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Nvidia Quadro 5000 Professional Graphics Card Review Nvidia  Quadro 5000  Quadro FX 4800  Fermi  GF100
[07/27/10 | Video]

New generation of professional graphics cards from Nvidia uses chips with Fermi architecture. Today we are going to introduce to you one of the new solutions, Quadro 5000 that belongs to high-performance segment and is coming to replace Quadro FX 4800.

Clarkdale and High-Speed DDR3 SDRAM: Does It Make Any Sense? Intel Core i5-655K  GeIL EVO ONE PC3-17000  GE34GB2133C9DC  DDR3 SDRAM for Clarkdale  high-speed DDR3 SDRAM for LGA1156
[07/26/10 | Memory]

The memory controller of the dual-core Clarkdale processors is seriously inferior to the integrated memory controllers of other Intel processors in terms of pure performance. We decided to check if there is a way to fix this situation by using overclocker DDR3 SDRAM.

Ready for Summer Heat: Liquid-Cooling Components from Swiftech Swiftech Apogee GTZ  Swiftech MCW60-4870  Swiftech MCR220-QP  Swiftech MCR120-QP  Swiftech liquid-cooling  swiftech water-cooling  MCB120 rev.2
[07/23/10 | Cooling]

Highly efficient water blocks for CPUs and graphics cards, two pairs of radiators, fans, coolant and accessories – everything an overclocker may need to fight the summer heat.

System Worthy of a King: Four Radeon HD 5870, Three GeForce GTX 480 and Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 Super-Mainboard Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9  3-way GeForce GTX 480 SLI  4-way Radeon HD 5870 CrossFire X  3-way SLI  4-way crossfirex  Sapphire Radeon HD 5870  ASUS GeForce GTX 480  ENGTX480/2DI/1536MD5
[07/21/10 | Mainboards]

We are going to test four Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards in CrossFireX configuration and compare them to a 3-way SLI configuration of three GeForce GTX 480 cards using the newest super-expensive mainboard with seven PCI Express slots onboard, four of which work in 16x mode.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1 GB Graphics Card Review Gainward GeForce GTX 460 1GB GLH  Nvidia GeForce GTX 460  Nvidia GF104
[07/18/10 | Video]

As we have expected, GeForce GTX 465, which we have reviewed previously, did become an intermediate solution. It gave way to true Nvidia fighters intending to restore parity with AMD in the segment of affordable gaming solutions priced around $200. Please meet GeForce GTX 460 1 GB and one of the first graphics cards based on GF104 with factory overclocking in place – Gainward GTX 460 GS GLH!

Gold and Bronze: Seasonic Power Supply Units Roundup Seasonic S12-II Bronze  SS-430GB  SS-520GB  Seasonic M12-II Bronze  SS-620GM  Seasonic X-750  SS-750KM
[07/15/10 | Cases/PSU]

We are going to talk about four power supply units from Seasonic, three of which continue the legendary S12 series, while the fourth is a completely new product, the first flagship model in the X family.

Axle Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card Review Axle Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5
[07/13/10 | Video]

We do not often get really interesting modifications of inexpensive graphics accelerators, but they are definitely of great interest to those gamers who have limited budget. Today we are going to talk about a graphics card like that.

Three Budget CPU Coolers Reviewed Cooler Master Hyper TX3  RR-910-HTX3-GP  Nexus LXM-8200  Scythe Samurai ZZ  SCSMZ-2000
[07/12/10 | Cooling]

In our today’s review we are going to talk about the cooling efficiency and acoustic performance of three budget cooling solutions from such well-known makers as Cooler Master, Nexus and Scythe.

Roundup: Nine Solid State Drives from Corsair Corsair Extreme X32  CMFSSD-32D1  Corsair Extreme X64  CMFSSD-64D1  Corsair Extreme X128  CMFSSD-128D1  Corsair Extreme X256  CMFSSD-256D1  Corsair Force F120  CSSD-F120GB2  Corsair Nova V128  CSSD-V128GB2  Corsair Perfomance P128  CMFSSD-128GBG2D  Corsai
[07/08/10 | Storage]

We continue series of articles talking about SSD drives. And today we would like to discuss products from Corsair. We managed to get our hands on a total of nine models from almost all existing product families including a new SSD on SandForce controller.

Six Coolers for Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Processor Coolers for Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition; Scythe Yasya  SCYS-1000  ThermoLab Baram-2010  Spire TherMax Eclipse II  SP984B1-V2 Boxed cooler for Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition  Noctua NH-D14  Zalman CNPS10X Performa
[07/07/10 | Cooling]

We have just got a new processor in, which runs faster, overclocks better and as a result, heats more. Its overclocking success is even more dependent on the efficiency of the utilized cooling solution. We believe it is a great opportunity to check out the performance of four new coolers and compare them against two old ones in new testing conditions.

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