Published: Monday, March 26, 2012 - Cooling
With the advent ultra small Mini ITX motherboards now supporting Sandy Bridge processors the quest to find a compact aftermarket cooling solution can be quite a challenge. In fact, this is such a challenge that many users opt to use the OEM cooler only to deal with excessive heat and noise depending on their case design.
Published: Thursday, March 22, 2012 - Video
Nvidia claims that the GTX 680 is the fastest and most efficient GPU ever built and evidence of this can be seen in almost every aspect of the video card. In terms of efficiency we can contrast the older GTX 580 and can see a 50w drop in TDP giving the GTX 680 a clear advantage in power consumption. Combine that with the performance enhancements of the Kepler core and you have a GPU we can talk about.
Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Memory
When building a high-performance system you need to ensure that you are using the right components for your application. In the case of gaming and overclocking your choice of memory module can often be crucial in leveling out low framerates and getting the best performance possible especially when paired with the latest Sandy Bridge processor from Intel.
Published: Thursday, March 8, 2012 - Motherboards
In this review we will be looking at an entry level X79 motherboard from Asus called the P9X79. The P9 series of motherboards are part of the mainstream consumer line from Asus designed for the majority of users looking for a stable system and a few upgrade options as you move up the product line.
Published: Thursday, March 1, 2012 - Power Supply
As overclockers we often look at the highest capacity PSUs for our systems, not because we need them but because we want to make sure everything we run has adequate power. 80+ Gold edition PSUs deliver on those desires and do so with less heat, better overall efficiency and in some cases, peak loading conditions above the rated power specs.
Published: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - Cooling
Even though we try to concentrate on enthusiast level cooling solutions we are often called on to look at more mainstream heatsinks to see just how good they really are. In the case of the SilenX EFZ-120HA5 we are pleasantly surprised to see some good C/W numbers from a heatsink that would normally get overlooked by the community.