Published: Thursday, May 19, 2011 - Cooling
High performance cooling has come a long way over the years and while most people associate aftermarket cooling options with overclocking that isn't always the case. Some coolers may be best suited as high capacity alternatives to the cheap and unattractive OEM designs.
Published: Friday, May 13, 2011 - Cases
The Thermaltake A30 is clearly targeted at gamers if not LAN party enthusiasts directly. The all black SFF design does little to hide the modular chassis' ability to hold a full size build with only the micro/mini ATX motherboard limiting the options.
Published: Thursday, May 12, 2011 - Power Supply
In this review we will be looking at the Toughpower Grand 1050w power supply from Thermaltake. The Toughpower Grand is a new design aimed at providing the highest efficiency while still delivering clean and reliable power to enthusiast and gaming systems.
Published: Thursday, May 5, 2011 - Motherboards
Sandy 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: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - Motherboards
In this review we will be looking at the P67 offering from Foxconn Quantum Force called the Rattler. The Rattler designed with a few special features to enhance your overclocking enjoyment but follows a principal of only providing the essentials needed for an enthusiast system. Most great overclocking systems follow this model, and with varying degrees of success.
Published: Monday, April 25, 2011 - Motherboards
The P8P67 Evo is a very unique motherboard in that it comes from a line of mainstream motherboards with features normally reserved for higher end enthusiast models. Features such as a digital PWM and hardware based system tuning are generally expensive and difficult to implement so most builders avoid using them except on the boutique level