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EXTENSIVE COMPATIBILITY FOR ARCTIC COOLERS WITH INTEL CORE X

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ARCTIC offers a variety of compatible CPU coolers for the new Core-X processors that provide effective cooling for the high-performance processors. The Freezers of the series 11, 12, 32 and 33 can all be used without any adjustment on the new Intel platform. The same applies to the Liquid Freezer 120, Liquid Freezer 240 and Liquid Freezer 360, the All-in-One CPU Water Coolers are equally compatible for the new Intel processors. The new processors achieve … Read more

THE NEW FREEZER 33 SERIES – SEMI PASSIVE ALLROUND COOLERS

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ARCTIC announces its new Freezer 33 Series. The high-performance semi passive CPU coolers Freezer 33 and Freezer 33 CO are the successor models of the Freezer 32 series. They are equipped with PWM controlled 120 mm cooling fans and offset heat pipes to ensure optimal heat dissipation. The low footprint of the Freezer 33 avoids interference with the RAM, even if there are two fans used. Fast and easy to install and extremely reliable, the … Read more

Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX460OC 4GB 11257-02-20G Review

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Being a gamer is expensive, I know I have probably paid for a house with all the money I have put into PC’s since I was 13…. a ton of money.  Even though I have put so much in and looking back, it hurts to see how much I have but I know it will just be a love affair that will continue.  When I started, I didn’t have much money and back in those … Read more

ARCTIC Launches the F14 Fan Series

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Last week ARCTIC announced that it was expanding its fan range and sets up the new 140mm series.  Not only the F14 are available in full model selection for the first time, the big fans are quieter than ever before and equipped with innovative features. ARCTIC F14 The standard class ARCTIC had already previously in the assortment but due to the innovative design of the fan blades and the impeller the F14 presents itself now significantly quieter than … Read more

Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 480 8GB OC Review

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As a gamer and for all fellow gamers, we are bombarded with promises of upgrades will change our lives, and for the most part they don’t do much.  SSD’s and memory do help tons, but one of the things that get us as gamers are video cards, but they are ALWAYS so expensive.  Today I have the pleasure of bringing you my review of the Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 480 8GB GDDR OC 11260-01-20G. Ohh…. … Read more

Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 Review

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Review of the Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 CPU Liquid Cooling Unit For years you’ve been using CPU Fans and heatsinks for years, but I know you have been gawking at some of the CPU liquid cooling units for years, well I know I have.  As those years have passed many CPU liquid cooling unit designs have come and gone, most of those custom units that you would have to build for yourself, not an easy … Read more

Review of the Alienware Area51 R2

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Review of the Alienware Area51 R2 Hey guys, so I am sure in your searches for the perfect gaming PC, you have at one point come across one flavor of an OEM or boutique PC builder and well, this review is about one of them.  Now I know there are quite a few different boutiques and OEM builders out there, but this is review is based on one, Alienware. This review will have full system … Read more

Review of the Raijintek Tisis CPU Heatsink

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Review of the Raijintek Tisis CPU Heatsink You finally bought that new CPU to finalize your build and putting it together you realize…. I didn’t buy a CPU Heatsink. Well, if you bought a retail boxed CPU, most already bring them but the stock Intel CPU heatsink is a bit loud and does not cool very well, and the stock AMD fans don’t cool very well either. You can use the stock CPU fans for … Read more

Review of the Raijintek Themis Evo CPU Heatsink

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So you finally received that brand new CPU you have always wanted and you open it up and taking up 90% of the box is the CPU fan. While it works, that is usually not the CPU fan you want to stay with. The included fans are either too loud or amazingly ineffective, so you have to quickly do some research and find your new fan, hopefully I can help you here. Today I will … Read more

ARCTIC Smart Charger 8000 Review

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Help me, please. I have all these devices and only a limited supply of electrical outlets! If only there were an affordable accessory that had multiple USB charging ports. All joking aside, you wouldn’t really think you need something that supports up to five devices until you wind up needing to charge everything all at once. Sure you could just find a handful of outlets throughout the house but, honestly, that just sounds frustrating and … Read more

Review of the Patriot Ignite 480GB SSD PI480GS25SSDR

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One of the best improvements one can make on their computer to get amazing speeds is to replace their C drive, or OS drive with an SSD, the difference is literally night and day. With a mechanical drive, it can take minutes to boot into the OS or to load a game, with an SSD a few seconds, want to upgrade, well read here first and lets see what you think.. You don’t know how … Read more

Replace Noise Stock Coolers with the Arctic Alpine M1 and M1-Passive

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For those looking for whisper quiet PC builds you can look to the new Arctic Alpine M1 and M1-Passive CPU cooling solutions, while not liquid cooling they do a remarkable job with keeping your CPU cool compared to other passive and active fan coolers and keep the noise to nearly Zero.  In fact the Alpine M1 boasts that even under full load it generates only 0.1 Sone which makes it twice as quiet as the … Read more