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[Blog] Single vs. Dual Triple 120mm Radiator 2 Comments By wez on March 11, 2010 My goal was to better understand the impact of adding a second 360 radiator, which in theory doubles the heat dissipation capability of your loop. But what does it bring to the table in terms of overclockability on the AM3 platform? Read on for a lightweight comparison between running one and two 360-sized radiators in a single loop, cooling a quad core AMD Phenom II CPU…………. TEST SETUP Liquid Cooling components Radiator(s): 1-2x Alphacool Nexxxos Xtreme III ...
EVGA P55 Classified 200 Review 2 Comments By Jake 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. ...
Temps & Watts, CPU’s and Extreme Cooling, Part #1 3 Comments By Buckeye on February 18, 2010 In the beginning when I first started using different methods of extreme cooling the first unit I tested was a Jinu Single Stage Cooling unit that was custom made for me. This was an amazing cooling unit that included a Single Stage Phase Chiller installed in a TJ07 case. The TJ07 cooling tower sat next to what I called the main rig which was in another TJ07 case. It had a EVGA 790i SLI motherboard and a QX9770 which ran at 4.8ghz overclock for 24/7 use. It was an amazing machine that had so muc...
Clarkdale 661 on phase test 0 Comments By 0Ro! 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. (more…)
Chew* takes budget Athlon II X2 255 to it’s limit! 0 Comments By EnJoY on January 25, 2010 Chew*, a prominent TechREACTION community member, has used an old Prometeia Mach 1 phase-change cooling system to take a new budget Athlon II X2 255 CPU to it’s limits! Chew* wanted to show what the average user could achieve with this chip, and while Chew* is anything but average when it comes to tweaking, he did his best to dumb his results down for the rest of us. Starting with aircooling, he was able to net some impressive results. However, the real treat was when he slapped ...
Thermalright Venomous X – Return of the King 2 Comments By mav2000 on January 21, 2010 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 out before making a decision. Now, Thermalright held the performance crown for a long time with its TRUE series and it was only in the last year or so that it lost the crown to the Megahalems and then to the NH D14 from ...
EXCLUSIVE! New EVGA Classified Dual-Proc Board – 270-GT-W555! 18 Comments By EnJoY on January 7, 2010 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 new board hands-on (a world first). EVGA Classified Dual Processor Motherboard First of all, most of you are probably aware of the primary specs that have already been released for the board. These include three phase PWM for each ...
|Canadian Winter – Two| 3 Comments By Slappa on December 29, 2009 After enjoying opening gifts and the atmosphere of the holidays I had almost forgotten about publishing a second blog. Back for the second part, here is Canadian Winter. To see the first part, click here. So at last, here is my second winter air blog. This time, I focused more on clocking my ram up to see how cold affects that. I used the same setup as previously. This mainly consists of my trusty Phenom II 955 X4 BE, Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P, and Ballistix D9GTS 2GB DDR3 set. Real quick I just wa...
Kingston Hyper-X KHX2000C8 Reviewed + AM3 DDR Clock Wall Broken! 0 Comments By EnJoY on December 29, 2009 Resident Overclocker Chew* has been busy in his lab again today, and this time he has more than a few treats for us. First up is his review the Kingston Hyper-X KHX2000C8D3T1K3/3GX triple-channel memory kit. He purchased the kit retail from Newegg as an inexpensive set for use in benching, but what he got was more than he had bargained for. While the kit itself proved to be a solid performer, however the real surprise came as he was finishing up his testing. Chew* decided to make a late ni...
E8400 and Qx9650 Battle Windows 7, Windows XP, and Eachother : Who or What Will Reign Supreme? Part 1 3 Comments By The Duke on December 25, 2009 My goal with this multi allotment bloodbath of tests, benches, overclocks, and all out mayhem is to explore an assortment of questions and myths and all around shenanigans accompanied with all the above. Now you may be sitting there thinking, “Well Duke no one cares about old 775 socket CPUs and for sure don’t care about reviews they have seen on other sites.” For you I say people do care, my fan club cares, and I care. This review will cover many questions and one being is it ...
OCZ PC3 12800 Black Edition Memory By Chew* 0 Comments By EnJoY on December 23, 2009 Chew* is back at it with a new review of some AMD Black Edition optimized memory from OCZ Technology. This memory comes in two varieties, CAS7 and also CAS8, and is rated for 1600MHz @ 1.65v. What differentiates these kits from other kits with the same speeds and timings are that they come packed pre-loaded with special SPD profiles, only for AMD Phenom II Black Edition processors! What this enables the user to do is load up their AMD OverDrive utility, load the Black Edition memory profil...
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Overclock : Bringing It Back Old School 0 Comments By The Duke on December 21, 2009 Well as I seem to be one of the very few who still hangs on to the classics. Yep you heard me, I said classics! The 8800GT was ahead of its time and absolutely dominated anything you through at it. It was such a beast I would not sell it when the next generation of cards came out. Heck, i still own it now so that is a few more generations it has stuck with me. It still plays all the games I want it to, Modern Warefare 1 & 2, Counter Strike Source, Team Fortress 2. Yes, I do realize it wont p...
Piecemeal Upgrades Pt 4 Data Protection 0 Comments By Neuromancer on December 21, 2009 The Piecemeal Upgrade pt4 Data Protection: Redundancy, backups, offline and online storage. With limited funds in a single PC household it is important to have a PC that is never down for too long. One of the key problems associated with piecemeal upgrades however is the need to occasionally reinstall the operating system. This can be a nightmare trying to back up documents, photos, settings, applications as well as operating system tweaks one may prefer. Learning how to properly maintain y...
Jaw’s updated and joys of buying used stuff! 0 Comments By KeZzZu on December 16, 2009 Hello again! Sorry about few days delay here, but what you can do about it. Nothing really… So i bough used PSU & Cellshock Black Edition C7-12800 4×1gb sticks. Okay, well first ill introduce my pc: Phenom II x2 550BE , True Black, Radeon HD3850 512mb, Asus M4A78T-E. Let’s start with PSU, bought it for 52 euros, not bad deal because it was Thermaltake ToughPower 750 watt. Few notes thought, it missed few modular cables… not big deal for me. So i started to put back tog...

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