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by Rafael Hernandez on January 26, 2010 · 0 comments

There are two tiers of graphics cards out there, those that are worthy of overclocking and those that aren’t. Architecture differences, namely memory bandwidth, are the biggest roadblock to overclocking effectiveness. TweakTown has a look at how well the Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 handles some increased clock speeds and it’s not looking so hot: You’re […]

Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 Overclocking just might be futile

by Rafael Hernandez on September 14, 2009 · 0 comments

Heatsinks are a "good enough" cooling solution that can easily be overwhelmed by newer and hotter running chips so many enthusiasts choose to go with a watercooling setup in order to keep things in check and even that isn’t enough…

Read more Intel Core i5 750 Overclocking, the extreme way

by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2009 · 0 comments

We all enjoy cheap PC components as much as the next guy but there’s a reason they’re cheap, they stick to components and designs that are stable at or around their shipped speeds. That won’t cut it for the speed…

Read more ASUS GeForce GTX 285 Matrix, eeking out the best performance

by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD has a habit of putting reasonably powerful graphics cores into a number of their chipsets. Their upcoming 785G is another example sporting a custom built Radeon HD 4200 core that might enable your low-power build to do something other…

Read more AMD's 785G Chipset Graphics Performance AKA Your HTPC can Game

by Rafael Hernandez on August 6, 2009 · 0 comments

There’s that fine line in overclocking where a few more MHz here and there add up to an unstable computer. Spending hours in the BIOS finding all the right settings then trawling around forums for those specialized overclocking tools that…

Read more Asus ROG OC Station, Overclocking With Ease

by Rafael Hernandez on July 29, 2009 · 0 comments

It used to be that motherboard manufacturers would release their products and allow for the enthusiasts and tweakers to get the most out of their products, now they’ve started to take all of that fun for themselves before the boards…

Read more Asus Demonstrates P55 Motherboards, Enjoys the Overclock As Well

by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD’s Phenom II CPU lineup brought the company some much needed attention at a time when the competition was trouncing them in every benchmark imaginable. Well they’re still doing that but at least they’re producing a chip that can hold…

Read more AMD's Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU, Cheap Greased Lightning

by Rafael Hernandez on June 20, 2009 · 0 comments

The old concept behind a home theater PC was to create a system that would visually fit in with the other components which usually turns into a noisey mess because you’re cooling off some power hungry components.ASRock’s ION 330-BD…

Read more ASRock's ION 330-BD, A Compact Tweaker's Home Theater Dream PC

by Rafael Hernandez on June 5, 2009 · 0 comments

Foxconn tends to build things for a whole host of other computer manufacturers but their own computing products are overlooked despite the fact that they put out impressive motherboards, such as their FlamingBlade.HardOCP has a look at the Intel…

Read more Foxconn's FlamingBlade, the Red Signifies Performance…I Think

by Rafael Hernandez on May 23, 2009 · 0 comments

We’re finding more and more high performance chipsets making their way to the MicroATX form factor quicker than ever before. Intel’s X58 is, of course, your only option if you want to make use of their Core i7 CPU so…

Read more MSI's X58M, MicroATX Core i7 Motherboard Action

by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2009 · 0 comments

It used to be that the microATX segment was underserved, relying on expensive boards that didn’t have much going for it other than a smaller form-factor. Those performance hungry engineers got their hands on to everyone’s favorite miniature spec and…

Read more ASUS Rampage II Gene mATX Motherboard, Extreme Performance in an Itty Bitty Formfactor