Reviews & Articles

The Asus Maximus 3 is sure to be one of the premiere LGA 1156 motherboards available. For the love of game don’t miss out on this one.

Gigabyte’s latest SuperOverclock series graphic cards features cherry picked GPUs with 2oz copper, low RDS MOSFET, ferrite chokes, and solid capacitors. As a result, we get a highly overclocked with lower power consumption and cooler operation temperature. Let’s check it out as we puts the GV-N26SO-860i from Gigabyte to the …

MSI has brought us a program that utilizes RivaTuners abiltiy to overclock our video cards, but made this much easier of an interfacing to do so.

Seasonic has allways proven to be one of the best PSU manufacturers for computers. Lets find out why while we take a look at the S12D 850Watt PSU.

The Intel 1156 socket CPU’s have been released. With new CPU’s comes new motherboards that support these CPU’s. Lets take a look at the MSI P55-GD65 motherboard and see what it got.

Lapping the IHS of our CPU’s can be easily done, with out taking to much time out of our busy life styles.

Patriot launched a new Core i5 ram, the Viper 2 Sector 5 2GHz low voltage Dual Channel DDR3 engineered for blazing performance under the 1.65v ram voltage limitation.

Corsair has released a low voltage Dual Channel DDR3 for LGA1156 and it’s low voltage needs. The Dominator 1600 CL8 kit uses 1.65v and we’ve driven it as hard as it will go.

If you are in the market for a budget gaming case, check out the NZXT M59!

With the HD5870 AMD wants to offer twice the performance of the HD4870, full DX11 and OpenCL support while keeping the power consumption down. We’ve run the card through our test lab to see if their claims are true.

Kingston has released a HyperX 2133 MHz kit for Core i5 (LGA 1156) and it’s low voltage needs. Running stock at 2133MHz this kit is sure to blow your socks off.

ASUS has always been a fore runner in technology. It is nothing new for us to see some new products quite regularly. The Xonar HDAV 1.3 Slim audio card is an prime example of ASUS dedication to quality.

The Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 motherboard is the worlds first 24 Phase Power motherboard ever released. The Flagship P55 board is packed with features and did we mention 24 Phase Power?

  Do you need a bit more power to keep your computer running? Don’t ever cheap out on a PSU, instead grab a good brand like Corsair. Today we have the HX850 here today.

  Are you trying to get that last bit out of your aging AGP machine? Well VisionTek is here to back you up. They have taken a 3650, and made it work for the AGP interface. Today we take a look at how it performs.

The Gigabyte 4890 OC features 1GB of DDR5, a non-reference cooler that should drive down those blistering GPU temperatures. Extra cooling does that equal more overclockability?

Artic Cooling has brought us a quiet, stylish chassis fan. These fans come either PWM that supports PST or Temperature Controlled. Lets step inside and check these fans out.

The ASUS M4A78-HTPC/RC is being dubbed as the motherboard to get when ‘Building the Dream Home Theater PC’. We’ve tested it to see if the included features indeed are good enough to warrant this statement.

13 fans all software controlled, aluminum frame, mesh and acrylic side panel window, removable motherboard tray, tool-less design, plus much much more. Meet Ikonik’s RA X10 Sim.

Darkest Of Days is not your typical run of the mill summer game. Come inside and find out why.

Sporting features like Japanese capacitors, gold plated connections, 99% capable PFC, and backed by a 5 year warranty, we review Thermaltakes ToughPower XT 850W power supply.

ABS Canyon 595 is a unique case where the external drive bay has been redesigned to face toward the side of the case. It has an elegant exterior, is light-weight, and made with all aluminum. Read more and see if this case can be the ideal case for you?

ThermalTake has a new series of chassis, that are roomy, and stylish. In a sence these redefine what a mid tower supposed to be. Take a look at ThermalTakes new line up the Element G, T chassis.

Feser is well known for having one of the best radiators out on the market today, they also happen to be the largest radiators on the planet. Well see how Feser stacks up with their Triebwrek fans.

The new LGA 1156 Core i5/i7 CPU’s are here! Lets take them for a test drive and see how they run with and without Turbo Boost, and OCed until they scream for mercy.

With the expense of Solid State Drives come longevity concerns, you want to get the best performance, this article details some of the tricks for longevity and optimization.

The MSI 785GM-E65 is a micro ATX board packed with features built with the updated AMD 785G chipset with 128MB SidePort memory. It may just be the best choice for HTPC board we have tested so far. How does it fares against the competitor? Check our review as we put …

GIGABYTE has come up with a motherboard that has good overclocking capabilities while at the same time making this motherboard affordable.

Targeted for upper mainstream and performance users the Kingston SSDNow V+ offers great performance for the more budget minded that still want high end performance.

The Silverstone SUGO SG05 is a small SFF-case that offers the possibility to combine a small form factor with regular performance components.

  When one 4890 just isn’t enough then there are not a whole lot of options for expansion. Your best bet is to grab another 4890, and run Crossfire. Today we have the VisionTek 4890 here to do just that.

Designed to share music, movies, pictures, and data locally and across the internet, we review Patriot’s Corza NAS to see how it delivers.

We compare Gigabyte’s EX58-Extreme against the UD4P to see if the extra $70 is worth your money. Check it out before you go out and buy the board so you would not spend your hard earned money on something that you may not need.

Needing to find a new use for them upgraded 2.5″ HDD’s? Rosewill gives us a way to breed new life into these out dated HDD’s.

Recently we were invited to a Gigabyte, Intel, Kingston Lynnfield demo meeting in California. We have seen nirvana and it was good. Join us in a sneak peek.

SSD’s are all the rage for ultra fast storage, Crucial has released the CT128M225 with the Indilinx Barefoot controller. We’re betting this is one of the fastest SSD’s out there.

Looking for a TV tuner card that will let you watch TV while recording another show, record 2 shows at once, comes with a Remote and IR receiver, the Asus EHD3-100 might be it.

As technology matures components shrink, the same thing hold true for USB drives. Super Talent fielded the Pico Mini series and they are really small but pack a big storage punch.

Kingston’s SSDNow V 128GB Laptop Upgrade kit is an easy to use kit that allows you to clone your existing HD and leaves you with an external HD enclosure for the old HD.

Vision Tek has brought to us an incredible video card. We all that it can perform very well. the next question is how does it handle when we add another for some Crossfire action? Step inside and see how the HD4770 does.