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Win a complete EVGA P55 barebones system from Ninjalane
Published: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | By: DennisIn celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Ninjalane.com we are hosting a forum contest this month where the winner will walk away with a complete EVGA P55 barebones computer system.
Components for this system were provided by EVGA and Thermaltake and consist of the following:
- EVGA P55 LE Motherboard
- Thermaltake Element G Gaming Chassis
- Thermaltake Toughpower 775 Power Supply
- Thermaltake SpinQ VT CPU CoolerEntering this contest is easy; first you need to find one of the 2 special Ninjalane Contest Entry Codes. One is located on the Team EVGA Facebook page while the other is posted somewhere on the Thermaltake Facebook page.
Finally, to enter, visit the official contest thread in the Ninjalane Message Forum for further details.
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NL: Review Block - Motherboards
Published: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | By: DennisIn the past the Intel 775 socket was the premier processor socket to have, and it was for several years. The best part was the socket supported everything from budget systems up to extreme edition quad core monsters.
Well times have changed and the new standard in mainstream computing is the LGA 1156 on the P55 and H55/57 chipsets.
Motherboards
- ASUS Maximus III Extreme LGA1156 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- iXBT Labs Review: Gigabyte P55A-UD6 Motherboard
- ECS H57H-MUS (V1.0A) LGA1156 Motherboard @ PCShopTalkAs you can imagine we have reviewed quite a few of these boards as well. Most recently is the EVGA P55 Classified. This is the board that has everything, and gives 113%.
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Gigabyte Intel P55 OC Challenge - The finals @ Bjorn3D
Published: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | By: DennisIn case some of you don't know Gigabyte has been holding a friendly competition to see how can overclock a P55 the best. It would seem that Bjorn3D was invited to attend the event and posted a small write up.
Overclocking must be the computer equivalent of Formular One or Nascar for cars. The goal is the same: push the car/computer to its absolute maximum and then a bit more. Just as in racing a lot of companies that create components for the cars, or in this case computers, want to be associated with the people involved and thus it is not strange to see companies like ASUS, Intel, AMD and Gigabyte spending lots of time and money on overclocking events.
We were invited to be a partner for one of these events, the Gigabyte Intel P55 OC Challenge, and then attend the event to find out who the best European P55-overclocker is (on a Gigabyte P55-motherboard).
These competitions are really good fun, yet sadly by invitation only. How do you get invited you might ask? There are several ways but it seems that HWBot.org is one of the major vehicles for making this happen.
As of this news post Team Ninjalane is ranked #17th out of the US based sites on HWBot. The team is currently open to anyone so if you're interested in overclocking at drop by our Overclocking forum and join the HWBot Ninjalane Team.!
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NL: Review Block - Coolers Cards n Stuff
Published: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | By: DennisOne thing I have noticed over the years is that CPU coolers tend to keep getting bigger and bigger, yet offer no real performance gains aside from being "quieter". Granted we are beyond the 60mm Delta screamers of times gone by but have things really progressed?
Coolers
- CoolIT Systems ECO A.L.C. Liquid Cooler Review @ OCIA
- Danamics LMX and LMX Superleggera Liquid Metal CPU Cooler Review @ ITShootOut
- Prolimatech Megahalem Review @ Overclock3D
Cards
- Sapphire 5750 and 5750 Vapor X Review - XSReviews
Stuff
- Xigmatek Midgard PC Case Review @ Real World Labs
- Corsair Nova Series V128 SSD Performance Review @ Legit ReviewsIt would be unfair to say that coolers haven't progressed, however in some cases excessive to be excessive seems to have taken over. (More on this later
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 SLI @ techPowerUp
Published: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | By: WillThat is a steep price to pay for two of these monsters, but it would be awesome to see the numbers you would crank out of them. As for the heat. I would not even want to imagine that at all. So let's find out instead of using our imaginations.
