This morning Intel kicked off the corporations 15th Intel Developer Forum (IDF) with an opening keynote that was given by David Perlmutter. More than 4,500 attendees are expected from around the world this week to see what Intel is planning for the future. During this keynote Intel introduced the Haswell microarchitecture and even showed it running the Heaven DX11 benchmark utility!
The Define R4, by Fractal Design, is a modern day mid-tower chassis that comes in three color variations, Black, Titanium, White, and it just happens to be fairly large in size. Now we need to ask our selves one simple question, “Does the Define R4 chassis have what it takes to become a great chassis, or does it fall short”? So lets go ahead and step inside to see what the Black Define R4 mid-tower chassis has to offer us.
Prolimatech, the maker of the popular Megahalem CPU cooler, has introduced two new Thermal Interfacing Materials (TIM) the PK2, and PK3 thermal compounds. Do these to new thermal compounds have what it takes to compete with the best thermal compounds on the market today? Only one way to find out, and that is to step inside and see how they perform against a couple of best known TIMs in the computing world, the Gelid GC-Extreme, and the Antec Formula 7.
Do you wish that your keyboard could be soaked in water and rinsed off to keep the germs on it in a minimum? The Logitech Washable Keyboard K310 was designed to be easy to clean and easy to dry. It also requires no software to get going and features a full-size keyboard! Read on to see what this $40 keyboard is all about and if it is the right keyboard for your work space.
Kingston entered the computer market 25 years ago with a single new type of SIMM. Here we are 25 years later looking at a much more advanced DIMM. Though the DIMM isn’t anything new to the market, the Kingston HyperX Blu 16Gb memory kit is the first 16Gb kit to be offered by Kingston that uses only two DIMMs. The Kingston HyperX KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G 16Gb memory kit is rated for 1600MHz with CL10 timings. How will the first 2x8Gb memory kit from Kingston perform? Join us as we find out!
The best-selling MMO gaming mouse of all time is the Razer Naga and it was recently updated for 2012. This MMO gaming mouse optimized button placement, three interchangeable side grips to suit your personal grip style, and is powered by Razer Synapse 2.0. Razer says this mouse with the 12-button thumb grid was engineered for comfort, control and help you have a leg up over your competition in the games.
The Antec High Current Gamer HCG-520MHCG is a modular power supply that is 80Plus Bronze certified and available for under $90 shipped. Antec says this PSU has heavy-duty connectors and cabling that supply high levels of power with efficiency. The High Current Gamer series also uses Japanese-brand capacitors, and a quiet 135 mm double ball bearing fan to complete the package. Read on to see how this power supply does when put to the test on our PSU tester.
The Plantronics GameCom 780 is a surround sound gaming headset that features Dolby headphone & Pro Logic IIx technologies to convert standard audio to 7.1 surround sound. The GameCom 780 also features a noise-canceling mic that helps reduce background noise while the 40mm speakers provides stereo sound with deep bass. Are the Plantronicsthe GameCom 780 perfect for gaming, watching videos, listening to music, and making PC voice calls? Read on to find out!
Advance Micro Devices is usually known for their processors and even graphics cards since the acquisition of ATI. So what else can AMD make for PC enthusiasts? You are right if you thought memory. AMD is teaming up with manufactures such as Patriot Memory making models such as the AMD Entertainment Edition and also Performance Edition memory. The Performance Editon of 2 x 4GB at 1600MHz is what this review is all about.
Are you looking to build a budget PC, but have a limited budget to work with? When we started to look into low cost Do-It-Yourself (DIY) systems we found that you could easily build an AMD Llano system for less than $300. We build a system for under $300 with an AMD A8-3870K APU, Gigabyte A55M-DS2 motherboard, OCZ Vertex Plus R2 60GB Solid-State Drive and more. Read on to see how it turned out and performed.
Gigabyte has came out with a mouse that has an extremely high DPI resolution of 8200. And, on top of having a high DPI the Gigabyte Krypton mouse is fully customizable to our individual needs. Everything from adjusting the weight, to customizing all of the buttons of this mouse to specific computing tasks. Step inside and see what the Gigabyte Krypton Mouse has to offer us.
Have a spare hard drive laying around you’d like to put to use? Ever thought of wrapping it in cardboard as a makeshift enclosure? Probably not. Although Convar has with their very eco-friendly and cleverly designed BytePac drive enclosure made of nothing but recycled raw material cardboard. Intrigued? We were, so we asked for a sample to have a look. See what we thought!
The ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 motherboard is a tiny little motherboard. It is designed for small form factor PC’s but has latest chipset from Intel, Graphics technology, and bells and whistles. Today we are going to put it through the ringer and see how it fares against some larger motherboards to see if there is a difference due to size! Can good things come in small packages? Read on to find out!
Last week I was watching CNN and heard about a new gadget called the Smash Mute. The Smash Mute is a giant button that you press or smash with your fist and it will mute your television. That is all this $24.95 gadget does, but I just had to get my hands on one. In this election year we could see close to $1 billion in campaign spending, so it’s inevitable that TV commercials will drive us all crazy and need to be muted.
ADATA markets the SX900 line of SSDs as the “most powerful SSD on Earth” which is a bold statement and bound to catch the attention of potential customers. Being powered by the SF-2281 controller through a SATA III interface, we expect high performace but is it really the best and what about the TRIM issue that has recently cropped up? Read on to see what we have to say about both questions.
