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It looks like the first motherboard to feature Intel's latest generation X58 chipset has officially been introduced by Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS. The company's new P6T DELUXE mobo is touted as featuring Intel's latest desktop platform, although there's no direct specification of that being the X... |
30 September 2008
09:55 GMT |
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Last Thursday, Advanced Micro debuted its new “The Future is Fusion” campaign, whose main purpose is to inform users about the different technologies and products coming from the Sunnyvale, California-based company. Moreover, the Fusion campaign is also meant to provide details of how AMD's pro... |
22 September 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Leading chip manufacturer Intel is expected to finally unveil its highly anticipated Nehalem-based CPUs sometime in November and, as we are getting closer to the release date, more details on the company's next-generation Core i7 models emerge. It appears that the Santa Clara-based chip maker has at least one ac... |
19 September 2008
09:08 GMT |
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DDR3 is not too far from becoming the next memory standard in the computing market, and from being integrated in upcoming computer systems, especially since both Intel and AMD are expected to release their next-generation processors, coming with native support for DDR3, soon. This is probably why several memory manuf... |
5 September 2008
05:59 GMT |
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While NVIDIA is yet to announce the next-generation products at its NVISION event, it appears that at least one of the company's channel partners has taken this opportunity to introduce a product of its own. Consequently, today, at NVISION, Zotac, a graphics card manufacturer and an NVIDIA partner, has unleashed... |
25 August 2008
09:16 GMT |
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As we are getting closer to the release date for Intel's highly anticipated Core i7 processors, codenamed Nehalem, more rumors about the company's next-generation processing units emerge. As already noted in some of our previous articles, the Nehalem architecture has been designed to provide computer enthus... |
25 August 2008
05:43 GMT |
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In case, for one reason or another, you haven't been paying attention to ASUS' latest moves on the market, you might have missed the release of one of its most recent products, which is basically an AMD-based motherboard. Designed with technology enthusiasts in mind, it is build to withstand some intensive ... |
29 July 2008
06:05 GMT |
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Since AMD's new SB750 was announced, various rumors concerning the performance enhancements of the South Bridge have emerged, especially regarding its capacities of improving communication with Phenom processors, allowing users to get it to higher overclocking levels. It seems that some of these rumors are true ... |
24 July 2008
05:44 GMT |
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An increasing number of users are turning to overclocking and tweaking in order to squeeze the very last bit of performance out of their high-end computer products. And that is precisely why more and more manufacturers are advertising their products as being ready for such practices, while also offering them with bun... |
11 July 2008
10:24 GMT |
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Sometime ago, we told you about how Intel was planning to built its processors with more overclocking capabilities. Now, it seems that one of the company's yet to be officially introduced processors has already surfaced on the web as part of a couple of overclocking experiments. We are talking about the E8600, w... |
8 July 2008
05:10 GMT |
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Intel's currently unreleased P45 chipset is rumored to be a hard kill for those who want to squeeze all the best from their rig. According to a news report published by tech magazine BitTech, (quoting Tony Leach from OCZ Technology), the chipset is extremely picky to the minor BIOS tweaks.According to Leach The ... |
12 May 2008
10:46 GMT |
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Memory specialist Mushkin has just announced its latest memory offerings in the DDR2 and DDR3 families of products. The new memory modules are branded as Ascent XP and have been developed in collaboration with Celsia Technologies. The XP memory line-up is comprised of stand-alone modules and dual-channel kits. Accord... |
8 May 2008
08:48 GMT |
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DRAM specialist Super Talent has just released another memory offering in the overclocking-class ProjectX family. The new DDR3 memory modules have been launched as DDR3-1800 4GB dual-channel kits, commercially known as W1800UX4GP.The ProjectX memory family is touted as being the most advanced DDR3 offering in the wor... |
24 April 2008
10:34 GMT |
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Intel's upcoming generation of processors will have limited overclocking capabilities. The chip manufacturer is reportedly gearing up for a strict overclocking policy, as it is leaving the LGA775 platform for the faster and more powerful Nehalem platform.Currently known as Bloomfield, the upcoming generation of ... |
22 April 2008
06:22 GMT |
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Overclocking specialist OCZ has just introduced its DDR3-based PC3-16000 Flex II Series of memory modules with enhanced cooling system for smooth and safe overclocking. According to the manufacturer, the premium memory modules run at blazing speeds of 2000 MHz and sport CL8-8-8 timings.Just like their DDR2-based sibl... |
18 April 2008
10:28 GMT |
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Intel's long-awaited G45 chipset with integrated hardware decoding technology has just tripped and fell over a hardware design flaw and it seems that it won't be able to make it in due time with all the announced features. Just as Nvidia's engineers started popping champaign bottles to celebrate its ar... |
18 April 2008
04:51 GMT |
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XFX has just announced two new graphics card offerings built around Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GTX graphics core. Branded as "Black Edition" the two overclocked G92 cards will only hit the market in limited units, accompanied by Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed game.The Black Edition 9800 GTX graphics cards are f... |
