Today, we had the extremely well-known Western Digital VelociRaptor series hard drive land on our doorstep. We will be looking at the WD VelociRaptor 300GB GLFS version. There are 3 versions of this drive, BLFS, GLFS, and HLFS. The HLFS and GLFS models are designed to fit into 3.5″ drive bays. However, the BLFS is [...]

Chew* has posted a quick how-to guide on the new OCZ Cas8 Black Edition memory modules using the MSI GD70 790FX motherboard for AMD.  In the guide, he shows how fast and easy it is to implement the BE profiles, despite what some users on various forums are suggesting.  Check out the video below, and [...]

Introduction A couple of weeks ago I was looking for a new cooler and my mind was quite firmly set on the NH D14 from Noctua. But sometime in late December there was a bit of news from Thermalright about a new cooler and I thought that I should probably wait for it to come [...]

I picked the  Scythe Kama Thermo Wireless temperature monitor up for $10 this past week. I figured why not! It was only $10 and I could see just how close the software temperature monitors were to the real thing. With this being extremely portable you can take it anywhere and measure almost anything. Also, this [...]

Today we will be taking a look at the new Lamptron [FC5] Fan Controller. Specifications: Dimension: 148.5mm * 42.5mm * 77mm (5 1/4 Bay) Power Output: Up to 30W per channel DC Input: + 12V (standard 4 – Pin Connector) DC Output: 0V – 12VDC Control Channels: 4 pcs Changeable Display Colors: Red, Yellow, Green, [...]

MSI and Asus were both kind enough to give us some time yesterday.  First, we headed to the MSI suite at the Wynn hotel.  MSI had many of their products on display, but the real meat was the demonstration of the new P55 Big Bang Fuzion board based off of the Lucid Hydra chip. The [...]

I arrived at the airport the afternoon of the 6th and was greeted by an explosion of lights and sounds I had never seen before.  THIS was Las Vegas!  We arrived at Planet Hollywood (Jake and I), got changed and then headed out to the Corsair Party a club called LAVO.  Corsair was kind enough [...]

I just came out of my meeting at the EVGA suite here in Las Vegas and I have some great pictures and new specs to report on this hot board!  I was able to have some one on one time with EVGA’s Jacob Freeman and Peter Tan (aka Shamino) and was able to see this [...]