November 2012 - Page 2 of 2

Cooler Master HAF XB Case Review

November 13, 2012 Bob Nova 9

Cooler Master, never a company to sit around and do nothing, seems to have spent some time thinking outside the box. The result is this HAF XB case. It’s shaped like a box, I assume they didn’t do their thinking inside as it’s too small to fit a standardized engineer inside it.

ASUS Maximus V Extreme Motherboard Review

November 12, 2012 Jeremy Vaughan 8

Extreme. The word embodies all that ASUS has tried to imbue their Maximus V Extreme motherboard with. It certainly looks the part. Do its features and performance measure up to the name? Let’s find out!

Cooler Master Silent Pro Platinum 1000 W PSU Review

November 9, 2012 Bob Nova 2

Here we have Cooler Master’s latest PSU. No longer content with mere Silver or Gold ratings, this unit is rated as an 80+ Platinum unit. The 80+ Platinum badge certifies that the PSU is disgustingly efficient and contributes a bare minimum to global warming. Or at the very least, that it’s at least 89% efficient at full load, 92% at 50% load, and 90% at 20% load.

Noctua NF-F12 – Zaward Golf G3 – Alpenfohn 120 Fan Review

November 5, 2012 Sam Denning 5

Now, you may be thinking, “Fans? …What’s so interesting about fans?” Or you may not even be that fussed, just a tad curious. Whatever guys, fans are incredibly versatile. Hopefully this review will show a bit about how diverse the fan market is and what’s on offer for people.

Kickstarter and Game Development: Highlighting Games Coming to Linux Part 3

November 3, 2012 Stratus_ss 10

Continuing on with the Kickstarter and Game Development series, in part 3 we talk with a game developer who has recently has had their game “Greenlit.”. Simon Dean from Games Foundry chatted with me about Folk Tale, a self proclaimed “City Builder, God, RTS, Adventure Game.”

HIS HD 7750 IceQ X Turbo Graphics Card Review

November 1, 2012 Dino DeCesari 16

HIS has sent along their latest HD 7750 video card for us to put through the paces. What makes this one different, you might ask? Well, two things actually. For starters, HIS has taken the HD 7750 and used the more current reference design of 900 MHz core versus the original reference design’s 800 MHz core. HIS then decided to top it off by installing their higher end IceQ X cooler.