Spotify finally made the transatlantic leap from Europe and landed on U.S. shores earlier this summer. And while others have tried the online music subscription model, Spotify has won over critics and music lovers alike with its user-friendly software, pro-consumer usage policies and a wide variety of ways to access your music – none of […]
AMD’s Llano based A8-3850 and A6-3650 APUs are some of the first consumer friendly processors to include a graphics chip that offers competent 3D performance making for an upgrade path for a great many people that won’t break their budgets. Their modest price tags get you a quad core processor which won’t be breaking any speed […]
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The Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard makes its case as your next possible upgrade platform for a myriad of reasons. Should your shiny new Intel LGA1156 processor sport a graphics chip you will be happy to know that the motherboard’s Lucid VIRTU technology will allow you to switch between it and a dedicated graphics card in order to […]
Read more Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard provides high end options at a reasonable price
PNY’s new XLR8 Liquid Cooled GTX 580 with CPU Cooling solves a few of the problems a high end gaming computer will run into… namely keeping two of your high priced components running cool. Its cooling system is a self contained loop that effectively cools the company’s overclocked GTX 580, to an 857 MHz core clock […]
Read more PNY XLR8 Liquid Cooled GTX 580 with CPU Cooling removes at least one concern
It’s hard to ignore the Rosewill Thor 2 full-tower PC case especially since its design dwarfs even the largest of cases you will find on the market. The trend of shrinking a PC so that you can hide it out of sight doesn’t sit well with people that require a massive amount of space for […]
Read more Rosewill THOR V2 PC case gives you plenty of expansion possibilities
Getting a new PC up and running to your exacting standards can take quite a bit of time and effort, especially when you take into account all of the software you have to reinstall. And let’s not forget your specific preferences for each and every one. That snazzy new machine is going to take a […]
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The current crop of solid state drives that are hitting the market have a hard time capturing people’s attention given the fact that most every model is capable of impressive speeds and they’re all at some sort of feature parity. Patriot’s Pyro 120GB SSD goes with the memorable naming scheme conjuring images of people with […]
It’s no secret that Intel is moving on from the first Socket that brought the Core i7 lineup to the masses so everyone’s eyes are on the future LGA2011 and its enthusiast class of features… that doesn’t mean the LGA1366 can’t have a going away party. The ASUS Rampage III Black Edition Motherboard represents just about […]
Read more ASUS Rampage III Black Edition Motherboard gives the LGA1366 a fond farewell
Motherboard manufacturers try to sneak in the odd performance enhancement in order to make their products seem more compelling than the competition but it’s hard to deny a solid performer. The Asus Crosshair V Formula motherboard is geared up to take on your current AM3+ processor, or future Bulldozer based replacement, with its AMD 990FX chipset […]
Read more Asus Crosshair V Formula Motherboard is tweaked out of the gate
Video cards can pump out quite a bit of heat which can make things go from bad to worse when you’re playing the latest gaming title or using your GPU for some other form of number processing goodness. The Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus II VGA Cooler attempts to keep things in check by offering up […]
Read more Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Plus II VGA Cooler keeps video card temperatures down
If you’re looking to cool down your CPU without jumping into the water cooling world you’re going to be faced with some massive heatsinks for that high end overclocking project you plan on. Thermalright’s HR-02 Macho isn’t shy about taking up as much room as possible which is a good thing as it increases the […]
Read more Thermalright HR-02 Macho heatsink is content to consume space
