Whether your PC was bought in a store or you built it on your own, you have a motherboard in there. Like everything, there are different types of motherboards and with them different quality levels of motherboards. Today’s review is on EVGA’s Z270 FTW K 132-KS-E277-KR motherboard, it’s got tons of features and specs, but [...]
Pulse, it’s Sapphire answer to your wallet, but is it worth it? Sapphire has created a line, separate from its NITRO series card to give you a little more to game with, with a smaller price tag. Sapphire's catch here is toning down on the LED lighting, getting rid of the buzz worthy aesthetics and [...]
Disclaimer: Western Digital provided us with the WD Black 512GB PCIE SSD to do a thorough and accurate review. All opinions are 100% authors and authors alone. If you have a PC, Mac or even a Tablet there is almost a 100% chance you have some sort of storage. That storage can come in the [...]
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 [...]
Every computer, even an Apple Mac has a video card, be it AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, Matrox, and so on. The image you are seeing at this very moment on your monitor is courtesy of a video card. Different video card chipsets and manufacturers create all sorts of flavors of video cards, from integrated, on-die or [...]
Glass, Glass, Tempered Glass everywhere, all case manufactures are getting it to now but which does it best? Well, it’s a hard one to gauge because everyone’s taste is different but they are for the most part sexy. Cougar’s gotten into the game with their Panzer case and its nice, functional and its got the [...]
Out of any updates you can do for your PC as a gamer, one of the most important, if not the most important is a video card. You can get a new processor and see some improvement, an SSD and see a bit of improvement, memory helps lots too but a video card can make [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Thermaltake again takes its aim at performance with the Suppressor F51 E-ATX Mid-Tower case. The stock case alone provides just about everything needed, but we are never happy with stock, and neither is Thermaltake. Let’s take a look at the features and spec’s. ThermalTake Suppressor F51 Windowed Specs and features Motherboard Support: Micro-ITX, Micro ATX, [...]
There are loads of reason why someone would want to stress test their CPU. Some of the most common ones are after getting a new CPU or overclocking your existing one. Or perhaps you bought a used one from someone and want to make sure you didn't get fooled. But before we begin, be sure [...]
Are you experiencing temperature issues or stuttering while gaming? There could be several causes to these problems. Or perhaps you got a new graphics card and want to check your case's cooling. Its always good to do a stress test for both your CPU and GPU when you build a computer yourself. This guide will show you [...]
Over the last decade or so, Laptops have been slowly gaining power. Initially they were rather weaker than their desktop counterparts as technology advanced we were given much more powerful laptops. Now a days, you can find laptops with top notch i7 processors, huge storage (perhaps even an SSD), several gigabytes of RAM. That's all [...]
