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[Blog] Overclocking with Power Saving Features Enabled….it’s getting better.
3 Comments By miahallen
closeAuthor: miahallen
Name: Jeremiah Allen
Email: miahallen.ironmods@gmail.com
Site: http://www.ironmods.com
About: Well, I was playing with computers ever since my Dad got a Commodore 64 when I was 6 years old (1986), when I was 10 (1990) he bought a custom build 486DX33, and I was in love. Mostly back then I was just a kid playing games, but my fascination with computers had a start. Because I had no money of my own, I was stuck playing with my Dad's computers, and really couldn't "play" too much. So in 1998, the year I graduated, I spent some of my college savings to by a "computer for school", haha. It had two Voodoo2 12MB 3D accelerators in it, so you can imagine how much school work was done on it ;-) It had an AMD K6-233 that I had a really mild OC on, but my custom computer builder friend Aaron had done all the work. So I can't really take the credit there. My fascination with graphics just kept growing and growing over the years, and I was constantly in a struggle to keep my games looking as sharp and smooth as possible. OCing played a big role.
My whole world was rocked in 2004 when I was deployed to Iraq as a US Army soldier. The whole year I was there I had a cheap IBM Thinkpad R40 with a 2GHz Celeron, 1GB DDR-333 RAM, a 60GB 4200RPM HDD, and ATI Radeon Mobility graphics (same technology as a 7000 series with only 16MB of memory). It started out rough as I was really into Command and Conquer Generals at the time, and the machine would only play the C&C slide show LOL. So, I downloaded PowerStrip, and OC'ed the GPU by 40%...amazingly, the game was playable!
Things changed dramatically in 2007 when I met a guy named Matt while I was stationed in Japan. He introduced me to www.ocforums.com, and the "Benchmarking Team" there. I had not had much interest in benchmarking previously, I always though of myself as more practical. But, I thought I'd play along and I joined the team. My first introduction to an actual competition was was is "The Raptor Pit", "Forum Warz 2008" in the spring of 2008. I was running a Q6600 and an 8800GTX. With air cooling I was able to bench my Q6600 at over 4GHz, and tore up the competition in my class. Overall OCF won the Forum War in 2007, Winter and Summer of 2008, and 2009...that means five in a row. I was not part of the first one in 2007, but the four since then, I have participated in. After winning the 2008 Winter and Summer Warz, Tom's Hardware Guide announced they were looking for nominations for individuals to compete in their first ever international overclocking competition, called "Overdrive". I was nominated, and chosen to compete in the North American semi-finals in Los Angeles in November 2008. I was placed on "Team IRONMODS" as they only had two guys, yet three man teams were allowed. We won the semi-finals in LA, and our prize was a trip to Paris the following month, to compete with the best in the world.
The following month, Ton, Jake, and myself flew to Paris as "Team USA" to face off against the best from Taiwan, France, Germany, and Italy. It was a very intense competition, but after two heated days of battle (16 hours of benching), we emerged the victors. Amidst our celebration, Ton and Jake officially invited me to join "Team IRONMODS" on a permanent basis, and I graciously accepted. Ton, aka "TiTON", is a world renown case moder, and is also very well known for some of the AMD overclocking he has done. Jake, aka "CPT.Planet", is a genius overclocker, and a really fun guy. The team has a great synergy when working together, we really have complementary styles.
After winning the world championship in December 2008 things were a bit quite for a couple months, then in the spring of 2009 I received an invitation to the 2nd annual Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship "GOOC". I would compete in the North American semi-final in LA, where the winner would win a ticket to the world championship in Taipei Taiwan during CES in June 2009. The competition was tough with 14 of the best from North America gathering for a 1 on 1 competition of OCing. But once again, I completed the competition well, and rose above the others. I won 1st place and the trip to the world finals in Taipei.
My luck ran dry in Taipei where I started off with a bad motherboard, and went through 5 more during the course of the competition due to various reasons. Despite the poor finish in Taipei, I have high hopes to redeem myself next year.See Authors Posts (2) on September 1, 2010
This post isn’t meant to be contain groundbreaking information. I just wanted to report my successes with the Gigabyte X58A-UD7. Many people have been talking about the possibilities of OCing while leaving power saving features enabled. I’d been wanting to play with it a bit, but hadn’t had much motivation. But the hot summer days are taking a toll on me, and my room being in the mid 30s has prompted me to turn down the space heater under my desk
I haven’t been playing ...
