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SilverStone Raven RV03 Computer Case Review @ APH Networks
Published: Monday, August 1, 2011 | By: DennisThe Silverstone Raven has gone thru a few design revisions but the concept stays the same. Rotate the motherboard 90 degrees and use extremely large fans to keep everything cool. Of course the best part is that it actually works.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, over a SilverStone Raven RV03 that looks hardcore. As much as I want to be a poet as famous as Edgar Allan Poe, I just simply cannot wrap my head around such intriguing English works with such deep meaning. Whenever ideas pop into my head, these are usually not anything English literature related -- other than the fact that the text I have written down is English, and that's about it. But what I can tell you about this poem, especially in this introductory paragraph, is that reviews written here at APH Networks are sometimes done around midnight, but not exactly in a dreary fashion. Unless you have heard this poem before in one way or another, many of you may be wondering what in the world this poem has anything to do with our review on SilverStone's Raven RV03 case today. Yes, I know, I don't have a major in English literature, and I am interpreting this poem too literally in accordance to my own thoughts. But what we have here at APH today seems to be quite unique from the standard market of computer chassis. The very first notable thing that is prominently advertised about the SiverStone Raven RV03 is its 90 degree rotated motherboard tray. Of course, the company also tack on other interesting features as well. Now that I have got you hyped up about Edgar Allen Poe's
SilverStoneRavenRV03, it is up to you to keep reading to find out more!Not sure what Edgar has to do with a case review but... ok
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Gainward GeForce GTX 590 Review @ Technic3D
Published: Monday, August 1, 2011 | By: DennisWhen the GTX 590 was released NVidia told us that only a few select vendors would be allowed to sell the card making the total release somewhat limited. Of course what they told us only applied to the US market since other regions were given a different set of rules.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 590 Graphic Card arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will check the NVIDIA Geforce GTX 590 Series in the following Review with a Resolution from 2560x1600, 1920x1200, 1680x1050, 3D Vision, the real Power Consumption, loudness, temperature, Overclocking and many more in new Games against other Graphic Cards. Better than two GTX 580?
This is a great card from a technology standpoint but since it relies on SLI to operate sometimes the performance isn't there.
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NL: Review Block - Another Kitchen Sink Edition
Published: Thursday, July 28, 2011 | By: DennisMemory
- ADATA DDR3 1600X CL7-9-7-21 Review @ ocaholic
Sounds
- Thermaltake Shock One Headset @ Bjorn3D
Motherboards
- ASUS M5A97 EVO and M5A99X EVO @ PureOverclock
Coolers
- Funky Kit Review: Spire Slimod 282 VGA Cooler
- Corsair Hydro Series H80 Liquid CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews
- Zalman CNPS7X LED CPU Cooler Review @ Techgage
- ThermalTake Frio OCK CPU Cooler Review @ TechwareLabs
- Evercool Dr. Cool Cooler @ Hardware Bistro
Input Devices
- Zowie Mico RTS Mouse Review @ XSReviews
- Gigabyte GM-M6900 Gaming Mouse Review @ TechwareLabs
Cases
- SilverStone Grandia GD03 HTPC Case Review @ ReviewDesk
- OC3D: Silverstone Raven RV03 Review
- Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Case Review on Technic3D
- Thermaltake Level 10 GT @ PureOverclock
Video Cards
- HIS 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB @ PureOverclock
- ASUS RoG GTX 580 Matrix Platinum Review @ Hardware Canucks -
EVGA P67 FTW Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Thursday, July 28, 2011 | By: DennisIt has been awhile but we're finally seeing EVGA P67 reviews!. I think had there not been a worldwide recall on the P67 B2 and a waiting period for the Z68 the existing P67 boards would get some much needed attention.
With the release of Intel’s Z68, the P67 chipset may have become yesterday’s news but no one seems to have told EVGA since they have recently introduced their flagship P67 FTW. This motherboard has some big shoes to fill considering its predecessor –the P55 FTW- was a genre defining product. But with a long list of features and EVGA’s pedigree of creating overclocker friendly boards, this new FTW should have what it takes to compete.
The board looks amazing and appears to have all of the cool stuff we like to see, I sure hope it sells well.
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Employee Turnover in the Tech Industry Marketing Department @ TweakNews
Published: Monday, July 25, 2011 | By: DennisI do enjoy reading editorials like this since you get a personal perspective on what is happening in the industry. (Some of which I can relate to) Hardware media is a strange thing. On one hand you have a variety of websites offering to do product reviews for the leading hardware manufacturers. As time rolls on this practice becomes standard and big business for both the hardware maker and the media site voicing their opinions. On the other hand you have the money aspect, media outlets want to get paid, the hardware maker wants to sell product, and when margins are low cuts have to be made.
This editorial touches on "why" there is turnover in the marketplace and how even though you may be working in North America you aren't always treated as an American employee but rather having to conform to the working practices of the parent company.
You didn't think the Japanese made it to the top working 9-5 five days a week with paid holidays off did you?
