September 2015 - Overclockers

ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 Motherboard Review

September 30, 2015 Joe Shields 16

Today we continue our Z170 and Skylake motherboard parade with another offering from ASUS. This time, we get to look at the rugged Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 motherboard. As we know, the Sabertooth line offers a board that should handle a bit more of the rough and tumble situations. It offers an ‘armor’ to protect the board and even dust caps all around to keep the nasties out of where it shouldn’t go. ASUS says it is an “Enduringly-tough Z170 board with ultimate cooling and extreme durability”. So, it’s time to strap the board on to the Humvee and take it out in the desert and…..ok, ok, we won’t do that, but we will put it through its paces and see if it comes out swinging in the end.

Arctic Launches Freezer 32 Series Semi-Passive CPU Coolers

September 24, 2015 Matt Ring 0

Today, Arctic released the new semi-passive Freezer 32 series of CPU coolers. Thanks to a special German fan controller, the heatsink is silent during low-intensity/Windows CPU operation and speeds up during gaming and other demanding tasks.

MSI R9 390 Gaming 8G Video Card Review

September 22, 2015 Joe Shields 1

In the world of new GPU releases, we haven’t had a chance yet to look at AMD’s new lineup with its Fiji based cards, but we do have a consolation prize in the R9 390 that AMD kindly sent us! The R9 390 is, for all intents and a tweaked R9 290 in that it has more vRAM (8GB up from 4GB), and higher reference clock speeds. The rest remains the same. Like is typically done with reference models, AMD will let the board partners change things up a bit and put their own spin on the reference design. With that, we have in our hands a MSI R9 390 Gaming 8G, with its Twin Frozr V cooler and 8GB of vRAM in tow. It is time to put the card through our new benchmarks and see how it shapes up!

MSI and Corsair Launch GTX 980Ti SEA HAWK Graphics Card

September 17, 2015 Matt Ring 0

Two titans of the hardware industry, MSI and Corsair, joined forces to create the GTX 980Ti SEA HAWK graphics card. It’s pretty straightforward, MSI slapped a Corsair H55 liquid cooling solution on a GTX 980Ti and away we go.

Lian Li Releases New Mid-Tower: PC-X510 Chassis

September 17, 2015 Matt Ring 1

Today, Lian Li announced the latest addition to their stunning family of cases, the PC-X510 mid-tower. Highlights of this case include a built-in fan controller, three separate airflow chambers, side window and plenty of connectivity. Lian Li boasts the PC-X150 is geared towards a “full tower build in a mid tower” case.

Kingston HyperX Launches Savage DDR4 Memory

September 16, 2015 Matt Ring 0

HyperX, a division of Kingston, announced yesterday the release of their new Savage DDR4 memory line. Kits will be available up to 64GB, with speeds of 2133-3000MHz.

Saying Goodbye to Lvcoyote

September 7, 2015 Matt Ring 40

On Saturday morning, the world lost a wonderful person in Dino DeCesari, aka Lvcoyote, an Overclockers.com editor and moderator. According to his wife, Dino passed away in his sleep at the age of 56. Although he joined Overclockers.com in 2002,

ASUS Maximus VIII Gene Motherboard Review

September 3, 2015 Dino DeCesari 4

The initial Z170 chipset motherboard offerings from ASUS included several options from their Channel and ROG series. We’ve already had a look at a couple Channel series motherboards in the Z170-Deluxe and Z170-A, so it’s time to step it up a notch and have our first look at a ROG Maximus VIII series motherboard. Currently available in the ROG series are the Maximus VIII Hero, Ranger, and Gene with the higher end Formula and Extreme motherboards to follow this fall. Today, we’ll be looking at the Maximus VIII Gene.

MSI B150A Gaming Pro Motherboard Review

September 2, 2015 Joe Shields 12

Today, we get a chance to review a unique motherboard from MSI. Typically, we look at enthusiast products, since we are, after all, Overclockers.com. But not all of our readers overclock (blasphemy!) or need high-end equipment. Sometimes you just need a no frills motherboard for standard day-to-day operation. In that light, MSI sent along thier B150A Gaming Pro that makes use of Intel’s B150 chipset devoid of overclocking bells and whistles. As the name implies, the board is steered towards the gaming crowd. Let’s take a look at the board and see what it has to offer!

ADATA Premier SP550 240GB SSD Review

September 1, 2015 Dino DeCesari 3

You certainly can’t accuse ADATA of sitting still as far as SSD offerings go. They’ve released a number of different SSDs over the past year featuring different NAND controllers, read/write speeds, and price points. They seemingly have something for everyone in this regard. Today’s review is on their latest Premier SP550 offering, which is aimed at users looking for an affordable upgrade without having to sacrifice performance. The SP550 is ADATA’s first foray into Silicon Motion’s SM2256 NAND controller and its NANDXtend technology. Let’s go find out how well the SP550 240 GB SSD performs and if it’s worth your hard earned dollar.