June 2010 - Overclockers

NZXT Releases External Touch-Screen Fan Controller

June 30, 2010 Matt Ring 0

Who said all fan controllers are created equal? Certainly not Overclockers.com, in fact just in the past six months, we looked at several different fan controllers, analyzing performance and design. After investigating the offerings from several top manufacturers, including Lamptron (FC-2 and FC-3, FC-5), Scythe and even an older NZXT model, clearly the new NZXT Sentry LXE is by far the best-looking fan controller out there.

Live Benching with Miahallen at Noon

June 30, 2010 Brett Taylor 7

Watch Miahallen live benching today at 12pm. Update: This event is over early due to hardware failures (RIP Intel 980X), details here.

Water-Cooled Router Mod Tutorial

June 29, 2010 DJCJ 20

Is your router getting too hot? Try water-cooling it! This tutorial covers everything you need to know from router selection, component selection, and putting everything together. If you like extreme cooling, this mod is for you!

MSI 890FXA-GD70 Motherboard Review

June 28, 2010 Jeremy Clifton 3

MSI has been working hard to improve their reputation as an overclocker-friendly motherboard manufacturer, and I can say I’ve seen a pretty steady improvement in general overclocking performance over the past few years. MSI’s newest addition to their AMD line of motherboards is one of my favorite products yet.

Core Temp 0.99.7 Released

June 28, 2010 Arthur Liberman 3

A new version of Core Temp was released this weekend: fixes the frequency issues, improves processor detection and support for the Windows 7 taskbar. Also, an introduction to CoreTempMC, a Core Temp extension for Windows Media Center.

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula Review

June 25, 2010 Jeremy Vaughan 7

The Crosshair IV Formula is ASUS’ top of the line AMD motherboard. Housing the 890FX northbridge and SB850 southbridge, it should be a current-generation powerhouse. So sit back, relax and let’s sink our teeth into this beast.

ATI Driver Installation in Linux

June 23, 2010 SeanBest 24

Scared to use an ATI card in Linux? Had a horrible experience with ATI in Linux that resulted in 2 smashed keyboards, a broken Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD, and three trips to your family psychiatrist? Well I did, well maybe not THAT bad, but really close. Since I started using Linux roughly two years ago, I always ran it without 3D video drivers because ATIs drivers were so hard to install and configure. I started out using Ubuntu, I believe it was 8.04, with my brand spankin’ new ATI 4870 and it was tearing it up in Windows, but as soon as I started dual booting Windows and Ubuntu, it all came crashing down. So this article is dedicated to all those broken keyboards and LiveCDs.

Touring the AMD 890FX Chipset and Athlon II 640 CPU

June 23, 2010 Jeremy Vaughan 5

This article is a quick precursor for our upcoming review of the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which houses AMD’s newest chipset, consisting of the 890FX northbridge and SB850 southbridge. The CPU used in that review will be AMD’s recently released Athlon II 640, so we’ll have a look at that too.

Live Benching Tonight: Miahallen on Liquid Nitrogen

June 22, 2010 Matt Ring 0

MIAHALLEN, the #13 overclocker in the world on HWBot, will be benching live with liquid nitrogen on his CPU tonight, June 22, 2010. Watch him here at Overclockers Live – Stage 1!

Update 12:30AM EST – this event is over, the next live benching session will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

Choosing a Solid State Drive

June 22, 2010 Mr. Alpha 15

By now, you have heard all about Solid State Drives: They are one of the most beneficial upgrades for your computer, and those who upgrade to an SSD will almost never be able to go back. So, let’s say you are convinced; you know the size you need and you’ve decided you’ll get one. Wallet in hand, you are ready to buy one, but you realize there are a lot of them. Which is the best one? Which is the best SSD in a given size class?