The good folks at EXPReview have managed to get their paws on the second CPU cooling product from the rather unknown Prolimatech; the new cooler is strikingly similar to the Megahalems, and dubbed the Mega Shadow. The Mega Shadow has the same design as the companies first cooler, however it has received a black finish, giving [...]

Corsair today announced that is has launched a full range of dual-channel performance DDR3 memory products, designed for Intel Core i5-750, Core i7-870, and Core i7-860 “Lynnfield” processors. The initial product offering consists of four 4GB kits comprised of matched pairs of 2GB DIMMs, and two 8GB kits comprised of four matched 2GB DIMMS, in [...]

For those as tired of reading P55 announcements as we are of writing them, here is something to get really excited about. Asus is introducing a whole new lineup of motherboard (or at least one new board for now) that is geared straight for the extreme enthusiast. Asus already has their Republic of Gamer boards [...]

Patriot Memory today announced the release of their new Sector 5 Gaming modules explicitly designed to compliment Intel’s new P55 chipset. Specifically engineered for the new P55 chipset, the Sector 5 gaming modules have been optimized to take full advantage of the dual-channel architecture. Patriot’s Sector 5 series will include two options; an extreme latency [...]

The big launch is almost upon us and motherboard manufacturers have been rolling out P55 based boards on a daily basis, many of which we will be previewing here at Hardware Canucks over the coming weeks. Asus has an already impressive lineup of P55 chipset offerings ready for the Core i5 launch, and it looks [...]

It was reported a month ago, that consumers would be able to look forward to a revolutionary new technology by Intel, that could improve system performance with with the addition of a simple NVRam chip onto the motherboard; the technology was codenamed “Braidwood”. Initially it was thought to be making its debut on the upcoming [...]

EVGA has released an update to their popular graphics card tuning software, Precision, bringing it to version 1.8.0. The new version features more customization regarding the look and feel of the software, with unique skins aimed at reducing the resources required to run the software; handy for those wanting to maximize system performance during benching [...]

ASRock is notorious for their often unique and quite brilliant additions to the motherboard marketplace; producing products that may have a limited consumer base, but are a godsend to those who need them. While SATA III technology was officially released for full implementation earlier this year, few motherboard manufacturer’s have yet to adopt it. The [...]

Noctua today announced the impending availability of its new NM-I3 SecuFirm2™ mounting kit that adds support for Intel’s upcoming LGA1156 based Core i5 and Core i7 “Lynnfield” CPUs. Compatible with all Noctua CPU coolers since 2005, the new SecuFirm2™ kit will be supplied to Noctua users free of charge after uploading a proof of purchase [...]

While final versions of the drivers were linked on the Catalysts Crew blog late last Friday, we held off posting the announcement until it was officially confirmed by AMD/ATI directly, and the release notes were publicly available. Today is that day, and the 9.8 brings quite a few changes to the table, most notably the [...]