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[Blog] Gaming in Tight Spaces…..mini-ITX (featuring Gigabyte, Silverstone, and Prolimatech)
8 Comments By miahallencloseAuthor: miahallen
Name: Jeremiah Allen
Email: miahallen.ironmods@gmail.com
Site: http://www.ironmods.com
About: Well, I was playing with computers ever since my Dad got a Commodore 64 when I was 6 years old (1986), when I was 10 (1990) he bought a custom build 486DX33, and I was in love. Mostly back then I was just a kid playing games, but my fascination with computers had a start. Because I had no money of my own, I was stuck playing with my Dad's computers, and really couldn't "play" too much. So in 1998, the year I graduated, I spent some of my college savings to by a "computer for school", haha. It had two Voodoo2 12MB 3D accelerators in it, so you can imagine how much school work was done on it ;-) It had an AMD K6-233 that I had a really mild OC on, but my custom computer builder friend Aaron had done all the work. So I can't really take the credit there. My fascination with graphics just kept growing and growing over the years, and I was constantly in a struggle to keep my games looking as sharp and smooth as possible. OCing played a big role.
My whole world was rocked in 2004 when I was deployed to Iraq as a US Army soldier. The whole year I was there I had a cheap IBM Thinkpad R40 with a 2GHz Celeron, 1GB DDR-333 RAM, a 60GB 4200RPM HDD, and ATI Radeon Mobility graphics (same technology as a 7000 series with only 16MB of memory). It started out rough as I was really into Command and Conquer Generals at the time, and the machine would only play the C&C slide show LOL. So, I downloaded PowerStrip, and OC'ed the GPU by 40%...amazingly, the game was playable!
Things changed dramatically in 2007 when I met a guy named Matt while I was stationed in Japan. He introduced me to www.ocforums.com, and the "Benchmarking Team" there. I had not had much interest in benchmarking previously, I always though of myself as more practical. But, I thought I'd play along and I joined the team. My first introduction to an actual competition was was is "The Raptor Pit", "Forum Warz 2008" in the spring of 2008. I was running a Q6600 and an 8800GTX. With air cooling I was able to bench my Q6600 at over 4GHz, and tore up the competition in my class. Overall OCF won the Forum War in 2007, Winter and Summer of 2008, and 2009...that means five in a row. I was not part of the first one in 2007, but the four since then, I have participated in. After winning the 2008 Winter and Summer Warz, Tom's Hardware Guide announced they were looking for nominations for individuals to compete in their first ever international overclocking competition, called "Overdrive". I was nominated, and chosen to compete in the North American semi-finals in Los Angeles in November 2008. I was placed on "Team IRONMODS" as they only had two guys, yet three man teams were allowed. We won the semi-finals in LA, and our prize was a trip to Paris the following month, to compete with the best in the world.
The following month, Ton, Jake, and myself flew to Paris as "Team USA" to face off against the best from Taiwan, France, Germany, and Italy. It was a very intense competition, but after two heated days of battle (16 hours of benching), we emerged the victors. Amidst our celebration, Ton and Jake officially invited me to join "Team IRONMODS" on a permanent basis, and I graciously accepted. Ton, aka "TiTON", is a world renown case moder, and is also very well known for some of the AMD overclocking he has done. Jake, aka "CPT.Planet", is a genius overclocker, and a really fun guy. The team has a great synergy when working together, we really have complementary styles.
After winning the world championship in December 2008 things were a bit quite for a couple months, then in the spring of 2009 I received an invitation to the 2nd annual Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship "GOOC". I would compete in the North American semi-final in LA, where the winner would win a ticket to the world championship in Taipei Taiwan during CES in June 2009. The competition was tough with 14 of the best from North America gathering for a 1 on 1 competition of OCing. But once again, I completed the competition well, and rose above the others. I won 1st place and the trip to the world finals in Taipei.
My luck ran dry in Taipei where I started off with a bad motherboard, and went through 5 more during the course of the competition due to various reasons. Despite the poor finish in Taipei, I have high hopes to redeem myself next year.See Authors Posts (2) on August 13, 2010
History of mini-ITX
I was sitting in my office, browsing tech news online almost a decade ago when I first saw the mini-ITX form factor. My mind immediately started fantasizing about the possibilities such a small system would afford. Thoughts of internet terminals built into kitchen cupboards, or car PCs entertained my imagination for years. As the early VIA based systems got into reviewers’ hands and performance results started hitting the press, like many others, I was left wanting. ...
