July 2010 - Page 2 of 3

Kingston Holding a Video Contest

July 19, 2010 Brett Taylor 0

Kingston is looking for video submissions for their contest entitled, “How Can a Kingston® SSDNow Drive Change Your Life?”

Lian Li PC-Q06 Benching Station Review

July 19, 2010 Jeremy Vaughan 6

Lian Li is known for killer cases. Mostly all aluminum, they can border on works of art. When they approached us about reviewing a benching station it took me by surprise. They have released a couple new benching stations, the PC-Q06 and the PC-T60, the former of which we’ll be sinking our teeth into today.

Overclocking an AMD L110-based Netbook

July 16, 2010 David 4

Here I document how I overclocked my netbook from 1.2 GHz to 1.43 GHz using a simple software program and some trial and error. Performance in both 3DMark2001SE and in SuperPi (1M) was improved, with only a modest increase in load temperatures.

Cooler Master HAF-X Case Review

July 15, 2010 Joe Shields 27

Cooler Master is a well known company providing anything from case fans, power supplies, CPU heatsinks, and of course, cases. Today we will be looking at their flagship case named the HAF-X.

Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 800W PSU: A Quick Look

July 14, 2010 Jeremy Vaughan 0

Cooler Master has recently released a new series of power supplies named Silent Pro Gold; we did a short news item that included them a while ago. Now that these units are out we have been sent one to have a look at: specifically the Silent Pro Gold 800W, model # RS800-80GAD3-US.

NVIDIA GTX 460 Review Roundup

July 13, 2010 David 1

Hot off the presses, check out reviews of NVIDIA’s newest offering from across the web.

Cooler Master V6GT Review

July 12, 2010 Kevin Marlin 3

Cooler Master’s V6GT cooler is put through it’s paces in some interesting real-world and synthetic tests.

Testing Heatsink Temperatures with the Tenma 72-7712 Data-Logging Dual Thermocouple

July 9, 2010 Kevin Marlin 31

The 72-7712 Digital Thermometer from Tenma Test Equipment is a dual thermocouple meter with internal logging capability, USB output for saving logged data, and software up-link. This unit can become an integral part of a PC testing arsenal by allowing for isolation of case hot spots, heat sink testing, and LN2/Dry Ice work. The limitations start to change and the performance bar can be raised when you know where it is hot and where it is not.

GTX 460 Press Kit Leaked

July 8, 2010 Matt Ring 1

After the paparazzi caught a glimpse of the GTX 460 768 earlier this morning, Expreview has now posted a Gigabyte Press Kit detailing the performance of NVIDIA’s upcoming mid-range Fermi card. Due to be released on July 12, this card will feature 768 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 3600 MHz, plus 192-bit memory interface. The GPU will be clocked at 675 MHz.

Gunnar Optiks Phenom Performance Eyewear

July 6, 2010 Brett Taylor 3

Hardcore gamers are always looking for another way to get a leg-up on their competition. There are performance products for nearly everything imaginable, now including eyewear. Unfortunately, a lot of these products are only marketing hype and fail to produce the results that are promised. So, when I first opened the packaging of the Gunnar Optiks Phenom glasses, I was admittedly skeptical if I would notice any difference when wearing them. But, I am a firm believer in “don’t knock it till you try it”, so I was more than willing to test them extensively for a few weeks.