by Rafael Hernandez on January 26, 2010
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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
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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 August 18, 2009
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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
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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 June 5, 2009
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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
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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