14 April 2008
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Memory manufacturer Super Talent has just released its 2GB DDR3-2000 Project X memory modules, touted as being the fastest products of this kind on the market. Although the new offering is delivered by one of the most important memory manufacturers on the market, pricing is surprisingly lower than compared to a no-n... |
14 April 2008
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OCZ has just announced its Flex 2 series of memory modules, especially targeted at high-performance and enthusiast markets. The new products allow the company to surpass the speed barriers of the DDR2 memory and take gaming to a new level. The Flex 2 memory runs at a dazzling speed of 1150 MHz, a clock frequency that... |
11 April 2008
08:35 GMT |
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While it's true that nobody can appreciate the value of DDR3 memory better than a hardcore overclocker, keeping average users from reaching dazzling memory speeds might be regarded as an injustice. Fine tuning memory modules is not an easy to achieve task, and less experienced users who try to squeeze the last ... |
27 March 2008
09:07 GMT |
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United Kingdom-based Blastflow, a subsidiary of PC vendor Vadim Computers has just unveiled the Blastflow Tidal Skulltrail SB Block, a watercooling solution for the extremely hot Skulltrail enthusiast platform.If you are one of the few lucky enthusiasts that can afford a brand-new Skulltrail-powered gaming rig, then ... |
12 March 2008
12:30 GMT |
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The video industry is currently buzzing around the dual-GPU version of the GeForce 9800 graphics cards from Nvidia. Just as they get wider and wider implementation, EVGA has decided to claim that regular versions of the GeForce 9800 GX2s are "so last week" and introduced their own version of the GX2, cooled down with... |
6 March 2008
06:03 GMT |
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The 9600 GT offering from Nvidia has been around for a while, but many of the users were amazed by how well it performed in its early benchmarks. In fact, it performed that well that it easily beat its older brother, the 9800 GT, despite the fact that the former came with only 64 shader processors.It seems that the s... |
3 March 2008
08:23 GMT |
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Memory manufacturer Kingston Technologies has just demonstrated new blaring speeds for its HyperX DDR3 memory products. Shortly put, the company managed to overclock the memory modules to an unbelievable 2133 MHz clock speed using a pre-release sample of motherboard based on Nvidia's next-generation core-logic w... |
29 February 2008
09:29 GMT |
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Picture this: it's nine o'clock in the morning and you have started your day crawling under the desk to find that nasty power button of your computer. The bad news is that you can't push it with your leg, or worse: you can, but this will have you fired for devastation. The good news is that the Sharkoo... |
29 February 2008
08:43 GMT |
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Memory expert OCZ announced two new memory products to join the scary-sounding 666 Reaper series. The new offerings are targeted at computer enthusiasts and hardcore overclockers who want to squeeze the last bit of performance off their memory modules.The PC3-10666 Reaper HPC offerings come in kits of either 2GB or 4... |
26 February 2008
08:45 GMT |
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The rush for computing performance is constantly transforming the hardware parts inside our computers. Once upon a time, cooling solutions were exclusively pitched at computer processors, but as more and more powerful hardware came along, heatpipe coolers and even water-based solutions made their way to other compone... |
19 February 2008
04:55 GMT |
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It is a known fact that the Athlon 64 and its dual-core parts cannot go beyond the 4.2GHz core clock, and this does not depend on the chosen cooling solution at all. No mater if you use air, water or even liquid nitrogen, the CPU won't pass the 4.2 GHz barrier. There are more reasons for the processor to refuse ... |
18 February 2008
10:39 GMT |
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Memory expert OCZ has announced its partnership with Cyber Evolution (CEVO), a premier national online gaming organization. The competition attracts teams from across the US to compete in the newest PC and console gaming title tournaments.Cyber Evolution hosts multiple gaming competitions that can be regarded as the... |
14 February 2008
06:58 GMT |
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Needless to say that the ATI Radeon HD 3870 is the most powerful graphics card on the market, since Nvidia's GeForce 9800 X2 seems to have got caught in traffic. The two RV670 graphics cores linked together do a great job - they have the same computing power as the Cray-1 machine. However, they can do even bette... |
12 February 2008
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Holland-based manufacturer of cooling devices Nexus has just unveiled its latest products to join the XiR family: the XiR-2300 and XiR-3500. The processor coolers can work with both Intel and AMD chips and deliver optimal heat balance versus noiseless operation.The coolers share the same specifications, shape and eve... |
8 February 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Memory and cooling expert OCZ has just introduced the newest OCZ PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB, one the fastest high density kits in the world. The company tries to mix the need for more and more memory with its ability to overclock at higher frequencies. The new PC2-8500 4GB Reaper HPC series comes with an innovative cool... |
8 February 2008
05:35 GMT |
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If you're one of the lucky few to have finally met one of those Wolfdale-based ultra-fast quad core CPUs from Intel, you must be pretty disappointed with the stock cooler that's mocking at you inside the box. I for one could not stop wondering how on Earth can you cool down a 3 GHz powerhorse with a one cen... |
29 January 2008
09:43 GMT |
