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CES 2021: Thermaltake Presents the Next-Gen THOUGHLIQUID ULTRA and TOUGHLIQUID ARGB Sync AIO CPU Liquid Cooler
Equipped with TOUGHFAN 12 and water blocks to ensure the most substantial liquid cooling performance. Smart 2.1" LCD monitor brings unique customization for hardware monitoring and visual amusement
Walnut, California, January 7th, 2021-Thermaltake, the leading PC component brand offering premium solutions for cooling, gaming peripherals, and enthusiast memory, today is proud to announce the TOUGHLIQUID Series, the newest member of the Thermaltake AIO liquid cooler line up. TOUGHLIQUID ULTRA and TOUGHLIQUID ARGB Sync are built using the TOUGHFAN 12 high-performance fans to deliver superior cooling performance and stability for system builders. Offering a variety of models, supporting radiators sizes including 240mm, 280mm and 360mm, equipped with a LED display or RGB on the pump."Intuitive hardware monitoring and advanced personalization are what the THOUGLIQUID ULTRA series brings to the market," said Kenny Lin, the CEO of Thermaltake. "The important information like CPU temperature, frequency, and performance usage can be displayed in real-time on the smart 2.1" LCD monitor. Users can also personalize the display with GIF pictures or with custom RGB lighting modes through our RGB software. Thermaltake is giving PC builders even more customization options with this next-gen AIO watercooler."
TOUGHLIQUID ULTRA series
The TOUGHLIQUID ULTRA comes packed with additional features and upgrades, including the high-performance TOUGHFAN 12 Turbo series radiator fans with an impressive 2,500RPM maximum speed offering stronger airflow for enhanced cooling. This new fan incorporates the 2nd-generation hydraulic bearing and LCP blades for maximum cooling performance and quiet operation. The TOUGHLIQUID ULTRA features a redesigned radiator with more fin surface area for excellent thermal efficiency and is now available in 240mm or 360mm form factors. The integrated water pump comes with a full copper base plate for outstanding heat conductivity and the entire cooler comes pre-refilled for zero maintenance and long-lasting operation.
The water block mounted LCD screen is able to display real-time monitoring of multiple hardware components, lighting effects, and customized GIF files featuring out new TT RGB Plus 2.0 software. Sync up with other TT RGB Plus products to create beautiful lighting effects, across multiple levels, all from our NEW 2.0 Software.
TOUGHLIQUID ARGB Sync
The TOUGHLIQUID ARGB Sync follows in the series designed more budget-friendly, adding some RGB instead of an LCD screen, gain great performance with our high-performance TOUGHFAN 12 radiator fans with 2,000RPM for strong airflow and enhanced radiator cooling. The TOUGHFAN utilized the same fan bearing and blades as the ULTRA series for superior cooling performance and quiet operation. This ARGB Sync Edition also uses the same upgraded radiator with more fin surface area and will be available in 240mm, 280mm, and 360mm form factors.
Six addressable LEDs are embedded in the pump block. Featuring a copper cold plate design and rotatable LED cap with 360° rotational orientation. Built-in controller integrated with the water saves space without the need for an external controller to manage, allowing users to connect and set lighting modes, speeds, and colors. SYNC UP the TOUGHLIQUID ARGB to a variety of 5V+ capable motherboards for easy SYNC and control of the RGB all from one software.
Backed by a limited 2-year warranty, TOUGHLIQUID ULTRA, and TOUGHLIQUID ARGB Sync will be available in the USA and Canada in Q1 2021.
MSRP:
TOUGHLIQUID ULTRA 240: $209.99
TOUGHLIQUID ULTRA 360: $239.99
TOUGHLIQUID ARGB 240 $119.99
TOUGHLIQUID ARGB 280 $129.99
TOUGHLIQUID ARGB 360 $149.99CES 2021 and Thermaltake Expo
While CES 2021 moves to an all-digital experience, Thermaltake will launch their new products by hosting Thermaltake Expo on 1/11/2021 at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time on the YouTube channel. TOUGHLIQUID series, more PC cases, power supplies, and gaming peripherals will be revealed with live demonstrations.Watch Thermaltake Expo at the link below:
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Thermaltake Launches High-performance TOUGHAIR CPU Air Cooler
Next-gen heatsink tower features the hardcore fan for unparalleled cooling performance
Available in topflow, single and dual fan configurationsWalnut, California- January 5th, 2021-Thermaltake, the leading PC component brand offering premium solutions for cooling, gaming peripherals, and enthusiast memory solutions, today is proud to present a new series of TOUGHAIR CPU Air Cooler. he TOUGHAIR CPU Air Cooler is equipped with an advanced Gen.2 hydraulic bearing, LCP fan blades, and anti-vibration mounting system to offer outstanding reliability. The TOUGHAIR CPU Air is available in three configurations, including horizontal tower (110), single (310), and dual fan (510) vertical tower designs supporting exceptional performance on the latest Intel and AMD series processors.
