Tech News
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ASUS Maximus III Gene motherboard review @ Elite Bastards
Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 | By: WillThe P55 Chipset motherboards have been a huge hit in the market. Everyone of them looks very cool and has a great unique touch them. Well the Asus Maximus III Gene is on the very top of awesome looking board spectrum. Let's read to see if looks are everything.
"The rear of the motherboard also holds one part of this offering's RoG Connect functionality - In essence, this gives you the opportunity to control, monitor and tweak certain elements of your system from a remote machine via software. To do this, you can simply hook the Maximus III Gene up to another PC via the USB port you see above next to the analogue audio jacks using the bundled USB 2.0 cable, and then press the button to the left of said port. As long as you have the RoG Connect software installed on the PC to which that cable is connected, you can then make a number of changes on-the-fly."
Nice!
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | By: WillSome more PC gaming fun for everyone.
Tropico 3 (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"City building games are a popular genre with the public and the Tropico series has always comprised a fine combination of traditional building with interesting and diverse directions. Tropico 3 has just been released and adds an intriguing layer of political action which brings another dimension to the overall strategy dynamic."
Interview with Codemasters - Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising @ Gamingheaven"Codemasters recently invited us to their Headquarters for an exclusive intereview with two of the Developers for OF: DR - Tim Browne (Senior Games Designer) and James Nicholls (Chief Mission designer). We knew our readers would love to hear their inside thoughts, so we rushed with our trusty camera equipment and asked them a series of relevant questions about this great new game."
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Interactive Intel processor product ID guide v2.2
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | By: DennisThese are always fun to mess with. Truth be told you can get the same information from Intel.com but sometimes the information is not so easy to find..
The idea here is to select the processor type you are looking for and it will give you the specs.
Pretty easy eh?
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AMD Athlon II X2 240e and X3 435 Mainstream CPUs @ HotHardware
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | By: DennisLooks like we have new AMD procs in the wild.
With the current price war going on between Intel and AMD at the lower-end of the market, consumers are left with more affordable options than ever before. One can argue that there has never been a better time to build a computer or upgrade an aging system, especially with the cost of relatively high-performing hardware finally reaching attainable levels. And with AMD's recent launch of their first $99 quad-core, enthusiasts have run out of excuses to postpone the jump to multi-core computing.
AMD continues to expand their product line up with mainstream processors at competitive prices with the launch of eight new Athlon II models today. These chips range from dual to quad-core varieties and feature lower power consumption as well. Today, we will be looking at two variants from this launch, the dual core Athlon II X2 240e and triple core X3 435 processors. Come on by and take a look... -
NL: Review Block - Mobo time!
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | By: DennisNinjalane was founded on doing motherboard reviews and while innovations in mobo design have somewhat slowed they still remain as the centerpiece of any system, either it be gaming, enthusiast, test bench princess, or down and dirty oem, the fact remains you need one to build a system.
- MSI P55-GD80 LGA1156 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Gigabyte P55-UD6 Motherboard Review @ Motherboards
- DFI LANParty Jr. GF9400 T2RS mATX Motherboard @ Tweaktown
- ASUS P7P55D Deluxe LGA 1156 Motherboard @ Bjorn3DWe have P55 board reviews on the way, but due to the nature of second tier and innovation it takes awhile to get the products off the line.
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Intel Core i7 CPU Water Block Roundup Oktober 2009 @ Madshrimps
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | By: DennisFor those of you that know "me" I have a soft spot for watercooling setups. Either DIY or OEM they all seem to have some unique flair and have gotten quite advanced over the years. Here we have a roundup of 6 blocks designed for the Core i7.
Here we are again, with some brand new water blocks to cool your Nehalem or Lynnfield monster CPU. We got some strong contenders this time, which will give the blocks, that we already tested, a serious run for their money. In total 7 new blocks delivered to us thanks to Aquatuning. We compare performance to 6 blocks we previously tested. Find out which one cools your CPU the best!
Of course these are all European watercooling companies so don't expect to see Danger Den on the list.
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Patriot Viper II Sector 5 4GB DDR3-2000 @ PureOverclock
Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | By: DennisDue to many many years of being jerked around by Patriot Memory I have all but given up on trying to deal with the bastards but every once in awhile I take a peek to see what they have been up to.
Sponsored or not it would appear that PureOverclock has posted their "third party opinion" (<- Patriot words, not mine) review of the new Viper 2 modules for the LGA1156.
Today we're looking at a set of Patriot Viper II Sector 5 4GB DDR3-2000 modules that are optimized for use in the LGA1156 socket Core i5/i7 platform, and geared to those who want to push their system. We've seen in our past testing that Patriot modules typically offer great performance and value, so we'll see today if they can continue the trend.
By the looks of it Patriot fired their product designer.
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Upgrading to Windows 7 @ TestFreaks
Published: Monday, October 19, 2009 | By: WillHere is a good little guide for all of you guys out there looking for the new Windows 7 upgrade. This is one great OS and this guide should help it out.
"If you've paid any attention to what's going on in a couple days then you'll know that the new operating system from Microsoft is set to launch, October 22nd to be more specific. It's called Windows 7, while I'm not attracted to the name of it, I do like the operating system itself. It offers many new things over Vista, including the ability to run smoother and of course better reviews and feedback. "
Enjoy!
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OCZ Z-Drive m84 PCI-Express SSD Review @ HotHardware
Published: Monday, October 19, 2009 | By: WillHere it is SSD RAID on some serious steriods. Then slap a 8x PCI Express connector to not allow any kind of bottleneck. This is the ultimate SSD setup, but is it worth the money? Let's read ot find out.
An interesting thing about NAND Flash SSD technologies, beyond the fact that the market is flush with competitive product offerings, is that the technology itself is very flexible and adaptable to a number of different design approaches. Take for example a RAID 4-pack configuration with Intel's X25-M SSD or perhaps the omnipotent Fusion-io ioDrive. Granted, these are rather high-end, pricey setups, but you get the gist that solid state storage arena is just getting warmed up.
In a sort of hybrid version of Fusion-io's product and our RAID 4-pack array, OCZ Technology has introduced an almost fully integrated solution of their SATA-based SSD technology, along with a third party RAID controller, all wrapped up clean and tidy on a PCI Express X8 adapter card.
Dubbed the Z-Drive, we first got a look at this wild-eyed beast back in May. It wasn't quite ready for prime time back then and it re-emerged again in early September with specs that admittedly caused a pavlovian response of our salivary glands. Today, we get to satiate ourselves with a deep dive look at the new OCZ Z-Drive, in a tasty 256GB variant that drops in at an almost reasonable $899 price point that is on near cost parity with a standard mid-range SSD...I want one real bad.
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Razer Naga MMO Mouse Review @ Driverheaven
Published: Monday, October 19, 2009 | By: WillThis review goes right along with the MMORPG game that was posted just below. Razer Naga MMO Mouse looks to be very cool for the WoW and Aion fans. Let's read how it works out with all of those buttons.
Today we are going to look at Razer's latest offering, the Naga gaming mouse. It is designed with MMO games in mind, instantly noticeable by the number of macro buttons included. It also has an impressive specification to back up its gaming orientation, boasting a 5600 DPI precision laser sensor and a 1000Hz polling rate.
I want to try one, but I'm sure I would hit the wrong number everytime.
