High-powered motherboards are expected to push the limits of today’s top processors which strains a motherboard’s power regulation and chipset so extra cooling is generally needed. This just seems to be a bit overkill. The Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Motherboard has an intricate heatpipe cooling system that just about covers all of the major chips on the […]
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Gaming laptops tend to come in one size: obnoxiously large. MSI has seen it fit to work their engineering prowess into a 15″ gaming notebook which won’t exactly break the bank. The MSI GX640-098US sports a rather pedestrian 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive but it more than makes up for those shortcomings […]
Just because you see a whole host of advanced features on a motherboard doesn’t mean it’s tuned for the best performance possible. Design decisions that skimp on complexity can make you regret your high-end motherboard purchase. The ASRock X58 Extreme3 Motherboard prides itself on offering the fastest interface connections for its SATA3 and USB3 chips […]
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Finding the perfect balance of price and performance can be an exciting process but the practice has been somewhat limited in this day and age of price segments chopping up the performance pie. The PowerColor HD 5570 Graphics Card may seem like a great choice for your low-power home theater PC, and it is, but […]
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Power supplies aren’t exactly a hot topic at the forefront of everyone’s mind but they sure do come into play when you’re trying to get your beefy new multi-GPU, six-cored CPU, rig up and running. The Cooler Master GX 750W Power Supply provides ample amounts of power for your next system build and does so […]
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Finding a good PC case can be difficult since many of you are balancing the need to quickly cool off your system components with the pricing on most “performance/gaming” options out there. The Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Case manages to put together a compelling set of features at a price most people will find agreeable. […]
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A performance heatsink has to meet certain criteria in order to get people’s attention. They have to look imposing, a quality build is a must, and cramming in as many features as possible will get a cooling fiend’s attention. The Dynatron Genius G950 Heatsink does a good job on all of those points and manages […]
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We’re a good number of months removed from the official launch of AMD’s 5000 series of graphics cards and video card manufacturers have had enough time to fine tune their graphics cards designs in order to make leaner and meaner gaming solutions. PowerColor PCS+ AX5870 Video Card does away with the generic reference design on […]
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Tower CPU coolers tend to offer very good performance but when it comes time to cram them into the slimmer dimensions of a HTPC case or other small enclosure makes them an impossibility some times. The Cooler Master Vortex Plus CPU Cooler brings back the old style cooling design while incorporating some newer techniques such […]
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While the performance segment will hold most peoples attention, given the triple channel memory touting unlocked core goodness, the value processors have been slowly gathering an impressive list of features which make them a good choice for that non-extreme rig you’re planning. Hardware Heaven has a look at five value range CPUs and two budget […]
Drive bay accessories are a fantastic way to spruce up a PC and get some added functionality into the otherwise barren facade. The only problem is that most of them require cycling through a number of information pages before you get to what you want. Aerocool’s Touch 2000 Control Panel sports a rather large display […]
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