Introduction: The HTPC market is different things to many people. Some require bleeding edge gaming on their 50″ LED TV, while others demand a quiet and efficient streaming box that is capable of decoding all formats of video smoothly with rudimentary gaming ability being a plus, not a necessity. The latter of these two groups [...]

Luckily for me and many other enthusiasts, Corsair was listening to the criticism, and they also seem to have identified what I mentioned earlier…..the price gap. Why not make something that does top all the air cooling solutions, for a small price premium? Hence, the Corsair H70! This was built to dominate all air coolers on the market without becoming excessively expensive.

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Introduction the Rampage III Extreme In 2006 ASUS® started Republic of Gamers (ROG) to provide quality components and maximum performance to gamers and power users.   ROG caters to the hard core gamers as well as the overclocking community.  Whether users are overclocking on air, water or even using extreme cooling such as liquid nitrogen, the [...]

The Lian Li PC-Q08 carries the standard of Lian Li’s quality, all the sharp edges have been removed to protect your hands. The chassis is made of 1.5mm aluminum alloy panel to ensure the product’s durability, and all external parts are hair-line brushed anodized aluminum in keeping with Lian Li’s classical style. The solid chassis [...]

I decided to name this new revision “MAX11L”, which represents the maximum amount of performance I could stuff into 11 liters of volume.

Introduction So many users are searching around the net these days looking for advice on how to overclock their new systems but don’t know where to start.  To help everyone out, I decided a how-to guide was in order.  Searching around forums can be confusing and intimidating.  There are so many people willing to give advice, [...]

This guide assumes you’ve already decided to purchase an Intel based system, and takes you to the next step…..deciding which one. The emphasis here is on value, overclocking, and overall system performance.