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Personal Review 4890 ….with Benchmarking and Overclock ! 2 Comments By Gaul on September 27, 2009 OKAY ! Let me share FIRST thing to do : - Find oc software for increase VOLT GPU ( 4890 ) in this case Download : http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1383/mirrors.php after that… open it, Go to Voltage TAB, then show : VDDC = V gpu 1.3125 by default ??? = V RAM ( i think ), don’t touch this ! not recommend….as we know better OC GPU than MEM in ATI.. My RIG : -e84 @ 4 GH -4890 -4 GB kit FSB 5/5/5/12 ( 5 : 4 ) -CORSAIR TX-850W VANTAGE MAX OC on def Voltag...
A Madman’s Rant, AMD HD5870 1 Comment By Jason on September 27, 2009 First off I would like to say, my name is Jason Jones and I’ve been involved with PC hardware for the past six or seven years, I’ve seen the AMD Althon XP’s come and embarrass the Intel offerings. I’ve seen the Athlon 64’s come and embarrass the Intel Pentium D’s, and so on so fourth. Then the transitions from DDR to DDR2 and now as the processors and mainboards are evolving to DDR3. However the graphics card battles throughout the years and what happening now...
Caught My Attention | Caught Yours? | ATI Eyefinity | Intel Light Peak 5 Comments By 64NOMIS on September 26, 2009 In this entry Simon Solotko brings you up-to-date on his digital nexus hypothesis, a vision for the evolution of the PC into a central computer. Two recent innovations, ATI Eyefinity and the first demonstrations of Intel Light Peak have convinced him that this hypothesis may be moving from potentiality to innevitablity. Yes, Simon is the guy in all of those overclocking videos and has been a driving force behind AMD64 technology, overclocking, and now this… As you may have read elsewher...
Athlon II X4 620: “Ferrari? This Mustang Can Hang!!!” 8 Comments By Archer on September 25, 2009 I was looking for a detailed review of these CPU’s and you guessed it!! If you want a good one then do it yourself! All of the reviews out there were good enough and well done but, for some of us, that does not cut it. The two premises I am focusing on are max (reasonable) overclock for the gamer and undervolting at stock speed for the HTPE\HEPC. A WARNING: BIOS, BIOS, BIOS!!! do not assume you need to update, and if you do be prepared to revert. When I first installed this CPU I did not u...
Ati Radeon 5870 out 3 Comments By carpo93 on September 23, 2009 Today the new ati top card can be bought. Here’s some pics: The chip architecture: Tonight i will post benches.
Phenom II 955 aka CPU Blast Furnace 5 Comments By equinox on September 22, 2009 I thought i would share with you all my latest endevor in pc cooling or perhaps as my wife would say pc tomfoolery. I enjoy pc’s as a hobby not as a profession so I may not be extreme but maybe just creative. As you all know cpu’s, especially quad cores run a little warm. When overclocked they run HOT. So how do you solve that problem. Well theres air cooling, thats ok for stock speeds. not so good for overclocking. You can try the cold air trick but thats a little tough when its su...
Celeron 450 – All Category Gold Cups 3 Comments By Karmakazi on September 22, 2009 For my first blog, I am going to write about my latest overclocking endeavor. Eager to snatch some more hardware points over at HWBot, I decided to take a Celeron 450 for a spin. I first tried it in my Asus Rampage Extreme but as I have discovered in the past, these boards dont play nice with 200Mhz FSB CPU’s. So I swapped to a Gigabyte P45-UD3R, and I was all set to go. Cooling was accomplished via a TRUE 120 coupled with a Sanyo Denkai 220 CFM Monster Fan (a cool night and an o...
Cooler Master Hyper 212 PLUS – A short review 4 Comments By mav2000 on September 22, 2009 Introduction Looking for a new heat sink in the current market is quite a job. There are a plethora of them available in all shapes and sizes and in every single price bracket that you can think of. Getting a cooler with the right price to performance ratio is even more difficult, specially when you add your requirements to that ratio. So we have people who just require a quiet cooler, to those who don’t mind their computers sounding like a jet at take off as long as the cooler can get t...
Piecemeal Upgrades Pt 2.2 – Components 0 Comments By Neuromancer on September 21, 2009 Components The longevity of your computer components varies wildly, with the most expensive pieces often being a top performer for the shortest period of time. In order from longest lasting to shortest Hard Disk Drive/ Optical Disk Drive, Power Supply Unit, Video card, Memory, Motherboard, CPU. This breakdown is purely subjective, and while easily could instigate discussion on what pieces do have the longest longevity citing specific models of components, for brevity’s sake we will continu...
