While your system’s heatsink was quite a capable performer during the winter months the summer poses a whole different set of cooling challenges which most designs aren’t capable of handling. The Cooler Master V6GT sandwiches 6 heatpipes and a whole heck of a lot of fins between two high-powered fans in order to get the […]
Read more Cooler Master V6GT keeps those summer temperatures in check
Netbooks have been a bit of a weird computing device since it offers the type of battery life we want but it lacks the processing and graphics power to handle media rich content. Thankfully Gateway’s LT32 netbook makes fine use of the AMD Athlon II Neo K125 processor paired with the potent ATI Radeon HD […]
If your aren’t content with the glowing monoliths of storage that are external hard drives you might be happy to know that Hitachi GST has launched their new LifeStudio line of storage drives which promise to make the backup process easier than ever and offers up some handy “cloud” storage. The LifeStudio Mobile line keeps […]
Read more Hitachi GST Launches LifeStudio External Hard Drive Lineup
Aside from the Hybrid CrossFire or Lucid Hydra multi-GPU coprocessor you don’t see many people delving into mis-matched graphics card pairs since they usually aren’t supported or they’re thought to be an inefficient usage of a high-end gamer’s time. Interestingly the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 seem to pair up quite nicely, given their […]
Read more Radeon HD 5870 + 5850 CrossFireX pushes framerates quite nicely
Once you’ve put together your brand new rig the last thing you want to run into is a peripheral not quite fitting into your case once it’s all said and done, especially when it’s that all important CPU heatsink. The Noctua NH-U9B SE2 makes some airflow concessions by going with a 92mm fan but that […]
Read more Noctua NH-U9B SE2 offers cooling prowess in a smaller package
Can Apple’s latest iPhone live up to the hype and dazzling first impressions? Here’s a look at what buyers can look forward to long after the new phone smell has faded.
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Gaming PCs have become something a little more kinder and gentler over the years so as not to scare off those that want simple aesthetics and are scared off by the more eccentric designs. The Acer Aspire Predator AG7750-U2222 cares nothing about your reservations and revels in its over the top looks as well as […]
Read more Acer Aspire Predator AG7750 doesn’t want to be friendly
Mini-ITX is the standard by which new, upgradable, motherboards are judged by…unfortunately most cases have been content with just housing a motherboard and processor without taking into consideration boards with built-in PCIe X16 slots. The SilverStone Sugo SG07 is well suited to the task with a perforated side panel for your beefy graphics card to […]
Read more SilverStone Sugo SG07 is ready to accept your Mini-ITX motherboard
Sure that new rig you built will likely need some high quality thermal paste to match an equally high quality heatsink but sometimes other gear, such as notebooks, could improve their cooling performance with some new thermal paste to replace the…factory goop. Arctic’s MX-4 Thermal Compound continues a long line of high performance thermal paste […]
Read more Arctic MX-4 Thermal Compound gets those temperatures under control
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much cooling you’ve got on your graphics card, you’re going to have to dig in there if you want to get the most out of it and without the proper tools you’ll be facing some difficult soldering ahead. The ASUS GeForce ENGTX480 is a fine card when run at its […]
Read more ASUS GeForce ENGTX480 comes prepped with voltage tweaking action
GPGPU has been a bit slow on the uptake for a variety of reasons namely lack of performance and slow software development. With the amount of focus being placed on using graphics chips to do some heavy lifting it was only a matter of time until the current generation of consumer level chips made their […]
Read more AMD FireStream 9370 and 9350 aim for the rackmounts
