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What is the first thing that comes to mind when I mention the words ‘cake’ and ‘cheese’? Cheese that is melted on top of a cake? A cake made out of cheese? Or should I simply refer to it as a cheesecake? Recently, I have been reading Preston’s Toughpower Grand 750W report, and thought to myself: What better way is …

When Asus put time and effort into creating a modified, custom cooled graphics card the world sits up and takes notice, especially when it is based around Nvidias stunning GTX 580. Today we are looking at the new GTX 580 Matrix Platinum 1.5GB, which gets the special Republic Of Gamers treatment. Full story at Kitguru.

The other day when we saw the A-Series APU launch from AMD we had in depth look at the A8-3850 APU while also covering the new chipset associated with it. If you haven’t already looked at it, I recommend you do head on over and check out our launch Llano coverage. As we mentioned in the launch, though, the video …

Portal 2 was a long awaited game for a lot of us with delays pushing it back further and further and within that slightly annoyed, highly anticipated group was an eager yet impatient me. I was one of those who pissed and moaned about things being pushed back further each time it seemed to get that little bit closer. In …

A definite plus in the SSD arena these days is the range of configurations available to meet consumer needs. Corsair was one of the first to jump in with its Performance 3 series which is now followed by the Force 3 for those seeking the power of a ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD minus the cost premium seen in enthusiast SSDs such …

FORCE SERIES 3 INTERIOR The SandForce SF-2281 processor is on the front of the Corsair Force Series 3 SSD printed circuit board (PCB) along with the SATA 3 interface which allows connecting the drive to your laptop or desktop computer. Eight modules of Micron 25nm asynchronous NAND flash memory are located on each side of the PCB, each with a …

ATTO DISK BENCHMARK VER. 2.46 ATTO Disk Benchmark is perhaps one of the oldest benchmarks going and is definitely the main staple for manufacturer performance specifications.  For our testing, we use a set length of 256mb and test both the read and write performance of various transfer sizes ranging from 0.5 to 8192kb.  Manufacturers prefer this method of testing as …

ANVIL STORAGE UTILITIES BENCH VER. 1.0.14 PROFESSIONAL (BETA) We are very fond of beta testing Anvil’s Storage Utilities Professional Edition (Beta) because the author seems to have encompassed what testers are looking for in a benchmark program.  Not only can you set SSD tests from 0Fill all the way to completely incompressible, but also, there are standard tests for endurance …

HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 BENCHMARK HDTune is a great software program which covers all areas of our testing and does a great job of showing how capable this drive truly is. HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 FILE BENCHMARK HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 RANDOM TESTING HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 EXTRAS HDTune Pro is a great program and always seems to be the …

The SSD Review uses benchmark software called PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. There are eight tests in all and the tests performed record the speed of data movement in MB/s to which they are then given a numerical score after all of the tests are complete. The …

Overall, the Silverstone PS06 is a great mid-tower case. The aesthetics may not be for everyone, but most people will probably appreciate the clean, sharp look of it. [Editor’s initial reaction: “Damn, that’s a sharp-looking rig.”]The blue accents really stand out, and help the PS06 sport a unique and distinctive look from the other Silverstone cases of the past. Just …

There weren’t a whole lot of different motherboards to see during my visit but I did get to check out the new Pure Platinum Z68, the Pure Black 990FX and the Pure Black X79. By the looks of it all of the designs are complete and ready to go, minus a few heatsinks. Full story at Ninjalane.

The Sentey Burton GS-6500 is a full tower enclosure developed for enthusiasts who desire high performance and a sexy exterior. This case flaunts its multiple LED fans, and LED buttons, turning heads in the process. The Burton, is one of several models belonging to the Extreme Division line of computer cases, and it is available in 3 flavors; The GS-6500 …

The P67 chipset continues to be very present on the market; it shows by the fact that we looked at the Maximus IV Extreme from ASUS just the other week, and if you head on over to Newegg, there’s a load of P67 based motherboards not only listed, but also in stock. Today we’re looking at another P67 based board …

While Compact Flash (CF) and Secure Digital (SD) card capacities have drastically increased since USB 2.0 was released, the same could not be said of the card readers. In fact, there has been in serious need of performance makeover long before USB 3.0 arrived on the scene. With the release of the Lexar’s Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader, our days …