If you don’t know of the tremendous speed benefits a solid state drive can bring to your PC you’ve probably been living under a rock. While the first generation of drives showed impressive capabilities the latest round of drives being shipped are tearing up the performance charts spearheaded by the Intel 510 series of SSDs […]
It’s a wonderful thing to see such attention to detail and a keen need for over the top cooling which some manufacturers seem to want to cram into their coolers. Thermalright’s Shaman GPU heatsink piles on 8 heatpipes that should instantly clue you in on the seriousness of this design but they take things even […]
Read more Thermalright Shaman takes a bit of the brute force approach to cooling
The high end single GPU realm has pumped out a number of designs over the years that tout amazing performance but do a real number on their coolers which reduces the amount of tweaking overhead you have to play with. The ASUS ENGTX580 and EAH6970 DirectCU II graphics cards take up 3 slots with its […]
Read more ASUS ENGTX580 and EAH6970 DirectCU II run comfortably at full load
Computer hardware manufacturers tend to overstate things when it comes to naming their products so any adjective is fair play and the more grandiose it is the better. Unfortunately the Nexus Prominent 5 doesn’t match up to its name at all which is difficult when your case is a solid black design but it does […]
Read more Nexus Prominent 5 is anything but
It’s tough living a life as someone with superior hearing…at least I’d imagine so…as the bulk of consumer oriented hardware available make some serious trade offs when it comes to component quality and support for higher bit-rate audio is flaky at best. The Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G seeks the remedy that with high quality amplifiers […]
Read more Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G brings the audiophiles more of what they want
AMD’s Fusion platform does a commendable job of combining a processor and graphics chip into a single die which can only improve energy consumption and help to shrink a system’s size. Thankfully the MSI E350IA-E45 doesn’t shrink too much and enables it to include a full PCI Express X16 slot so you can load a […]
Read more MSI E350IA-E45 comes with almost everything you need
PCs used to be built around the processor and its motherboard platform but with the latest generation of graphics cards that will likely play second fiddle if you want the best cooling performance on your GPU. The ASUS GTX580 DirectCU II takes up three slots on your system case so you’d better be sure you […]
Read more ASUS GTX580 DirectCU II doesn’t respect your slot count
A good cooling idea spreads far and wide but, sometimes, there are companies that are crazy enough to try something quite a bit different that may just improve performance by leaps and bounds. The Scythe Mine 2 stacks heatpipes on top of heatpipes in order to come up with their…8 heatpipe count which, as you […]
Read more Scythe Mine 2 doubles up in some areas
Modern heatsinks rely quite a but on their fin orientation and design in order to cool off the numerous heatpipes they cram into a model so it’s common to see massive coolers that leave little room to work around a socket. The Deepcool Ice Matrix 400 employs surprisingly short fins but makes up for it […]
Read more Deepcool Ice Matrix 400 prefers density over surface area
With the trend towards smaller computers those with massive storage needs are faced with having to go with solutions that are external to their PC’s casing…or you could just look for a larger case. The NZXT ZERO 2 goes back to the full-tower case design and offers 7 120mm fan mounts to keep air moving […]
Read more NZXT ZERO 2 goes vertical for your component needs
Since the bulk of PC usage for many users is simple web/social network interaction and media playback it’s good to see a number of manufacturers opting for smaller and energy efficient designs. The Sapphire Edge HD does the familiar Intel Atom and NVIDIA ION dance which means there won’t be any high-end gaming going on […]
