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Sapphire Pureblack P67 Hydra Review - XSReviews
Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011 | By: DennisHere we have a rather short review of a popular P67 from Sapphire. The Pure Black is an enthusiast level motherboard for Sandy Bridge systems and is one of the few motherboards left to feature the Lucid Hydra processor.
Be sure to check out our review of the Sapphire Pure Black P67.
Sapphire are GPU manufacturers at their heart, but they’ve been known to dip into other markets in the past few years; perhaps one of the most interesting ones being motherboards. Today I’m looking at their latest foray into the mobo game, the Sapphire Pureblack P67 Hydra. It’s got 4 PCIe ports, an onboard post and CPU temperature readout and some nice onboard power switches. Lets get investigating.
It wouldn't seem they were too impressed with the motherboard with most of their complaints focused on the Hydra chip.
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Zalman VF3000F GTX 570/580 GPU Cooler Review @ Techgage
Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011 | By: DennisI got to look at these coolers in person at Computex, at first glance they look rather cheesy but do have some good qualities. The radiator is a long twin tower design that overlaps to use as much of the incoming air as possible.
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 is a beast of a card, able to reach 80°C with minimal effort. So what about those who value high performance along with silence? There are some options, such as Zalman's VF3000F after-market cooler. But with it requiring three slots in your PC, and $75 from your wallet, can it deem itself worthy?
The best part of this cooler is the heatsink they include to cool the VRM and memory chips. It does limit what cards can actually use the Zalman cooler, though you'd be surprised at how many "custom" cards are still using reference designed PCBs
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NL: Review Block - Cases and Cards
Published: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 | By: DennisCases
- Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid Tower Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Cooler Master Silencio 550 Computer Case Review @ APH Networks
- Xigmatek Pantheon Computer Case Review @ Tweaknews
- Fractal Design - Define Mini reviewed in Metku
- Silverstone Fortress FT03 mATX Tower Case @ Pro-ClockersCards
- Funky Kit Review: Zotac AMP! Geforce GTX 560 (1Gb GDDR5) graphics card
- Sapphire HD 6950 Toxic Edition 2GB Review @ Kitguru
- KFA2 GeForce GTX 560 Ti MDT x5 reviewMore news to come, stay tuned
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Direct Link to the Ninjalane Podcasts
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2011 | By: DennisI have been getting a few suggestions to post a navigation link directly to the Ninjalane Podcasts. Well that link has been placed and is ready to be used.
Currently, you can find the Ninjalane Podcasts in the Articles section of the website. While this is not an ideal location it was done out of convenience until I could fully develop the Podcast section.
Sadly that section has yet to be completed but, that doesn't mean I can't give you a shortcut.
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GIGABYTE Unleashes G1.Sniper 2 Gaming Motherboard
Published: Thursday, August 4, 2011 | By: DennisIt is the return of the G1 KIller, the Gigabyte board designed for gamers to provide the best gaming experence without resorting to expensive addon cards beyond a top notch video card.
City of Industry, California, August 4th 2011 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced the launch of the new G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, the latest G1-Killer Series motherboard designed for extreme gaming on the latest Intel® Z68 chipset and Intel® i7 Core 'Sandy Bridge' processors. Featuring several state-of-the-art onboard solutions from renowned industry leaders Creative and Bigfoot Networks, as well as many additional and exclusive GIGABYTE features, the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard takes no prisoners in its quest for gaming supremacy.
"The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 brings our acclaimed no mercy G1-Killer gaming philosophy to Intel's mainstream Z68 platform", commented Henry Kao, Vice President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. "From listening closely to the gaming community, it's clear that this is an eagerly anticipated motherboard, and one that will guarantee the fearlessly uncompromising gaming experience that so many of our customers crave."For more details check out http://www.gigabyte.us/ and the press release in the Ninjalane Message Forum.
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ASUS Rampage III Black Edition Review @ Bjorn3D
Published: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 | By: DennisNot sure if I like the black and red edition or the black and gray but you cannot argue that the Black Edition Rampage III is quite amazing.
Considering that the aging X58 chipset has already been replaced, we were surprised to see yet another offering in the X58 lineup, even with the recent release of Sandy Bridge and the Z68 chipset. However, looking over the specs and feature, on this board we would dare to say that the X58 is back in black.
Sadly it seems most hardware editors have given up on X58 looking for the next great thing to report on. Personally I see X58 still having some fight left, heck X79 is on the roadmap but it won't be here until after Christmas (or so they say).
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Fractal Design Define R3 Mid-Tower Chassis Review @ Techgage
Published: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 | By: DennisNot a bad looking case, its like a clean black box.
With the chassis market dominated by a small group of major companies, it's easy to get excited when we receive a model from a company that's not that well known - at least on these shores. In this particular case (no pun, of course), that company is Fractal Design, and its the silence-focused Define R3 mid-tower on deck today.
I have never liked having foam on the side panels but it seems to work in certain situations.
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NL: Review Block - ASRock Review Day
Published: Monday, August 1, 2011 | By: DennisI don't normally post reviews dealing with ASRock hardware but there were a bunch today so here it goes.
Motherboards
- ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Motherboard Review @ Motherboards
- ASRock Z68 Fatal1ty Gen3 Motherboard Review @ HardwareHeaven
- ASRock Z68 Extreme4 @ Hardwareoverclock
- ASRock Core HT @ PureOverclock -
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.
