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Lately we’ve been trying to reach out and make sure that we cover a wide range of manufacturers in an effort to provide you with more information when choosing a power supply. One such manufacturer that we have yet to see on our bench that we have had several requests for is Kingwin. Kingwin has been around for nearly 20 …

The Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM isnt about flash and buzzwords, its about cooling. The Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM doesnt feature a wizard on the box and LEDs on the fan, it features a 163mm tall tower with six copper heat pipes and some innovative design. Starting at the bottom of the Hyper 612 PWM, you find a solid …

With sites like TechEye reporting on leaked pricing for the upcoming AMD Bulldozer parts, it seems that Intel is keen to hang onto the enthusiast market space. KitGuru ponders Intels next move. Full story at Kitguru.

Today we are looking at the new 240GB HyperX SSD drive from Kingston which is based around the leading mainstream Sandforce SF-2281 Controller. Full story at Kitguru.  

The ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 professional motherboard looks to be in a class of its own both in design as well as performance. Join me while I put this enthusiast class motherboard through its paces. Full story at Techware Labs.

Just the other day I talked about how the video card market has been quiet lately and all of a sudden it seems we have a surge of video cards from companies. The latest card to arrive is from Sapphire and comes in as part of the much loved TOXIC series which has served us well in the past. Of …

There certainly havent been many exciting video cards released in the last couple of months, but today we are looking at the new Sapphire HD 6950 Toxic Edition 2GB which is supplied in a pre-overclocked state with a custom design. Is this an ideal upgrade for your next system? Full story at Kitguru.

ANVIL STORAGE UTILITIES PROFESSIONAL (BETA) You may not see this for long (and its definitely not common) but you get a freebee simply for reading!  Over the last little while, we have been assisting with beta besting new benchmark software called Anvil Storage Utilities which is an absolutely amazing SSD benchmarking utility.  Not only does it have a preset SSD …

Lets take a look now at our SATA 3 SSD hierarchy as determined by PCMark Vantage HDD Total Points.  Only the SSDs that we have tested and utilize asynchronous NAND flash memory are highlighted: THE VERDICT My views on solid state drives that utilize asynchronous NAND have remained unchanged since first print when I stated  that the consumer will gladly …

Although we are putting the final touches on our new and upgraded System test Benches, we felt this picture would be of benefit. A simple click will enlarge it to assist. Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate as they can be and no anomalies slip through. We conduct all tests three …

Patriot releases another SATA 3 SSD into the consumer arena this morning, this going by the name of the Patriot Pyro.  The Pyro follows suit with the few other manufacturers that have recognized consumer apprehension over premium SSD prices and have wisely made use of a more value driven asynchronous (Async) NAND flash memory. These new ‘Async’  SSDs include the …

Just a bit of an update to pass on that retail versions of the OCZ Revo 3×2 (480/960GB) and Revo will be hitting store shelves very shortly followed by the Revo 3×2 240GB a few days later. OCZ’s initial specs of the Revo 3×2 left enthusiasts in a daze as the 240GB initially promised was nowhere to be seen.  The …

The Shinobi comes with some well packaged accessories: 1 x Shinobi Quick Installation Guide 4 x Thumb Screws 10 x Cable ties 1 x Case Lock 4 x 3M Adhesive Rubber Feet 9 x Motherboard Standoffs 13 x M3 Round Screws (Motherboard Tray) 3.5 to 5.25″ Bay Adapter 8 x 6-32 Hex (PSU and 3.5″ hard-drives) NEXT: The Exterior INDEX Page …

NOISE, SOUND, AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE Since the BitFenix Shinobi comes with two pre-installed 120mm fans, I decided to put it up against the Antec Sonata IV and the Cooler Master HAF 912 in the same configuration as all three are in the same price-range. I used AIDA64s system stability and benchmark utility to test the CPU, chipset, DIMM, and hard-drive …

Reviewing BitFenixs Shinobi was a treat. Rarely do I ever see such a spectacular case, especially at this price-point.  I still cannot get over how awesome SofTouch feels, and it is incredibly difficult not to be attracted to it everytime you catch sight of the Shinobis anterior. The Shinobi is a breath of fresh air in the chassis market. It …