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be quiet! Pure Rock Review

November 10, 2015 Ed Hume 5

The company known as be quiet! produces quite a range of products. Today we are looking at a cooler called the Pure Rock. It is a four-heatpipe heatsink, rated at 130 Watts. Now, that’s a lot of cooling for a four—heatpipe heatsink. Will it do that well? With only four heatpipes? Let’s find out.

Patriot Viper 4 2x8GB DDR4-2800 Memory Kit Review

November 6, 2015 Matthew Green 4

This year is Patriot’s 30th anniversary in the memory market, and they have made a good name for themselves in the computer industry. Today, we have a kit of their enthusiast level Viper 4 DDR4 RAM to test to our heart’s content.

Deepcool Lucifer K2 Review

October 26, 2015 Ed Hume 5

Deepcool has been building computer cooling hardware for years. In the last several years they have been pushing into making products for computers. They started with fans. Then they made cases and heatsinks. We are reviewing a new entry, produced under Deepcool’s sub-brand, Gamer Storm. Today: the Lucifer K2. That’s four brand names for this heatsink. That last is a mountain in the Karkorams, second highest in the world. Will it cool as well as its lofty name? Let’s find out.

GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-UD5 Motherboard Review

October 23, 2015 Matthew Green 4

Today we have the Z170X-UD5 which is in the upper tier of GIGABYTE’s current lineup, just behind their Z170X-Gaming 7. Being near the top of the lineup, the UD5 looks like a great board on paper and deserves a good testing.

Scythe Ninja 4 Heatsink Review

October 12, 2015 Ed Hume 59

The Ninja heatsinks are beautiful, symmetrical heatsinks. The Ninja 4 is all that; you would love to have this heatsink decorating your computer from its looks alone. But will it cool? Is it easy to mount? Let’s see.

Overclocking for a Cause: Turrican Memorial Charity Challenge

January 21, 2015 Matt Ring 0

As if you needed another reason to up those voltages, HWBOT and Overclockers.at have launched an overclocking competition in memory of Turrican. The proceeds will benefit a children’s hospital in Austria. Prizes have been generously donated by Noctua and EKWB.

Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Case Review

June 16, 2014 Ed Hume 0

Fresh from looking at Nanoxia’s largest case, we will now look at their smallest. The Deep Silence 4 is a four-slot case compact case that is designed to fit a mATX motherboard. Nanoxia clearly took pains to retain their sound deadening design and other valuable features; they worked to keep noise in while sweated to keep the cost out. Did they succeed? Let’s see.

ASUS TUF Sabertooth Z97 Mark I Motherboard Review

May 11, 2014 Dino DeCesari 2

ASUS has enjoyed a loyal following for their TUF Sabertooth line of motherboards over the years, whether that be an Intel or AMD based platform. Given that group of loyal followers, it makes perfect sense to carry the TUF Sabertooth motherboards into the Z97 platform as well. ASUS rolled out a Mark I and Mark II version of the TUF Sabertooth Z97; and today, we’ll be looking at the Mark I iteration. While there may not be an enormous amount of change between the Z97 and Z87 chipsets, that didn’t stop ASUS from adding lots of new features to the TUF Sabertooth Z97 motherboards that accompany the chipset update. The design philosophy of this motherboard can be broken down into three main groups – Ultimate Cooling, Tested Reliability, and a Durable Design. So, let’s get started and see if the TUF Sabertooth Z97 Mark I can meet that criteria!

Nanoxia Deep Silence 6 Case Review

March 31, 2014 Ed Hume 2

The Deep Silence 6 brings us an advanced Air Chimney, complete with fans. It is available in White, Anthracite, and Deep Black. As you can see, when Nanoxia says Deep Black, they mean deep, dark black. To stop noise, they made the walls of 1 mm thick steel and padded it with their Nanoxia dual layer of bitumen and acoustic foam. This damps vibrations and noise, but adds weight to the walls. So the Deep Silence 6 is a big, heavy case. Today we will examine the DS6, investigate its air cooling powers, and explore its accommodations for radiators.

Enermax 120 mm APS Fan Review

November 3, 2013 Ed Hume 0

In July, 2013, Enermax announced that they had updated their fans with new three-position “APS” switches, which allow a user to select one of three peak speeds. This, in essence, allows you to buy three fans in one. Today we will be looking at three of these fans: the T.B. Vegas Quad, the Cluster Advance, and the Everest Advance. Are these truly advanced fans? Are we really looking at nine fans masquerading as three? Let’s see.