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[Blog] ASUS MAXIMUS III EXTREME 3 Comments By giorgioprimo on March 30, 2010 Since I saw it at CEBIT 2010 in Hannover i felt in love and finally got the chance to test it The most attractive thing was the Bluetooth IRog module The I/O section and the bundle are pretty stuffed The power sections for CPU and RAM are fully enforced Firstable started some test on air-cooling to check the capability of Bclock and Ram frequency ( different sets of timing) let’s see how far is possible to push the RAM 230 bclock and 2300 RAM 3D benchable on air ̷...
[Review] Mushkin Enhanced Blackline PC3-12800 7-9-7-24 Model 998782 11 Comments By The Duke on March 30, 2010 I have always been an OCZ and Patriot RAM type of guy for as long as I have been working with computers. Moving to Mushkin was a big step out of my comfort zone to say the least. I have heard a lot of talk about how amazing Mushkin is over the years, so I decided to take a chance. After finally getting time to mess around with the RAM, I was pretty excited to see what these could do. We will see if that chance paid off when I get into the testing of the RAM. Let’s dance, shall we? Packag...
AMD Phenom II X2 555BE a first look 3 Comments By Neuromancer on March 29, 2010 With the 965BE C3 stepping making so much noise in the AMD overclocking community it was bound to happen, AMD would release a core reduced version for people that did not need or want a quad core processor. The 555, like its predecessor the 550, is a dual core AMD processor based on the Phenom II architecture. The original 550BE was released with a half step lower multiplier and was based on the C2 stepping, although a subsequent C3 stepping has recently appeared on Newegg as a tray processor ...
[Blog] Thermaltake Contact 29 vs. Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme 2 Comments By carpo93 on March 29, 2010 Those two products are in the same level of price (30€), and they have a similar bundle: a fan, retention kit for sockets AM3, LGA775, LGA 1336 and LGA 1156. So we can determinate what cooler is better only by testing their performance. Contact 29 box: Freezer Extreme box: Contact 29 fan: Freezer Extreme fan: Test Setup Core i3 540 Asus P7P55D PRO CORSAIR TX750 SAPPHIRE 4890 CORSAIR DDR3 2X1Gb 1333 Cl 9 Temp Ambient: 20°C Results Conclusion The tests shows us that the Artic Cooling ...
[Review] Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance Mouse 7 Comments By zalbard on March 29, 2010 Every computer enthusiast is familiar with Cooler Master. This company has been known to produce high quality computer chassis, heatsinks, cooling pads, PSUs, and some other cooling related accessories for nearly 20 years. However, even 6 months ago almost nobody had any idea that a completely new (and quite unexpected judging their previous releases) product would be born – a gaming mouse. Sentinel Advance is a part of CM’s relatively new Storm product line up with a catchy slogan ...
Tech Station: A Story of A Wooden Beast 3 Comments By The Duke on March 27, 2010 Awhile back, I was doing a review and I had to keep taking my main computer off my desk and setting up a make-shift tech station. Although this worked fine, and I had no problems with it, it was very annoying. After the review was done, I started coming up with ideas of a tech station wonderland. Something that would and could do anything and everything I wanted it to do. I wanted it to be able to handle anything I threw at it, water or air. With all that in mind, I thought about it for a few da...
PAX East: Interview with Nvidia’s Bryan Del Rizzo on the GTX400 series (Updated) 6 Comments By EnJoY on March 27, 2010 After the Nvidia GeForce GTX 400 series launch event, I was lucky enough to grab an interview with Nvidia’s Senior PR Manager of Consumer Products, Bryan Del Rizzo. Bryan was kind enough to give us sometime and answered each of my questions in a detailed manner, which we appreciated. Here is what he had to say… (UPDATED: Bryan was very tired when he did this interview with me and made a mistake in mentioning that the GeForce did not contain hardware functionality for Double-Prec...
PAX East: Nvidia “Fermi” Launch Event – Live Blog! 4 Comments By EnJoY on March 26, 2010 TechREACTION.net is at PAX East tonight for the Nvidia Launch Event where they will be officially announcing the new GTX 480 and GTX 470 series of graphics cards. Many of the details of these new GPU’s have already leaked out, but tonight will we know what is true and what is false. Hopefully there will be a few surprises in store, but to find out you’ll want to keep track of this live blog from 6:00PM EST and on as we give you live updates from the launch event! Keep your eyes pee...
