Centon Electronics is starting to focus on the enthusiast memory market in recent months and today we bring you a preview of their memory. LR gets the chance to look at some PC2-5400 modules before they hit the street to see and gives our thoughts on Centon’s move into Corsair & Kingston’s market space.
Thermalrock has an interesting case that will appeal to those that are looking for artistic impression with a PC case. Some will love it, some will hate it. Either way you know you want to get a good look and find out what all the noise is about. Read on to find out what the ThermalRock Circle case is all about!
In recent weeks it seems that every hardware enthusiast has been asking about UTT based memory modules. Everyone that brings up UTT memory modules such as OCZ’s VX Memory thinks these are new and super fast IC’s that just hit the market. These “new” IC’s are based off the old Winbond die revisions, and the term UTT is nothing new for those in the memory industry. What consumers don’t understand is that…
nVidia’s goal with the Turbo Cache was to bring the latest generation of graphics to the entry level market. Using new PCI-Express technology nVidia attempts to make change the entry level market forever. Today we look at Albatron’s TC6200Q and see how these sub $100 cards do in testing! You will be amazed at what this little card can do.
Kingston Launched a new line of validated ValueRAM modules for Intel-based servers today and we take a closer look at what validation is all about. This schema change is important for system builders, vendors, and all other consumers looking to build a servers based on Intel Validated parts.
The 6XX series CPU offers 64 bit support, 2MB of L2 cache, Intel’s patented “Speed Step” technology, and other enhancements for the desktop CPU line. How does this latest release stack up to AMD’s sinilarly priced offering? We’ll put the two through some benchmarks using systems costing approximately the same in the hopes of helping those of you looking for a new system choose the right CPU.
The Antec Titan 550 aims to set a new standard for server grade systems. Antec designed the Titan 550 to meet the needs of consumers in the server and workstation markets. Today LR looks at the case and see if the features are appealing to enthusiasts.
Just a couple weeks ago Kingston made headlines when they launched the world’s fastest DDR2 memory modules. The new speed grade was called PC2-6000 and runs at a frequency of 750MHz with 4-4-4 timings. Today we take a look at PC2-6000 memory versus PC2-5400 memory and see which comes on top.
Thermaltake has been expanding product lines. Where they were once simply associated with heatsinks, they’re now building some ergonomic gems in aluminum cases and power packed PSUs. Themaltake has also expanded into watercooling and their design philosophy is one of cohesion. Thermaltake cases are designed to house their watercooling systems and today we’ll delve into their SHARK aluminum tower case.
AMD’s exclusive hold on SLI (Scaleable Link Interface) came to an end last week with NVIDIA’s release of it C19 solution. Will Intel fans be jumping for joy, or considering a major shift in their next hardware purchases? LR puts NVIDIA’s newest chipset solution to the test against the upcoming Intel i955X chipset and reveals some surprising, and some not so surprising results.
After doing standard benchmarking on the Intel Dual Core system, Legit Reviews tests the multi-tasking abilities of the Intel 840 versus the Intel 640. Both processors are 3.2GHz, have 2MB cache, and are built on the 90nm manufacturing process. Let’s see how they perform when running common applications at the same time.
By using the just released Corsair XMS PC-5400UL modules Legit Reviews has managed to surpass the 1000MHz memory barrier by a hair. This was done by running at 500.3MHz or 1000.6MHz DDR2 at loose 5-5-5-15 timings. Did we mention that this was also done on the new Intel Dual Core CPU?
Today Intel is letting Legit Reviews show off one of the first Dual Core Intel desktop processors. The Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition 840 is rated at 3.2GHz and boasts four threads. Dual core, four threads, EMT64 support, and a new chipset to support it. What more could an enthusiast want?
When you buy a power supply you check the specifications that it meets right? Many people make sure it is compliant on the box and think nothing more of it. Legit Reviews discovered that SkyHawk PowerOne Power Supplies don’t meet the specifications listed on the box. This is a must read article.
Now that the high end ATI cards are finally showing up on the market en masse, Legit Reviews takes a look at Sapphire?s X850 XT video card. LR tests the X850 XT in a variety of configurations against a pair of XFX 6600GT SLI mode on the ever popular DFI NF4 SLI-DR Athlon 64 motherboard.
