July 2011 - Overclockers

Bobnova and TsunamiJuan Benching Live Today!

July 30, 2011 Jeremy Vaughan 4

This one is finished; thanks to everyone that stopped by!

[Press Release]Kingston Claims Two World Records

July 29, 2011 Jeremy Vaughan 1

I received this press release today and didn’t have time to do anything about it; so here’s a quick Friday night piece to start the weekend.

Thursday News Roundup

July 28, 2011 Jeremy Vaughan 0

Hi there folks! I was out of town for a bit and catching up on news & rumors from that time led me to want to catch up anyone else who may have missed this stuff too.

Lian Li PC-Z60 Case Review

July 25, 2011 Matthew Green 13

Lian Li is known for making some of the highest quality cases available. Today, we present one of the newest additions to their family, the PC-Z60.

AMD Releases FX Comic, Mocking Intel

July 22, 2011 Matt Bidinger 19

In an undisclosed location, not so far away – FX has assembled a core of master ninjas, developing their elite squad with new abilities and vivid powers…

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD Review

July 20, 2011 Joe Shields 8

OCZ has given us the opportunity to look at their new SSD, which they claim will “[Break] through performance, cost, and maintenance barriers…” Let’s see if they made good on that promise.

Spire TherMax Eclipse II Heatsink Review

July 20, 2011 Jim Gautreaux 0

Under the microscope today is the Spire TherMax Eclipse II, which is an HDT type heatsink sporting five heatpipes and two 120 X 25 mm fans. We will be seeing if this a high performance cooler or just impersonates one.

Arctic Freezer 13 Heatsink Review

July 13, 2011 Jim Gautreaux 8

Known for their thermal interface material (which is used in all of my reviews), Artic has sent over the Freezer 13 heatsink for testing. There is some pretty formidable competition within this price point, so this review will explore how this cooler stacks up to its peers.

Overclocking AMD’s A8-3850 Llano APU

July 12, 2011 Jeremy Vaughan 25

Previously we ran the full review of AMD’s Lynx desktop chip, the A8-3850, which is their Llano architecture for desktops. In that review, regrettably, I was not able to explore overclocking this platform. Thankfully, after a bit more time, that has been remedied.

Asus GTX580 DirectCu II Video Card Review

July 11, 2011 Joe Shields 5

Today Asus has given us the opportunity to review their flagship single GPU NVIDIA card, the GTX 580 Direct Cu II.