Tech News
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GIGABYTE P55A-UD7 (P55 Express) Motherboard @ TweakTown
Published: Saturday, June 5, 2010 | By: WillGigabyte is really pushing to win the enthusiast hearts anymore with some incredible motherboards. The list of features and the overclocking abilities of these new boards is just awesome. So time to check out another board destine for awesomeness.
"GIGABYTE has put quite a bit of work into its UD7 series of motherboards (and there is a UD9 on the way, too). These boards are their upper-end (the cream of the crop) for their enthusiast offerings. They come with a 24 phase power design, USB 3.0, powered USB, SATA 3.0 and Tri-SLI/Crossfire.
GIGABYTE also provides an advanced cooling system for this line of boards. To be honest, the list of features is impressive when looked at on paper. But how does all this work when you drop one of these into a case and turn the power on? That is what we aim to find out."There is no extra charge for awesomeness.
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NL: GPU Roundup
Published: Saturday, June 5, 2010 | By: WillIn need of some new PC gaming action then look no further than here.
Starcraft II Preview @ Technic3D
"Continue the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and new unit types will do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival. In addition, Blizzard offers online play through Battle.net with several enhancements and features to make StarCraft II even better? See you this and more in the following Preview from Technic3D."
Black Mirror II (PC) Game review @ Gaming Kitguru
"Black Mirror was a weird game, no doubt about it. The Czech adventure was a traditional point and click affair, but the experience was so bizarre it really is hard to put into words. We were surprised to notice that a German developer called Cranberry had taken upon themselves to create a sequel."
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MSI Big Bang XPower Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
Published: Thursday, June 3, 2010 | By: WillJudging by the pics of this new motherboard from MSI I would say they have a winner on there hands. Then again you cannot always judge a book by it's cover or a motherboad by it sexy looks. So I guess we have to read the review to see the naked truth.
"MSI Big Bang XPower is an Intel X58-based socket 1136 motherboard that comes with six PCI Express x16 slots, SATA-600 ports, USB 3.0 ports, military-grade components on the voltage regulator circuit, gazillions of overclocking options and much more. Also it is one of the few motherboards around using an easy-to-remember name instead of a part number formed with several letters and numbers. We honestly hope that MSI and other manufacturers do this more often."
Wow! I think I have something on my mind during this news post.
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eVGA mainboard team defects to Sapphire? Inside Scoop @ KITGURU
Published: Thursday, June 3, 2010 | By: WillAs everyone knows Ninjalane is never into the rumormill game at all, but this is interesting enough to check out. From the Computex front our man Redmax is at groundzero and has talked to EVGA, and everything seemed like business as usual.
"Right now, the most hotly anticipated mainboard in a long time is the EVGA SR2. Brainchild of PCB wizard Peter ‘Shamino' Tan, it represents the cutting edge of design. While Peter Tan remains firmly at EVGA, KitGuru has heard that the mainboard design team itself has moved to Sapphire. But is it true and what does it mean for the industry?"
I guess time will tell the truth on this one.
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NL: Computex 2010 Roundup
Published: Thursday, June 3, 2010 | By: WillAnother day at Computex 2010 is another day of wonderful bliss for the hardware enthusiast. Here are some highlights of the New Computer Hardware Mecca.
- Gigabyte Technology Motherboard Marketing & Staff Interview @ Legit Reviews
- Computex news: Asus, Thermaltake, Kingston, Gigabyte, Kno @ TechReport
- Noctua Prototypes at Computex @ Pro-Clockers
- Computex - Corsair Graphite, eVGA 1200W PSU, OCZ Vertex 2, Suzy & Sylvie sex appeal @ KitGuruThat is pretty much it for outside info. I'm sure more will filter in through the night.
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Last "Real" Day of Computex
Published: Thursday, June 3, 2010 | By: DennisComputex generally runs from Tuesday thru Saturday each year which seems to work out pretty well for everyone. The Monday before is typically reserved for pre-show activities while Saturday is the patented "free for all" day when the show floor opens to the public.
