Tech News
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MSI 890FXA-GD70 @ PureOverclock
Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | By: WillThe AMD Phenom II X6 is really picking up the pace on Intel with motherboards that are already ahead of the technology curve with USB 3.0 and SATA 6GBs. The big thing is how far will this motherboard overclock the new X6 to compete with the Core series.
"Today we're looking at MSI's foray into the USB 3.0 and SATA III market with their premium AM3 board, the 890FXA-GD70. This new board looks to build upon the success of MSI's recent product offerings, bringing some enthusiast features into the mix through the 890FX chipset to the Phenom faithful."
That is a pretty impressive board.
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MSI shows single and dual screen design tablets @ t-break
Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | By: WillThese new MSI tablets look interesting, but the dual screen one sound just cool. Have a touch screen keyboard will make me the coolest geek of them all. Dual monitors to rule them all. After someone cleans off those screens. Yuck!
"MSI was showing two very interesting tablets at the DCC event in Fujairah, UAE. The first one is a standard tablet form with a 9.7 inch capacitive screen and a minimal design. While we do not have any details on the specifications, we did see a MicroSD slot and a USB port. It will be..."
Next time clean screen before picture.
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ASUS Matrix 5870 Platinum ROG edition review @ Guru3D
Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | By: WillThe new Asus ROG Radeon 5870 looks like one of the coolest cards in a long time. The word "Matrix" lighted up inside a case would be killer to see. Now does it bring anything more than just bling to the Radeon HD 5870 series cards? Go read and find out.
Many moons have passed and ATI gave their partners the thumbs up to create little werewolves. See, when it's a full moon the R5870 turns into something geeky, extraordinary, even a bit hairy. Yes the OC editions of the Radeon HD 5870 series were unleashed. As the ASUS ROG team started to design the ASUS Radeon 5870 Matrix Platinum.
In all its ways the 5870 Matrix Platinum card needs to be extreme, so we spot a custom PCB, some extraordinary cooling, we see a 2 GB memory size, we spot a standard overclock, but most of all... the card comes with overclocking software that allows voltage tweaking on three domains within the graphics card. What makes this product series so special is that it haves been designed with the ROG team (Republic of Gamers) a small group of enthusiasts within the ASUS campus. Little red colored minions that drink LN2 and taze each other just for fun. They live by one rule only, gain the maximum performance out of a product... and do things right.That is one of the coolest looking cards that has came out just recently.
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Live Overclocking with EVGA
Published: Monday, May 17, 2010 | By: DennisComputex is coming up and looks like EVGA has booked both Kingpin and Shamino to headline the event with live overlcoking demonstrations. The duo was featured a couple years ago overclocking for Foxconn and now they will be back and stationed at the GSkill booth.
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Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler @ TechwareLabs
Published: Monday, May 17, 2010 | By: WillNinjalane has enjoyed reviewing this awesome cooler. So let's read some other review on this product to get thier take on it. I'm sure they will just as impressed as we are. So give both reviews a read and make a good educated decision on it.
"Not ready for water cooling? No Problem! Thermaltake has your back with the Frio, this baby claims support for up to 220 watts of power. Come see if you should take it home, or leave it out in the cold!"
This is a cooler made for action.
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Understanding All Voltage Configurations from the Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
Published: Sunday, May 16, 2010 | By: DennisOne of the hardest things to understand about overclocking is not actually making your system go faster, but rather when you should change things, and what things you should change.
The things most often needing a little tweak would be:
- Frequencies - These are the actual bus speeds you can change often denoted by Mhz
- Multipliers/Dividers - These apply to the frequencies by giving you a factor of change (yep just like in math class, just don't divide by zero it tends to open a wormhole in timespace and makes your Pepsi flat
- Voltages - These are the most common thing you will change and work much like giving your car gas when driving up a hill.The problem is none of this stuff is standardized so when you look at an EVGA BIOS you will see different things than if you were working on a Gigabyte board. This is normally due to the different ways each mobo maker opts to tweak their systems. DFI had their way, EVGA has their way, Foxconn has their way, and Gigabyte has theirs. None of them are wrong, just different.
Hardware Secrets has posted a multipage article trying to decipher the mystery of motherboard voltages, read with caution.
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NL: Review Block - Mobos and Cards
Published: Sunday, May 16, 2010 | By: DennisNormally I would talk a little more about the motherboard reviews, however it seems we have a bunch so let's check out the list.
Motherboards
- Biostar TA890GXE AMD 890GX Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
- Asrock X58 Extreme3 Review @ OC3D - (who says "cut the mustard" anymore?, doesn't that shit come in a bottle now?)
- ASUS Maximus III Extreme @ ocaholic
- ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Motherboard @ TechwareLabsVideo Cards
- iXBT Labs Review: HIS Radeon HD 5570 Graphics Card
- GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5870 1GB Super Overclock Video Card
- Sapphire HD5850 Toxic Reviewed in Metku
- GeForce GTX 470 2 and 3-way SLI reviewStay tuned for more, shouldn't have any more "phj34r mi l4k of n3ws" days anytime soon.
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Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition Case Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Sunday, May 16, 2010 | By: DennisWhat makes a case an AMD edition? The color Red of course
Hardcore AMD aficionados should find Cooler Master's limited edition HAF 932 chassis hard to resist, and with good reason. Thanks to its front panel treatment and side window graphic, this chassis has a very distinctive look and brings with it the proven performance and features of the very popular original HAF 932.
Of course you could always paint your HAF and have it reflect whoever you happen to support.
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KFA2 (Galaxy) GeForce GTX 470 review @ Guru3D
Published: Sunday, May 16, 2010 | By: DennisCustom is the name of the game when it comes to "aftermarket" computer components, I mean who wants to pay extra for a reference design product?
Galaxy has been known for their custom and tweaked card designs which is something they likely have up from the super awesome video card company they bought, Gainward. Sadly Gainward products are no longer on the international market.Some AIBs out there figured that they can design a better solution then what NVIDIA is offering. As such we slowly started seeing announcements from names like Plait, Galaxy and others recently that as stated where working on custom PCBs and customized coolers to make the GeForce GTX series 400 much more attractive products.
The most extreme example definitely comes from the premises of Galaxy Technology, they have released a new series graphics card under the label KFA2 (Karte For Action 2). KFA2 is Galaxy's premium line of graphics cards, keep an eye and an ear out for that as this really will be an interesting brand. We test their jet-fighter styled GeForce GTX 470, and OMG we are impressed.
I wouldn't call this card a "fighter jet" unless it was a jet from Quake 4 or the mind of someone who has never seen a plane in their life. Regardless the custom heatsink shroud does look pretty cool. -
VGA Cooler Roundup Part 1 @ Real World Labs
Published: Sunday, May 16, 2010 | By: DennisHow does 10 pages of VGA card roundup with excessive white space sound to you?? If the answer is yes then check out the Real World Labs VGA Cooler Roundup (say that 10 times fast)
In part 1 out of our 2 part VGA Cooler Roundup we are taking a look at six of the best aftermarket VGA coolers designed to cool the hottest video cards ever produced. So if you want lower temperatures, noise levels or you just want to push your card to the limit then there is probably a product in this article for you.
Can't wait.