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2010 Gigabyte GOOC Live Coverage – Opening Ceremony
2 Comments By Jake
closeAuthor: Jake
Name: Jake Crimmins
Email: mrjake22@gmail.com
Site: http://www.techreaction.net
About: See Authors Posts (4) on August 7, 2010
Gigabyte kicks off the North America 2010 GO OC live from the Pacific Palm Golf Resort in City of Industry, California. Eleven competitors from across the US and one Candian prepare to begin battle. T he overclockers will be using the Gigabyte X58A-UD7 motherboard with the Intel Core i7 980x processor. For ram they will be running Kingston 2250MHz PSC based modules. For the power supply Thermaltake provided the Toughpower 1200w.
As the overclockers prepare to battle they will prep th...
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TechREACTION.net – Blog & Win – ASUS August Giveaway!
5 Comments By EnJoY
closeAuthor: EnJoY
Name: Alex Joy
Email: alex@techreaction.net
Site: http://www.techreaction.net
About: See Authors Posts (45) on August 1, 2010
All registered Bloggers 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.
Second, go to the TechREACTION forums and register there as well. You must be registered in both places to be eligible.
Bloggers are given s...
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[Blog] Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 Motherboard Review
6 Comments By Deux
closeAuthor: Deux
Name: Patrick VanValzah
Email: patrick@vanvalzah.com
Site:
About: See Authors Posts (1) on June 5, 2010
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 Motherboard Review
Patrick “Deux” VanValzah
First off, I’d like to make sure you know what you’re going to get from this review. This isn’t going to be your run of the mill motherboard review where I ramble about the number of USB and SATA ports and run meaningless tests comparing motherboards and drawing conclusions from the tiny differences between boards. First I’m going to briefly discuss the features and layout of the board keep...
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[Blog] Mission Unlock // Overclock – Intel Core i7-875k
13 Comments By parelem
closeAuthor: parelem
Name: Julie Gierald
Email: julie.gierald@gmail.com
Site: http://techaggregate.com
About: 20 something tech enthusiast from ChicagoSee Authors Posts (1) on June 1, 2010
Recently, I was handed a large case marked “Mission: Unlock // Overclock” along with an envelop marked “Top Secret.” Intrigued, I opened the envelop to find a series of smaller envelops labeled with phase numbers. Proceeding with the mission, I opened the phase 1 envelop. Inside the envelop I found a USB key, aptly shaped like a key, accompanied by instructions to plug it into a computer.
Upon plugging the key in, I was greeted by a series of statements to complete and the option to gene...
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[Review] OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Platinum Low Voltage Memory Kit
2 Comments By Chew
closeAuthor: Chew
Name: Brian McLachlan
Email: wmdieselmc26@cox.net
Site: http://
About: See Authors Posts (6) on May 23, 2010
Introduction
Recently the good folks at OCZ sent us a set of budget ram to review.
Now I know most of you hardcore overclocker’s are saying “pfft…” however, with budget RAM sometimes and often many times there can be found diamond’s in the rough.
With that said, let’s see what you get.
As we can see, the packaging is simple as to be expected with a budget set of memory.
The platform we chose to test these sticks today consists of the following.
Test Setup
GI...
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[Blog] AMD Phenom II Six Core 1090T vs Core i7 920 Full Comparison
72 Comments By thebanik
closeAuthor: thebanik
Name: Madhusudan Banik
Email: madhusudan.banik@gmail.com
Site:
About: See Authors Posts (4) on May 6, 2010
Introduction
Eight months ago AMD introduced their 2nd generation of Phenom 2 X4 Processors that was designed to use the AM3 socket while remaining backwards compatible with previous AM2/AM2+ motherboards. Although the Phenom II X4 965 was AMD’s flagship desktop processor, it wasn’t the performance that glued users on to it but rather the value for money it brought to the table. Alongwith processors like X 2 550/555 which could be unlocked to 4 cores depending upon the combin...
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[Review] Cooler Master Vortex Plus
2 Comments By The Duke
closeAuthor: The Duke
Name: D Briggs
Email: rfc_doobybiggs@hotmail.com
Site:
About: Just keeping it real for the average joe overclocker and computer user.See Authors Posts (49) on April 22, 2010
Cooler Master was kind enough to send us the brand new Vortex Plus CPU cooler. It has a low profile design with 4 heat pipes in direct contact with the base. This is a nice touch to help dissipate heat as quickly as possible. With the low profile design, the Vortex needs every advantage it can get to make up for it’s lack of mass and surface area. We will put it to the test and see how well it performs. Will it be able to tackle the Intel i7 monster or will the i7 be too much for the low...