Piecemeal upgrades pt2.1 – Peripherals 0 Comments By Neuromancer on September 21, 2009 The Peripherals Monitors, come in 2 distinct flavors, CRT (not manufactured anymore) and LCD. The difference between CRT and LCD is dramatic, with vivid colors and crisp geometries on LCD, higher resolution and better contrast on CRT. LCD’s can be upgraded very cheaply now, CRT has no upgrade path, it is only mentioned if the upgrade inventory currently has a high resolution or widescreen CRT monitor, it may be reused rather effectively until the size and power requirements effect the end ...
Piecemeal upgrades pt2 0 Comments By Neuromancer on September 21, 2009 Identifying your needs, wants and haves. The first step of upgrading a PC is identifying the specific functions that a PC is going to need to handle at the final build. This may change depending on your build upgrade timeline, as newer architecture is being released, and unanticipated price drops occur. Spending a few minutes a day reading about upcoming hardware releases helps to predict price drops on components as well as identifying features that you may want to add. OEM PCs make their...
Just a little fun with dry ice… 1 Comment By EnJoY on September 20, 2009 It has been awhile since I had last visited Chew* (Brian from now on) down at his lab in Providence, RI. I decided to make the short trip yesterday for an attempt to break some records on a few chips with LN2. Unfortunately, Brian’s local LN2 peddler happened to drop the ball and did not have his 30l ready for him, so instead we decided to go grab some dice and just have a little fun. The settings was like this… Brian essentially had a board ready to go, all insulated. We got...
Piecemeal upgrades pt1 2 Comments By Neuromancer on September 19, 2009 The Piecemeal Upgrade part 1 One cannot help be impressed with the gaming power of a new socket AM3 system from AMD, or the sheer computational power of an Intel i7 and even i5 system. Comparing them to an OEM system build from just a couple of years ago can be embarrassing. Running software designed today, may not even be possible on an older system, and if it does run, could experience all sorts of performance problems: Stuttering video on HD playback, freezing, crashing or overheating o...
Apple 1 Comment By Eek on September 17, 2009 So instead of playing with ln2 like I intended to yesterday. I decided to take my iPhone to the apple store and see if they can do anything about a stuck pixel on my screen. It was there for about a week now, I did some self diagnostics to try and fix it but didnt work. It wasn’t anything major, didn’t really bother me a whole lot since it’s on the lower right hand corner of the phone. But anyway, I went online and booked a appointment with the guys at the “Genius barR...
NZXT Lexa S – Review 4 Comments By GegeV2 on September 17, 2009 NZXT Lexa S Review “We really wanted to offer gamers a solution for under $70 that offers optimal performance with out compromise” said Johnny Hou, Chief Designer at NZXT. “With Lexa S you get enhanced airflow, sleek aesthetics, superior cable management and added features like an SSD bracket.” Features Immense Performance: 5 fan capability ( Front fan, Top 140mm fan, Side 120MM LED fan rear 120mm exhaust included ), fans rated at 43CFM, 23dB(A) Fan control: Determine noise and ai...
Asus Crosshair III – Review 12 Comments By mav2000 on September 17, 2009 INTRODUCTION Hello and welcome to the review of the ASUS CROSSHAIR III FORMULA motherboard. I was thinking about doing a new review for a while, and it struck me that a number of us have picked up new AM3 CPU’s over the last couple of months with the 550 BE being one of the favorites. Today, there is barely any competition for the 550 BE at that price point (especially when unlocked) and it is quickly becoming one of the best VFM processors that one can buy. Keeping this in mind, and look...
Announcing The TechREACTION.net Blogger Incentive Program! 4 Comments By EnJoY on September 15, 2009 Starting today, September 15th, 2009: All registered bloggers with have the chance to win free hardware at least once a month forever! That’s right! FREE HARDWARE! Just for being a registered and active blogger of TechREACTION.net. How do I sign up? Simple, first, register at this page to become a TR blogger. Once you receive your account information, half the job is done. What about the giveaway? It’s easy to be eligible and easy to win. All you have to do is be yourself, a technolo...
Lightning Strikes Again! : MSI N275GTX 1792MB DDR3 Lightning Edition 4 Comments By clon22 on September 3, 2009 Yes, its back. MSI “Lightning” Edition videocards. The 1st card was a variant of the GTX260 family, using a 216SP core called N260GTX Lightning Black Edition. Now its back with the GTX275 edition : MSI N275GTX Lightning Edition It has the same number of stream processors as the GTX285 model. Only difference is that it has a 448bit mem bus compare to the 285’s 512bit mem bus. This card though, as with all [B][I]Lightning[/I][/B] models, comes with 1792mb of high speed DDR3. It ...

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