One of my co-workers is a hardcore gamer and power user. Since we’ve met, he’s become more and more interested in the hardware aspect of computing, and recently asked me to help build him a new system.

With the massive success of the 5 series launch back in September of last year, AMD is looking to continue their momentum with the brand new 6 series line of graphics cards. The codename “Northern Islands” is the second generation of DirectX 11 architecture from AMD. The refined card boasts more performance per mm², new [...]

In part one, I showed the unboxing of the pot I received for testing. This is a very large, and well-designed evaporator mainly used for LN2 and LHe. I decided I’d just recreate the thread with part one and two so you guys can see it all in one place: I know some of you [...]

Hey guys, here is my most recent run. As you can see, I improved my results from my last run slightly. I also took a lot of video of the setup and of how I do my sessions. This is to give you an idea of what it is like to benchmark on dry ice. [...]

Thanks for all the feedback, those of you who have posted comments around the web concerning the Corsair Dominator review that was published yesterday.  Based on the of the comments I’ve received, I wanted to write a brief follow up with a few more results. Originally, I planned to test the memory kit subjectively with [...]

Begin Rant: “Absurd:  the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.” Welcome to the absurd world of premium random access memory.  Here today I have some of the latest and greatest from a company which needs no introduction as they have defined this segment for years.  There are many memory vendors from whom I [...]

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.