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DeepCool IceBlade Pro V2.0 Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
Published: Friday, March 1, 2013 | By: DennisHey look here, its a CM Hyper 212 with better mounting hardware!
Deepcool's IceBlade Pro V2.0 heatsink stands 161mm tall and weighs a solid 981 grams. At the heart of this boxy heatsink are four 8mm diameter copper heatpipes, nickel plated along with everything else, including the aluminum fins. The heatpipes are exposed at the base to make direct contact with the processor and ideally, reduce thermal joint resistance.
Not a direct 1:1 to the Hyper 212 I reviewed but it looks "very" similar when it comes to the basic feature set. The cooler I linked to is the Plus edition they released with core contact heatpipes. There was considerable space between the pipes and massive gaps that would suck up your thermal paste.
The cooler was ok but I hated the mounting hardware, (and still do).
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Dremel 8200 12V MAX Lithium Ion Cordless Rotary Tool Review @ ModSynergy
Published: Friday, March 1, 2013 | By: DennisHere is something every modder should have, A Dremel tool.
Dremel has given us the opportunity to share with you how far they have come these eight years with one of their newest additions, the Dremel 8200. The 8200 makes use of 12V Lithium-Ion battery technology instead of old NIMH. Everything Dremel has learned has been tweaked many times over and has been implemented into the 8200 and its accessories. Read on to see if the Dremel 8200 is worth your hard earned money.
Personally I never go battery operated when it comes to rotary tools, they tend to be weak and if you don't use them all the time the battery will be dead. I also tend to use mine for hours on end and knowing I have constant power is rather important.
Looking over the list of changes the new Lithium-ion edition might be worth checking out.
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NL: Review Block: Coolers Cases and a mousepad
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | By: DennisJust a quick review block
Coolers
- Noctua NH-L9i Cooler Review on Technic3D
- NZXT Respire T40 @ PureOverclock
- Coolink Corator DS LGA2011 @ techPowerUp
Chassis
- SilverStone Sugo SG09 @ Phoronix
- LIAN LI PC-Q02 Mini-ITX Case at Modders-Inc
Accessories
- Func MS-3 Mouse and Surface 1030XL Mousepad Review @ Hi Tech Legion -
MSI R7970 Lightning Boost Edition review: fastest HD 7970 yet
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | By: DennisI do love this card, its too bad the GTX 680 edition got snubbed.
It's too bad that the Boost Edition doesn't overclock better than last year’s Lightning with its standard cooler despite the different chip. The limit is again 1240 MHz for the GPU and 1780 MHz for the memory. ASUS proved with the Matrix HD7970 Platinum that a more heavy-duty cooler and a few other tricks can take it further. If you plan on overclocking with just the standard cooler, then that Matrix HD7970 Platinum is a better choice in our opinion, and both cards cost about the same.
The card works very well under LN2 and is the current go-to product when you want to break records.
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Building a Home Server – The Complete Guide @ SSDReview
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | By: DennisBeing somewhat of a server snob I often find myself chuckling at guides like this. Most of them are built to insane levels as an attempt to show off while other guides are designed for real world situations. I would consider this guide to be the first.
Let's go down the line, 24TB of storage space. Not many people can afford that kind of storage and unless you are building a storage server there is little need. On top of that how are you going to back up your data? Hardware RAID will only save you from hardware failure and, for most, that is often enough.
Many people never consider data corruption which is why you need to have daily backups of your important data and make sure storage is separated from OS.
Over the past few years, The SSD Review has enjoyed a fairly smooth ride with little to complain about. It wasn’t until our readership explosion that we realized how important backups were. There is nothing worse than a site crash, other than a site crash which also contains a Forum of course. The sudden loss of days, weeks, months and even years’ worth of data cannot arguably be equal to that of valuable Forum members who hate seeing their threads gone. It happened.
Even worse was the fact that our hosting company was receiving premium monthly payments for daily backups, the last of which they had completed some two months prior. It was only for the odd feeling that we had prior to leaving on Christmas vacation that we physically downloaded backups, minimizing our information loss to two weeks. Although website material resulted only in the loss of our Acer S7 Ultrabook Review, the loss of forum posts could never be equaled.I like how this server build was sparked by a server crash and the lack of appropriate backups. Personally I think they could have done better with the hardware and based on the hardware they picked it shouldn't have cost 5k. Heck I have built better servers for less (minus the insane storage requirement) On top of that the drives were sponsored so what cost so much?
