You might have thought someone would have already done this? Apparently not, just released this week is the worlds first USB 3 Mini-Itx motherboard from Gigabyte, the GA-H55N-USB3. Based on the H55 chipset for LGA1156 processors, the board supports up to a Core i7 870 processor with up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM. The board also features a […]
Archive for May, 2010
Gigabyte Releases Worlds First USB3 Mini-ITX Motherboard
Posted by admin on May 28th, 2010
Posted in Hardware, News 
Tags: Gigabyte, Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3, Gigabyte Mini-ITX 
Comments Off on Gigabyte Releases Worlds First USB3 Mini-ITX MotherboardThermaltake Armor A90 Case Review
Posted by Gilgamesh on May 27th, 2010
Our recent marathon of Thermaltake case reviews forges ahead with a look at the mid tower Armor A90. “Created for Combat” is the motto Thermaltake has applied to this chassis, no doubt in reference to it’s rugged design and emphasis on gaming. First up is a quick company profile of Thermaltake. Once upon a time […]
Posted in Cases, Reviews Tags: Armor A90, Armor A90 Review, Thermaltake, Thermaltake A90, Thermaltake A90 Review, Thermaltake Armor, Thermaltake Armor A90, Thermaltake Armor A90 Review, Thermaltake cases Comments Off on Thermaltake Armor A90 Case ReviewXSPC Releases Two New Reservoirs
Posted by Gilgamesh on May 12th, 2010
Today sees the release of two new reservoirs for the water cooling enthusiast market. Designed around the popular Liang D5 and D5 vario these products are set to provide maximum compatibility whilst being user friendly. The reservoirs attach directly to the Liang pumps, thus eliminating the need to install tubing from the reservoir to the […]
Posted in Announcements, Case Modding, Cooling, Cooling, Exclusive, Hardware, Overclocking, Uncategorized Tags: Cooling, CPU, fluid, Reservoirs, water, water cooling, XSPC Comments Off on XSPC Releases Two New ReservoirsAkasa Freedom Tower CPU Cooler Review
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2010
 Introduction What constitutes as a bang for buck cooler? First, It must be supplied with a decent fan (or two), have support for both Intel and AMD platforms, and further still must have the same high performance cooling as the elite coolers but without the same expensive price tag. Akasa must be one of […]
Posted in Cooling Tags: akasa, bang for buck, budget cooler, cogage arrow, freedom tower, megahalems, nero s, prolimatech, REVIEW, thermalright, venom, venomous x Comments Off on Akasa Freedom Tower CPU Cooler ReviewAkasa Venom CPU Cooler Review
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2010
Introduction We reviewed the Akasa’ Nero S CPU cooler only just last month dubbed their “premium cooler”. Now however Akasa have come to the market with a cooler capable of mounting two 120mm fans titled, the “Venom”, not to be confused with the Venomous X from Thermalright. Akasa state on the box “King of Cooling”. […]
Posted in Cooling, Exclusive Tags: 120mm fan, akasa, best cpu cooler, cogage arrow, megahalems, pwm fan, REVIEW, thermalright venomous x, venom Comments Off on Akasa Venom CPU Cooler ReviewProlimatech Armageddon CPU Cooler Review
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2010
Introduction While heatsinks have become a common feature at Overclockers Tech since the start of this year, Prolimatech’s Megahalems never really made much of an impact in our testing. That said we did review the more expensive Mega Shadow variant that wasn’t worth the extra £20 premium over the original and didn’t perform too well […]
Posted in Cooling, Reviews Tags: 140mm fan, cogage arrow, cpu cooler, mega shadow, megahalems, prolimatech, REVIEW, thermalright, venomous x Comments Off on Prolimatech Armageddon CPU Cooler ReviewThermaltake Element G Mid Tower Case Review
Posted by Gilgamesh on May 7th, 2010
The fine folks at Thermaltake USA were kind enough to send along a Element G mid tower case for us to review. The slogan attached to the Element G by Thermaltake is “Create For Pros”. We are assuming that means the professional gamer as the pictures on the back of the box show several different […]
Posted in Cases, Reviews Tags: Thermaltake, Thermaltake cases, Thermaltake Element G, Thermaltake Element G Review Comments Off on Thermaltake Element G Mid Tower Case ReviewPatriot Viper Extreme Performance 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 Review
Posted by admin on May 7th, 2010
Introduction Choosing the right memory kit for you isn’t easy nowadays – especially if you factor in the recent hike in memory prices. It’s getting harder to decide just what is value for money, and what is cheap and nasty. Patriot’s 6GB (3x2GB) 1600MHz CL8 Vipers for X58 systems are reasonably priced currently at £150.00 […]
Posted in Memory Tags: DDR3 MEMORY, exteme performance, overclock, Patriot, pc3-12800, triple channel ram, Viper, x58 ram Comments Off on Patriot Viper Extreme Performance 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 Review
