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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.

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.

ASUS ROG Poseidon Platinum GTX 980 Ti Graphics Card Review

August 28, 2015 Dino DeCesari 3

Have you ever considered purchasing a graphics card with the idea of adding it to your water cooling loop at a later time? Do you shudder at the thought of disassembling a graphics card to to install a water block? The ASUS ROG Poseidon Platinum GTX 980 Ti gives you the best of both worlds with its proprietary DirectCU H2O cooler. The DirectCU H2O cooler combines an effective air cooling solution with a GPU water block all in one package.

EVGA Z170 Classified Motherboard Review

August 21, 2015 Dino DeCesari 1

EVGA was on their game and had Skylake/Z170 platform motherboards ready on launch day. Initial Z170 chipset offerings from EVGA include the mini-ITX Stinger, the FTW, and today’s review sample – the Classified. The EVGA Z170 Classified is complete with all the latest technologies the Skylake/Z170 platform has to offer and supports true 4-way SLI using up to four NVIDIA graphics cards. It all looks great on paper, but let’s go find out for ourselves!

ASUS Z170-A Motherboard Review

August 11, 2015 Dino DeCesari 2

ASUS passed along one of their new Z170 chipset motherboards for us to take a look at today. The ASUS Z170-A is basically an economically priced version of the Z170-Deluxe we reviewed recently. While it may be slimmed down a bit, it still offers a lot of features and full support for the new Skylake processors. If you’re looking to get into the Skylake/Z170 platform and not break the bank while doing so, ASUS thinks they have just what you need in the Z170-A. Let’s go check it out!

GIGABYTE GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming Graphics Card Review

August 7, 2015 Dino DeCesari 1

The NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti graphics cards recently hit the market with a lot of fanfare, and early returns show great performance, excellent power efficiency, and a good deal of overclocking potential. Today, we’ll have a look at the GIGABYTE GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming, which comes factory overclocked and topped off with their Windforce 3X 600W cooling solution. Sitting at the top of GIBABYTE’s GTX 980 Ti offerings, we should see excellent performance out of this graphics card, so let’s go find out!

ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Ti Graphics Card Review

July 28, 2015 Dino DeCesari 3

ASUS recently announced the release of their highly anticipated STRIX GTX 980 Ti graphics card, and we were lucky enough to snag a sample to review. The STRIX line of products are aimed at the gaming enthusiast and rapidly becoming an industry favorite for headphones, keyboards, graphics cards, etc. With this release, ASUS ups the ante with the introduction of their new DirectCU III cooler and a promise of even better cooling performance than before.

EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified Graphics Card Review

July 21, 2015 Dino DeCesari 7

There isn’t a whole lot we can say about EVGA that most PC enthusiasts don’t already know. They have been NVIDIA’s top selling graphics card maker for quite a while now, which is no big surprise given their history of providing top notch products. NVIDIA’s recent GTX 980 Ti release gives EVGA another chance to show their wares, and they’ve done just that by rolling out their new GTX 980 Ti Classified ACX 2.0+.

ADATA XPG SX930 240GB SSD Review

July 20, 2015 Dino DeCesari 0

JMicron recently released their new JMF670H controller, and ADATA was quick to implement this new controller in their new XPG SX930 line of SSDs. This new offering from ADATA comes in capacities of 120, 240, and 480 GB and promises excellent performance while keeping an eye on reliable endurance. Anytime a new controller hits the market, we’re always anxious to find out how it performs. So, let’s get started and see what the ADATA XPG SX930 has in store for us.