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[Blog] EVGA X58 3X SLI
1 Comment By Lu523
closeAuthor: Lu523
Name: Gary Owen
Email: owen2863@bellsouth.net
Site:
About: See Authors Posts (2) on March 4, 2010
I was very happy with the X58 SLI LE. I wanted to build another cruncher so I decided to pick up the 3X SLI for the extra cooling that comes with it. Anyway let’s take a look at it.
It has the same black and grey color scheme as the LE. It came with a few more acc. than the LE. No big deal as I did not even open them. The layout seems good. Like most new mobos it has onboard power and reset buttons. The reset button doubles as a hdd activity led. The rear cmos clear can be real handy for t...
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The TechREACTION.net & EVGA “Show Us Some Love” Twitter Giveaway!
13 Comments By EnJoYcloseAuthor: EnJoY
Name: Alex Joy
Email: alex@techreaction.net
Site: http://www.techreaction.net
About: See Authors Posts (45) on March 2, 2010
The TechREACTION team and EVGA got together the other day and tried to come up with an easy way to giveaway an EVGA P55 Classified 200 motherboard. We needed something simple and straightforward that allowed us to promote our website and EVGA, while making it easy for people to win. So we came up with the “Show Us Some Love” idea. Here’s how it works…
The winner will be selected at random and the giveaway will run until Monday, March 15th. To win, all you have to do is fo...
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EVGA P55 Classified 200 Review
2 Comments By JakecloseAuthor: Jake
Name: Jake Crimmins
Email: mrjake22@gmail.com
Site: http://www.techreaction.net
About: See Authors Posts (4) on February 24, 2010
Introduction:
Today we will be taking a look at the EVGA P55 Classified 200 the brother to their X58 Classified and X58 4-Way Classified motherboards. This board follows in the footsteps with the same color scheme as well as the same EATX form factor. The EVGA Team along with Peter “Shamino” Tan packed this board with all the features and overclocking options even the most hard core overclocker or enthusiast would want.
Packing:
Let’s take a look at the board and what it comes with. ...
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G.Skill F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI Memory
1 Comment By Buckeye
closeAuthor: Buckeye
Name: Bill Harmon
Email: wharmon@comcast.net
Site:
About: See Authors Posts (10) on February 18, 2010
I had a chance to run a kit of G.Skill F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI Memory, Tri-Channel kit for Intel Core I7 CPU’s, through some tests the past few days. Before I go into all the results I want to touch on the market for these kits.
If you do a search on Newegg you come up with 36 listings which range in price from $145.99 to $283.99 with kits in 6-7-6-18 to 9-9-9-27 timings, and 1.5v to 1.65v. So as you can see, this range of memory has a pretty wide selection of kits for what ever you are loo...
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Clarkdale 661 on phase test
0 Comments By 0Ro!
closeAuthor: 0Ro!
Name: Peter Orlovský
Email: orol_sniper@centrum.sk
Site:
About: See Authors Posts (3) on February 13, 2010
Few days ago arrived a new clocking toy. An Intel Core i5 661 CPU with Clarkdale cores. Haven´t tested it on air or water, I moved straight to single stage phase change cooling. Insulated the mobo with kneeded rubber, mounted the cooling and started to play.
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My thoughts on the EVGA X58 SLI LE.
3 Comments By Lu523closeAuthor: Lu523
Name: Gary Owen
Email: owen2863@bellsouth.net
Site:
About: See Authors Posts (2) on February 10, 2010
Let me start by saying that I have never done a hardware review. So I may ramble a bit.
The box that it came in is on the plain side. Not many accessories are included. When I first held the board in my hands I was like “That is a sexy mobo.” The gray and black color scheme looks very good. The componet layout seems very good also. For the purpose that I bought it it seemed a perfect choice. In seeing that I am useing it as a cruncher it has everything that I need.
The onboard hea...
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ASUS Rampage II Gene: Part 1
2 Comments By The DukecloseAuthor: The Duke
Name: D Briggs
Email: rfc_doobybiggs@hotmail.com
Site:
About: Just keeping it real for the average joe overclocker and computer user.See Authors Posts (49) on January 25, 2010
This is just a nice teaser of the Asus Rampage II Gene.
From all the good things I have heard about this board I figured, what the hell, lets give it a shot! It showed up over the weekend and for now you all can make due with these pictures of the motherboard. Still waiting on a few other parts to get here, before we see this board in action. Without further ado, here are the pics:
Thoughts so far:
Overall the placement of everything on the motherboard seems to flow well. With this M-ATX desig...
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