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Pro-Clockers Two For One
Tuniq Ripper 1000W PS
"Known for their very impressive cooling products, Tuniq some time ago set out to conquer the world of high wattage power supplies. Their first attempt is the Ripper. A very fitting name for a high-end power supply capable of supporting multi-GPU rigs often geared towards gamers. Beside high wattage numbers these rigs also requires high amps numbers on the 12 volt rails and the Ripper has that too totaling 100 amps across the four dedicated rails."
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
"Before I re-write the About Us page for Noctua let’s get into why we are here today. Noctua was generous enough to send other their latest cooler, NH-D14. The D14 as we will call it is the largest cooler we have seen from Noctua to date. This new cooler weighs in at 1240 grams with two fans attached. This alone is scary enough but due to the SecuFirm 2 mounting system weight should be the last issue on your mind. Lets get into the review before I reveal anymore secrets on the D14."
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Posted by jim on Friday, February 05 @ 02:29:39 PST (4 reads)
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Modding A Barracuda 7200.11
This one is quite interesting it shows you how to make your Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 perform as if it was a 10,000 RPM Western Digital VelociRaptor.
"That's a really catchy title, isn't it? Who wouldn't want to turn a "slow" 7,200 RPM hard disk drive into a super-fast 10,000 RPM Western Digital VelociRaptor? After all, the 300 GB model of the much-vaunted HDD speed king retails for US$ 199.99, while a 1.5 TB Barracuda 7200.11 only costs US$ 109.99. Imagine getting the performance of the VelociRaptor with the capacity and price of the Seagate Barracuda! The guys at TechwareLabs came up with an apparently nifty way to "transform" the 1.5 TB Barracuda 7200.11 hard disk drive into a VelociRaptor-killer. But before you go rushing out to grab yourself a 1.5 TB Barracuda 7200.11 hard disk drive, please note that their mod basically involves crippling the Barracuda..."
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Posted by jim on Friday, February 05 @ 02:23:14 PST (9 reads)
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Hot Hardware Two For One
ATi Radeon HD 5450 Video Card
"Over the course of the past four months or so, AMD has been on a tear, releasing a slew of new DirectX 11-class GPUs at price points ranging from approximately $600 all the way on down to about $100. All the while, AMD was also up front about the release schedule for many upcoming, future products. If you remember back to some of our previous Radeon HD 5000 series coverage, we showed you a picture of a slide, that outlined AMD's plans to launch the GPUs codenamed Redwood and Cedar sometime in Q1 2010. Redwood became the Radeon HD 5670 and today we can finally spill the beans on the first iteration of Cedar--AKA the ATI Radeon HD 5450..."
Intel Details Upcoming Processors
"With the International Solid-State Circuits Conference less than a week away, Intel has released additional details on its hexa-core desktop, next generation mobile and dual-core Westmere processors. Much of the dual-core data was revealed last month when the CPU manufacturer launched Clarkdale. When Intel set its internal goals for what its calling Westmere 6C, the company aimed to boost both core and cache count by 50 percent without increasing the processor's thermal envelope. Towards this end, the new Westmere chips will incorporate additional technologies to reduce the CPU's power consumption at idle..."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, February 04 @ 09:05:37 PST (5 reads)
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Tweaknews Two For One
Synology DS-210J Two-Bay NAS
"Synology's DS210j is a great example of a low cost and easy to set up NAS unit geared towards home users and their demands. Storing and sharing multimedia files is a top priority in the home market, and the DS210j has those needs covered by providing a DLNA media server, iTunes server, audio station, download station, and various other features."
HIS Radeon HD 5750 Video Card
"HIS has done a great job of releasing a feature-filled HD5750 option for the mild gaming consumer to consider. With excellent cooling and an included free DX11 game, this HD5750 for US$155 can be summed up against other HD5750s as being one of the best options available."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, February 04 @ 09:02:08 PST (4 reads)
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Benchmark Reviews Two For One
Windows 7 System Image Disc Recovery
"Very recently Benchmark Reviews published the Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade and Installation guide, which helps erase the mistakes made by Windows Vista and introduces computer enthusiasts to the newly introduced O/S. Microsoft has enjoyed a successful launch for their Windows 7 Operating System, also referred to at Win7 or W7, and PCs have been made more productive and secure as a result. But like all good things that we receive, it's in our nature to protect and keep them. "
Crucial RealSSD-C300 SATA-III 6Gbps SSD
"Solid State Drive technology has helped transform computers into high-performance machines. Adding to the mania, 6.0-Gbps SATA-III bandwidth has cleared any bottlenecks that may have previously limited SSD speeds. Based on the Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 SSD processor, the 256GB Crucial RealSSD-C300 becomes the industry's first SATA-6G consumer Solid State Drive. Likewise, the C300 is also the first SSD to use ONFI 2.1 synchronous NAND flash. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the MTFDDAC256MAG model rated for 355 MBps read speeds using the HighPoint Rocket 620LF host controller."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, February 03 @ 16:59:18 PST (5 reads)
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Legit Reviews Two For One
ECS GeForce GT 240 512MB
"If your looking for a graphics card to use in an HTPC the ECS GeForce GT 240 would be ideal as the Arctic Cooling heat sink does a great job of keeping the card cool. The best part is that it's nearly silent in operation and would not be distracting at all in a quiet room. While we don't have an official statement from NVIDIA, we have it on good authority that the GeForce GT 240 will support 3D Blu-ray. The only thing keeping it from being the perfect HTPC card is the lack of bit streaming HD audio..."
