more similar articles">Video cards: NVIDIA GPUs</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Today we'll take a first look at the flagship NVIDIA GPU of the current generation, the mighty GeForce Titan. The review will also include tests in a solid number of games, and a comparison with other top graphics adapters. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/video/titan.html">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/amd-fx-x300.html">AMD FX-4300, AMD FX-6300 Processors</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/amd-fx-x300.html"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/pic/articles3/amd-fx-x300.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date_sect">March 25, 2013<br><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/platform.html#subsec12" title="Go to this subsection for more similar articles">Processors: AMD</a></p> <p class="index_desc">The top Vishera-based AMD FX-8350 processor was just the beginning. After it, AMD rolled out a number of more affordable CPUs. Today we're going to cover them in comparison with the predecessors and competitors. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/amd-fx-x300.html">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/amd-athlon-fm2-p1.html">AMD Athlon X4 740 and AMD Athlon X4 750K Processors</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/amd-athlon-fm2-p1.html"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/pic/articles3/amd-athlon-fm2.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date_sect">March 07, 2013<br><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/platform.html#subsec12" title="Go to this subsection for more similar articles">Processors: AMD</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Today we'll focus on a couple of AMD's Trinity-based budget processors. In a past review we showed that the FM1-based Athlon II X4 CPUs were quite good. Now we'll see if their counterparts are as nice. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/amd-athlon-fm2-p1.html">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/video/msi-8-p1.html">MSI GeForce GTX 660 TwinFrozr OC Edition, MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC Power Edition, MSI GeForce GTX 650 OC Power Edition Graphics Cards</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/video/msi-8-p1.html"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/pic/articles3/msi-8.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date_sect">March 01, 2013<br><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/video.html#subsec254" title="Go to this subsection for more similar articles">Video cards: NVIDIA GPUs</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Today we'll take a closer look at three mid and low-end MSI graphics adapters from the same NVIDIA 6xx family, which are quite different nevertheless. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/video/msi-8-p1.html">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> </td> <td width="315" valign="top" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 8px; width: 315px;"> <div style="width: 100%; float: left; margin-top: 7px; border-bottom: 1px solid #C7C3E5;"> <a class="index_head" style="text-decoration: none; padding-left: 0px; color: #339;" href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html">LATEST NEWS</a> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/24/67">ASUS Launches R9 200, R7 200 Series, Matrix R9 280X Graphics Cards</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/24/67"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/172467.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/1008" title="View all news for this day">Oct 08, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">ASUS today launched multiple graphics cards powered by the latest AMD Radeon series GPUs. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/24/67">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/24/63">Apacer Launches SATA SLC-lite SSD solutions</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/24/63"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/172463.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/1008" title="View all news for this day">Oct 08, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">In an effort to satisfy the need for SLC-like products priced as MLC ones, Apacer launched SATA SLC-lite series. The new solutions Offer transmission speeds 1.5-3 times faster than those of MLC and close to those of SLC. 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The flexible new speaker can be used alone or in combination with the Samsung Hub (WAM250) and additional M7 speakers to create a multi-room system. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/76">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/45">WD Gives Consumers a Cloud of Their Own</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/45"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/172345.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/1003" title="View all news for this day">Oct 03, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">WD introduced its new My Cloud family of personal cloud solutions. WD's My Cloud is a complete solution for users to organize, centralize and secure the digital content from all of their computers and mobile devices and access those files from any device, from anywhere in the world. By simply connecting a My Cloud drive to the Internet, consumers get the anywhere, any-device access they can get from the public cloud, without having to pay monthly fees. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/45">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/44">Canadians to Get In-Car Infotainment and Telematics Technology</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/44"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/172344.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/1003" title="View all news for this day">Oct 03, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Rogers Communications and Sprint agreed that Sprint will bring a comprehensive in-car infotainment and telematics solution to Canadians. Canadians vehicles that use the Sprint Velocity solution will have access to services including infotainment (news, weather, sports and more), navigation, climate control, security, emergency services, and vehicle diagnostics--all available with a convenient in-dash touch screen. Sprint Velocity also provides connectivity for mobile devices in the car including smartphones and tablets. