On the test bench this week is Intel’s newest SATA 3Gbps SSD offering, the 320 series 160GB SSD. This is designed to replace the vaunted X25-M SSD. Featuring fast read and write speeds, and vastly improved 4K IOPs specifications, this drive on paper at least, lives up to being a high end SSD designed with [...]

Introduction Last but not least in our Xigmatek review lineup is the Xigmatek GAIA SD1283. We have been talking about the company in previous reviews already and won’t go into much detail again. Xigmatek has impressed consumers with a good quality product line up and performance that can be shown off, remaining at an affordable [...]

With the Silencio trying to achieve near-silent operation, it is prepared to take on powerful hardware, and should be able to keep high-end setups running cool and quiet. Soundproofing on both side panels assists in reducing noise levels to help get the quietest system achievable. A sleek mirror finish front panel and clean lines present [...]

Introduction: Evercool recently sent us the newest model in their Transformer line, the Transformer 3. The Transformer series is known for their consistent silver aesthetics, which can complement the theme of a wide variety of custom rigs with ease. The Transformer 3 is equipped with a single 120mm fan for heat transfer. The heatsink itself [...]

Introduction: SteelSeries is not a new name in the world of high-end gaming gear. In fact, their heritage stretches back to the early days of Counter-Strike when they made actual mouse pads made of… you guessed it… steel! Ah, those were the days, hard wrist on a cold pad at 3am, refusing to care about [...]

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Wasielewski, CEO and one of the three co-founders of ORIGIN. We got to ask him a few questions (some serious and some not so serious) to help us better understand and get to know the business side, and the fun side of an industry insider. In the [...]

To improve their Precision thermal design, SilverStone implemented the 180mm Air Penetrator fan (AP181) into the PS06 tower chassis. With the AP181 and an included silent 120mm fan, the PS06 should be capable of cooling all your hardware with ease. Two additional 120mm fan slots let users further improve cooling performance if necessary. To help [...]

Introduction If extreme overclocking had a name, it’d be k|ngp|n. Vince Lucido (a/k/a “k|ngp|n”) is arguably the man who got such things started in the United States. Back when most people were still gawking at the extreme ventures of a few folks pushing overclocking to new heights with water cooling, this guy started to bring [...]