The Sapphire HD 6950 Dirt3 Edition Video Card uses a stock clocked HD 6950 with 2GB GDDR5, but certainly comes in with quite a bit more than a reference board.Naturally, the Sapphire HD 6950 Dirt3 Edition is named for its inclusion of a free copy of Codemaster’s newest driving game Dirt3, as well as Sapphire’s own TRIXX utility, but the …
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NZXT H2 Classic Series Silent Midtower Case Review @ Bigbruin.com
NZXT supplied three quiet 120mm fans with the H2 and there are two more spots to add more fans. All fans and optional fan areas have filtering to keep most of the dust and debris out of the interior of the case. And with an integrated fan speed controller and lots of sound dampening material throughout the case, the system …
Read More »ADATA S511 Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
ADATA knows that SandForce-driven SSDs are a win-win combination of performance and speed. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the ADATA S511 solid state drive. Based on the popular new SandForce SF-2281 SATA 6GB/s controller and fast IMFT-branded NAND flash components, ADATA claims the AS511S3 is capable of 550 MB/s read and 510 MB/s write speed with 4K random write …
Read More »Coolink Corator DS CPU Cooler Review @ eTeknix.com
Today we are taking a look at the Coolink Corator DS, a CPU cooler which is not quite as mainstream as it looks. CPU coolers, or at least air-based coolers, have had a tendency to grow in size and in all dimensions. This is certainly no exceptions as this thing is huge and I would certainly take a gander at …
Read More »Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 Full Tower Chassis Review @ Tweak Town
Thermaltake has been around for what seems like as long as I have been around. While their beginnings may have been “rocky” and most users shun the name brand these days, I am here to tell you that Thermaltake has made leaps and bounds worth of improvement over this time frame. Even just looking back to the Element cases I …
Read More »Revising Cinema for the Blu-ray age – Where to draw the line? @ Tweak Town
Film fans are nothing if not passionate folk and for many their favourite films represent far more than the celluloid they are printed on. For some it’s a life; a religion and these films are embraced as their own children. In recent years, it has become relatively common practice to make alterations to a film during the remastering and restoration …
Read More »Cubitek XL Tank Computer Case Review @ APH Networks
Australia — what a glorious country. I may be biased in my observations, but no one can deny its epicness: Riding kangaroos to work, having a conservative political party called “Liberals”, celebrating Christmas in the summer, and having everything in general upside down are just a few things to mention. As truly nice as Australia is to live in, we …
Read More »How to build a computer Part #1 – Choosing a processor @ eTeknix.com
Whether you’re a novice user or not, building a computer can be a daunting task. More so in the present day as more competition is about than ever before, and major price wars are seen between them constantly. We are compiling a set of guides to assist in your buying decisions so that you can make the most educated choice …
Read More »Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W Power Supply Review @ Aphnetworks
What is the first thing that comes to mind when I mention the words ‘cake’ and ‘cheese’? Cheese that is melted on top of a cake? A cake made out of cheese? Or should I simply refer to it as a cheesecake? Recently, I have been reading Preston’s Toughpower Grand 750W report, and thought to myself: What better way is …
Read More »Asus Matrix Platinum GTX 580 1.5GB Review @ Kitguru
When Asus put time and effort into creating a modified, custom cooled graphics card the world sits up and takes notice, especially when it is based around Nvidias stunning GTX 580. Today we are looking at the new GTX 580 Matrix Platinum 1.5GB, which gets the special Republic Of Gamers treatment. Full story at Kitguru.
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