SilverStone SG05 White Case
"The SilverStone SG05 Mini-ITX/DTX computer case is one designed for minimal space and maximum flexibility. Unlike other small-form factor cases, the SG05 attempts to provide users with options by supporting large video cards, larger heat sink fans, and an 80-plus 300 watt PSU. The large 120mm fan provides ample cooling while the included IDE-adapter and bezel replacement part serve as excellent examples of SilverStone's well-thought out design and dedication to pleasing owners..."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, February 03 @ 16:53:44 PST (5 reads)
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Think Computers Two For One
ASRock P55 Extreme Motherboard
“Prior to about a year ago, ASRock boards were definitely in the economy class. Oh, they were decent, stable motherboards, but they just had the look and feel of inexpensive. Not so today, ASRock’s boards are just as nice as those built by the “household name” companies like Gigabyte, Asus, etc. Today I will be looking at the little brother to the P55 Deluxe, the ASRock P55 Extreme. I suppose “little brother” isn’t the correct term since the two are basically the same board with only one change I can see at first glance, but the savings are significant. As with all A SRock boards, you get what is a full-featured motherboard at an economy price. Read on to check out the P55 Extreme!"
NZXT Beta EVO Case
“Back in June we had the opportunity to look at the NZXT Beta case. We found it to be quite a nice case for the price, but today we get to look at the revamped version of the Beta, the NZXT Beta EVO Mid Tower Case. Some improvements from the original case are more fan space, lower mounted PSU, and many other features. Read on further to see how much better the EVO is over the original NZXT Beta case."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, February 03 @ 16:49:22 PST (5 reads)
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Pure Overclock Two For One
Mionix Naos 5000 Mouse
"The peripheral gaming market is competitive and crowded, but Swedish company Mionix claims the Naos 5000 to be exceptionally comfortable, bore out by a rather unique ergonomic design from what we've seen. The features and specifications for the Naos are impressive, but we've seen many products make big claims on paper, only to find they couldn't live up to the hype when put to task. Can the Naos impress or will it add to the pile of gaming peripheral wannabees?"
Thrustmaster F1 & F430 Controllers
“Thrustmaster's Dual Action Gamepad Controllers for the PC, the F1 Wireless and the F430 Wired, are inspired by famous Ferrari cars, and offer some stylish aesthetics for PC gamers who want the ability to use gamepad controllers. But what about functionality? Let's find out.”
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, February 03 @ 16:44:12 PST (5 reads)
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RB Mods Two For One
Asus UL50-V Laptop
"Today it's time once again to take a look at a product from Asus. Today we got their latest laptop named UL50-V that seems to be a mid range laptop with a price around 800$. It has some neat features like a long battery time, slim build, and a very exclusive looking case so lets have a closer look at this sample."
Arctic Cooling Univeral USB Charger
"Today we are taking a look at a bit different product than normal, we got a couple of samples from Artic Cooling that we are going to look at today. They sent us their Universal USB chargers, a 1 port version and a 4 port version that we are going to test out today."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, February 03 @ 16:38:26 PST (8 reads)
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Tweak Town Triple Play
Corsair Dominator GTX Series PC3-19200 4GB Kit
"Towards the end of December we saw PC3-17600 show its face. What you had was 2200MHz DDR modules with some pretty relaxed timings. Then in waltzes Corsair, strutting their stuff with a PC3-18000 kit that carried with it a default clock of 2250MHz DDR and some impressive timings to boot. If that wasn't enough, the fact that we then got another 100MHz+ DDR out of the kit with the same timings was just awesome. Another week goes by and we find ourselves looking at a kit that might be carrying some slightly more relaxed timings, but a massive stock clock. PC3-19200 is the number you need to know today. Let's jump forward a page and find out what that huge number translates to."
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO Motherboard
"ASUS is a manufacturer known for the features they stuff into their motherboards. This has been viewed as both a benefit and an annoyance, but in the end you cannot deny that ASUS does know how to make a motherboard with performance in mind. ASUS has now brought this mindset to bear for the H55 and H57 chipset. Although the H55 and H57 are aimed at the mainstream and entry level market, ASUS has not allowed this to stop them from making an enthusiast level product. Today we take a look at the P7H57D-V EVO. This board has both USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 as well as ASUS’ Turbo EVO software for quick and stable overclocking."