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The Taiwanese PC vendor Micro-Star International (MSI) announced that it is working on adding a Turbo-battery mode to its notebook family, in order to increase its lifetime. Notebook batteries and memory cards are some of the most important threats to the environment, and prolonging their lifespan will reduce their e... |
29 January 2008
09:07 GMT |
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I must confess that I am not too much of a water-cooling solution fan. This is because I do not overclock until I see the bottom of the pit. For instance, my Intel Core 2 Duo is set at a standard 2.8 GHz core clock, but I have managed to raise the stake up to a "critical" 3.36 GHz. I am still using the good-old air v... |
24 January 2008
09:57 GMT |
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Cooling and casing specialist Thermaltake has always been one of my favorites. It's not only its design that impressed me, but rather the long-term relationship that establishes between a computer addict and an excellent product. The Toughpower Q-Fan power source unit is yet another goodie from Thermaltake that ... |
22 January 2008
08:40 GMT |
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Asus has just introduced two new graphic cards based on Nvidia GeForce 8800GS chipset: the ASUS EN8800GS TOP/HTDP/384M and EN8800GS/HTDP/384M. The latter is world's first overclocked version of the GeForce 8800GS chipset, that boasts an 8 percent gain in video performance comparing to a standard 8800GS-based gr... |
14 January 2008
10:06 GMT |
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The DDR3 memory standard continues to gain popularity with the advent of Intel's P35 and X38 chipsets. Major memory solution manufacturers have long since come up with working modules of the new memory type, but TwinMOS' raised the performance stake with their DDR3-1800 over-clocking DRAM modules.The Twiste... |
8 January 2008
09:15 GMT |
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Little did we know about the new kid on the block Zotac until it has revealed the world's first DisplayPort enabled GeForce 8800GT. The company has decided to stick to its previous success and has just announced an overclocked version of the GeForce 8800 GTS 512, called the AMP.The AMP! is the company's ma... |
5 January 2008
04:50 GMT |
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Contrary to popular belief, it's not the processor to dictate the computer's pace. More and more people tend to underestimate the power of a small, yet important part of our computers: the RAM memory. Plenty of RAM would allow your computer purr at will, although it is not rigged with the latest Core 2 Quad... |
4 January 2008
08:43 GMT |
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Aside from a well placed hammer blow or a Chuck Norris style roundhouse kick, few things in this world can bring a computer system to its knees faster, from a hardware point of view, than excessive heat. While the hardware manufacturing companies are constantly raising the performance bar of their respective product... |
31 December 2007
12:45 GMT |
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There was a time when every respectable geek on the planet would have aspired to be called "cracker". Things have changed now, since cracking is likely to bring you a prize of some couple of years in jail, so people had to figure out other glorious occupations. They took up overclocking, as dangerous for the budget a... |
21 December 2007
09:37 GMT |
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AMD have just announced that they have released their special edition of the Phenom 9600 quad-core processor, known as the "Black Edition". This version has the same features as the original Phenom 9600 , but provides full access to the clock multiplier.The special edition has the same price as the standard one but ... |
19 December 2007
11:50 GMT |
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OCZ, the cooling solutions wizard, has announced the availability of a new thermal compound, cooked on a proprietary formula. The Freeze paste is another product in the line of premium cooling line and is to be used as a thermal agent in high load and hardcore computing systems, such as gaming workstations or enginee... |
4 December 2007
03:50 GMT |
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The soon-to-arrive X48-chipset based motherboards have brought another speed hysteria. Well, what would suit best your newly acquired motherboard than a set of ultra-rapid memory cards? Overclockers have already been heated by the dazzling speeds they could acquire, so the A-Data Technology Overclock memory team mana... |
23 November 2007
06:57 GMT |
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Asus has introduced today the newest thermal solution that allegedly keeps GPU temperatures up to 7 degrees C cooler than older solutions. The cooler has already been implemented in the EN8800GT series. Asus has been offering factory-overclocked graphics cards but it never broke any records until the EN8800GT arrive... |
22 November 2007
10:55 GMT |
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Despite the computer memory getting faster and faster, it still continues to be the main bottleneck to ruin system performance. The DDR2, compatible with the majority of chipsets on the market range in frequency from 553Mhz to over 1 GHz. Newer DDR3 has not penetrated the market yet, but its availability has labeled ... |
22 November 2007
10:06 GMT |
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Noctua, the Austrian and Taiwanese joint-venture has announced the availability of a new model in the NH-U series: the NH-U12P. Already awarded more than 150 recommendations, the cooling series distinguishes by an increased ventilation capacity and a low noise level.Noctua's NH-U12P is built around the successfu... |
21 November 2007
04:19 GMT |
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Remember the "Turbo" button. Well, your best friend when it comes to baby-overclocking is back. And back with a bang I might add. Because MSI decided to roll out a Core 2 Duo portable fitted with a rather large "Turbo" button which can automatically raise the frequency of the CPU/FSB 20% over its normal value.So it&#... |
7 June 2007
12:06 GMT |
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One of the best known, and probably one of the oldest hardware reviews websites is Tomshardware.com. They have been around, well, for us, they've been here forever. In the past, when you wanted to get some information, this was the place to go to and learn. This is how many of us have learned how to do voltmods,... |
24 April 2007
02:47 GMT |
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