Genius recently released the new Traveler 9010LS mouse as a new addition to their popular Traveler series of products. Armed with Genius’ DarkEye technology, the mouse is said to work on just about any surface, including glass!
IN WIN has recently released a brand spanking new, full tower chassis - the GRone. The GRone is available in white, black, or metallic grey colors. Today’s sample is the metallic grey version. IN WIN has certainly improved on their enthusiast line of cases over the past couple of years, so let’s see if the GRone [...]
We previously reviewed the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer and Pro, so this go around we have before us the Water 2.0 Extreme. With a beefed up radiator and the promise of substantially better cooling than it’s little brothers, we’ll get this bad boy installed and give it a test!
Introduction Last month we reviewed the Coolermaster Storm Mechanical Keyboard, and on the whole we were rather attached to it. The product fitted nicely on our desk, it looked the part and finally, it responded well in our typing test. However, despite giving it a gold we did feel that it could have benefited [...]
OCZ rolls out the new Indilinx Everest 2 controller, and the 128GB Vertex 4 is our first look at this new controller. Follow along as we take it for a test drive!
The comeback is complete! The Kingston SSDNow V200 has been re-released and promises better performance and reliability, all at a reduced price!
The Raidmax Raptor has landed at Overclockers Tech! Good looks and some unique features may make this case very appealing to many of you!
EVGA has released their new Z77 FTW! Loaded with all the latest technologies, find out why we think it deserves our gold award!
In the computer industry we have seen many situations in regards to rival companies that produce similar products. However nothing has sparked such a heated debate as what is currently present within the website ‘overclock.net’ A thread with a the sum total of 23 pages (thus far) has exploded into the hearts and minds of modding enthusiasts.
Introduction
Many case manufacturers vie for the title of a ‘Water Cooling Ready Product’ however few actually get it right, many even ‘half-attempt’ this by drilling three holes at the back of the chassis and say it is compatible with Water Cooling. However, the consumer is not so easily fooled and neither are the writers at Overclockers Tech. As far as we are concerned, if the product is unable to accommodate at least one 240mm sized radiator, then it is our opinion it is not fit for the purpose.
Raidmax recently sent another of their new release chassis for review – this mid tower offering called the “Seiran”. Raidmax has been very busy lately releasing several new chassis designs and giving their customers many options when deciding on a case for a new build or upgrade. The Seiran chassis comes in a white, red, or black version. Today, we will be reviewing the black option. The Raidmax claim to fame is offering good looking, high quality, and affordable products. There is certainly no shortage of unique features and design qualities included in the Seiran chassis, so read on as we take an in depth look at the Seiran Mid Tower Case to see if it lives up to the Raidmax standard of a great product at a great price.
The good folks at Raidmax were kind enough to send along their new release Viper mid tower case for review today. Raidmax has been around since 1988, so obviously they are not the new kid on the block. Over the years Raidmax has offered products generally geared towards those on a budget, all the while attempting to give a quality product at an affordable price. The press release accompanying the release of the Viper proclaims “The awesome new Viper case from Raidmax transforms your PC with jaw dropping design. Leading PC chassis maker innovates again with tool free setup and easy cable management”
Read on as we explore the Raidmax Viper and what it has to offer you, the consumer.
12/1/2011 – EVGA X79 Classified & EVGA GTX 580 Classified take the 3DMark 11 Extreme (X) World Record
3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular PC benchmark. This new benchmarks has a few preset settings within the tool to let you customize the benchmark to match the horsepower of the machine; the 3DMark 11 Extreme (X) setting is a true test for enthusiast hardware with a 1080P resolution, 4x MSAA, 16x Anisotropic Filtering and visuals that are cranked up.
While just doing some warmup runs on the brand new EVGA X79 Classified motherboard and 4x EVGA GTX 580 Classified graphic cards, Vince “k|ngp|n” Lucido scored a brand new 3DMark 11 Extreme (X) World Record. He was able to snag a score of over X12,500 points with the cards running at 1.3GHz Core clock and over 2400MHz Memory Clock.
EVGA hardware continues to break new world records in the area of high performance computing; a true testament to the dedication that EVGA has to enthusiast PC hardware.
Q&A with “k|ngp|n” at Geforce.com
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Today EVGA sent along a press release announcing the release of two GTX 560 Ti 448 core video cards. Both a Classified and FTW version will be available. The Classified will be available as part# 012-P3-2068 and the FTW version as part# 012-P3-2066. Chick on the read more button to see the entire press release and the PDF specs sheets for each video card.
Introduction
What makes a computer case special? Is it because it has plenty of storage space or lots of fancy lights? Maybe it is for the reason that it is great for water cooling? All these questions and more must be answered when purchasing a computer case.
We at OverclockersTech have reviewed many computer cases ranging from the unusual Lian Li T1 Spider chassis. To the enormous Coolermaster Haf X and the Thermaltake Level 10 GT. Now we bare the latter mentioned cases in mind and then finally throw in the behemoth-like ‘Mountain Mods’ cases into the mix and the result is an interesting brew indeed.
A few short months ago our very own ‘Lvcoyote’ gave the Thermaltake Chaser MK1 a gold award and when reviewing this product with the eye of air cooling, and it richly deserved our coveted award. However, let us now review the same product but looking at it from the viewpoint of a water cooling enthusiast! Will the product still receive a gold award even when factoring in its great air cooling potential? Or will it slip down the scales slightly? Only an in depth review from a water coolers viewpoint will reveal the truth.
Introduction:
In today’s performance intensive computers there is a myriad of differing cooling solutions, all designed to entice the end-user with their specifications. Many manufacturers opt for either silence, overclocking, small form factor spacing or all of the above. Only those whom are truly willing to adapt to the ever-changing needs of the industry can hope to survive this free-for-all. Then if we throw in more esoteric forms of cooling into the bag we are in for some interesting times indeed. Today however we are focusing our attention on the cooler that is designed for the Home Theatre PC case market.
Coolermaster have sent us their brand new Gemini Two Mark Four CPU cooler and it will be very interesting to see if this cooler can hold a candle to Coolermaster’s long line of high quality products.
