MSI R5870 Lightning -
The MSI R5870 Lightning is from ground up a custom board design. I mean
literally; the only thing original on that graphics card is the GPU from
ATI and even on the GPU MSI tries to tweak a little. Custom PCB, specific
component usage, a bucket load of VRM phases (15 phases) and Twin Frozr II
cooler.
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Intel Core i7 980X
processor - Intel today releases its first ever six-core consumer
processor. We test the Gulftown based Core i7 980X. It's scrumptious, it's
delicious. Really it overclocks brilliantly as well; it's dark demonic
matter my man.
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USB 3.0 performance
explored - A couple of weeks ago we published some USB 3.0 performance
results based on an engineering board from MSI. In that early test we
where not impressed at all by USB 3.0 performance. The final production
sample of MSI's Star USB controller just arrived though, and that
certainly makes the difference.
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ASUS M4A89GTD (USB 3.0)
review - we'll test an offering from ASUS, namely the M4A89GTD Pro
USB3. A motherboard carrying that new SATA6G controller and sure ASUS
dropped a USB 3.0 controller onto this model as well.
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VidaBox vCase3 Premium
mATX HTPC chassis - This chassis is a low profile mATX HTPC chassis
with a great design at a reasonable price. Simple, basic and handy.
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Auzen X-Fi Bravura 7.1
- A review and test on the Auzen X-Fi Bravura 7.1 We quite enjoyed the
sound of this card; it has a very musical profile that makes you want to
listen to the next song or play the next game.
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MSI 890GXM G65 review
(AMD 890GX chipset) - It's based on the new AMD 890GX chipset and is
armed with features like USB 3.0 and SATA 6G. So without further ado let's
have a peek at the all new 890GX chipset from AMD
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Thermalright Venomous-X
CPU cooler - A cooler with great looks, excellent performance
and some very clever innovations. A cooler that is compatible with Intel
LGA sockets 775, 1156, and 1366. The cooler is ready for the upcoming
Nehalem Gulftown based processors (six-core) and also comes with something
new, called the 'Pressure Vault Bracket'.
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Radeon HD 5830
- Inbetween the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon 5850 there is room for another
product. A product that would cost roughly 230 EUR / 250 USD and
performance wise would sit in-between the aforementioned graphics cards.
Check out our review.
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ASUS Maximus III Extreme
- The Maximus III Extreme is what I feel is one of the best tweaker /
gamer P55 motherboards currently available in the market. Maximus III
extreme will endear itself to PC enthusiasts and gamers. To get it some
additional PCIe bandwidth we spot an NF200 bridge chip. It also supports
USB 3.0, SATA 6G, and on-board
10-channel audio.
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Cooler Master CM 690 II
Advanced
- The new version enhances the original CM 690 striking features with a
seductive all-black interior, additional capacity, superb cooling system
and user-friendly design.
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G.Skill Falcon II 128GB
SSD
- we test a product from G.Skill. Their newly released SSD is called the
Falcon II which is a follow up of the original Falcon Solid State Disk
series.
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Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1e X-Fi
SoundCard
- Based on Creative's PCIe X-Fi chipset, the Prodigy 7.1e keeps sound
quality high and prices low for a superior value. It may be a no-frills
sound card, it has features that a gamer would want like OpenAL and a
stable driver, but also for audiophiles in upgradable opamps and a
dedicated headphone out. Solid value.
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USB 3.0 SSD on the MSI
Star USB 3.0 controller
- It will be very interesting to see what MSI's latest USB 3.0 Star add-on
controllers have in store and what kind of performance they bring to the
table opposed to that old interface. Therefore we test USB 3.0 (tagged
SuperSpeed) with the USB 3.0 ready N002 SSD from ADATA
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Enermax Modu87 Plus 600
Watt PSU
- Will we be impressed by this 80+ Gold certified modular power supply
that should bring us 90 percent efficiency?
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Radeon HD 5570 review
- ATI today is launching the most budget of gaming capable graphics cards,
the Radeon series 5500. In specific today we'll look at the Radeon HD
5570. A 400 shader processor encounting DX11 class product, with
multi-monitor Eyefinity support (up-to three monitors) and a very low
price -- set at just 69 USD.
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Gigabyte H57M USB3
motherboard
- The Gigabyte H57 series offers a little more in the form of RAID
support while it also packs a little more punch which we'll look at in
this review of course. A more interesting feature on this GA-H57M-USB3
motherboard is that it also contains USB 3.0 and very excessive display
connection options like DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort.
