In-Win recently released their newest extreme case from their Destiny series, the Ironclad. With a “Warship” designed theme and the option to install up to ten 120mm fans it looks armed and ready to take on the latest PC components. Ironclad is built to accommodate a wide range of motherboards from Micro ATX to extended ATX. Read on to see if the Ironclad has what it takes to be the case for your gaming PC!
Many of our readers have been giving very positive feedback on our aggressive coverage of the 2010 Computex. To keep up with the demand of our readers, we would not be giving proper coverage without showing what many would consider the best part, the booth babes! Look on to check out the booth babes that we could locate on the show floor!
At Computex 2010 we managed to find ECS Elitegroups booth by keeping our eyes open and finding a booth back to help guide us to our destination. Once there we found that ECS was showing off everything from new tablets to 3D touch screen systems. It turns out that ECS has also updated their Black Edition motherboard series and now feature more of and black and gray motif.
We had a chance to stop by and meet with EVGA at Computex 2010 and found that they are showing off their first ever PC case! The case doesn’t have a name yet, but it has been developed to properly enclose their massive $599.99 EVGA Classified Super Record 2 (SR-2) motherboard. we have pictures from both of the original case prototypes that are a must see.
Day 1 was a busy one with lots of walking and learning the two different halls of display at Computex. Along the way we managed to get some time with Thermaltake and look at a few of their new products. Thermaltake continues to evolve their existing product line without making drastic price changes.
One of the major forces at Computex is Gigabyte as they are heavily invested in this show. We took a few minutes today to take a look at a few of their products on display at their booth. The recently launched GA-X58A-UD9, and 5870 Overclock were on hand to back up Gigabyte’s devotion to gamers and enthusiats, with a few laptops and tablets to keep mobile users happy.
OCZ is showing off their HSDL (High Speed Data Link) interface, RevoDrive PCIe SSD and Vertex 2 1.8-inch SSDs this week at Computex 2010. Their HSDL (High Speed Data Link) interface was developed to raise the bar in data throughput and management for solid state storage drives. Read on to take a look at it and all the other cool products that they are working on!
Corsair is showing off a bunch of products for the very first time this year at Computex 2010 here in Taipei! One of the most interesting is their first case in the Graphite series that will be called the 600T. The Corsair Graphite 600T is a mid-tower PC case that is due to come out to the market later this summer for right around $150. Corsair also shows off fully modular power supplies and brings LED memory lights back from the dead with Airflow Pro.
ASUS is one of the dominant forces in the computer industry and today we were given a preview of what’s to come from them this summer. Get a glimpse of their first foray into the world of boutique gaming PC’s, extreme high-end graphics cards, and their high performance and thin and light Windows based portable tablets.
It’s our first day in Taiwan and Computex doesn’t start until tomorrow, but that didn’t stop us from getting a preview of some of the innovative new products that will be seen at the show this week. Read on to see some pictures of the show being setup and to see some of the first new products that we spotted. Included are the Antec Lanboy Air PC case, Evercool Transformer 4 CPU Cooler and more!
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 is the new “entry level” DirectX 11 graphics card. Just because it is NVIDIA’s entry level DirectX 11 graphics card doesn’t mean it is aimed at the entry level crowd. This bad boy is aimed at those looking for great DirectX 11 performance, but want to keep the budget under $300. Read on to see if this is the card fits that bill!
Earlier this year Thermaltake launched an air-cooled CPU cooler called the Frio. This cooler has a maximum cooling capacity of up to 220W and is marketed toward overclocking enthusiasts. What exactly can an affordable air cooler do for your CPU? Read on to find out as we test this $59 cooler at 4.1GHz on our Intel Core i7-860 powered test system!
What SF-1200 based SSD should I buy? I have been asked that question numerous times in recent weeks and to be honest it’s a great question. Rumors were going around that OCZ Technologies had a special firmware revision that uncaps random 4K write performance on their Vertex 2 series, but other companies like Corsair offer Sandforce SF-1200 series controllers in their Force series and do not have the performance cap. To be honest the firmware situation with Sandforce drives is confusing so we went straight to Sandforce to try to get some answers.
In a move that shocked many, Intel has buckled to the demands of mainstream consumers and has launched a couple unlocked processors for the LGA 1156 platform! The processors that are being announced today are the unlocked Intel Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K processors. Read on as we take the Core i7-875K processor for a test drive and overclock it up to 4.5GHz with just air cooling!
Anyone who has put together a HTPC knows that finding the right balance of performance, power, and noise can be a difficult task. Today we look at a system that finds a balance between the three. Looking for the perfect platform for your HTPC? This barebones system might just be the ticket if you don’t mind installing the operating system!
