Tech News
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Intel Core i7 980X CPU @ Technic 3D
Published: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | By: DennisThe Gulftown processor was released not to long ago to the joys of many an enthusiast, and why not? The processor comes with 6 processor cores w/ hyperthreading and a nice large L3 cache for some serious data processing.
The guys at Technic3D went so far as to overclock the processor to 4.4Ghz which is no small feat on the Nehalem Architecture.
The Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition CPU arrived Technic3D. We will check the new Gulftown 32nm Six-Core CPU from Intel against the Intel Core i7 975 Extreme, AMD Phenom II 940/965 and more on Windows 7 and Linux . Overclocking over 4,4 GHz with Air-Cooling and more see you in the following Review.
One day I hope to have one of these beasts, but then again, I said the same about the extreme edition and we all know how well that went over.
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NL: Review Block - Chassis
Published: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | By: DennisThere are lots of cases out there to suit anyone's taste, some tall, some small, some ugly, and some not so bad. What case is good for you??
- AZZA Helios 910R @ PureOverclock
- Maxcube Vortex 3620 - a modern old school case Review @ TweakPC
- Antec Fusion Remote Max HTPC Case Review @ Real World Labs
- Corsair Obsidian 800D Chassis Review @ OCIA
- Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Review at Overclockers Online
- Microcool Banchetto 101 Open Air Bench @ Pro-Clockers
- UMLan Article Release: Thermaltake Element V - Review
- Thermaltake Element S ATX Mid Tower Case Review @ BayReviewsFor me, I like a case that has modding potential. A little something I can hand carve and custom paint so to have a personal touch.
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NL: Review Block - Power and Peripherals
Published: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | By: DennisSometimes you have to break free from "cool' reviews and check out some of the stuffs you use on a regular basis, like keyboards and mice.
I'm adding a PSU review in there just to spice things up.
- I-Rocks KR-6401-BK Slim Keyboard Review @ Tweaknews
- Roccat Kova Gaming Mouse @ ocaholic
- NZXT Sentry 2 5.25-inch Touch Screen Fan Controller Review @ Legit Reviews
- Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular Power Supply Review @ ThinkComputers
- Ozone Smog @ LanOC Reviews -
Nvidia initial batch of GeForce GTX 400 series to have fewer cores than expected
Published: Monday, March 22, 2010 | By: DennisDigitimes is always a wealth of information and collecting pot of industry rumors, and truth.
Nvidia's initial batch of GeForce GTX 480/470-based graphics cards will have fewer cores than the originally expected 512 due to low 40nm yield at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to sources from graphics card makers.
Since TSMC's 40nm yield currently is still lower than 50%, Nvidia will block some of the graphics cores with problems on the card. As a result, the GeForce GTX 480 will only have 480 cores and GTX 470 only 448, the sources noted.
I wouldn't rule out that something other than "yield" is afoot here since there could be a variety of factors involved. The truth of the matter is we may never know. This new GPU is very complex and should be one of the fastest GPUs on the planet when its finally released.
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NL: Video Card Roundup
Published: Friday, March 19, 2010 | By: WillThis has been a week full of video card reviews. So I decided to round them up for an easier pick and choice situation.
- XFX Radeon 5750 XXX Review @ OC3D
- HIS 5870 V iCooler Turbo review - From Fast to Faster @ Guru3D
- HIS Radeon HD 5670 Videocard Review @ Tweaknews
- HIS Radeon HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo Video Card @ Tweaktown
- Gigabyte HD 5780 (GV-R587UD-1GD) @ Bjorn3D
- XFX Radeon HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Radeons HD 5770: A Hawk Versus Arctic Ice @ InsideHW -
NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Friday, March 19, 2010 | By: WillHere is a few more games for the PC gamer to check out. Might be something interesting that our readers might like.
Metro 2033 Shooter (PC) @ TweakPC
"Metro 2033 is the first game from 4A-Games, but with a STALKER-Team and the book as a draft it should be successful. We put on the tunnel vision and played the game."
F.E.A.R. 2 - Project Origin @ ocaholic
"Alma has grown up but she doesn't know that. The successful horror shocker F.E.A.R. goes into the next round and its publisher promises loads of action and moments which make the blood in you veins freeze. Also the story should be good and disgned like a puzzle it should be fun to discover the different pieces. Sounds like a nice approach then but what F.E.A.R. is really like that's what we'll show you on the following pages."
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Feel The Power from EVGA
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010 | By: WillWith all of the excitement over the new EVGA dual socket Classified SR-2 we seemed to have messed another important part of the web link. That right it looks like EVGA will be putting out a 1200Watt PSU to compliment the new motherboard.
In addition to the innovative EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard, EVGA will soon be offering the ultimate power solution. The EVGA Classified SR-2 Power Supply takes high performance power to the next level. Rated at 1200W, this baby can peak at over 1500W of output. With 6 +12v rails capable of putting out 38A a piece, it's clear why this is the ultimate of all power supplies.
* Over 1500W Peak Powe
* 6 +12v rails rated at 38 amps each
* Adjustable +12v Rail
* Adjustable Fan speed
* Perfect for the SR-2 Motherboard
Got to the middle of the page to catch this little teaser. -
ASUS Rampage III Extreme Sneak Peek
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010 | By: WillLooks like the new Rampage III Extreme is about to hit us soon. I like the colors and the strange angles of the heatsink is just hard to look at.
"Today we get a sneak preview of the ASUS Rampage III Extreme."
I think Pyramids when I look at this board.
Image borrowed from OC3D. Go check out the review. -
BFG GTX Three-Way Video Card Unboxing
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | By: DennisWith the pending release of the NVidia GTX 480 and GTX 470 cards I felt it was time to treat myself to a three-way.
(Strange way to celebrate I know
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Check the forum link below for the complete unboxin.
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Announcing the EVGA Classified SR-2 Motherboard!
Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | By: DennisSaw this on Twitter this morning.
Meet the mother of all motherboards
We are proud to present the EVGA Classified SR-2, the absolute ultimate for the extreme user. It takes everything that made the X58 Classified 4-way SLI motherboard great and doubled it up. Now you can experience the ultimate in overclocked multithreaded performance by way of Dual 1366 sockets which allow for hyperthreaded Intel Xeon CPU's to be combined together for massive amounts of workload to be spread across a multitude of processing threads.
Personally I cannot wait to get my hands on this beast, and having this board available ends a long awaited return to dual CPU processing.
True story: After my review of the dual P3 board from Freeway I convinced myself that dual processor was going to be the way of future. Much to my disappointment, after the P3 SMP coolness, Intel removed the ability to SMP the low end Pentium processors. A short while later Hyperthreading was announced, followed by mulit-core processors.
It seemed all was right with the world. However, something was missing; it was the joy and satisfaction knowing that you have two physical processors chugging away while you play your favorite game. Also knowing that you have some awesome power to create something awesome in (AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop etc..). Truth of the matter, these days something like dual Xeon's is nothing more than bragging rights since the Core i7 gives you all of that, and then some.
Seriously though, what kind of computer enthusiast would you be if you didn't have a little excess every once in awhile.