Looks like I'll have to do my own guide.
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Al-Qaeda 22 tips for dodging drone attacks: Its like High School
Published: Monday, February 25, 2013 | By: DennisThis isn't directly related to overclocking or computer stuff in general but I find it interesting that most of the items on this list are things high schoolers do to avoid getting caught at parties. Things like using trees to hide or stopping in the shadows and watching the cops walk on by. You know, just the normal cloak and dagger stuff while you are trying to get home or to the next party.
19. When discovering that a drone is after a car, leave the car immediately and everyone should go in different direction because the planes are unable to get after everyone.
While I'm sure the drone operators will tell you that none of these countermeasures have any impact on the drone there has to be some truth to it else it wouldn't be passed around.
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LG Has Acquired webOS From HP to Power Smart TVs
Published: Monday, February 25, 2013 | By: DennisI was an insider at HP for a few months and the webOS plan was to spin it open source. I guess that never happened.
Update: CNET has seems to have pulled the original story from its website. It's not clear yet whether that's a technical issue or a reflection on the story's veracity.
The deal will see LG take control of the source code for webOS, along with "related documentation, engineering talent, and related webOS websites." It also gets licenses from HP for use with its WebOS products, along with a slew of patents HP obtained from Palm. There's no word on how much the deal was worth.This should be a good move for LG, and the framework for a tablet/tv interface has already been built in so it will be interesting to see what they do with it.
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NL: Review Block: GTX Titan and HWBot World Records
Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 | By: DennisThere will likely be more reviews coming out as people start buying them. Right now most of the cards are being gobbled up by boutique builders and sponsored overclocker types.
GTX Titan Video Card Coverage Wrap-up
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN: The Most Advanced Single-GPU Video Card Ever Made @ Hi Tech Legion
- Nvidia's GeForce GTX Titan reviewed (who submitted this one? oh ya it was TR not putting their name in the link)
- GTX TITAN: The beast to unseat the best! (Bjorn3D doing the excat same thing)
- GeForce GTX Titan review (threeway style) @ GuruThreeDee'z
- Buru3Dees GeForce GTX Titan Overclock Guide
- NVIDIA's GeForce GTX Titan: Yes, It CAN Play Crysis 3
Might I lay down a quote? The NVidia GTX Titan is by far the coolest video card under LN2.
Be sure to check out some of this HWBot Action
- United States k|ngp|n`s 3DMark11 - Performance score - Professional Overclockers League
- United States k|ngp|n`s 3DMark Vantage - Performance score - Professional Overclockers League
- United States k|ngp|n`s Unigine Heaven - Xtreme Preset score - Professional Overclockers League
- United States k|ngp|n`s 3DMark11 - Performance score - Professional Overclockers League
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Lian-Li PC-N1 Intel NUC Replacement Case Review @ Legit Reviews
Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 | By: DennisI'm not really one for extremely small form factor computing but this case does look pretty pimp. The Intel NUC is a new project they have launched with the sole intention that "if they build it, people will use it". Personally I see it as a niche product for a niche that only exists in the industrial space, and that space can easily be filled with a cellphone/tablet.
One of the first things that we noticed with the PC-N1 is that Lian Li flipped the motherboard orientation. The CPU and chipset cooler is now located on the bottom of the case with large ventilation ports on both ends of the case. That obviously means that the I/O ports are now on the top of the PC-N1 case. On the front of the PC-N1 you have the brand name and the lone USB 2.0 port. Just above the front on the top cover you'll find the power button. The power button has been completely redesigned since the original prototype was shown at CES 2013...
Funny, I didn't see Lian Li at CES this year
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Samsung Series 5 13.3" Touch Screen Intel Core i5/8GB/128GB SSD Ultrabook Review (NP540U3C-A01CA) @ ModSynergy
Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 | By: Dennis*warning* *warning* Long title alert!
Today I get to share with you my experiences with the Samsung Series 5 13.3" Touch Screen Intel Core i5 Ultrabook. The model number of the mid-range Ultrabook I have tested is the NP540U3C-A01CA. Read on the find out more about this sleek, lightweight Ultrabook to see if it should be worth looking at for your future portable computing purchase.
Seems like a good computer, Thin, Light and brushed. Even comes with a touch screen for easy swiping and content digesting.
I'm not so sure it can play Crysis. It does have a Core i5 and only weighs a few pounds but without benchmarks we may never know.
