AnandTech - For the launch of the first GF100-based video cards -- the GTX 480 and GTX 470 -- NVIDIA sent over a 3 card reviewer's kit containing two GTX 480s and a single GTX 470. This allowed us to do SLI testing with the GTX 480 (a money-is-no-object setup) but not with NVIDIA's significantly cheaper GTX 470.
Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 05:42:20 EDT in Motherboards
Overclock3D - Enter the Gigabyte X58A-UD9. For a while now Gigabyte have differentiated their models by adjusting the UD number (UD standing for Ultra Durable). So a UD3 is the value board, UD5 the one most of us will purchase, UD7 used to hold the Gigabyte flagship crown, and now we have the UD9.
TechwareLabs - Solid state drives not only offer an enormous reliability advantage over traditional hard disk drives, they offer great performance increases as well. Most people operate under the assumption it takes great money to get great performance. The Agility 2 claims to be the exception.
HardwareSecrets - NZXT has just announced the Phantom, a full-tower case with tons of exciting features that will reach the market in September with a suggested price of USD 140 in the USA. Let's see whether you should consider buying it or not.
TweakTown - Our first GTX 460 review was of the MSI Cyclone 768MB. Straight away it showed us what the GTX 460 was going to be about; good power at an even better price. Once we had a look at that we then checked out some 1GB models.
ASUS RT-N16 Multi-Functional Gigabit Wireless N Router - Review
Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 04:15:05 EDT in Networking
TweakTown - Today we are taking a look at a brand new one coming off the shelf. This is the ASUS RT-N16 multi-function wireless router. It is multi-function because you can choose the mode you want it to operate and because it has the ability to wirelessly share printers and USB HDDs as well.
The SilverStone HDDBOOST gives any hard drive the boot times of a SSD without sacrificing hard drive capacity, write wear on the SSD or the complications of having to change file paths when you would run programs off a secondary hard drive.
Bjorn3D - MSI has introduced into the world the GTX-465 Twin Frozr II and it is most definitely a very appealing card. They really pulled all the stops out with this one as they made sure to have it appeal to a wide range of audiences while not sacrificing performance in the least bit.
AnandTech - There's an age-old battle between form and function. Some users will give up performance and features for a devices that looks cool, while for others the benchmarks are all that really matters. The ASUS U33Jc doesn't totally eschew function, with plenty of high-end features, but it does pay more than lip service to aesthetics by placing bamboo surfaces on the top panel and palm rest.
TomsHardware - The latest 2.5" hard drive generation ships with SAS 6Gb/s and delivers up to 600 GB of storage space, narrowing the gap with much larger 3.5" disks. Today we're comparing the latest 2.5" drives from Seagate and Toshiba to see if they're faster, too.
PureOverclock - Today we're examining the latest creation from CoolIT Systems. This is an A.L.C. (Advanced Liquid Cooling) system for modern processors and their power-hungry overclocking users pushing them to new limits.
PureOverclock - Enermax has been producing some of the best products in the computer industry for some time. However they are probably most well known for their top notch power supplies. Enermax has never ceased to impress us with their build quality and attention to detail in any of their products.
ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte and MSI Motherboard - Roundup
Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 06:33:35 EDT in Motherboards
iXBTlabs - Today we are going to talk about six mainboards on AMD 890FX chipset, namely: ASRock 890FX Deluxe3, Asus M4A89TD Pro and Asus M4A89TD Pro/USB3, Biostar TA890FXE, Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 and MSI 890FXA-GD70.
Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 06:20:00 EDT in Motherboards
LegitReviews - MSI's 890FXA-GD70 motherboard is based on the AMD 890FX and SB850 chipsets. These are the latest and greatest chipsets from AMD, so that means this ATX board is designed to run socket AM3 Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron 100 Series processors.
BenchmarkReviews - OCZ Technology has once again brought cutting-edge high-speed SSDs into the value storage segment with their Agility 2 series. Based on the SandForce SF1200 controller, the OCZ Agility 2 SSD delivers up to 20,000 IOPS with incredible bandwidth speed.