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/44">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/43">QNAP Launches SAS-Enabled Turbo NAS and 2.5-Inch High-Density Turbo NAS</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/43"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/172343.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/1003" title="View all news for this day">Oct 03, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">QNAP today launched five business-class, SAS-enabled Turbo NAS models, including TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP and TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP, which support both SAS and SATA 6Gbps HDDs, and the 2.5-inch high-density SS-EC2479U-SAS-RP, SS-EC1879U-SAS-RP, and SS-EC1279U-SAS-RP. The support of SAS HDDs increases disk I/O performance and offers high reliability for data transmission and storage. The new models offer storage expansion port(s) allowing seamless capacity expansion with QNAP RAID expansion enclosures. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/23/43">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/16/16">G.SKILL Expands RipjawsZ Family with 15 DDR3 Quad Channel Kits</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/16/16"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/171616.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0911" title="View all news for this day">Sep 11, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">G.SKILL has added 15 DDR3 quad channel memory kits to its RipjawsZ family optimized for new Intel Core i7 processor family for socket LGA-2011 and X79 motherboards. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?17/16/16">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/98/03">Ambrowse Lets You Build Mobile Apps without Programming Skills </a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/98/03"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/169803.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0702" title="View all news for this day">Jul 02, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">I-Commerce, Ltd., has recently developed a tool to build mobile apps for smartphones and tablets (iOS and Android) inside a web browser. As a result, in several minutes you can create your own app without any programming skills and publish it on iTunes and Google Play Store. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/98/03">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/64/74">AMD Radeon HD 7790 Physical Specifications, Release Date Confirmed</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/64/74"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/166474.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0321" title="View all news for this day">Mar 21, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">A presentation slide, allegedly by AMD, leaked by a Japanese distributor confirmed specifications of AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 7790 graphics card. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/64/74">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/63/80">NVIDIA'a CEO Unveils Next Gens of Tegra SoCs and GPUs </a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/63/80"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/166380.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0319" title="View all news for this day">Mar 19, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Jen-Hsun Huang says the company's mobile chip will show 100-times improvement from the first generation to the fifth. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/63/80">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/63/26">Lenovo Dated New 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href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0318" title="View all news for this day">Mar 18, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Today Sony announced two new Xperia smartphones to join its 2013 line up杢he Xperia SP and Xperia L. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/63/24">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/84">Samsung Introduces Galaxy S 4</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/84"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/166284.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0315" title="View all news for this day">Mar 15, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Today Samsung announced its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/84">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/62">Wireless Props Power Case for iPad Announced</a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/62"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/166262.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0314" title="View all news for this day">Mar 14, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">Today Digital Treasures introduced the Props Power Case for iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2 and iPad Mini. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/62">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> <div class="index_block"> <p class="index_head"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/24">HTC One Developer Edition Announced </a></p> <a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/24"><img src="/web/20140517114334im_/http://ixbtlabs.com/newsimages/166224.jpg" align="left" border="1"></a> <p class="index_date"><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/archive.html?2013/0313" title="View all news for this day">Mar 13, 2013</a></p> <p class="index_desc">HTC announced the availability of HTC One Developer Edition. This version of the handset is aimed specifically towards developers, and offers the features, including an unlocked bootloader and SIM. <strong><a href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?16/62/24">Read more »</a></strong></p> </div> </td></tr></table> </span>  </td> <td width="336" valign="top" style="width: 336px; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; background: #FFFFFF;">  <table class="div_product_head" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="60%" align="left">  Most Popular Reviews</td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a id="small_link" href="/web/20140517114334/http://ixbtlabs.com/hardware.html">More</a>    <a id="small_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114334/http://feeds.feedburner.com/dl-articles">RSS</a>   </td></tr> </table> <div class="product"> <table class="item" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr> <td width="50" valign="middle" style="padding-right: 0px;"><a 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