January 2014 - Overclockers

Thermaltake A30i Speed Edition Gaming Cube Review

January 31, 2014 Dino DeCesari 4

With small form factor components becoming increasingly popular for desktop and gaming applications, the demand for cases to house these components is on the rise. It seems almost all case manufacturers now offer Micro-ATX or Mini-ITX cases of one kind or another. Today, we’ll have a look at one of Thermaltake’s newest offerings in this category – the A30i Speed Edition Gaming Cube. With support for Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards, full size power supplies, and long video cards, it certainly appears to have the features most enthusiasts would look for in a small form factor case. Let’s have a look for ourselves and find out if the A30i Speed Edition Gaming Cube has what it takes to warrant your consideration.

CES 2014: NVIDIA, Be Quiet! and PowerColor

January 27, 2014 Joe Shields 9

In what will likely be one of the last CES 2014 articles, we will cover what NVIDIA had to say as we sat down with a representative and talked about the exciting technology – G-Sync, for monitors and watched an incredible unreleased racing sim/driving game run on three 4K monitors in Surround. We will also show what PowerColor has to done to their AMD line-up to compete with the big boys as well as look at a couple of beautiful new coolers from Be Quiet! Get comfy because it is picture time.

BitFenix Phenom Mini-ITX Case Review

January 24, 2014 Matthew Green 5

BitFenix had great success with their Prodigy ITX case, and now they have an ITX alternative with the Phenom. With SFF systems becoming more and more popular, it’s always nice to have plenty of options in cases. Let’s find out what the BitFenix Phenom has to offer the ITX crowd…

Gigabyte Overclocking Events Result in New World Records

January 22, 2014 Dino DeCesari 0

Here at Overclockers.com, we love hearing about new benchmarking world records and we have a few new ones to share! Gigabyte (along with many co-sponsors) recently held a couple of overclocking competitions, which resulted in several new world records.

CES 2014: Cooler Master Shows Off New Cases, Fans, Heatsinks & More

January 20, 2014 Matt Ring 3

When you make nearly everything under the sun, there are bound to be some new products to announce for 2014? In the case of Cooler Master, there were plenty of new goodies on display at their suite including cases, fans, coolers and more.

AMD A10-7850K Kaveri APU Review

January 17, 2014 Dino DeCesari 24

AMD APUs continue to evolve with better graphics and compute performance with each new release. The Kaveri APUs are no different in this regard and attempt to redefine the landscape for what can be done on a single chip solution. Several new technologies have been introduced since the release of Trinity and Richland APUs, which we’ll explore today. AMD sent along the A10-7850K APU for us to have a look at, which is the flagship model for the Kaveri line. So, let’s dive into this latest APU offering from AMD and see what they have in store for us.

CES 2014: MSI Reveals R9 290X Lightning and GTX 760 Gaming ITX Video Cards

January 14, 2014 Matt Ring 0

With AMD and NVIDIA having already released the latest generation of GPUs, there was not much in the way of new video card technology (well outside of G-SYNC) on display at CES 2014. However, MSI showed off two new video cards that definitely caught our attention and of course a few other goodies.

CES 2014: Patriot, Mushkin, ADATA, Corsair and Kingston Recap

January 14, 2014 Joe Shields 1

The next article up in our CES 2014 coverage will include memory and storage vendors as listed in the title. Not a tremendous amount has really changed on this front, except for some product line changes, though we did get to see a functional DDR4 server in front of our very eyes.

NZXT Announces H440 Case and Shine 3 Gaming Keyboard

January 14, 2014 Matt Ring 3

Not to get lost in the CES shuffle, NZXT unveiled the new H440 case as well as the matching Shine 3 mechanical gaming keyboard. In addition to keeping with NZXT’s traditional good looks, the H440 will feature an integrated power supply shroud and four of the new FN V2 fans. The shroud will make cable management a breeze and make for an awesome view from the case’s side window. The H440 should have plenty of room for watercooling and will be available in white/black or black/red.

CES 2014: EVGA Shows Off Torq X10, GTX 780 Ti Classified K|ngp|n and More

January 12, 2014 Dino DeCesari 2

Always looking to cater to the computer enthusiasts, EVGA showed us a glimpse of what 2014 holds in store for their new product offerings. EVGA will be getting into the gaming mouse business, and will also offer braided cable assemblies and kits for their PSU line. Let’s have a look at what EVGA was showing off at CES 2014!