Overclock Your Holodeck | X86 Voyages To Your Living Room 1 Comment By 64NOMIS on March 25, 2010 X86 has one more chance in the race toward the living room and it starts now. Behold, the only platform with the roadmap to bring the vision of virtual reality into the present. Or transform the television into an entertainment platform. The upcoming AMD Phenom II X6 processor and its progeny may well find its way into your living room - through an inevitable cascade in living room applications. I am a biased insider, so take caution as you consume what lies below. The High End | Virtual...
[Blog] Low-End Testing, MSI 8600 GT & GTS OC Edition 0 Comments By carpo93 on March 23, 2010 Here’s my test on these two low-end cards. 8600GT OC Gpu technology: 80nm Memories: GDDR3 256Mb GPU clock: 580MHz GDDR clock: 800MHz Stream processors: 32 Bus : 128-bit Connectors: Dual DVI e S-Video Slot: PCI Express Can work on SLI 8600GTS OC Gpu technology: 80nm Memories: GDDR3 256Mb GPU clock: 700MHz GDDR clock: 1050MHz Stream processors: 32 Bus : 128-bit Connectors: Dual DVI e S-Video Slot: PCI Express Can work on SLI Setup Psu: LC Power Metatron Arkangel 850w Mothe...
[Blog] 3×1GB Crucial Ballistix PC3-10600 Green LED 0 Comments By 0Ro! on March 21, 2010 Hello folks, today I have to test a triple channel kit based for the X58 chipset. It´s a 3×1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC3-10600 (1333MHz) CL7-7-7-24 with 1,65V Green LED. The labeling of the kit is BL3KIT12864TG1337. Since I down own a motherboard and processor based for X58, I will test the memory on the Intel P55 chipset. (more…)
[Blog] 5770 CF vs. 5870 – Game Performance Comparison 11 Comments By wez on March 20, 2010 A pair of ATI 5770 1Gb in Crossfire vs. a single ATI 5870 1Gb. One could call it a fair fight considering the price point of both setups. They will be put through their paces in some of today’s game titles… Test Setup Hardware Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (4,2GHz CORE/2,9GHz IMC) RAM: 2x 2GB OCZ Platinum (1550MHz 6-6-6) Monitor: LG W2600HP-BF 1920×1200 pixels GPU: Two ATI HD 5770 1Gb (Crossfire) & one ATI HD 5870 1Gb Software ...
[Review] P3 – “Kill A Watt” Monitor 0 Comments By The Duke on March 17, 2010 I have been debating on whether or not to pick up the P3 – Kill A Watt unit for awhile. I finally gave in and purchased it along with some more goodies that I will talk about at a later date. For now, let’s get moving on to this Kill A Watt electricity usage monitor. Packaging: Specifications and Features: Testing: For testing purposes, I ventured around my house and looked for random items most people use on a daily basis. Dyson DC14 Telescope Reach™ All Floors Vacuum H...
[Blog] 230° Celsius for a 8800gtx 1 Comment By carpo93 on March 14, 2010 Done by the user Liquid Cooling LiquidCooling had a broken 8800 gtx that shows artifact and he read that if you bake an 8800 gtx, you can remove this problem. So he tried: Unfortunately the card did only one boot after the bake session and could pass a 3dmark 06 before dieing again.
[Blog] Thermal Compounds: MX-3 Vs. AS5 4 Comments By The Duke on March 13, 2010 Curiosity killed the cat, but will it kill us? I went out and bought the new MX-3 thermal paste from Arctic Cooling. Until the other day, I have always used AS5 (Arctic Silver 5) for my important hardware. However, with all the rave reviews about the new MX-3, I decided to give it a try. Is all the banter about this product really true? I am on a mission to find out once and for all! MX-3 Packaging: The MX-3 comes in basic packaging as you can see. The big attention grabber on the package w...
[Blog] An Introduction to Microsoft Customer Support 0 Comments By Addies on March 13, 2010 Many of you have heard of the issue which has plagued Xbox 360‘s for the past five years, it goes by many names: the Red Lights of Death, Red Rings of Death or the infamous E74 error. I had purchased my Xbox 360 console at launch and, though many of my friends may attest to the opposite, I was highly satisfied with the quality of my console; though I had a launch console I had never seen those dreaded red lights. A five year streak which ended last Wednesday. After about an hour long session o...

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