Introduction – Part 1 Recap: On January 2nd, NDA was lifted for the new “Sandy Bridge” architecture from Intel.  TechREACTION was ready with a hands-on look at the new Republic of Gamers motherboard from Asus, the Maximus IV Extreme.  With minimal time for testing, we were only able to bring you a portion of the [...]

Today I’ve got a quick look at a top-down cooler from Zalman, the CNPS8000A, a 4 heatpipe design with an integrated fan.

Many users are searching around the net these days looking for advice on how to overclock their new systems, but aren’t sure where to start. To help everyone out, I decided a how-to guide was in order. Searching around forums can be confusing and intimidating. There are so many people willing to give advice, but who can you trust? It’s hard to know, and I have seen many users sent on wild goose chases because they follow advice that doesn’t solve or even address their specific problem. I have also seen too much trial and error overclocking, and unless you get lucky, it tends to be far too time consuming and frustrating. What I have attempted to do is create a very simple three step guide for overclocking Sandy Bridge based CPUs. If you want to continue searching out other opinions, please consider each suggestion with caution. Some will undoubtedly be great, while some will not.

My subject today is the new Asus Maximus IV Extreme, a Republic of Gamers (“ROG”) branded model which represents the top end of the P67 offerings from Asus. As always, they’ve managed to pack an overwhelming number of technologies and features into this product….it’s my goal to give you honest feedback based on my experience with each. Does this product deserve the ROG name? Is it truly worth your hard earned money?

One of my co-workers is a hardcore gamer and power user. Since we’ve met, he’s become more and more interested in the hardware aspect of computing, and recently asked me to help build him a new system.

In an effort to better serve the enthusiast community. TechREACTION is working on defining a long term methodology for testing various products. Our desire is to be consistent, accurate, and transparent with out methodologies….our CPU cooling testing methodology follows….

Thanks for all the feedback, those of you who have posted comments around the web concerning the Corsair Dominator review that was published yesterday.  Based on the of the comments I’ve received, I wanted to write a brief follow up with a few more results. Originally, I planned to test the memory kit subjectively with [...]

Begin Rant: “Absurd:  the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.” Welcome to the absurd world of premium random access memory.  Here today I have some of the latest and greatest from a company which needs no introduction as they have defined this segment for years.  There are many memory vendors from whom I [...]