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Cooler Charts: 29 Models tested - update EK Water Blocks Kit L360

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:10:00 +0200

In our comparison tables, you can find test results regarding 29 recent air and watercoolers. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right cooler.

ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU Mini OC Review

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:30:00 +0200

These day everybody wants to build a small form factor gaming rig. Since, the BitFenix Prodigy case came along we're all crazy about these setups. When you actually start hunting for components for such a setup you find miniITX boards, nice cooler, obviously nice cases but when it comes to a gaming VGA, they are all way too long and disproportionate for miniITX boards. With the GTX 670 DirectCU Mini ASUS squeezed a fully fledged GTX 670 onto a PCB which is as short as a miniITX board but still the card offers a great cooler and good performance.

EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti FTW Signature 2 Review + SLI

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:40:00 +0200

Today we take a look at EVGA's fastest GeForce GTX 660 Ti. The FTW Signature 2 features a high factory overclocking on the core, the manufacturer's Signature 2 cooler and 2GB of memory. Last but not least and probably the most interesting about his card it makes use of a GTX 680 PCB.

Thermalright AXP-100 Low-Profile Review

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:50:00 +0200

With the AXP-100, Thermalright has a promising cooler for HTPC's or small form factor desktop PCs in its portfolio. Already at a first glance it shines with a very good build quality and no less than six heatpipes. We're already curious how this thing is going to perform in our test parcours.

OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB Review

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:50:00 +0200

With the Vertex 3.20 OCZ officially launches their first product that features 20 nanometer NAND from the Intel/Micron joint venture. This step is quite a critical one for OCZ since it means that have to do a balancing act between endurance and price. There are quite a few manufacturers out there in the market that already offer TLC based SSD with significantly lower prices. At this point we just want to tell you, that OCZ does not got for TLC NAND, they stick to MCL chips and we think it's a good compromise between not only price and endurance but also performance.

Fractal Design Define R2 XL Review

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:50:00 +0200

Almost exactly two years ago the young Swedish company Fractal Design presented with the Define R3 their first midi tower. Now they have the Define R2 XL big tower in their portfolio which should be the next step in evolution of their Define series cases. The Swedes provided this case with an increased build quality and they also added features like USB3.0.

ASUS MX279H Review

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:50:00 +0200

The ASUS MX279H is an attractive display with a very decent, frameless design. With a mere 18 millimeter thick display you get a 27 inch AH-IPS panel, FullHD resolution, a touch sensitive menu bar and the possibility to tilt the panel. Thanks to the AH-IPS panel image quality should be very good and furthermore we're curious whether FullHD is or isn't enough for a 27 inch display.

ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost DirectCU II OC Review + SLI

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:50:00 +0200

Like many other manufacturers ASUS released its very own version of the GTX 650 Ti Boost using a custom design PCB and a custom cooler. The latter is a smaller and cheaper version of the now well known DirectCU II, hopefully as good as the other ones from the series. The name says by itself, the card is shipped with a factory overclocking. In this case the GPU runs 52 MHz higher than the reference model.

Comparison List Update: All Haswell Models

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:40:00 +0200

Over time CPU manufacturers like Intel and AMD release numerous processors and it is very likely to lose track of all the models out there. Furthermore it is difficult to find complete comparison tables where you find all CPUs and their features listed. Following you find such a list regarding Intel's upcoming Haswell processors.

SSD Charts: 62 SSDs - Crucial M500 480 GB

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:10:00 +0200

In our comparison tables you find benchmark values regarding 62 different SSDs. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right SSD.