Tag: Intel
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Supermicro X10SRH-CLN4F Socket 2011-3 Server Motherboard Review
With the recent release of Intel’s Haswell-EP (aka Grantley) range of CPUs we have a new assortment of motherboards to match. One of the Supermicro server offerings is the X10SRH-CLN4F single-socket (UP, as opposed to dual socket – DP) board.
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Gigabyte Brix i5-4200 Haswell Review (BRIX GB-BXi5-4200)
Gigabyte recently updated their line of Brix mini-computers to Intel’s Haswell architecture (from Ivy Bridge). Today we have the i5-4200 model (BRIX GB-BXi5-4200) in for testing. Click through to read the review!
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Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Network Adapter Review
Intel’s network cards are popular due to their speed and reliability, which is often greater than the onboard chips in devices/motherboards. The Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Network Adapter is a PCI-E x1 add-in card with a single gigabit port, usually selling for around $30AU. It is low-profile and should come with a low-profile…
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New Intel Motherboard in-house: S1200KPR Mini-ITX Server board
We’ve been building a few mini servers with these lately and finally found the time for a bit of a write-up – we’re almost finished, so keep your eyes peeled for a review shortly!
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Intel SSD 330 120GB benchmarks
As promised, here are some benchmarks of Intel’s SSD: An average of 390MB/s for sequential reads? Nice. IOPS: HD Tune Pro’s File Transfer test: Hovering around 500MB/s there – impressive. Last benchmark for now: Overall this is a well performing drive and is the only Sandforce-controller-based drive that we currently use.
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Intel i5-3470 vs i5-3570
The above two CPUs are often shortlisted for entry/midrange gaming builds that aren’t overclocked; so how do they compare? Both are quad-core CPUs without hyperthreading, so they offer 4 cores and 4 threads. The i5-3470 is clocked at 3.2GHz while the i5-3570 is 200MHz faster at 3.4GHz, and both CPUs feature Intel’s…
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Intel E3-1245 V2 vs. Intel E3-1275 V2
We were asked to spec a customer build the other day who was torn between the above two processors. Here’s our thoughts on them. E3-1245V2: Quad core, 8-thread, 3.4GHz -> 3.8GHz Turbo E3-1275V2: Quad core, 8-thread, 3.5GHz -> 3.9GHz Turbo All other specifications are equal apart from the 100MHz clockspeed difference. At this…
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Intel X520-T2 Visual Overview
There’s not a great deal to say about these cards apart from that they allow you some crazy network speeds, if you have the disk speed to keep up. They can certainly alleviate network bottlenecks if gigabit is holding you back! This particular card has a fan to keep the chipset cool; it’s not going…
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Customer Build: Luna II
Here’s a few shots of one of our recent storage server builds: