Despite only announcing their product line today, Phanteks has a wealth of expertise in this domain adding another credential to their line-up of features. Lets see if they can take on the challenge set by Noctua and Thermalright. Full story at Vortez
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Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 Vapor-X OC 1GB Video Card Review @ Tweak Town
At the moment we’re going through these little phases with video cards; we get a couple in and then it dies down for a few weeks. Then a few more come in and it dies down a little bit again. The latest card to slide into the lab here comes from Sapphire and is an expansion of the Vapor-X series. …
Read More »Lian Li PC-90 Computer Case @ Benchmark Reviews
For many enthusiasts, fitting the very best hardware into a computer case comes at a high price. Unfortunately it means having large, unwieldy enclosures to house all of their hardware. To combat this, Lian Li has created an enclosure with unique properties to combat the growing bloat of systems, and to their credit it seems to has worked. By allowing …
Read More »Rugby World Cup 2011 PlayStation 3 Review @ Tweak Town
Since the 1999 release of X-Men which completely re-invigorated the comic book movie adaptation business after it was murdered so completely by 1997’s Batman & Robin, the movie industry has been awash with every superhero from both the major American comic studios Marvel and DC and other independent studios, generating billions of dollars in ticket sales and rejuvenating the comic …
Read More »Girls in charge – if Carlsberg made gamers @ Kitguru
So much of the technology market is aimed at men, whereas we all know that at least half the tech being bought these days is going to be owned/used/operated/upgraded by ladies. KitGuru loaded up the Digital SLR at Multiplays i43 event and went in search of the human side of female gaming. Full story at Kitguru.
Read More »PC World makes surprising strategy announcement @ Kitguru
With everyone expecting the overall outlook for electrical retail stores to remain fairly bleak, the main competitors are working to find new ways to deliver shareholder value and return a dividend. At Multiplay i43, there was a surprising announcement on the main stage. Heres what they said and a question: Should other retailers be worried? Full story at Kitguru.
Read More »Silverstone Temjin TJ08-E Evolution Case Review @ Ninjalane
Cooling is a major feature of the TJ08-E and instead of relying on two fans you get the power of a single 180mm air penetrator fan to direct air where it needs to be. This design also promotes a positive air pressure situation that will vent the chassis faster than simply using more fans. Full story at Ninja Lane.
Read More »Cooler Master NotePal U Stand – BCCHardware
We have just taken a look at the Cooler Master NotePal U Stand. This is a notebook cooler and a stand that supports laptops up to 17″ and is designed specifically for use on your desk and it can help reduce neck strain as it is able to elevate your laptop screen up to eye-level. Please check out our review …
Read More »Cooler Master GeminII S524 CPU Heatsink @ Benchmark Reviews
I’ve said before that since the coolers included with retail CPUs are both quiet and effective at stock clock speeds, overclocking is the only reason anyone should buy a third party CPU cooler. Well, this isn’t strictly true: not all third party CPU coolers are designed to handle ultra-high overclocks in massive tower systems; sometimes, what you need is a …
Read More »Enermax ETS-T40-TA CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
Enermax has entered the CPU cooler market, and we are reviewing their first model: the ETS-T40-TA, which has a tower heatsink, four U-shaped heatpipes, and a 120 mm an. Here is a snippet: We tested the ETS-T40-TA CPU cooler from Enermax, best known as a power supply manufacturer. This cooler has a tower heatsink, four U-shaped, direct-touch heatpipes and a …
Read More »Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Heatsink Review @ APH Networks
The Lich King was the master and lord of the Scourge, and he ruled over them telepathically from the Frozen Throne on top of Icecrown. Well, I guess until I killed him about a year ago, but that is beside the point. The Thermaltake Frio OCK, a strange name for a product, literally means Cold Over-clocker King (sic). So what …
Read More »Corsair Attracts Consumer With New Capacity SSDs in Both Force Series 3 and GT Series
Corsair announced new capacities available for its Force GT Series SSD today right on the heels of its recently release of new capacities for the Series 3 line as well. As a bit of refresher, we reviewed the GT 120GB here and the Series 3 120GB here where we detailed the difference in performance between the two through use of …
Read More »Spire Savit 6005B Review – XSReviews
With a URL like SpireCoolers.com, it’s not hard to understand that Spire are most well known for their heat sink fan combinations. However, you may have heard they make cases too. Today — despite it being a holiday, yes, I’m dedicated — I’m reviewing the Spire Savit 6005B. It’s got a snappy name and a matt black exterior with a …
Read More »Crucial M4 SSD Firmware Update (0009) Posted – Tests Display Definite Performance Increase
Crucial has posted a firmware update (0009) for its M4 line which can be downloaded at Crucial.Com by M4 owners. The good news is that the firmware provides significant performance increase for all capacities of the M4 SSD and Crucial has all capacities of their M4 SSD on sale now at great prices. We initially thought this to be a …
Read More »Runcore T50 SATA 3 mSATA 120GB SSD Review – Internals, Test Bench and Test Protocol
INTERIOR COMPONENTS The Runcore T50 SATA 3 mSATA 120GB SSD is assembled on a printed circuit board (pcb) which measures 51mm x 32mm x 4mm and weighs under 30 grams. The easiest way to understand how small this is has been depicted in the phot on the first page of this report. It is exactly 1/3rd the size of the …
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