"We are tough when it comes to thermal performance insisting on design without compromise, and from that, the TOUGHAIR CPU Air Cooler was born," said Kenny Lin, the CEO of Thermaltake. "Air cooling is a simple and convenient way to cool your PC, and it is rare to see a new air cooler launch in the market. Thermaltake Engineering team has worked hard to design a new air cooler worthy of the TOUGH name and delivers what PC users are expecting."
TOUGHAIR 110/310/510 CPU Air Cooler
The TOUGHAIR CPU Air Coolers come in three different models: 110, 310, and 510. The 110 is a horizontal tower design offering a low-profile design for smaller system builds. The 310 and 510 are vertical tower designs featuring single and dual fan configurations. Cooling these heatsink designs pushing 58.35 CFM @ 2,000 RPM. Each TOUGHFAN 12 offered a controllable fan speed between 500 RPM and 2,000 RPM and built using an advanced Gen.2 hydraulic bearing for long and silent operation.TOUGHAIR CPU Air Coolers are built using four direct contacted 4 x Ø6 mm copper heat pipes with a maximum power handling of 180W TDP. Each cooler features an optimized fin structure for increased air intake and direct contact heat pipes. The universal socket design of the TOUGHAIR makes installation easy, and its retention system is fully compatible with all the latest Intel and AMD CPU sockets.
Backed by a limited 2-year warranty, TOUGHAIR CPU Air Coolers will be available in the USA and Canada in Q1 2021.
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Happy New Year 2021 from Hardware Asylum
Myself and everyone here at Hardware Asylum would like to wish you a Happy New Year. The world is a changed place by now everyone knows about the 2020 Pandemic and what it did to the world economy. As a result, world travel has come to a halt and lockdowns prevented people from attending work, school and friends. Despite the global trouble operations at Hardware Asylum continued and for the second time ever, the podcast was recorded “virtually” with video editions giving listeners a slightly different look into what it takes to plan and record content.
One thing that did change was computer hardware. The spring time lockdown prevented shipments of components and created worldwide shortages of everything from cases and coolers to video cards and processors. I spent several days attempting to buy a Threadripper 3 only to later find out the processor was overhyped and under preformed. The new NVIDIA RTX 30 Series was handled poorly and while I think there were alternative motives behind this the massive price drop and filtered benchmark numbers caused demand to skyrocket.
Overall, this is not a bad thing for NVIDIA or the Crypto Miners who bought up the available cards. It just makes things difficult for the rest of us.
Welcome to 2021, I hope this year serves you well and, if you voted for Pedro, then shame on you. (read my post from last year to know why)
It will be weird to skip CES this year. Due to the “situation” the show has gone 100% virtual and I decided to just send emails off to my mfg partners asking again for their support.
Happy New Year
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VIPER GAMING by PATRIOT launches high capacity VIPER STEEL RGB memory modules and kits
Award-winning VIPER STEEL DDR4 memory forged with new RGB Illumination, 3200MHz - 3600MHz kits available in various capacities from 8GB to 64GB
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA — December 17th, 2020 — VIPER GAMING by PATRIOT™, a trademarked brand of PATRIOT and a global leader in performance memory, solid-state drives, and flash storage solutions, today is pleased to announce the launch of its new VIPER STEEL RGB series DDR4 high-performance memory. The VIPER STEEL RGB series evolved from the award-winning VIPER STEEL series memory and now comes equipped with spectacular RGB illumination and dedicated to bringing desktop DRAM RGB lighting design to a whole new level. The VIPER STEEL RGB series memory kits are currently available at speeds 3200MHz and 3600MHz with the largest capacity of 64GB (2x32GB) kit. All modules are hand-tested and optimized across the latest Intel and AMD Ryzen platforms to deliver excellent stability and a visual feast of RGB lighting to PC enthusiasts and water-cooled PC modders.
For better thermal dissipation and distinctive appearance, the VIPER STEEL RGB series DDR4 memory features a redesigned heatshield comprised of high-quality aluminum coated in a pearlescent black paint and a scratch-proof finish. The lightbar embedded on the top of the heatshield brings 5 impressive multi-zones of RGB to the memory module. It fully supports the latest ASUS Aura Sync, GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 2.0, MSI Mystic Light Sync, ASROCK Polychrome Sync RGB Motherboard RGB applications.
