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Thermaltake Frio OCK

Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler

The Thermaltake Frio OCK might not be a quiet cooler at full fan speeds, but it is currently the most powerful air cooler available for the overclocking enthusiasts!

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Rosewill Lightning 1300W Gaming Modular Power Supply

 

Rosewill Lightning-1300W Power Supply Review

Many users put their stock in well known PSU’s from brands like Thermaltake or CoolerMaster. Are these better than more obscure brands like Rosewill? Today we take a look at the Rosewill Lightning 1300W PSU to test this.

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Cooler Master Storm Trooper Full-Tower Case

Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper Gaming Chassis Review

The CM Storm Trooper might just be one of the most customizable and gamer friendly chassis of the year. Keep reading to find out what this case is packing!

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MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3)

MSI Z68A-GD80_G3 Motherboard Review

The MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) comes with PCI-E Gen 3 switches and support for the unreleased PCI-E 3.0 interface video cards and Ivy Bridge Processor.

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Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W

Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W Power Supply Review

Can the CM Silent Pro Gold beat the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W PSU at full load? Check out as we explore the pros and cons of the CM SPG 1200W.

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Kingston HyperX 240GB SATA III SSD

Kingston HyperX 5K 240GB SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD) Review

Kingston’s HyperX Series 240GB SATA III SSD is Kingston’s latest high-performance SSD. Can it hold its own against OCZ’s famed Vertex 3 SSD?

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How-To Build a Quiet Ultimate Gaming PC

How To Build An Ultimate Quiet Gaming PC Guide

Building a Quiet Gaming PC can be confusing for beginners that have never messed with their computers before. This How-To Guide will explain how to choose quiet components and build your next Quiet Ultimate Gaming PC.

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Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W Power Supply

Designed for overclockers and enthusiasts, the Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W power supply features 1200W for all of your needs.

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Seasonic X-Series 660W Modular Power Supply

Can Seasonic X-Series 660W handles your computer needs? Let’s find out as we put it through our test by pairing it up with Core i7 2600K overclocked and GTX 580. Did it survive our torture test?…

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Alice: Madness Returns

Alice: Madness Returns is a very chilly, twisted, and definitely not a child’s game. With over 20+ hours of gameplay, Alice: Madness Returns turned out to be one of the most enjoyable games we’ve played so far.

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Cooler Master Notepal X-SLIM Silent Laptop Cooler

Today we look at the Cooler Master NotePal X-SLIM Silent Laptop Cooler, which uses a USB port to power the internal 160mm fan to cool the laptops. Read on to see how it performs.

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ZOTAC Factory Tour in Dongguan

What does it take to build a video card or a motherboard? ZOTAC was kind enough to take us through their factory to show how it is done. Read along as we discover how everything is assembled and qualified through stress tests.

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Duke Nukem Forever

After 12 years of waiting and anticipation Duke Nukem Forever has finally been released to complete the series that laid down the rules for first person shooters in the past.

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Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3

The release of the Z68 chipset allows for integration of many new features within the Z68X-UD3H-B3. Stay tuned to find out how the Z68 chipset does in the mainstream market.

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Post Computex 2011 – Part 2

To wrap up Computex 2011, we went ahead and wrapped up some of the latest motherboards, video cards, tablets, and memory products from MSI, GIGABYTE, and Kingston.

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Computex 2011 – Booth Babes

Like every year, we bring back some of the finest Booth Babes for our readers, this time at Computex 2011.

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Post Computex 2011 – Part 1

Computex 2011 just finished and we are ready to show off some of the latest products coming out this year. In this article we’ll take a look at Thermaltake, Noctua, ZOTAC, Zalman and Silverstone.

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Nvidia 3D Vision for YouTube

NVIDIA 3D Vision for YouTube is finally here. Users can enjoy sharing their favorite family moments and stream 3D Movies straight from YouTube with Nvidia’s 3D Vision glasses.

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GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3: Z68 Chipset With Smart Response

The introduction the Z68 Express Chipset has brought some nice new features to the GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 motherboard, including Smart Response, an SSD caching technology.

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ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution

If you’re looking for a high-performance motherboard suited for work, and highly-threaded applications, the ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution motherboard might be a great option.

