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Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler Review

SKYMTL — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:49:31 +0000

When it comes to CPU coolers, most consumers usually have to choose between a low price or good performance since there are very few products on the market that feature both. With their Traquillo, Gelid is trying to release a product that incorporates the best of both worlds. Can they succeed?

ASUS ROG Rampage III Extreme LGA1366 Motherboard Preview

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:39:29 +0000

The Republic of Gamers series from ASUS has always been known for being among the best in the industry and the Rampage motherboards are at the their forefront. The new Rampage III Extreme will soon be released and will represent one of the highest-end motherboards on the market. In this preview we take the board out for a spin with some extreme cooling in tow.

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 890FX Motherboard Sneak Peak

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:51:37 +0000

ASUS hasn’t been making much noise in the high-end AMD market as of late and has instead concentrated their new Republic of Gamers series motherboards towards Intel users. That is all about to change with the upcoming release of their Crosshair IV Formula which is based off of AMD’s 890FX chipset. In this sneak peak we give you a quick glimpse at this new board.

Intel Core i7-980X Gulftown Six-Core 32nm Processor Review

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:59:54 +0000

It has been a long time coming. Intel’s six core processors have been talked about since the Nehalem architecture was first introduced and with the Core i7 980X, Gulftown has finally seen the light of day. Naturally, this new processor is expensive but with six physical cores and 12 threads, can it perform up to everyone’s expectations?

ASUS HD 5870 Matrix 2GB & ASUS HD 5870 “V2″ Sneak Peek

SKYMTL — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:07:42 +0000

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about upcoming overclocked and 2GB HD 5800 series cards which will see the light of day in the next few months. In this sneak peak, we take a look at the ASUS HD 5870 Matrix that has high clock speeds as well as a massive amount of memory and a new custom design which ASUS will use to replace their reference HD 5870 cards with.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Roundup (EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, Sparkle)

SKYMTL — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:58:45 +0000

If you weren’t pay close attention to the GPU market a few months ago, you may have missed the launch of the GT 240 series since the launch wasn’t preceded by any of the usual marketing or release day fireworks. As such, not much attention has been paid to this card but in this roundup we take a look at six cards from four of NVIDIA’s board partners.

ASUS RoG Maximus III Extreme LGA 1156 Motherboard Preview

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:01:54 +0000

ASUS has long been known for their Republic of Gamers series of motherboards and while they have products already in place for both of Intel’s P55 and X58 platforms, they felt it was time to take things to the next level. The Maximus III Extreme follows closely in the footsteps of the original Maximus III Formula but adds a bevy of new features that are sure to make enthusiasts go weak in the knees.

A Look at NVIDIA’s Next Generation ION

SKYMTL — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:18:02 +0000

There is no denying that Intel’s Atom family of processors are extremely popular and that companies are clamoring to get products out which feature it. NVIDIA’s original ION blazed the trail for better performing netbooks but with the release of the Pineview series of Atom processors, they needed to rethink their approach. In this article, we take a look at the next generation ION and all it has to offer.

AMD’s 890GX Chipset: Low-End Price, High-End Features

SKYMTL — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:09:01 +0000

After years of waiting for an update for an aging 700-series chipset lineup, AMD’s faithful have finally been rewarded with the release of the 800-series of AM3 boards. In this article, we take an in-depth look at what the 890GX has to offer and preview boards from ASUS and Gigabyte.

SilverStone HDDBoost Review

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:35:24 +0000

Many people have shied away from SSDs due to their somewhat limited storage capacity and high price for the drives. Spindle-based hard drives on the other hand have massive amounts of storage space but lack the performance of SSDs. SilverStone’s $50 HDDBoost looks to marry the best of both worlds by allowing us to seamlessly link a budget SSD to a hard drive for increased performance. However, does it work?