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[Review] eVGA Frostbite vs Arctic Silver Céramique 1 Comment By miahallen on July 20, 2011 Introduction With the market for extreme PC cooling growing at a rapid rate over the past few years, we are seeing a much greater number of PC components and accessories geared to this end of the spectrum. This goes back to the Foxconn “Quantum Force” line, which was kicked off with a killer mainboard, the BLACKOPS with features that had never been seen before. Fast forward a few years, and now all the top manufacturers are mimicking elements from that board, and pushing forward ...
[Blog]|Liquid Heaven| – |1090T X6 Under Liquid Nitrogen| – |6.6GHz+| 3 Comments By Slappa on June 11, 2011 As a benchmarker, the biggest milestone you will come across is your first plunge below -100C. Liquid Nitrogen is -196C by nature, and to utilize this exotic cooling material, you need a fantastic evaporator, or more commonly known as a pot. Much like dry ice, cooling the processor down this cold will decrease impedance that opposes electron flow. This allows for a more efficient circuit, promoting greater stability and overclocking headroom. After 2 years of research, waiting, gather...
[Review] Xigmatek LOKI SD963 6 Comments By BoT on May 3, 2011 Introduction Some review samples from Xigmatek have arrived today, and the first that we will be looking at is the LOKI SD963. Xigmatek has been around for a little over 5 years and in that time the company made a name for itself rather quickly and impressed many with good quality and performance oriented products. Xigmatek’s “ICE” philosophy seems to be well applied and directly translates into the companies products. “ICE” = Impressive / Creative / Essential The ...
[Blog] 2240MHz Mushkin Ridgeback RAM W/ Phenom II X6 1090T & 890FXA-UD5 0 Comments By Slappa on December 9, 2010 I was really surprised to see what these lovely sticks did today. This is the Mushkin Ridgeback 1600MHz 6-8-6-24 kit. On AMD, it is extremely difficult to run any ram above 2000MHz. Well today I broke a personal record and clocked these sticks all the way up to 2240MHz 8-10-6-15-1T. I used my trusty Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 & Phenom II X6 1090T Setup. I did not expect these results at all, actually I did not expect my IMC to allow speeds this high. Turns out I have a great hardware combina...
|Second Frost| – |Overclocking AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Under Dry Ice| 5.568GHz 0 Comments By Slappa on October 24, 2010 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. The Video: |Second Frost| – |Overclocking AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Under Dry Ice| 5.568GHz The Results: 32m SuperPi Personal Best – 13m 15.140s This was my 32m run. I cut 15 seconds on my previous result from my last dry ice run. 1m SuperPi ...
[Review] G.Skill Flare (2×2GB) DDR3 2000MHz 6 Comments By Chew on September 20, 2010 Not to long ago G.Skill sent us there flagship set of DDR3 memory specifically tuned for the AMD platform. Unfortunately, due to a busy schedule we are a little late to the party, but better late than never right? What this delay did allow me to do was to scan forum results, however, and one thing I noticed was that nobody was willing to show prime 95 stable results for any real length of time, which create a little skepticism for me. With that said, I believe it’s time to put this skeptic...
[Blog] AMD Turbo Core 0 Comments By zanzabar on August 31, 2010 With amd and intel having both added turbo with the last gen I thought that I would explain how amd turbo works. To start, amd turbo works on all amd cpu’s that end in T with the parts ending in 0T having turbo go up to 2x extra (except black edition, but we will get to that later) and the ones with a 5T getting 2.5x. So if u have a 1055T then its a 2.8ghz cpu with a multi of 14x and turbo taking it to 16.5x and 3.3ghz, the 1090T is 3.2ghz with a multi 16x and turbo to 18x and 3.6ghz.�...
|Slappa’s Slushbox| – |Phenom II X6 1090T| 5 Comments By Slappa on July 13, 2010 Long story short. Today I got pretty bored. I’ve been wanting to put my 1090T under dry ice for quite some time now. However, my bench partner has been busy with work so I could not obtain the dry ice pot. So I was thinking of ways I could cool down my processor, in order to play around with my new 6 core. Since I own a Corsair H50 AIO Watercooling kit, I decided to have some fun. I hung the radiator in an old lunch cooler and filled it to the brim with ice. I also threw a bit of water i...
Winner Announced! June AMD Phenom II Giveaway! 4 Comments By EnJoY on July 1, 2010 It’s the 1st of another month again, and as always, that means it’s time to pick a winner of our monthly blogging giveaway. This past months giveaway was sponsored by AMD with the prize being a brand new Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition processor. The winner of the June Blogger Giveaway is… Archer! Thank you for all of the time you put into this website and this community! Enjoy your new processor! Thanks to AMD for sponsoring the giveaway.
