Direct heatpipe contact has been a huge benefit to processors but hasn’t taken much of a foot hold in the graphics chip arena…perhaps this will change some things. The Asus ENGTS450 DirectCU TOP makes fine use of the technique which leads to some noticeably cooler temperatures compared to the competition which should come in quite […]
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High performance processor coolers tend to go for that brute force approach which does provide impressive cooling results but leaves a lot to be desired when the fans they use are going at full tilt. The Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev. 2 instead opts for a quieter fan that sits between a pair of towers that […]
It would appear that the Lucid HYDRALOGIX has found another fan…a big one. The Asus ROG Crosshair IV Extreme motherboard sports five PCIe x16 slots two that are CrossFireX enabled via the AMD 890FX chipset while the other three use Lucid’s extra special connectivity that allows graphics cards from different manufacturers to work in a […]
The amount of power your system draws isn’t only limited to the hardware in your PC as a power supply’s efficiency has a lot to do with how much is being pulled from a socket. The NZXT HALE90 sports an 80 PLUS Gold rating which translates to less power lost in the conversion process from […]
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