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ASUS XG-C100C 10GBase-T Network Adapter Review
Introduction I have long been a supporter of increased network speeds and as such, it’s nice to have another 10 Gigabit Ethernet network card in the office. Today I am taking a closer look at ASUS XG-C100C 10GBase-T PCI-Express network adapter. With the XG-C100C, you are able to get up…
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Britain’s Mobile Coverage Holding Back The Future
It is no secret that when it comes to 4g or 5g coverage, Britain’s mobile coverage has a lot of catching up to do. A recent report by the NIC has ranked Britain 54th in the world for 4g coverage, adding that the average user can only access a 4g connection…
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Rivet Networks Announce The Killer E2500 Network Controller
The Killer E2400 network controller has been deployed on a number of motherboards as an alternative to the Intel i-219V. Killer’s solution employs software to help with traffic prioritisation although this can lead to increased CPU utilisation. As a result, some people prefer to use Intel’s method and don’t like…
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Thecus Launches Two New 10GbE Network Interface Cards
The network speeds that we’ve been using have more or less been the same for the past many many years, 1 Gbps, but that simply doesn’t always cut it. We can trunk and aggregate multiple ports to get a better overall performance, but a single connection still won’t go past…
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D-Link DXE-820T Dual Port 10Gbase NIC Adapter Review
Introduction Among our recent upgrade to 10 Gbit networking here in the eTeknix review section wasn’t just the awesome 12-port smart switch that we saw a little while ago, D-Link also supplied me with a DXE-820T dual-port 10 Gbit Ethernet Network card to be able to connect with the switch…
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Thermaltake Reveals Their New Non-Interference Cooler (NiC) Series
Thermaltake are one of the leading brands when it comes to components, and they have some of the industries best coolers, power supplies and chassis products available on the market today, we know this because we’ve had the pleasure of testing many of them, so we’re always happy to hear…
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Wireless Issues In Windows 8.1 PCs Still Persist
It seems not even Windows 8.1 can escape the problem sphere everyone seems to be having lately. According to Softpedia, several users have reported limited or no Wi-Fi connectivity, a bug that previously affected Surface tablet, but now became a widespread issue also targeting PCs and other tablets. Forums have…
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