[Blog] College-Kid’s-Budget Gaming PC Building – Things to Avoid and Things to Adore Like Your First Pony 10 Comments By TheDramaLlama on June 30, 2010 Hello, everyone! My name is Alvin (a.k.a. TheDramaLlama) and I’d like to poke fun at all the old… er, say hi to everyone here at TechREACTION. For my first blog, I’m going to do a rough overview on budget PC building. No, not your run-of-the-mill budget PC building, I’m writing about college-kid’s-budget gaming PC building, since college kids like me belong to a fantastic little niche, filled with people in situations I like to describe as, “Mommy, I have no...
TechREACTION.net – Blog & Win – AMD June Giveaway! 6 Comments By EnJoY on June 2, 2010 All registered Bloggers have the chance to win free hardware at least once a month forever! That’s right! FREE HARDWARE! Just for being a registered and active blogger of TechREACTION.net. How do I sign up? Simple, first register at this page to become a TR blogger. Once you receive your account information, half the job is done. Second, go to the TechREACTION forums and register there as well. You must be registered in both places to be eligible. Bloggers are given sp...
Winner Announced! May AMD Phenom II X6 Giveaway! 1 Comment By EnJoY on June 1, 2010 It’s the 1st of another month again, and as always, that means it’s time to pick a winner of our monthly blogging giveaway. This past months giveaway was sponsored by AMD with the prize being a brand new Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition processor. The winner of the May AMD Phenom II X6 Giveaway is… Krab Thank you for your participation and contribution to this community. We hope you enjoy your new processor! Thanks to AMD for sponsoring the giveaway. Stay tuned tonight ...
[Blog] Kingston HyperX DDR3 ‘LoVo’ OC Testing 0 Comments By wez on May 31, 2010 Kingston HyperX DDR3 ‘LoVo’ OC testing Just a quick look at a memory kit from Kingston, namely a set from their somewhat new ‘LoVo’ series. Judging by the name its a low voltage kit, so not a kit directly aimed at the enthusiast market. But word has it they might be worth a look after all! According to their site, Kingston currently offers three versions of their ‘LoVo’ kits, 1333, 1600 and 1866 MHz. But there also seem to be an 1800 MHz kit listed at some shops, possible a replaceme...
DDR3 @ 2022MHz…pfft. CAS 6? Wow… AMD!?! No way! 1 Comment By EnJoY on May 20, 2010 Chew* does it again! There I am, waiting for my eyes to bleed as I sit in my cubicle, and suddenly my old pal Chew* delivers this little gem. Apparently Brian has been very busy tweaking his Corsair GTX2’s on Asus’s new Crosshair IV Formula. While playing around with timings and ganged mode, Chew* was able to get his Corsair GTX2 2250MHz C8 sticks all the way to 2022MHz at CAS 6 with just 1.725v! Additional important specs include an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, air cooling on every...
[Blog] AMD Phenom II Six Core 1090T vs Core i7 920 Full Comparison 159 Comments By thebanik on May 6, 2010 Introduction Eight months ago AMD introduced their 2nd generation of Phenom 2 X4 Processors that was designed to use the AM3 socket while remaining backwards compatible with previous AM2/AM2+ motherboards. Although the Phenom II X4 965 was AMD’s flagship desktop processor, it wasn’t the performance that glued users on to it but rather the value for money it brought to the table. Alongwith processors like X 2 550/555 which could be unlocked to 4 cores depending upon the combin...
TechREACTION.net – Blog & Win – AMD May Giveaway! 0 Comments By EnJoY on May 2, 2010 All registered Bloggers have the chance to win free hardware at least once a month forever! That’s right! FREE HARDWARE! Just for being a registered and active blogger of TechREACTION.net. How do I sign up? Simple, first register at this page to become a TR blogger. Once you receive your account information, half the job is done. Second, go to the TechREACTION forums and register there as well. You must be registered in both places to be eligible. Bloggers are given special ac...
Asus Crosshair III – Review 12 Comments By mav2000 on September 17, 2009 INTRODUCTION Hello and welcome to the review of the ASUS CROSSHAIR III FORMULA motherboard. I was thinking about doing a new review for a while, and it struck me that a number of us have picked up new AM3 CPU’s over the last couple of months with the 550 BE being one of the favorites. Today, there is barely any competition for the 550 BE at that price point (especially when unlocked) and it is quickly becoming one of the best VFM processors that one can buy. Keeping this in mind, and look...
Chew* presents…the TWKR! 1 Comment By EnJoY on June 30, 2009 Resident blogger and now well-known overclocker, Chew* has been graced with one of the now infamous Phenom II BE TWKR chips, straight from top-secret AMD laboratories. He has posted his results in the forums, and you can find it all here. Here is just a taste… Phenom II BE TWKR
AMD Phenom II 955 0 Comments By Planet 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

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