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MSI R5770 HAWK
- A wicked Radeon HD 5770 based on a custom PCB, voltage check points,
improved power phases and a nice heavy duty yet silent cooler. MSI labels
it as their military class products, as the quality and choice in
components is just top notch.
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Radeon HD 5450 review
- We'll look at the Radeon HD 5450. A DX11 class product, with
multi-monitor Eyefinity support (up-to three monitors) and a very low
price -- set at just 49 USD.
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Zalman MS1000-HS2
Professional mid-tower
- Zalman recently released a new chassis onto the market called
MS1000-HS2, a chassis targeted at the somewhat high-end professional
end-user with a grasp for style, design and functionality.
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Core i3 530 processor
- The Core i3 series is a processor that is priced much more
attractive-- yet for a dual-core processor offers much more bang for buck
at a mainstream or HTPC. We still owed you a review on it.
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OCZ Vertex 2 Pro
(SandForce SF1500) SSD
- OCZ has been on a winning streak with their SSD drives ever since
that started selling Indilinx controller based products. Armed with that
controller and a nice phat cache these SSDs show brilliant performance.
Therefore it came as a total shock to all of the sudden see OCZ announce a
new series SSDs with SandForce controllers.
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ATI Radeon HD 5670
- Today ATI releases thus the Radeon series 5600. Actually Radeon HD
5650 and 5670 today in specific -- we'll be looking at a couple of these
cards in Crossfire as well.
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HIS Radeon HD 5750 ICEQ+
- The Radeon HD 5750 oozes with bang for buck. HIS made a more
exclusive deal for you out of it. They launched an ICEQ+ version with
customized silent cooling and DiRT 2 (the full PC game) for free bringing
more value to what is supposed to be a mainstream product.
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MSI Big Bang Fuzion
(Lucid Hydra) mobo
- Now the big deal about the Big Bang Fuzion mainboard is that the
board has that Lucid Hydra 200 chip that allows it to support multiple
video cards of different brands and models at once.
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Core i5 650 - 660 and 661
processor
- The new Intel processor lineup will include the Core i3 530 and 540
models, as well as the Core i5 650, 660, 661, and 670. Guru3D will put the Core i5 650, 660 and 661 to the test.
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Zalman CNPS 10X Quiet and
Extreme
- Zalman recently released a new series of CNPS (Computer Noise
Prevention System ) heatpipe based coolers. We will put two out of the
three to the test namely the CNPS10X Extreme and CNPS10X Quiet. Both
coolers impressed us a lot.
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MSI 785GM-E65 motherboard
- Here we will test the with MSI 785GM-E65 motherboard, this piece of
kit is stuffed and loaded with features, looks nice and remain very
affordable.
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Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler
- It is called the Noctua NH-D14 premium cooler, but we like to call it
the Big Ben of CPU coolers.
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260
Super Overclock
- Today we'll test Gigabyte's new GeForce GTX 260 (SP216) SO -- it comes
with an Ultra durable design (long-lasting components) and as the title
already suggests .. a pretty nice overclock -- making this product faster
than say a GeForce GTX 275.
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Radeon HD 5970
Overclocking - We boosted the Radeon HD 5970 Core from 725 MHz towards
935 MHz and the 4000 MHz memory is running and purring steady at 5240 MHz
--- and that's a baffling result on just the reference air-cooler.
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Cooler Master HAF 922
- The HAF 922 is a good blend of a nice design, yet comes with pretty
wicked yet silent cooling and then all the little extra's like decent
cable management.
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Corsair Obsidian 800D
chassis
- Corsair's first ever PC chassis is called the Obsidian 800D, and it is
without any shame I dare to state that this is among the best ever PC
cases I personally have ever tested.
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Phenom II X4 965 BE
revision C3
- AMD today updates their most high-end processor to a new
revision, the Phenom II X4 965 BE processor with stepping C3 -- and this
new model is all about energy efficiency.
Oh and this thing just
overclocks insane !
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OCZ Agility EX SSD
- We test the OCZ Agility EX SSD. If 100% reliability is your thing then
this is the cheapest SLC based SSD with an Indilinx controller that you
can think of.
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eVGA p55 Classified 200
- Today we look at a P55 motherboard in the extremely high-end range ..
it's the all new eVGA P55 Classified 200. A board designed for the extreme
overclockers a board for the uber enthusiast PC aficionado's.
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