Balancing the need for good cooling performance and having a low-cost option means making some sacrifices which may cause the heatsink design to miss both marks. Thankfully the Corsair A50 managed to choose correctly. Sporting a direct heatpipe contact design means it’ll be efficient in pulling heat off of the CPU but there are only […]
Read more Corsair A50 gets closer to your core
The growth of pre-assembled CPU liquid coolers can be attributed to the fact that they’re no longer as sucky as they used to be and they are able to compete with the high end air-cooling heatsinks without all of the added bulk around the CPU socket. Of course it’s difficult to improve on a design […]
Read more Corsair H70 CPU liquid cooler unboxed, secrets spilled
The bulk of a Solid State Drive’s performance potential lies in its embedded flash memory controller which tend to vary in features and speed from chip manufacturers leaving the end user to dig through countless reviews to find the gems. PC Perspective has gathered together four SandForce powered SSDs and put them through some rigorous […]
Read more SandForce SSDs Rounded Up and tested for your vicarious speed needs
With CPU manufacturers pushing increasing heat loads on to system heatsinks you’re going to have to make choices between a hefty chunk of aluminum and heatpipes or an all-in-one water cooling system. The Corsair Hydro Series H50 CPU Cooler utilizes the now familiar pump over waterblock design all piped up to a simple radiator for […]
Read more Corsair Hydro Series H50 Water Cooler handles your thermal cooling needs
Normally the trade offs you have to make when going for larger memory kits means that performance usually comes secondary which is fine when you’re working with large sets of data but a bit of a bummer when you want the best frame rates possible. The Corsair Dominator 12GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM Kit offers enough […]
Read more Corsair Dominator 12GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM Kit goes for capacity and performance
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
While the trend towards even smaller computers continues there are some situations when ample amounts of room will make your build a simple task and, well, being able to mount a ton of fans helps on the cooling front. The Corsair Obsidian 800D PC Case is by no means small, in fact it borders on […]
Read more Corsair Obsidian 800D PC Case meets your massive hardware storing needs
Testing a selection of coolers is more difficult than you might think. Besides having to carefully control the ambient temperature you’re going to dread mounting cooling hardware and their assorted brackets over and over again. Thankfully Hexus has done all of that so you don’t have to. They have a look at a number of […]
Read more Intel LGA 1156 Cooler Roundup gives you heatsink mounting nightmares
Corsair has kept itself busy over the years making all manner of memory products for the enthusiast market which eventually spawned off into successful power supply and, now, PC case product lines. This time they’ve gone overboard.Hardware Canucks has a…
Read more Corsair Obsidian 800D, a cable management and watercooling dream
Being the relatively new and high priced storage solution solid state drives will get an insane amount of attention until they truly go mainstream…which may take a while since their cost per GB is still a bit up there but…
Read more Solid State Drives Rounded Up and Tested, nothings changed still fast
Memory kits come in all shapes and sizes but if you’re going for that top of the line high performance build you’re stuck looking at high end section where a few percentage points of improvement come at a steep price…