"Today we have on our testbench two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 accelerators. Just the graphics cards alone will cost you $1000. Is this something that can be justified? Performance aside, what's going on with power and heat when running two of these cards?"
Imaginations! Who needs that?
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NL: Review Block - Cases, Coolers, Memory
Published: Monday, April 12, 2010 | By: DennisMemory
- Crucial 3GB Kit DDR3-1333/PC3-10600 Memory Review @ ocinside
- Kingston HyperX 4GB 2400MHz CL9 DDR3 Memory Review @ Legit Reviews
- G.Skill ECO DDR3 1600 CL7 Review @ TweakPC
Cooling
- Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler Review @ OCIA
- Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler Review @ DragonSteelMods
- Gelid Tranquillo Heatsink Review @ frostytech
Cases
- Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced review @ dvhardwareEnd review block, there will be more so stay tuned
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BitFenix - A new face in the system chassis market @ Elite Bastards
Published: Monday, April 12, 2010 | By: WillA new player has come into the chassis and peripheral business and there name is BitFenix. Let's hope that the cool little video is not the only cool thing they can do. I guess time will tell here real soon.
"BitFenix is a new kind of hardware designer. Comprised of both IT and gaming professionals, BitFenix merges the insights and experience of these two groups together to create never-before-seen gaming hardware and peripherals. The BitFenix Team's core design philosophy is to put the user in complete control of their hardware and this will be achieved through smart engineering, thoughtful design, and some very novel ideas."
Don't forget the enthusiast.
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NL: Case & PSU Roundup
Published: Monday, April 12, 2010 | By: WillWith so many cool and unique cases out, and swamping the news box. I thought it would be nice to share them and the PSU as well.
- NZXT Hades @ Bjorn3D
- Corsair Obsidian 700D @ Technic3D
- Cooler Master GX-750W: Powerful but Accessible @ InsideHW
- Thermaltake Wing RS 301 Case Review @ Motherboard
- Gigabyte Superb 550P Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750W Power Supply Review @ HardwareHeaven
- OCZ Z Series 850W 80+ (Gold) Modular Power Supply @ Bjorn3D
- Thermaltake Element Q Mini-ITX Case Review @ ThinkComputer
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Touring The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Site In 2010 @ Phoronix
Published: Thursday, April 8, 2010 | By: WillI will be the first to say this is not hardware related, but game related this is. We have all enjoyed the Stalker series of games, and seeing so many of these pictures reminds us just how accurate the games are to the real place.
"I just returned to the United States after being in Ukraine the past five days over Easter weekend. The purpose of this trip was to explore the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident and surrounding areas -- Kyiv, Pripyat, the Red Forest, etc. Contrary to some initial beliefs, it was not an April Fools' Joke. Due to the great interest in Chernobyl among those interested in science and technology whether it be due to the fascination with nuclear power or finding Chernobyl popularized by video games, documentaries, and the like, I have published my collection of these photographs of Chernobyl showing what the area looks like in 2010 -- just days prior to the 24th anniversary of this catastrophic disaster -- along with some of my thoughts and information collected from this journey."
So sit back and check this out.
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NL: Hard Drive Roundup
Published: Thursday, April 8, 2010 | By: WillThe new SSD hard drives are such a popular item we tend to get a ton of review mail for it. So why not make a huge roundup for our readers.
- Corsair Force 100 SSD @ Technic3D
- ADATA S599 100GB SSD(Sandforce SF1200) gets tested @ Guru3D
- Kingston SSDNow V+ (gen.2) 128GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Corsair Force Series 100GB SandForce 1200 SSD Review @ Legit ReviewsOkay maybe not so huge so lets look at those new Raptors from WD.
- Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB SATA 6G Hard Drive @ Tweaktown
- WD VelociRaptor 600GB SATA 6Gbps Hard Drive Review @ Legit Reviews
- WD VelociRaptor 600GB: Fastest HD Ever @ HotHardware
- Western Digital's VelociRaptor VR200M hard drive @ TechReport