Each of the VIPER STEEL RGB series memory kit modules has been strictly screened and is built on a ten-layer PCB with the best-quality components. The DRAM modules have been optimized separately across the latest Intel and AMD Ryzen platforms to deliver extreme performance with utmost signal quality and reliability. This series is available in single 8GB/16GB/32GB modules or dual module kits with a maximum 64GB(32x2) capacity and in frequencies between 3200MHz and 3600MHz. With the benefit of XMP 2.0 automatic overclock(OC) settings, the VIPER STEEL RGB series memory kit preserves potential headroom for additional overclocking performance and tuning. Backed by a PATRIOT limited lifetime warranty, the VIPER STEEL RGB series is tailor-made for hardcore gamers, case modders, and overclockers and is now available at major US retailers.
“We’re thrilled to launch our popular demand of VIPER STEEL RGB PERFORMANCE MEMORY for those enthusiasts who are obsessed with maximizing hardware performance” said Roger Shinmoto, Vice President of Patriot and Viper Gaming.
Features:
- Series: Viper Steel RGB
- Edition: Black headshield sides with golden Viper logo / Lightbar top
- Aluminum heat spreader with golden Viper logo design element
- RGB Sync up with ASUS/ASRock/MSI/Gigabyte motherboard app
- Feature Overclock: XMP 2.0 support for automatic overclocking
- Compatibility: Tested across the latest Intel/AMD platforms
- Limited lifetime warranty
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Funky Kit Review - HyperX Fury RGB 64GB DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory Kit
The Fury is here, phj34r the phury!!
The HyperX Fury RGB 64GB DDR4-3600 are an amazing memory kit for gamers and computer enthusiasts. It combines all the best features for the most demanding of users. HyperX once again delivers high quality, high performance, and outstanding compatibility. Those who are into overclocking will also be satisfied with Fury's great overclocking ability.
As many of us know there are several factors that influence system performance and while most reddit reading gamers will say Video Card I am here to say that the subsystem is the most important part.
Think of it this way. You are sitting in a chair, your hands and feet are bound and someone throws the chair into a 200ft deep pool. You would love to get out of the water before you drown but there is something stopping you.
This metaphor is basically your video card using the crack you have been reading on reddit. Bottom line, processor, memory and motherboard. Three components together that can break these rusty chains.
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AORUS RTX 3080 Master Review @ Vortez
Ok, so when I post reviews from other websites I do so with the following intent.
- To share what other sites are doing and help hardware enthusiasts find products to read about
- According to google I'm doing the worse thing ever and they tend to punish websites to the fullest extent of "their" law by refusing to index sites that post links to other websites and then bury the content they have indexed to that nobody will ever find it. While I see no harm in posting a link to another website it seems scammers figured out how to make money from it and thus hurting everyone. #ruinitforeveryone
- Get a chuckle out of the "quotes" that sites send out. You can sometimes feel their enthusiasm by the quotes they send
- Miskpell certain words to see if anyone will ever write in to complain.
I have a love hate relationship with Aorus, they make some good stuff but, have this internal power struggle preventing them from actually making the company better.
Today we’re set to take a look at what AORUS has to offer with their RTX 3080 Master. This graphics card is quite easily one of the biggest we’ve ever encountered.
And here we have that quote. It is like they want to do good but are scared that nobody will pay attention. I mean where is the hook to prompt people to click the link??
I might suggest giving them a click just to show some love.
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ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X @ TechPowerUp
I will admit that I haven't followed the AMD Radeon RX releases much. They are pretty good cards but have typically run hotter than you would expect and, for the most part, are never in stock and companies rarely send them out for review.
Despite this, AMD fans love them some Radeon and thus a cult following is born.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X comes with three 8-pin power inputs, which brings the card's maximum board power to 525 W. The cooler is a big triple-slot, triple-fan monstrosity that achieves excellent temperatures, better than any other RX 6800 XT custom design so far.
Funny thing, I forgot that ASRock made video cards. I wonder why that is.
Oh ya..
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Hardware Asylum and Lexar New Year Giveaway
Greetings Everyone!
With the challenging year of 2020 coming to a close I wanted to wish you and yours a Happy New Year and to help close everything out on a positive note I teamed up with Lexar to give away some great memory products.
- 1x Lexar® SL200 Portable SSD
- 1x Lexar® Professional 1066x microSD™ UHS-I Card SILVER Series 256GB
- 1x Lexar® Multi-Card 2-in-1 USB 3.1 Reader
Total 3 winners will be announced on Jan 11st, 2021.
