Tech News
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OCZ Hydro Pulse 800 L/h Pump @ Bjorn3D
Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | By: WillLiquid cooling has been the Ninjalane cooling choice for a while now. Since that is the case we always recommend watercooled systems. One of the big complaints we tend to hear is how much it costs for a good pump. Looks like that concern might be over.
"Liquid cooling never really comes out to be cheap, and if it does you are probably picking bad components. Today we have what can be considered a mid-range pump. This is plenty if you are running just the CPU in your loop, or maybe a single graphics card. This pump is also competitively priced, which puts it in the same price range as some 500 L/h pumps. This is certainly great news for someone looking for good deal on a pump. Lets take a look at how it performs!"
I pretty sure i have seen this pump some place else.
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EVGA H55 Motherboard Review @ OCIA
Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | By: WillEVGA doing an integrated graphics motherboard? Yep it is true that EVGA has a very full sized H55 motherboard out. Let's read the review to see if it overclocks like it's P55 brother on the market.
"Today we will be taking a look at the latter, a full size ATX board based on the H55 chipset from EVGA, aptly dubbed the EVGA H55, part number: 123-CD-E635-KR. Aside from being a full size board, EVGA's offering brings some innovative features to the table, such as dual heatsink mounting support which allows you to mount either a Socket 775 or Socket 1156 heatsink and EZ voltage read points which allow you to quickly and easily check the voltages of your system with a voltmeter directly from the motherboard. Continue ahead as we take an in-depth look at the EVGA H55 Motherboard. "
EVGA FTW!
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The Forum Is Back!!
Published: Friday, February 12, 2010 | By: DennisNinjalane once again has a dedicated forum!.
Well, that is not entirely correct, Ninjalane has always had a forum but when the site moved to dedicated hosting the forum was upgraded to PHPBB and spun off to its own domain. This was due mostly to a coding mismatch between the ASP.Net and PHP that would not allow me to share session information between the two.
I also thought it would be cool to have the forum on a separate site. After several years I have seen the errors of my ways and took steps to bring the main site and the forum closer together.
There will be several small changes rolling out over the next few weeks, however the biggest of these was done tonight. Gone is the old forum domain and then replaced with http://forums.ninjalane.com
Some of the updates still to come include:
- Fancy graphics to urge you trolls to visit the forums and start posting
- Fancy graphics linking the main site to our social sites
- Linking the article postings to threads started in the forum (automagic)
- Advertisements (future update)
- Forum member stats on Ninjalane.com (this would include PM notifications, and quick links to the member control panel in the forum)There will likely be more updates to come but these are highest on the list.
Enjoy!! As always if you have any questions or comments please visit the Ninjalane Message Forum and let "us" know what you think.
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EK Supreme HF CPU Block @ PureOverclock
Published: Friday, February 12, 2010 | By: WillWe at Ninjalane love to get wet. Okay well we like to get our CPU underwater is more like it. Looking at this new waterblock from EK is making me want to try it. WIth the ability to change out the inlet channel flow inside the block just looks awesome.
"Water cooling a CPU has been around for quite some time and EK Water Blocks has been on the scene for over eleven years now. No stranger to us, we've seen many of their designs across our testing bench. EKWB is finally releasing the Supreme HF (high flow) CPU block, the successor of the popular EK Supreme, so let's take a closer look at see how this water block performs."
Well go check it out already.
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Albatron Technology unveils new PCIe x1 graphics card
Published: Friday, February 12, 2010 | By: WillAlbatron is celebrating the Chinese New Year with introducing a new 1xPCI-Express video card. This will allow you to add another monitor to your system without worrying about eating up another 16xPCI-Express slot. Just in case your motherboard does not have that open slot.
This new Card is be based off of the NVidia GeForce 210 chipset with 512MB DDR2 Memory.
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NL: Video Card Roundup
Published: Friday, February 12, 2010 | By: WillSince we have been posting so many video card reviews. Then why not do a round up.
- PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCS+ OC Video Card @ Tweaktown
- MSI R5770 HAWK Video Card Review @ Motherboard
- PowerColor PCS+ 5670 512MB @ PureOverclock
- ATI 5450 512MB Videocard @ Rbmods
- Open-Source ATI R600/700 Mesa 3D Performance @ Phoronix -
NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 | By: WillWell the time is up on use to start checking out the new cool games coming for the PC. Here is a couple that just hits the spot for us at Ninjalane.
Aliens vs Predator (Preview) @ GamingHeaven
"We here at GamingHeaven can remember back to far flung days when the original Aliens Versus Predator was a reason to purchase the largely forgotten Atari Jaguar. Since then each version has looked to ramp up the atmosphere, authenticity and action of a crossover franchise that is for many a mash-up of 80s nostalgia taken to a glorious extreme."
"Follow-up to BioShock, 2K Games' critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2007 release, BioShock 2 is a first-person shooter set in the fictional underwater city of Rapture. As in the original game, BioShock 2 features a blend of fast-paced action, exploration and puzzle-solving as players follow varying paths through the overarching storyline based on the decisions that they are forced to make at various points in the game. In addition to a further fleshing out of the franchise's storyline, players can look forward to new characters, game mechanics, weapons, locations and a series first, multiplayer game options. See you this and more in the following Review from Technic3D."
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Important Reminder Regarding Expiration of the Windows 7 RC
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 | By: WillIt is getting closer to the end for us using the Windows 7 RC1. It is time to just bite the bullet, and pick up the full version since we know everyone is going to anyway. This is your first warning.
On February 15th, people still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will receive a notification reminding them that starting March 1st, 2010, their PC will begin experiencing bi-hourly shutdowns. These shutdowns will continue through June 1st, 2010.
On June 1st, 2010, a non-genuine experience is triggered where your wallpaper is removed and "This copy of Windows is not genuine" will be displayed in the lower right corner above the taskbar. This means your PC will no longer be able to obtain optional updates or downloads that require genuine Windows validation.Shutdown every two hours.
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EVGA Agents: The Case of the Missing RAID - Part 1
Published: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | By: DennisCaught this on Twitter today, seems there has been a theft at EVGA HQ so they called in the agents to track down and recover what had been stolen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu5mAGU_CIU
(sorry can't embed videos in the news just quite yet)
Be sure to follow us on Twitter, its not updated all that much but there is some good info on there at times.
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NL: Review Block - Misc Goodies
Published: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | By: DennisHere are a few reviews from around the web to get you started
Cooling
- Thor's Hammer CPU Cooler Review @ Real World Labs
- Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Spire TherMax Pro CPU Cooler Review @ Tech-ReviewsGames
- Dark Void - PC @ LanOC ReviewsVideo Cards
- Sapphire HD5750 Vapor-X Reviewed in Metku
- World-Exclusive: Powercolor HD 5870 PCS+ @ techPowerUp
- ATI Radeon 5450 Media PC Graphics Card Review @ OverclockersHQMemory
- Mushkin PC3-12800 6GB Kit @ RbmodsAnd that is all for now.
