The GIGABYTE card also comes fitted with the excellent WindForce cooler which we first saw on their GTX560 and which impressed us. Coupled with a plethora of additional features while weighing in at a fair price point and the GIGABYTE GTX570 SOC looks all set to be held high on anyones shopping list. Are these features worth the slight inflation …
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Kingwin Lazer Platinum LZP-550 550 Watt Power Supply Review
Lately we’ve been trying to reach out and make sure that we cover a wide range of manufacturers in an effort to provide you with more information when choosing a power supply. One such manufacturer that we have yet to see on our bench that we have had several requests for is Kingwin. Kingwin has been around for nearly 20 …
Read More »Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM CPU Cooler Review @Hi Tech Legion
The Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM isnt about flash and buzzwords, its about cooling. The Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM doesnt feature a wizard on the box and LEDs on the fan, it features a 163mm tall tower with six copper heat pipes and some innovative design. Starting at the bottom of the Hyper 612 PWM, you find a solid …
Read More »Intel lines up 2500k/2600k price cuts to welcome FX @ Kitguru
With sites like TechEye reporting on leaked pricing for the upcoming AMD Bulldozer parts, it seems that Intel is keen to hang onto the enthusiast market space. KitGuru ponders Intels next move. Full story at Kitguru.
Read More »Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD Review @ Kitguru
Today we are looking at the new 240GB HyperX SSD drive from Kingston which is based around the leading mainstream Sandforce SF-2281 Controller. Full story at Kitguru.
Read More »ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 GEN 3 Intel Motherboard Review @ TechwareLabs
The ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 professional motherboard looks to be in a class of its own both in design as well as performance. Join me while I put this enthusiast class motherboard through its paces. Full story at Techware Labs.
Read More »Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB TOXIC Video Card Review
Just the other day I talked about how the video card market has been quiet lately and all of a sudden it seems we have a surge of video cards from companies. The latest card to arrive is from Sapphire and comes in as part of the much loved TOXIC series which has served us well in the past. Of …
Read More »Sapphire HD 6950 Toxic Edition 2GB Review @ Kitguru
There certainly havent been many exciting video cards released in the last couple of months, but today we are looking at the new Sapphire HD 6950 Toxic Edition 2GB which is supplied in a pre-overclocked state with a custom design. Is this an ideal upgrade for your next system? Full story at Kitguru.
Read More »Patriot Pyro 120GB SATA 3 SSD Review – Anvil Pro and PCMark Vantage Comparison
ANVIL STORAGE UTILITIES PROFESSIONAL (BETA) You may not see this for long (and its definitely not common) but you get a freebee simply for reading! Over the last little while, we have been assisting with beta besting new benchmark software called Anvil Storage Utilities which is an absolutely amazing SSD benchmarking utility. Not only does it have a preset SSD …
Read More »Patriot Pyro 120GB SATA 3 SSD Review – SATA 3 SSD Hierarchy & Our Verdict
Lets take a look now at our SATA 3 SSD hierarchy as determined by PCMark Vantage HDD Total Points. Only the SSDs that we have tested and utilize asynchronous NAND flash memory are highlighted: THE VERDICT My views on solid state drives that utilize asynchronous NAND have remained unchanged since first print when I stated that the consumer will gladly …
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