When it comes to desktop processors the AMD Phenom series of processors hasn’t been too phenomenal, but that could all change today as AMD is launching the Phenom II series. Will this new processor usher in a new era of value and performance or leave consumers wanting more. Read on as we go in-depth on the Phenom II and compare it to the Intel Core i7 920 processor to see how each processor does in a battery of tests.
CES 2009 is about to go full force, but on the eve of opening day, many companies take the opportunity to showcase their next generation of products during Pepcom’s Digital Experience. Tonight Kingston has given us the rundown of their new SDHC Video cards for digital camcorders, ultra low-latency (ULL) DDR3 triple channel memory, and their debut into the solid-state drive market!
Corsair Memory showed off the the industry’s first thermoelectric (TEC) cooled memory modules today at CES and Legit Reviews was on hand to take a look at this ice cold memory cooler. Read on to see how this cooler works and what it means for memory cooling in the months ahead. We also take a look at the Dominator GT memory modules and several custom painted cases at the suite.
Netbooks seem to be one of the hottest items being previewed at this year’s CES. For the road warrior’s, thin and light are two of the most important requirements of a notebook or netbook. MSI has shown us their new netbooks, the U120 and U115, featuring 3.5G or WiMAX capabilities. Read on to find out if these netbooks fit your needs!
ASUS has announced a slew of new products that build up the Eee product family and add innovation to their offerings. ASUS stressed that their innovation has been inspired by their consumers and they take pride in listening to user feedback. Read on to find out more about what ASUS is doing with mobile, touch-based, and shared computing.
Welcome to Las Vegas and Legit Reviews’ coverage of CES 2009. This year the show for the press officially kicks off on Thursday but we’ve arrived early to bring you some pre-show activities. Read on to see what we saw at CES: Unveiled: The Official Press Event of the International CES today! From Corsair’s new Dominator GT memory modules to AMD’s Neo powered notebooks we cover it all.
PC Power & Cooling 1500VA UPS How many times have you been working on some critical paper, either for school or for work, when all of sudden the power goes out? Probably not too often, Continue reading “CES 2009: PC Power & Cooling 1500 VA UPS”.
The Corsair Dominator 6GB PC3-12800 DDR3 triple channel memory kit has been specially designed to work with Intel’s new Core i7 platform. With a 1600MHz clock frequency and latencies of 8-8-8-24 at 1.65V VDIMM, the TR3X6G1600C8D memory kit is one that will impress your friends and strike fear into those gaming against you. If you are building an Intel X58 Express based system this is a must read.
CoolIT Systems noticed that well built water cooler was missing from the sub $80 market and went back to a drawing board to see if something could be designed that had the cooling performance that enthusiasts demand and a price tag that won’t break the bank during these troubled economic times. After many long hours and a year in the test lab CoolIT Systems came up with the Domino A.L.C. Read on to see how this cooler performs on an Intel Core i7 platform!
The Black Series X58B-A “Nehalem” Motherboard with LGA1366 socket support for Intel’s all-new “Core-i7” processors is currently the flagship motherboard for ECS Elitegroup. With the Intel X58 Express chipset handling the North Bridge duties and the Intel Intel ICH10R South Bridge handling the rest of the board you know this will be a sound and stable platform. Read on to see how the ECS X58B-A motherboard does on the benchmarks and to see it overclocks.
The Cooler Master ATCS 840 case is one of the newest available from Cooler Master for enthusiasts. The aluminum construction not only allows for a lighter weight but complements the thermal design seamlessly with three 230mm fans, dedicated air duct for graphics card cooling and HDD cooling module for superb cooling. Take a look at the article and see if this full tower case and see if your wish list of features was fulfilled!
Now that main gift giving time is over this holiday you might find yourself a little closer to that home theater you’ve been dreaming of the past few months. The vast majority of people will stuff that new home stereo equipment into an existing TV stand and never give heat much thought. The Antec A/V Cooler is designed to keep all your home audio/video equipment cool!
The Thermaltake SpinQ is far from what you’d expect a normal CPU cooler to look like. This cylinder heatsink has spiral aluminum fins and an s-curve Blade Fan with blue LED lights that puts in it a category all by itself. This cooler looks like it could be used as a weapon, but does it perform as well as it looks? Today we put the Thermaltake SpinQ to the test and install it on our test system to see how it does against 14 other CPU coolers.
ASRock has recently been including a feature called Instant Boot on their N7AD-SLI motherboards and clams that it only takes 3 to 4 seconds to boot up to Windows. ASRock also claims that Instant Boot consumes less power, but does it really work? That is what we intend to find out in our video review as we bring out the timer and put it to the test.
Last Tuesday we showed physics benchmarking using an upcoming game title called Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason. The Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason PC Game TechDemo got some people talking and several of you asked questions on the forums and sent us e-mails asking for more information. Today, we answer those questions and provide you with some new benchmark numbers that include SLI and 3-way SLI results! Will adding a dedicated PhysX card to SLI help performance enough to catch up to 3-way SLI?