My first inclination was when I noticed that a lot of marketing representatives were never staying at the same company for more than a year or two. Sure for the hardware site owner this can be an advantage seeing you have a industry contact at Company A and when the representative moves over to Company B, you have a instant point of contact at a new brand while still retaining the latter. But why is the marketing department turnover so brutal? Am I missing something here?
The editorial is a quick read, give it a look
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HIS Radeon 6970 ICEQ MIX Review @ Guru3D
Published: Monday, July 25, 2011 | By: DennisI might file this product under the "WTF are they thinking?" category. When I saw this email in the news box I figured it was just another HD 6970 card review but the MIX at the end got me curious so I decided to check it out.
Manufacturers these days go to extremes to bring a graphics card to the market that is unique. With that sentiment HIS is releasing a product with a bit of difference. Roughly a year and a half ago LUCID entered the market with what they claimed to be the revolution in multi-GPU (from different brands) technology, the LUCID Hydra solution.
It caused quite a stir in the market and motherboard manufacturers quickly jumped onto the bandwagon so as not to miss that trendy boat. Unfortunately, ever since the release, LUCID Hydra has been a drama with bad scaling, a lot of incompatibility, slow driver updates; really most reviewers have cursed the chipset and me personally, I'd like to see that Hydra solution 6 feet under.Yep, we have a video card with an onboard Lucid Hydra chip. The Lucid chip normally resides on the motherboard between the source of PCIe lanes and the target graphics cards for maximum bandwidth. However by putting the chip on the video card you can run Lucid on any motherboard at the cost of total bandwidth to your graphics subsystem. Why is this? Well, Hydra works by taking control of the graphics subsystem and deciding what card gets to do the work. The chip then reassembles the return data to generate the frame which requires dedicated bandwidth to contact the various cards. If your primary graphics slot only has 8x lanes available you can assume some of that bandwidth will be consumed by Lucid data and again by the return data from the "slave" cards working in the system.
This really isn't a huge issue with DX11 titles since most of the processing is done by the GPU however older DX9 and DX10 titles will turn out to be somewhat slower than they could be. I guess this is a small price to pay for having PhysX support using AMD graphics cards.
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Customers angry, staff defiant at China's fake Apple Store
Published: Friday, July 22, 2011 | By: DennisThis goes to show that everyone in the world wants American goods, but they are not willing to pay for it so they spend some money and create a fake.
I did see news of this early in the week but didn't think it would become such a big deal, I guess I was wrong. Doh!
"When I heard the news I rushed here immediately to get the receipt, I am so upset," a customer surnamed Wang told Reuters, near tears. "With a store this big, it looks so believable who would have thought it was fake?"
Wang, a petite, 23-year-old office worker who would not give her first name, spent 14,000 yuan ($2,170) last month buying a Macbook Pro 13-inch and a 3G iPhone from the Kunming store. She wasn't issued a receipt at the time, with staff telling her to come back later.I like how they describe "Wang" as a Petite person
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ASUS captivates tech-enthusiasts at Power User Conference
Published: Friday, July 22, 2011 | By: DennisIn the spirit of the great giveaway we are hosting for the next few weeks here ia a really cool article talking about a recent overclocking event ASUS hosted in Mumbai.
The conference aimed to educate the power users on recent technological innovations offered by ASUS’ latest Z68 motherboards, ROG and TUF Series motherboards. During the presentation, Jack spoke extensively on topics like ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors with Digi+VRM digital power design, ROG Thunderbolt card design, military-standard tested TUF components and Sabertooth series motherboards.
These overclocking events are quite fun and really educate you on what can be done with overclocking and how computer enthusiasts use their gear.. It is sad that they held it by invitation only, but considering the location that might have been the smart move.
Its an easy read, be sure to check it out.
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Kingston Dual-Channel-Kit KHX2000C9AD3W1K2/4GX Review @ ocaholic
Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011 | By: DennisThere have only been a few companies that have done watercooled heatspreaders and I have often struggled as to why you need to watercool ram. Some people just like the thought that everything is watecooled while others think it helps with overclocking.
The Kingston H2O series belong to the most powerful modules which the memory giant actually has in its portfolio. As soon as you take a closer look at the specifications you'll see that they are very serious. According to Kingston these DIMMs need only 1.5 Volt to operate at 2000 MHz with 9-11-9-27 timings.
If you are into waterchillers for your overclocking adventures then a heatspreader like this can actually serve a purpose, assuming condensation can be kept under control.
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NL: Review Block - Cases and Cards
Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011 | By: DennisQuick review block covering some of the latest Video card and computer chassis reviews from around the web.
Video Cards
- HIS Radeon 6770 ICEQX Turbo Crossfire review
- HIS Radeon 6770 IceQ X Turbo @ PureOverclock
- Visiontek Radeon 6950 2GB @ PureOverclock
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 Super Overclock review <- SOC FTW
- PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 X2 graphics card review
- Zotac GTX 550Ti AMP! @ LanOC Reviews
Cases
- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced @ Pro-Clockers
- Moneual Sonamu G100 ECO-Friendly Micro ATX Case Review @ Tweaknews
- CM Storm Enforcer @ techPowerUp
- OC3D: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Review