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GeIL Announces the Availability of ORION RGB Gaming Memory, Ready for AMD RYZEN 5000 Series Desktop Processors
Optimized for the latest AMD and Intel latest platforms, frequencies from 2666MHz to 4400MHz, and capacities from 8GB to 128GB kit
Taipei, Taiwan - December 1st, 2020 – GeIL, Golden Emperor International Ltd. – one of the world's leading PC components and manufacturers today announced a new member of their award-winning ORION product line, the ORION RGB Gaming Memory. The new ORION RGB Gaming Memory delivers an advanced RGB LED array built on the understated aluminum heat spreader design for an enchanting RGB illumination. It is available in frequencies ranging from 2666MHz to the high-performance 4400MHz with larger capacities up to 128GB (4x32GB) as well as racing red and titanium gray spreaders with dual-channel and quad-channel. The new modules are optimized for the latest AMD and Intel platforms offering unparalleled performance to pro-gamers, enthusiastic builders, and video creators.
"Many of our customers have encouraged us to extend an RGB version for the ORION Memory. I'm pleased to announce the availability of the ORION RGB Gaming Memory, and it is designed for the gamers and enthusiast PC users who are looking for new ways to customize the interior of their gaming desktops." said Jennifer Huang, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at GeIL.
The ORION RGB Gaming Memory modules inherit the unique convex surface heat spreader design, which features high-quality aluminum for excellent heat dissipation and available in titanium gray and modish racing red. The sci-fi patterned light bar comes with an advanced LED array and is built to easily fit most PC cases in the market without mechanical interference to the CPU coolers. The ORION RGB Gaming Memory is 100% compatible with major motherboard RGB illumination applications, including ASUS Aura Sync, ASROCK Polychrome Sync, BIOSTAR RGB Sync, GIGABYTE RGB Fusion 2.0, and MSI Mystic Light Sync. These provide several customizable combinations of RGB illumination. Users can synchronize the ORION RGB Gaming Memory with their motherboard's RGB illumination scheme to achieve the perfect color combination.
The ORION RGB GAMING Memory is launched in Intel and AMD package versions. It has been thoroughly tested and optimized separately to offer an ultra-fast DDR4 DRAM memory with superb stability and compatibility across the latest Intel and AMD Ryzen platforms. The series will be available as single 8G/16G/32GB modules in dual and quad module kits for a maximum capacity of 128GB (4x32). The ORION RGB Gaming Memory offers frequencies up to 4400MHz at CL19 in dual-channel and four voltage settings depending on the selected profile. The voltages 1.2V, 1.35V, 1.4V, and 1.45V provide stability at higher speeds and allow overclockers and system builders more options when configuring their builds. GeIL ORION RGB Gaming Memory is verified to bring stability and performance, which guarantees an ideal working environment for pro-gamers, overclockers, and video content creators.
Backed by the GeIL limited lifetime warranty, the ORION RGB Gaming Memory will be available at select retails and e-tailers in the middle of December 2020.
Official Webpage:
ORION RGB Gaming Memory: http://www.geil.com.tw/product/?id=56
ORION RGB Gaming Memory AMD Edition: http://www.geil.com.tw/product/?id=55 -
Introducing the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Graphics Cards have arrived.
The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti lets you take on the latest games using the power of Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd generation RTX architecture. Get incredible performance with enhanced Ray Tracing Cores and Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and high-speed G6 memory. Combined with the next generation of design, cooling, and overclocking with EVGA Precision X1, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Series redefines what it means to have The Ultimate Play.
NVIDIA Ampere Architecture
The all-new NVIDIA Ampere architecture features new 2nd generation Ray Tracing Cores and 3rd generation Tensor Cores with greater throughput. The NVIDIA Ampere streaming multiprocessors are the building blocks for the world’s fastest, most efficient GPU for gamers and creators.Pick the Graphics Card That Fits You Perfectly
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti cards come in different sizes and offer different cooling solutions. From the redesigned iCX3 cooling assembly on the FTW3, to a shorter PCB and dual-slot cooling on the XC models, there's something for everyone trying to build that perfect system.EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FTW3
The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FTW3 cards are designed for the gamer who demands a screaming-fast card, ice-cold three-fan cooling, an all-metal backplate*, and attractive ARGB lighting. The FTW3 cards also feature iCX3 Cooling to provide a unified copper block for GPU and memory, a thicker heatsink to provide exceptional cooling, three fans to cool the card efficiently and quietly, and a 2-slot bracket to ensure case compatibility.EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC
The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC cards are designed for the no-frills gamer who needs a high-performance card that can also fit into tight spaces. Smartly designed to be cooled with two large fans, protected with an all-metal backplate, and carefully packaged into a short two-slot card for maximum compatibility with all types of gaming cases, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC cards embody what it means to have The Ultimate Play.Take Control With EVGA Precision X1
EVGA Precision X1 gives you full control over your fans, overclocking, monitoring, and ARGB lighting*.Add Your Own Personal Flair
With a customizable ARGB panel, the EVGA GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti FTW3 cards feature a customizable RGB lighting experience to fit any color scheme.To learn more about EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Series graphics cards, please visit https://www.evga.com/articles/01458.
