Tech News
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Cooler Master V6 and V6GT Announced Today
Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 | By: DennisThe Cooler Master V6 and V6 GT are officially released today, despite being one of the most popular heatsinks to be shown at Computex. In fact there wasn't an EVGA SR-2 shown without a V6 GT or Kingpincooling container attached.
Be sure to check out our review of the Cooler Master V6 GT and some of the others from around the web.
- Cooler Master V6 GT CPU Cooler @ TweakTown
- Cooler Master V6GT @ LanOC Reviews
- Cooler Master V6GT @ PureOverclockFor the budget minded folks this cooler is rumored to retail for about $70 US which makes it a great value considering how much heat this thing can handle.
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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 motherboard meets four-way Radeon HD 5870 CrossFire @ Hexus
Published: Monday, June 28, 2010 | By: WillGigabyte has taken the enthusiast by storm with the new line up of large motherboards made for overclocking and lots of GPU power. Let's see what these guys have to say about the board and what it can do.
"Gigabyte's most extreme motherboard promises "blazing-fast frame rates" from four-way GPU configurations. We put the claim to the test."
I am getting into the XL ATX motherboard standard.
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Sunday, June 27, 2010 | By: WillSome new PC games to check out for everyone here.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior (PC) @ TweakPC
"Interactive City sends the player to the jungle. Sniper: Ghost Warrior promises entirely new shooting action on home PCs. We have caught the sniper rifle, played the track and reveal whether hot or not."
Transformers: The War For Cybertron (PC) Review @ KitGuru gaming
"Most of us loathe Transformer games and with good reason, they nearly all suck. The thought of reviewing a new Transformers title filled me with trepidation because I had an ominous feeling that I was going to be wasting a part of my life ... which I could dedicate to a new hardware review .. such as the shiny new Sapphire graphics card sitting on my table. You will probably be as surprised as me to read that this third person shooter is actually pretty good. No, seriously."
A Transformers game that might not suck.
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G.Skill Phoenix 100GB Solid State Drive Review @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010 | By: WillAnother SSD review how surprising is this.
Here is another brand that I just love for their excellent RAM it is GSkill. Looks like they have the SandForce bug as well. I am diggin these names for the SDD drives. It reminds of the days of the American Muscle Cars. "At this point, SSDs sporting SandForce controllers seem to be a dime a dozen. This hasn't stopped G.Skill from releasing their own SF-1200 based drive but they have also modified the design in order to improve performance while keeping its price below that of the competition. Could this be the perfect SSD for enthusiasts looking for maximum value?"
SF-1200 FTW!
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NL: GPU Roundup
Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010 | By: WillWith so many new cards hitting the market and refreshing of some of the older ones our mail box is full of awesome video card reviews. If you guessed it you get to click on a link below. It is GPU roundup time.
- MSI GeForce GTX 465 Twin Frozr II Video Card @ TweakTown
- MSI GeForce GTX 465 Twin Frozr II @ techPowerUp
- AXLE Radeon HD 5670 1GB Video Card @ TweakTown
- Asus ENGT240 @ Bjorn3D
- Asus ENGT240 Geforce GT 240 1GB DDR5 Videocard Review @ Tweaknews
- ASUS EAH5870 V2 Review @ OC3D
- Palit GeForce GTX 470 Dual Fan Cooler review @ Guru3D
- EVGA GeForce GTX 470 Superclocked+ Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Sparkle GTS250 @ Bjorn3D
- eVGA GeForce GTX 465 SC gets tested @ Guru3D
- Gainward GTX470 Golden Sample GOOD reviewed in Metku.net
- MSI R5870 Lightning Video Card Review @ HardocpSee I told you we had a bunch.
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Mushkin Callisto 120GB SSD Review @ OC3D
Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010 | By: WillMushkin SSD are now here and based on the SandForce controller. This is really to awesome for I'm a huge Mushkin RAM fan as it is and would love to see how they work out on the new SSD lineup. I guess it is time to read up to find out.
"Mushkin enter the SSD arena with their Callisto lineup of MLC based drives."
Not much of a quote. Oh well!
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470GTX Video Card Water Block Mayhem @ Bjorn3D
Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010 | By: WillNVidia's GTX 470 is a heat generating monster that just screams to be watercooled. So here is a good roundup of a few of the waterblocks to take care of cooling these monsters. Let's see how they all fare against the heat.
"When Nvidia introduced the 4xx series of video cards we were all amazed at the power these video cards had. At the same time, we were all shocked at the temperatures these video cards reached to give us that level of performance.
I am not going to lie to you, I also freaked out when I saw the temperatures of my 470GTX reach above the 75°C mark. Even with the fan of this video card running at full speed, and having an 80CFM 120mm fan blowing directly down across the video card, my temperatures were still reaching the 80°C range. This video card quickly became known around here as 'Nvidia 470GTX video card, the only way to heat your house.'
Since I absolutely loved this video card's performance, and its abilities that it was offering me, I did not quite want to give up on it just yet. Since I am a big fan of water cooling, I decided it would be the best choice to grab a few water blocks and then see how this video card cools down."I'm big on the EK waterblock myself.
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Antec Fusion Remote Black Review @ HardwareLogic
Published: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | By: WillThe Antec Fusion Black Remote looks to be very interesting for the HTPC crowd out there. If your on the fence about this controller go on over and take a look at it. Oh yeah, you might also to a look at the case that is well priced for all the great options as well.
" Combining silence, convenience, and style, the Fusion Remote Black is an excellent enclosure for a home theater PC. With its special triple chamber design and dual 120mm fans, the Fusion Remote Black runs quietly and coolly. If that weren't enough, the Fusion Remote Black boasts an included remote control and media management software. "
Enjoy!
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SandForce SF-1200: Does Lower Capacity Mean Lower Performance?
Published: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | By: WillA new SSD controller is like a new ice cream flavor. Some love it, others have a hard time dealing with it ,and everyone wants to find an angle on it. So let's read another angle of the SandForce 1200 controller.
"Up until now we have observed SSD manufacturers quoting different performance numbers for each capacity size in a product line. The most obvious came in 2009 when some manufacturers listed as many as four distinct performance envelopes in their Indilinx Barefoot products with all divided by capacity. The Indilinx Barefoot products weren't the only ones listing footnotes about performance, Intel had a few of their own as well.
There are many reasons why smaller capacity drives can be generally slower than higher capacity drives. Without boring you with technical details, we will just briefly touch on technical side. The first possible reason a smaller drive performs less than a higher capacity drive can be linked directly to the flash memory itself. Some smaller drives use smaller flash memory that does not perform as well as larger capacity flash. The next issue and what we saw mostly in 2009 and early 2010 were smaller than 128GB drives that were using less of the available channels on the controller."Oh yeah, the SandForce 1200 is the BOMB!
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GIGABYTE's New Technologies: CloudOC, Unlocked Power & More @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | By: WillLooks like Gigabyte has something new for all of us overclockers called CloudOC. I'm going to be honest that I just don't think this is going to be to big among top HWBot overclockers. Then again I have been wrong before.
"Gigabyte has long been known as a leader in numerous fields and in the new few months they are looking to take things to the next level. In this article we take a closer look at some of the technologies which they will be introducing including the already-available Unlocked Power and the innovative CloudOC."
Only once and it was never proven!