I have only gone to the Saturday show once over my tenure and saying the show floor is a madhouse is putthing things lightly.
As a result Friday is what I would call the last "real" day of Computex.
On a side note, finding Pepsi this time around is considerably easier than last, heck my friends at Foxconn even bought a pallet of small Pepsi cans just for me.
Now only if the rest of the mfgs would do the same I'd be set for life.
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PSU Roundup: Coolermaster vs BeQuiet vs Antec @ XSReviews
Published: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | By: WillHere is another roundup of PSU that tend to be very interesting. I'm not sure I completely agree with them picking on sites that do not have all the equipment for doing every kind of test on a PSU. As long as sites are up front about not having this equipment and readers still come to read the review is fine.
"One of the biggest criticisms that review sites can throw out against others of their ilk, is that certain reviews simply aren't detailed enough. HardwareSecrets famously bashed their fellow reviewers for not making use of the correct equipment needed to accurately test the performance and efficiency of power supplies leading to ultimately misleading reviews.
While XSR was lucky enough to not garner direct attention from this article we are just as guilty as those mentioned by name as in the past our PSU reviews simply didn't utilise the equipment necessary to test what's really important. However, today I am pleased that we've turned a corner and from now on all power supply reviews will be conducted with the utmost professionalism making use of fully fledged hardware testing suits.
Unfortunately we're still not quite ready to buy this equipment ourselves, but the kind folks at Coolermaster helped us out in that respect, flying me over to their facility in Venlo to get some testing done. So without further a do, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you XSR's first true power supply review, Coolermaster vs Antec vs BeQuiet: the PSU roundup. "Also if you have not guessed it we do not have the equipment, but people still enjoy our reviews of PSUs.
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ATI CrossFireX: It Takes Two To Tango @ InsideHW
Published: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | By: WillThis article is not something new to the world of Graphic cards anymore, but an article more or less doing an updated state of CrossfireX is always enjoyable. Check out the graphs and check out how much a second can put into your gaming face.
"No need for excessive amounts of talk here - the charts are saying "yes" to CrossFireX, which was ripe last year already, but ironed out to near perfection now, and it seems to be getting even better as time goes by..."
Enjoy!
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Foxconn A88GM Deluxe Motherboard Review @ Hardware Secrets
Published: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | By: WillIn the sea of Asus, MSI and even Gigabyte AMD boards you tend to not find much more out there in the way of newest chipset support for AMD. Don't fear looks like Foxconn has gotten something for everyone with thier new 880GX chipset board that even includes lots of overclocking potential.
"The new AMD 880G chipset is based on Radeon HD 4250 graphics engine, which is a slower version of the graphics engine used on AMD 890GX (Radeon HD 4290). This way 880G-based motherboards are cheaper than 890GX-based ones. AMD 880G chipset is normally paired with AMD SB710 south bridge chip, but on A88GM Deluxe the manufacturer decided to use SB850, which is the south bridge chip from AMD 890GX, providing native support for SATA-600 ports. This way A88GM Deluxe is one step above other motherboards based on the same chipset."
I'm kind of diggin the colors as well. Makes me think of a giant bummble bee.
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NL: Computex 2010 Roundup
Published: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | By: WillThe frenzy is well under way of finding who has the coolest new hardware coming out of Computex 2010. Check out the blog section of the latest hardware we have for everyone to see. Here is some other sites Computex 2010 info floating around on the interwebs for all to enjoy.
- Computex 2010: Zalman Shows New Heatsinks, Fans, USB 3.0 Plans & More @ Hardware Canucks
- Computex 2010: Noctua and Coolink Show a Horde of New Heatsinks @ Hardware Canucks
- Computex 2010 Spotlight NZXT @ TechwareLabs
- Computex 2010 OCZ Technology Suite @ TechwareLabs
- Computex news: AMD, Microsoft, Gigabyte, OCZ, Shuttle, and Intel @ TechReport
- Computex 2010 Opening Ceremony @ TechwareLabsRight here is the biggest frenzy at Computex 2010 with Dennis(Redmax) looking for a Pepsi while at Computex.
