Water cooling processors has become a great way of keeping temperatures down and have become more accessible with pre-assembled water cooling kits that are priced about the same as high-end air coolers. The CoolIT Vantage A.L.C. takes the now familiar setup and adds in a second fan to improve cooling efficiency even more. The company […]
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Slow gaming performance leads a while heck of a lot of enthusiasts into upgrading their systems with a heavy focus on graphics performance but games are now making better usage of multiple cores beyond the usual quad-core setup. PC Games Hardware has twenty four of the latest and greatest, and not so new, games and […]
There are those brands that put out respectable products that work well for the average PC build but, eventually, manufacturers yearn for that performance badge that sets them apart. The ECS P55H-AK Black Series is jam packed with with Triple SLI and CrossFireX support to go along with SATA 6G, USB 3.0, and dual Gigabit […]
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Small cases mean some trade offs especially when it comes to the graphics card since space saving means you have to live with third rate graphics options right? The Palit GeForce GTS 450 low profile model saves the day by squeezing into locations most graphics cards don’t dare: half height enclosures which have, no doubt, […]
Normally all of that tweaking and overclocking is best left to enthusiasts…on their desktop machines… but MSI has worked their magic on their new FX700 and FR700 notebooks which can boost the system’s performance at the touch of a button. The two models sport Intel Core i5 processors and 17.3″ LED backlit displays which should […]
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The miniature power house of a PC build sure is tempting but when it comes to actually fitting full sized graphics cards and heatsinks into those small cases gets tricky especially when it comes time to route all of those wires. CyberPower has announced their new LAN Party EVO series of mini PCs which gives […]
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Graphics chip manufacturers tend to make minor tweaks to their previous generation’s design and roll it out as a whole new product lineup which allows them to stretch their research and development efforts over several years and gives them some time to work on their next architecture. AMD’s upcoming Radeon HD 6000 series seems to […]
TechConnect brings news of Point of View’s insanely tricked out GTX 480 Beast graphics card. NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 480 runs hot at its stock speeds and this new model pushes its clock rates even higher meaning its heat output and power draw is at an insane level. How did they manage it? Well they’ve added […]
Micro ATX motherboards sport an awful lot of impressive features now, including multi GPU support, which doesn’t seem to be on the minds of many case manufacturers as they still make cases with little in the way of airflow to accommodate the high-end hardware of today. The Lian Li Mini Q PC-V354 will gladly take […]
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The “low-end” of the graphics card market gets quite a bit of attention from the PC enthusiast as that’s where the most energy efficient models make their home which is perfect for those HTPCs. The NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 is by no means a performance card…sure you’ll be able to load up some light gaming […]
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Microsoft’s grip on the personal computer is well known but their efforts in the mobile phone arena has lead to other manufacturers taking the lead in one of the largest software markets around: smartphones. The company has announced their Windows Phone 7 operating system and a few of the smartphones which will come infused with […]
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