SSD Optimization Guide
"As SSDs continue to gain popularity, the questions about how to properly set them up have become more frequent. To make matters worse, there have been so many sources of bad information published on the web. Even worse, a few companies have sold software that “Enables up to 50 times extra performance from your SSD”. When tested, the software actually slowed down disk performance. Today we are going to cut through all of the hype and discuss proven methods that will allow you to get the most out of your high performance desktop or notebook. We have a lot to cover today, so let’s get started."
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Posted by jim on Tuesday, February 02 @ 17:46:11 PST (9 reads)
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DragonSteelMods Two For One
Arctic Sound E361-WM Earbuds
"Arctic Cooling is a company renowned for their PC cooling products. So today’s review will be something outside their normal product line. Today we will look at one of their first forays into the portable audio market with the Arctic Sound E361-WM. Recently they debut their Arctic Sound line of audio products and this model is the high end version of their earphone line with the 1 and 2 series being their standard and mid-range models.."
Thermaltake DuOrb VGA Cooler
"Today for review I’ve got the Thermaltake DuOrb VGA cooler. The DuOrb is nice looking product, it’s copper and it has blue LEDs in it for a little color in your case. I’ve got a Diamond ATI 4870 1gig that has a stock cooler that works fairly well, but it can get rather loud under load so I had high hopes that the DuOrb could keep my card cool and quiet at the same time… "
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Posted by jim on Monday, February 01 @ 20:41:58 PST (8 reads)
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CompuStocx CEC3 4GB DDR3-1333 Kit
Our friends at OC Inside look at some CompuStocx CEC3 DDR3-1333 memory, a brand that I have never heard of, read on to see how it does.
"The CompuStocx CEC3 PC3-10600 4GB DDR3 Dual Channel memory kit is equipped with heat spreader and the design is looking very nice. In the current OC review the 2x2GB DDR3 memory kit was extensively overclocked to test the results of these CSX OC modules inside and outside the specifications."
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Posted by jim on Monday, February 01 @ 20:37:30 PST (7 reads)
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X-bit labs Two For One
EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard
"It has been for a long time now that EVGA brand is associated not only with graphics accelerators, although they still make a big share of company’s sales, like they always have. EVGA is already offering monitors, computer accessories of all kinds, and of course, mainboards. North American market still remains the company’s priority, however, you can easily find EVGA solutions in Europe as well. We continue talking about mainboards from different manufacturers based on Intel P55 Express chipset. EVGA Company offers an entire series of solutions like that that differ in size, functionality, and certainly price, which can be anywhere between $120 and $350. Without going into any extremes, we decided not to go for the most expensive or the cheapest solution in the lineup and purchased an EVGA P55 FTW priced at $230."
Scythe Grand Kama Cross Cooler
"Scythe Grand Kama Cross design didn’t really change compared with the previous model – Scythe Kama Cross. The cooler still consists of two aluminum heatsinks installed at 45 degrees angle to the mainboard surface (the so-called X-structure). There is a fan attached above them. However, the cooler has become significantly larger and heavier: instead of the 140x120x132 mm and 530 g it now measures 177x140x137 mm and weighs 750 g..."
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Posted by jim on Monday, February 01 @ 20:31:16 PST (4 reads)
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Tweaknews Two For One
Xigmatek Balder SD1283 CPU Cooler
"Xigmatek's Balder SD 1283 CPU cooler has it all covered. It's got outstanding cooling performance, a distinctive look, an innovative direct touch design and mounting solutions that are second to none. Xigmatek has done a great job with the Balder, offering the PC enthusiast community top-notch performance in a well-engineered product with excellent fit and finish."
Thermaltake V1 AX CPU Cooler
"In 2008, Thermaltake released the V1 CPU Cooler which had great features and aesthetics which made it an interesting cooler. Now, Thermaltake has released a revised cooler and named it the V1 AX. The main difference between these coolers is the material. The V1 AX is made of aluminum fins and a copper base while the V1 is made entirely of copper."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, January 28 @ 19:39:44 PST (7 reads)
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RB Mods Two For One
Steelseries Xai Mouse
"Today we are taking a look at a mouse from Steelseries, they sent us their latest gaming mouse named Xai. This mouse comes equipped with a small display on the bottom and it is also conveniently made for lboth eft and right handed users. A quick first look at the software shows an array of various features to play around with if you are a gamer or normal user."
