Published: Friday, May 25, 2012 - Motherboards
Sandy Bridge, and now Ivy Bridge, has helped to define a new style of enthusiast system by providing top end performance for a fraction of cost. Another benefit is lower overall power consumption, and let's face it enthusiast systems aren't running 100% all the time so why not save some power in the process.
Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - Systems
In this review we will be looking at a new gaming system build from Cyberpower PC called the Gamer Xtreme 2000 SE. This is an Ivy Bridge based system designed to be an inexpensive and yet powerful gaming PC with a total price tag around $1200US.
Published: Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Video
The Gigabyte GV-N670OC-GD2 has many things going for it starting with the new GTX 670 GPU. This may be a cut down version of the GTX 680 but it has plenty of power for most games and some to spare in others. Most of that power comes from the impressive factory overclock which was due, in part, to the custom designed PCB and Windforce thermal solution.
Published: Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Cooling
Arctic Cooling is a Swiss company dedicated to providing a variety of aftermarket cooling products and accessories from power supplies to remote control cars. The fans we tested in this article are all quite good and made from high quality materials. While they may not be the most powerful fans you can buy they do offer a good balance between cooling performance and overall noise.
Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - Input Device
Today we will be looking at the latest gaming keyboard in the CM Storm line, the Trigger. Cooler Master works with high profile professional gamers and enthusiasts through their eSports sponsorships to co-develop products like the Trigger at a military grade level. The result is some of the most attractive and functional products on the market today.
Published: Monday, April 30, 2012 - Cases
One of the first Silverstone cases we ever reviewed was the Temjin TJ04 and felt it was one of the cleanest looking cases you could buy. In that review we also discovered that while it did look amazing the case was plagued with a few cooling issues that were easily solved with a few modifications.