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BeyondCloud BC214se 2300 by Synology

Synology is a trusted name in the NAS market. We take a look at their new line BeyondCloud aimed at home users with a lower price point and simplified setup.

PowerColor PCS+ R9 290X 8GB Review

Powercolor is one of those unique brands that never fails to impress with their offerings. They give enthusiasts the opportunity to choose between the Powercolor Devil 13 Dual R9 290x, a dual GPU power house released long before anyone else, or the Powercolor LCS R9 290X, a custom watercooling-only top of the line card. It is no surprise that Powercolor was also one of the few to bring out an 8GB version of AMD flagship Hawaii chipset known as the PCS+ R9 290X 8GB edition. The PCS+ R9 290X 8GB edition is currently priced at $430 and competes against's Nvidia's flag ship GTX 980 and GTX 970 on a core perforance level and against Nvidia's Titan, the R9 290X2, and other offerings of the R9 290X 8GB edition.

TechwareLabs CES 2015 Event Coverage: Thermaltake

Thermaltake has had one of the most impressive showings at CES 2015 with amazing offerings to consumers and enthusiasts alike. The scope at which Thermaltake is approaching the watercooling market is nothing to ignore, they are offering the entire package with its entire line up of reservoirs, CPU water blocks, custom non-rebrand radiators, and housings for all popular pumps. The fun doesn't stop there, take a look at the new keyboard in the Poseidon lineup with its innovative space-bar touch sensor that is 100% macroable as well as the customization heavy Core X chassis lineup that is perfect for any enthusiast and casual system builder.

CES 2015 Event Coverage Captherm Systems

We ran across this company in the Sands Expo showing off some truly remarkable technology that could very well give traditional watercooling a run for the money. Captherm Systems was demonstrating a self contained phase change system that boasted better efficiency and cooling that both heatsinks and watercooling. The small system uses a vertical radiator seated on top of what could be called the most manly waterblock made to date. The waterblock is comprised of 4 different metals which Captherm Systems melds together using small explosions. Yes thats right Captherm blows things up to create their product.

ASUS X99-A Motherboard Review

Today we are taking a look at the Asus X99-A motherboard from Asus. This motherboard sports the brand new X99 chipset a 2011-3 socket and blazing fast DDR4, quite the upgrade from the aging X79. With the capability of running Intel’s latest Haswell-E or server grade Xeon processors you know you are in for serious business. Unmatched performance at a reasonable price for a motherboard capable of handling top of the line processors seems too good to be true however, this is Asus we are talking about.

CES 2015 Event Coverage: Mushkin

We had the fortune to spend some time at the Mushkin suite and take a look at some of their new products for 2015 including their newly announced Striker SSD. You would be suprised at the number of IOPS this drive is capable of and even more blown away by some of Mushkins other products at CES 2015.