NZXT Tempest EVO Case
"NZXT has updated their Tempest case, now dubbed the Tempest EVO It is of course geared towards gamers and enthusiasts. NZXT claims that the Tempest EVO allows for expiation and compatibility with future hardware."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, January 28 @ 17:47:14 PST (8 reads)
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PC Stats Two For One
AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE CPU
"AMD is kicking off 2010 by introducing new low-power versions of some its most popular processors and bumping up the speed of a select few Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs. Today PCSTATS is looking at the 3.2GHz AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition processor, which amongst other things has the distinction of being AMD's fastest socket AM3 dual-core processor ever."
AMD Phenom II X4 910e CPU
"AMD seeks to shift that tide with the introduction of the energy efficient AMD Phenom II X4 910e processor for socket AM3. This 2.6GHz quad core chip has as all the Phenom II features that you expect: 2.6GHz quad-core design based on the "Deneb" microarchitecture, 6MB of shared L3 cache and 512KB of L2 cache per core, and a 4GHz HyperTransport 3.0 processor-to-system bus."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, January 28 @ 17:29:32 PST (7 reads)
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Tweaktown Two For One
Xigmatek Midgard Case
"Xigmatek has gone the way of chassis design and building as a way to start to supply the end user the more completed package. With the manufacturing of cases, Xigmatek offers a total aftermarket line to go from components sitting in a cart online, to a complete build with matching or corresponding themes. Old Norse Legend and mythological names have been a trend from Xigmatek for some time now. The Thor’s Hammer, named after a God and his tool of might to the Bifrost graphics card cooler, named after the bridge that links Asgard with Midgard. It seems only fitting to take a name from a land that was the refuge for Thor and the rest of the known inhabited world at that time. It doesn’t take that far of a leap to get the naming scheme of the Midgard chassis name."
Sapphire HD 5670 Overclocking
"There's been word floating around that the HD 5670 is quite the overclocker with it running into no problems achieving the maximum GPU clock of 850MHz that is offered via the Overdrive functionality inside the Catalyst driver suite. With our Sapphire HD 5670 sitting around and not doing a whole lot, we thought it was time to throw it back into the testbed and see if we could not only max out the overclock of the card via the Overdrive feature, but also see what kind of performance increase we can achieve from doing so."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, January 27 @ 17:14:43 PST (7 reads)
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Pure Overclock Two For One
Athlon II X3 440 X4 635 & Phenom II X4 910e
“AMD is introducing several ‘new’ chips, though they are new only in name. The Athlon II X3 440, Athlon II X4 635, and Phenom II X4 910e (the e denoting low power usage) are just three of several new AMD chips, and they do look rather familiar, particularly the X4 635 which reminds us of the impressive X4 620 that proved to be a tremendous overclocker on the cheap. These processors are essentially refresh chips with lower prices and higher clocks. AMD is going for computing value, plain and simple, and these processors are their response to Intel's Clarkdale launch for the most part.”
Nexus RX-1K 1000W Power Supply
“Continuing their goal of low noise solutions, Nexus has the RX-1K 1000W power supply that comes with a pretty attractive price of $200 USD and a modular setup. Let's have a closer look and find out if it can maintain low noise levels when loaded to the gills with some serious power-hungry components.”
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, January 27 @ 16:22:13 PST (6 reads)
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Heaven Media Two For One
Akasa Freedom Tower CPU Cooler
"Today HardwareHeaven take a look at Akasas Freedom Tower CPU cooler. The Freedom Tower is a high performance product which is designed to combine exceptional thermal performance with silent operation and an attractive design."
Xigmatek Lighter 60GB Drive
"Today HardwareHeaven will have a look at the latest product from Xigmatek which offers a compromise between the small size of flash drives and the more reasonable cost of 2.5" drives, the Lighter 60GB USB drive."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, January 27 @ 16:18:10 PST (10 reads)
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Motherboards Two For One
Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 Motherboard
"In terms of features the GIGABYTE MA790FXTA-UD5 motherboard is second to none on the AMD market right now with support for SATA 3, USB 3, AM3 CPUs, 3-way CrossfireX and more. The inclusion of so many new features can cripple the functionality of other features such as CrossfireX on the P55 chipset, but the 790FX chipset is built with more than 36 PCI Express lanes in mind for 4-way Crossfire, meaning there is plenty of headroom for using the PCI Express lanes for SATA 3 and USB 3.0 with the Marvell and NEC controller chips. Performance was pretty good on this system. If you are in the market for an AMD based system this board is a great starting point for those wanting the latest and greatest features available. This board falls just under our Editors Choice, but is a solid motherboard nonetheless."
XFX HD 5670 775M Video Card
"Gaming performance aside, DirectX 11 support is not very important at this moment due to the scarcity of DX11 games but as we move further into 2010 and into 2011 we will see many games with support for it. In any event the HD 5670 is an excellent choice for those wanting DX11 support from an under $100 video card and a great choice for those wanting three monitor support from an inexpensive card and Home Theater PC owners wanting a modern video card that will fit easily into their cases."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, January 27 @ 11:32:59 PST (7 reads)
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