While custom built water-cooling setups can offer very impressive performance there’s quite a bit of effort and money to be sunk into such systems. Going the pre-built route can save you that headache and still offer commendable results. The CoolIT ECO A.L.C. CPU Watercooler sees the company move away from the pump attached to the […]
Read more CoolIT ECO A.L.C. CPU Watercooler continues the pre-assembled trend
High resolution gaming has always been an issue due to the relatively lack-luster performance of graphics chips in the past but now that they’ve finally caught up on that aspect there are other limitations, mainly the amount of video memory that’s available. HardOCP has taken a look at how well the ATI Radeon HD 5870 […]
Read more ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 pushes pixels and performance
High end CPU coolers tend to go for quite a bit of heat dissipation power so you’re bound to see quite a few heatpipes and plenty of fins to go along with them but the ever increasing trend is towards multi-fan setups to get some real airflow through its fins. Thermaltake’s Frio CPU Cooler possesses […]
Certain settings choices can cripple system performance severely while others are capable of giving a small boost which is always a good thing to have. Thankfully there are those that will test settings until their faces turn blue. Benchmark Reviews tries out ACHI and IDE settings when running a number of SATA Solid State Drives. […]
Read more Solid State Drive ACHI vs IDE throwdown
There was a time when you could only rely on the top performance heatsink manufacturers to come up with the best performing designs, then the relatively unknown manufacturers got into the game and it’s a free for all to the top of the charts. The Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler sports some of the same […]
Read more Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler sneaks into the cooling arena
Most case manufacturers have been going to the sleek designs in order to appeal to a broader range of people and to save themselves some headaches from having to deal with the odd shapes they’ve come up with in the past. The NZXT M59 Midtower PC Case ignores current design cues in favor of an […]
Boutique gaming PCs seem to be suffering from a bit of that halo effect which allows them to raise their pricing right on down the line to their more price friendly systems. There are, of course, other options for buyers out there. Gateway’s FX 6831-03 Gaming Desktop PC puts together an interesting package of components, […]
Read more Gateway FX 6831-03 PC gets you gaming on the cheap
Considering how big of a market home theater computers have become it’s a little strange to see how it’s difficult to find case options that are both simple looking and compact. It seems like it’s up to the smaller brands to step up to the plate. The VidaBox SLIMv3 vCase3 MicroATX HTPC case manages to […]
One of the biggest issues with Solid State Drives today is that their varying performance, size, and pricing leads to quite a bit of confusion. You just can’t rely on one measure to be completely happy. The Corsair Nova V128 Solid State Drive sports some mighty impressive performance given its decent pricing. Benchmark Reviews has […]
Read more Corsair Nova V128 Solid State Drive provides great performance at a good price
Solid State Drives are fast and all of that good stuff but the technology can go even farther with the proper interface processor and enough bandwidth. Upgrade-ability wouldn’t hurt either. OCZ is touting their new Z-Drive R2 PCIe based Solid State Drive which will allow customers (they’re thinking enterprise level here) to upgrade their purchase […]
Read more OCZ Z-Drive R2 PCIe SSD goes upgradable
