Overclocking

[Review] Xigmatek AEGIR

Posted by BoT on 11 Jun 2011 / 2 Comments

Introduction The next review sample in our Xigmatek lineup is the AEGIR SD128264. Xigmatek has been around for a little over 5 years, and has established itself well and rather quickly in the air cooling arena. They have impressed many consumers with good quality products and performance at an affordable price level. Xigmatek’s “ICE” philosophy [...]

[Blog] FFF&FM Rev2.0 – water cooling built for benching!

Posted by miahallen on 28 May 2011 / 11 Comments

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[Blog + Contest] Intel Recon // Challenge: 2nd Generation Core i7 Unlocked Processors

Posted by parelem on 23 May 2011 / 8 Comments

There was a knock, and a large box left at my door. What could this be, we were not expecting any deliveries? Ah…it has been a while, but we were once again entrusted with a mission from Intel. Unboxing In the box was an Intel core i7-2600k processor, an Intel DP67BG Extreme Series motherboard and [...]

[Review] ASUS P8P67 Pro

Posted by Neuromancer on 18 May 2011 / 3 Comments

Introduction: The P8P67 PRO is one of the latest Cougar Point motherboards from ASUS for the LGA 1155 “Sandy Bridge” architecture. Targeted between the basic P8P67 and the Deluxe, the motherboard aims to bring nearly all of the power of the Deluxe, at a more modest price point. For a more detailed breakdown of the [...]

[Review] Crucial Ballistix DDR3-2133 (3x2GB) – DDR3 with Thermal Monitoring

Posted by miahallen on 26 Apr 2011 / 5 Comments

Crucial has been kind enough to supply one of their latest and greatest Ballistix memory kits for our review today. Are they bucking the trends and actually packing some real innovation into their latest products, or is it a bunch of fluff?

[Review] ASUS HD 6950 2GB – Voltage Tweak

Posted by The Duke on 04 Apr 2011 / 3 Comments

ASUS has sent us their version of the Radeon HD 6950 to run through the paces today. The ASUS HD 6950 2GB is factory overclocked right out of the box by 10MHz, which really is not anything to write home about, but it’s there nonetheless. ASUS does include their voltage tweak software to help gain [...]

[Review] EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Superclocked Edition

Posted by The Duke on 24 Mar 2011 / 4 Comments

EVGA has supplied us with their take on the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, the EVGA Superclocked Edition. The EVGA SC edition is the second-lowest-clocked card of their factory overclocked cards. The first is the FPB edition, then the SC, followed by the SSC and the FTW editions. The EVGA GTX 560 Ti comes overclocked by about 75MHz [...]

[Review] Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 – King of the Hill

Posted by The Duke on 24 Mar 2011 / 18 Comments

The GeForce GTX 590 is the new flagship for Nvidia that is finally hitting the marketplace after a long awaited release date. Based on the GF110 graphics processor, the GTX 580 was built to be the world’s fastest DirectX 11 GPU. For the elite gamers who are not satisfied with the performance of just one [...]