The ROCCAT Savu was released earlier this year and was interesting due to the fact that it is considered a mid-size hybrid gaming mouse. When it was introduced in May 2012 it carried a fairly high suggested retail price of $99.99, but now can be found for $51.65 shipped. Not a bad price considering this mouse uses a 4000 dpi optical sensor for precise gaming movements! Now that the price has dropped by nearly half, we figured that we should check it out!
Thermaltake recently launched the ARMOR REVO GENE – a mid-tower version of ARMOR REVO that is primed with full-tower features for gamers. The other great thing about this case is that is affordable! The Thermaltake Armor Revo Gene can be found online for under $130 shipped and for a case with all the latest features, that isn’t bad. Read on to see what this case is all about and to figure out if it is right for your next build!
AMD says the FirePro W5000 is the most powerful midrange workstation graphics card ever created. For example, it has the ability to process up to 1.65 billion triangles per second, allowing a designer to easily interact and render 3D models, while the competing solution is only able to process up to 0.41 billion triangles per second (up to 4 times less). Read on to see how this sub $450 professional graphics card does in some benchmarks!
This summer, Corsair impressed enthusiasts and experts alike with the release of the AΧ1200i. This power supply was great, but was larger than what the average PC user needs and the price reflected that. Corsair today announced the release of two smaller AXi models which should cover the majority of the enthusiast’s market, the AX860i and the AX760i. We have put the AX760i to the test and today we bring you its thorough performance review.
When we recently reviewed the Corsair Neutron drive with the new Link_A_Media Devices LM87800 controller, we were duly impressed with the initial offering for this yet untested controller but we didn’t get the chance to see it really shine until now. The Neutron GTX is a souped-up version which pushes the SATA 6Gbps interface to the limits. We take a look at performance and, now that both have been on the open market for a bit, also look to see how they are holding up on consumer machines.
Do you like your PC case to have a simple and timeless elegance? The Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 mid-tower case was deliberately designed to look simple on the outside, but the inside is another story. simple in design. The Deep Silence 1 case is equipped with two soundproof doors, a good ventilation system and all the modern features that one would want today. Read on to see what we think about this new case that was made in Germany!
The Samsung Galaxy Note II is one of the first smartphones to feature a quad-core processor. The Galaxy Note II uses a 1.6 GHz quad-core Exynos processor with 2GB of memory. The Galaxy Note II is thinner and narrower than the first Galaxy Note,
and it improves upon the original with longer battery life, as well as enhancements to the S Pen. Read on to see what this new phone is about, how it performs and what we think of it!
Today we looked at the Amped Wireless R20000G Dual Band Wireless router. The R20000G features dual high powered 2.4GHz 600mW amplifiers, with dual high power 5.0 GHz amplifiers and dual low noise amplifiers for improving wireless reception. Amped Wireless outfitted this router with tons of bells and whistles but can it really hold up to other more expensive routers? Read on to find out!!
Today, we will be looking at the ASUS GeForce GTX 670 and GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP edition video cards. These cards have very similar ASUS centric design specs (VRM, PCB and Heatsink), so we figured we’d cover both cards at once. We will be using the just released GeForce 310.33 drivers to test the performance of these high-end graphics cards! No review is complete with comparisons, so they will be competing against the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Vapor-X and the Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Vapor-X!
Intel has refreshed their SSD line with the release of the 335 Series that, while still using the SF-2281 controller, throws something new into the mix with their 20nm NAND flash. How this impacts performance is exactly what we set out to see in addition to giving our overall impressions of the drive and see if it’s worthy of your hard earned dollars.
Today we take a look at the SteelSeries Siberia V2 Frost Blue Edition gaming headsets. These headsets are based on the original award-winning Siberia series headsets which are used by professional gamers worldwide. This is the latest ‘enhanced’ version featuring blue illumination, a noise cancelling microphone, and an integrated USB sound card supported by the SteelSeries Engine software. Read on to see if these headphones are a true upgrade to the original Siberia!
In the past few months we reviewed two middle range products from Antec, the gamer oriented HCG-520M and the efficient EA-650, both of which were excellent products. However, middle range products are not what defines a company such as Antec, renowned as one of the best case and power supply suppliers worldwide; high end products designed to satisfy the most demanding of enthusiasts are. Today we will be having a look at such a product, the High Current Pro 1000W Platinum power supply.
The Seagate Backup Plus portable storage drives were designed to be fast and easy-to-use storage devices that keep your files handy on the go. This drive also works seamlessly with your social media accounts so it’s simple to back up and share your online photos, movies and more. Read on to see how the Seagate 1TB Back Up Plus performed on our test bench with the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection interface.
The new AMD FX processors improve upon AMD’s first 8-core desktop solution thanks to a next generation core architecture developed from the ground up to deliver an entirely new level of performance. The AMD FX-8350 8-Core Black Edition Processor comes unlocked and offers PC enthusiasts the ability to easily overclock the CPU. The AMD FX-8350 Black Edition comes with a 4.0 GHz base clock, but can reach 4.2 GHz thanks to Turbo mode. Read on to see how this new processor performs!
Today, AMD is making two big announcements. First, they are announcing some very impressive game bundles for those that are looking to buy a Radeon HD graphics card this fall and holiday shopping season. Secondly, they are announcing ‘The Never Settle Driver’ (Catalyst 12.11) that offers significant performance improvements in pretty much every game and benchmark available. Read on to find out more about both!
