Looking for a great CPU cooler that won’t empty your wallet? The CNPS 10X Performa by Zalman fits the bill nicely The Zalman CNPS10X Performa features a tower type aluminum heatsink fin configuration with a solid copper base. The heatsink fins are linked to the base via five copper heatpipes. The unit includes one 120mm […]
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At the time of this writing (3/18/2010) the Asus Maximus III Formula is the king of the hill when it comes to motherboards. It’s audio system is far richer than the next competitor (the GA-P55-UD6). It easily overclocks and makes it possible to tweak ram to it’s fullest potential while keeping the system stable. One […]
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Saving energy is on the top of everyone’s list of things to do these days. By saving electricity you’ll not only keep more cash in your wallet, but you’ll get that good feeling for doing something good for the planet. The idea behind the TrickleStar is simple – when power is killed to the USB […]
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Go big or go home. That’s a lesson Corsair apparently took to heart for its first chassis, a 24x24x9 inch full size enclosure that rivals Cooler Master’s ATCS 840 in size. Corsair’s Obsidian 800D is all black from its outside to the inside. The Corsair 800D is enormous, well built, and crammed with power user […]
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What do you get if you put two of the fastest GPUs in the world on a single board, along with a whopping 2GB of Gddr5 memory? Only the fastest videocard ever! With Nvidia’s fall refresh MIA, the HD 5970 is teh only game in town. While the board sports two of the same GPUs […]
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At first glance, the Hyper 212 Plus seems like Cooler Master’s original Hyper 212 with a different fan mounting system and support for sockets 1156 and 1136. But while the original had two sets of heat dissipation fins, one set for each end of the heat pips, the 212 Plus adopts a more straightforward tower […]
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Overall the Razer Mamba is a wonderful wireless gaming mouse, but it’s weak battery pretty much kills the entire device. The Mamba feels fantastic in your hand, since it pretty much shares the same design as Razer’s famous DethAdder. With it’s 1000MHz laser sensor, the mouse is incredibly accurate – offering you 5 different levels […]
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The Gigabyte GV-R489-1GH-B is a single video card comes clocked at 850 MHz, but it has such stellar overclockability that it can blow other cards out of the water. This is one of the least expensive video cards (by around $100 in some cases) but is an amazing value for the price. This card comes […]
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The OWC Mercury Pro looks fantastic on paper. It has a great looking cabinet, it’s sturdy, and offers the following interfaces: FireWire 400 FireWire 800 USB 2.0 eSATA With it’s ability to write Blu-Rays at 8x (the current fastest avaliable) you’d ask what could be wrong with this drive? The answer is alot. Thei drive […]
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The ATI Radeon is based on the RV770 GPU, which is known as a workhorse. The RV770 GPU debuted last year in the 4850 and 4870 and has given Nvidia’s gear quite a run for it’s money. If you still have an older Direct X 9 card, then this is a fantastic upgrade, but if […]
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