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[Preview] Unboxing of the Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX 5 Comments By mav2000 on April 22, 2010 Introduction Asus launched the first of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) series for the AMD platform way back in 2007, calling it the Asus Crosshair for the AM2 platform, which was based on the Nvidia nForce 590 chipset. The second in the series was the Asus Crosshair II Formula, which was based on the Nvidia 780a chipset. The third in the series is the Crosshair III Formula and this time Asus did the smart thing and ditched the Nvidia chipsets. They went ahead with the brand new 790FX chipset and m...
[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 ̷...
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...
[Blog] Nvidia GTX 470 benchmark results leak through the fingers? 0 Comments By Fetishgod on March 4, 2010 In the world where Nvidia “Fermi” graphics cards had been so long awaited, speculations are still the only thing most of us have. But speculations being unreliable, we can only assume that time will tell the tale. Apparently guys at Chiphell forums think otherwise. In fact, they just posted 3DMark06 benchmark results for the upcoming GTX 470. Question of course is if those are in fact legit numbers or yet another speculation on someones part. If those turn up to be true, Nvidia is he...
Antec TPQ 1200w 0 Comments By The Duke on February 2, 2010 Well lets take a quick look into the Antec TPQ 1200w with a nice picture tour and a brief overview of what I see and notice along the way. I hope you like pictures because I am bringing a lot for you to look at. Lets get started with the massive PSU and all the glory that is 1200w! Features: PowerCache™, a high-performance capacitor that delivers an extra power reserve when and where users need it most NVIDIA™ SLI™ – ready certified and ATI CrossFire™ certified 80...
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 ...
ZombieTek – LCD Display 3 Comments By Buckeye on December 26, 2009 Last year I began working on a project with a couple of friends that was based on a 4” LCD Display powered by a SLCD6 controller. After seeing these units at Reachtech.com who manufactures these units in all different sizes and specifications I thought to myself that one of these units would be a great MOD to show computer data on the front of my TJ07 that I had just built. With the help from my friend Jeff I managed to get a unit from Steve over at Reachtech, both of whom are great guys and f...
Piecemeal Upgrades Pt 2.2 – Components 0 Comments By Neuromancer on September 21, 2009 Components The longevity of your computer components varies wildly, with the most expensive pieces often being a top performer for the shortest period of time. In order from longest lasting to shortest Hard Disk Drive/ Optical Disk Drive, Power Supply Unit, Video card, Memory, Motherboard, CPU. This breakdown is purely subjective, and while easily could instigate discussion on what pieces do have the longest longevity citing specific models of components, for brevity’s sake we will continu...
Phenom II 965 – Higher leakage than 955? 0 Comments By EnJoY on July 18, 2009 TechREACTION.net Blogger and community member, pcc|2iminal, has ran that tests on an engineering sample Phenom II X4 965 BE CPU. His results are rather surprising given the mild bump in speed and .05 increase in VCore over the similar 955 series chip. You can read his full results in his thread in the TechREACTION forums, here. Watch the video here:
What Is Phenom II TWKR? 6 Comments By Slappa on June 14, 2009 I wish I knew. Don’t we all? These are supposed to be Phenom II X4 chips that have overclocking capabilities that exceed any retail Phenom II part. Pretty cool, but there are still many unknowns that need to be answered before we can truly start to speculate on the potential of these new chips. Let’s start with what we know… What we know so far: TWKR = “Tweaker” -We can assume that this means this chip is a special performer for enthusiast overclockers Speci...
EVGA X58 Classified Takes i7 920 Over 5.3GHz 3 Comments By 3oh6 on May 3, 2009 It was almost exactly a month ago that I took the Classified and its 965 occupant over the 5GHz mark and under seven minutes in 32M SuperPi. Well today, I took the baby nephew of the 965 – an Intel Core i7 920 – well over 5GHz and even further below seven minutes in 32M Super Pi. The trip started innocently enough with a locally purchased i7 920 sporting the date code 3845B026. Soon after some quick air testing, however, things took a turn towards the crazy track with the idea to t...
AMD Phenom II 955 0 Comments By Jake on April 23, 2009 Chew* has a great post on our forums with the new AMD Phenom II 955. Heres an exceprt. “I saw a lot of shots like this and I personally disprove of them, not real world at all……….Yes you can do 4 gig on stock volts……….however lets see what it takes for true stability……..” Check out the full post here
I knew it ,Core i7 920 rev D0 is a monster!! 0 Comments By PcCI2iminal on April 11, 2009 We received our first retail Core i7 920 D0 stepping from our supplier and we have been testing it thoroughly on Asus Rampage2 Gene. Our 1st Core i7 D0 ES sample was really good but not as good as the new retail wich resulted in a final CPU speed of 4.802MHz with only 1.576v and we used a Thermalright Ultra 120 RT with a San Ace 102CFM (room temp @ 26c) Looks great so far, these later batch i7 are great overclockers ^^. We are still testing and will have a full article up soon 4802MHz
Acard ANS-9010 Preview 3 Comments By Jake on April 10, 2009 Just wanted to give you readers a heads up of some of the products I have lined up for review. This is the Acard ANS-9010 ram drive. This unit fits in your 5.25 inch CD-Rom bay and requires one only one SATA power cable. So far the speeds have met and even exceeded Solid State Drive speeds. I will have full benchmarks and review posted later this month so keep tuned. Some of the key features: 8 DDR2 Dimm Slots Battery Backup Dual SATA 3.0Gbps ports Up to 64GB of memory Auto data back...
Phenom II X4 945, possible good overclocker? 1 Comment By PcCI2iminal on April 9, 2009 This is a Phenom II 945 from Japan. The sample I have was sent directly from AMD as a review sample. I had it up to 4090MHz at around 1.44 volts, all done with air. It seems to be on par with what is achievable with the 955. Check out the two shots below to see the results: #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gal...

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