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Crysis 2: Game Review

In March, Crytek came out with the highly-anticipated Crysis 2. We’re bringing you a little taste of the action.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 590: The Dual-GF110 Beast

The GTX 590 is a Dual-GPU GF110 video card capable of playing all the latest video games, including some of the greatest 3D titles. This is done while maintaining reasonable temperatures at a very quiet operation.

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Bulletstorm: Game & 3D Overview

Can you come up with the most creative ways to incite mayhem, cause destruction, and kill your enemies? If so, Bulletstorm will not disappoint you!

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Thermaltake eSports Meka G1 Keyboard

 

Out of the wide range of keyboards available on the market, the Tt eSports Meka G1 mechanical keyboard shows features only found in high-end keyboards.

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GIGABYTE G1.Assassin Gaming Motherboard

 

The GIGABYTE G1 Killer motherboard series is the ultimate weapon for gamers against the competition. The G1.Assassin comes with high quality dedicated audio and NIC and provides up to 4 PCI-E slots for extreme gaming performance.

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ZOTAC ZBOXHD-ID34BR-U Blu-Ray HTPC

The Zotac ZBOXHD-ID34BR-U is a small laptop-sized All-in-One Mini-PC designed for watching High-Definition Blu-Ray 1080p videos straight on your home HDTV.

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Post CES 2011 Product Overview

 

A final post-CES 2011 overview of the show floor and some of the latest products showcased this year.

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GIGABYTE @ CES 2011: G1 Killer Series Motherboards

The G1 Killer lineup of motherboards will be the ultimate weapon for gamers, with its built-on Creative audio chip and very low latency Bigfoot Killer network card.

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Patriot @ CES 2011: Javelin S4 Media Server

Patriot Memory just announced their new Javelin S4 Media Server NAS, capable of up to 12TBs of storage for a massive home theater movie/music/photo collection.

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Zalman @ CES 2011

Zalman unveiled some new products today at CES 2011, including cases, coolers, and more.

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Nvidia @ CES 2011: The Tegra 2

Nvidia has announced the Tegra 2 chip, which will bring in a new generation of superphones like the LG Optimus 2X.

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GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4

The GIGAYBTE P67A-UD4 motherboard is designed with mid- to high-end users in mind, providing enough performance and features that an average user would want in a motherboard.

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GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD7

The P67A-UD7 is GIGABYTE’s flagship motherboard, running the P67 Express Chipset with 3-Way SLI and CrossFireX support, and plenty of overclocking potential.

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Intel Core i7 2600K (Sandy Bridge) & DP67BG Motherboard

 

The new 32nm Sandy Bridge Intel processor microarchitecture hits stores today with exceptional performance and a lower thermal output that previous Quad-Core CPUs couldn’t achieve.

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GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4 Preview

The GIGAYBTE P67A-UD4 motherboard is designed for mid-to-high end users in mind, providing enough overclocking performance and other features that an average high end user would like to see in a motherboard.

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Nvidia GTX 570 (GF110)

A month after the release of the GTX 580, Nvidia is back again but this time to launch their GTX 570 enthusiast video card. The GTX 570 offers a 25% performance increase from the GTX 470, and also a slight performance increase from the last generation GTX 480.

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ASUS ENGTX580 Voltage Tweak – SLI

ASUS is one of many manufacturers that have factory overclocked video cards even during hard launches like the GTX 580 was. ASUS’ ENGTX580 (GTX 580) Voltage Tweak edition video card is slightly clocked higher than the reference GTX 580s.

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GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD7 Preview

The P67A-UD7 will be the newest flagship motherboard from GIGABYTE, scheduled to be released early 2011 to go with Intel’s new Sandy Bridge architecture.

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ASUS Rampage III Extreme

The ASUS Rampage III Extreme is the ultimate weapon for enthusiast gamers, and overclockers. The Rampage III Extreme spiced up with the latest technologies and breakthroughs makes this motherboard a dream for any user.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 (GF110)

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 is finally here! With the newly improved and optimized Fermi architecture (GF110), the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 is capable of higher performance vs power, temperature, and noise ratio.

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