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MAINGEAR Offers All New Intel Core i-9 10900K Processor Computers

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The all-new Intel® Core™ i9-10900K Processor is now available for pre-order across MAINGEAR‘s product line of award-winning custom gaming PCs and workstations. With the 10th generation of the Intel Core line comes unprecedented processing power. The i9-10900K features up to 5.3 GHz core turbo frequency, 10 cores and 20 threads, Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency, Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost technology, and Intel® Performance Maximizer technology. Gamers or creatives looking for the peak of … Read more

EVGA Z270 FTW K 132-KS-E277-KR Motherboard Review

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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 does it have the quality to be considered a high-end gaming board? Don’t be misled though when I say a … Read more

Sapphire Radeon PULSE RX 570 ITX 4GB 11266-06-20G Video Card Review

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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 pulling the reigns back on the cooling and a few other things.  You might be scared at the cooling part, … Read more

WD Black 512GB PCIE NVMe SSD Review

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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 form of a Hard Drive, Removable Storage (SD Card, microSD, memory Stick, DVD/BluRay or even floppy) and if you are … 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

EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 TI Founders Edition 11G-P4-6390-KR Review

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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 dedicated, you can thank your video card for all you see on the screen.  With that introduction, I have the … Read more

Cougar Panzer Case Review

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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 curves as well.  Today I bring you my review of the Cougar Panzer case, and yeah, it’s got tempered glass … Read more

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW ACX 3.0 Video Card

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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 or break a game.  Today, I have the pleasure of bringing you a review of the EVGA GTX 1070 FTW, … 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

Review of the Thermaltake Suppressor F51 Computer Case

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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, ATX, Extended ATX (E-ATX) Mid Tower Maximum GPU Length without HDD Cage: 18.3 inches / 465mm Maximum GPU Length with … Read more

How to Stress Test your CPU

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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 to check out our GPU Stress Test.   The Software The first thing we will do is download couple of … Read more

How to Stress test your GPU

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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 a quick way to stress test your GPU for issues. The Software There are several programs out there that you … Read more

A new simple way to use an external graphics card on your latptop | OCuLink

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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 fine and dandy if you’re using the laptop for processor intensive tasks but as soon as you switch to something … Read more

Holiday 2014 Wish List!

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Good day folks, thank you for stopping by and – if you choose to do so – for taking the time to read this article. So we just got done celebrating Thanksgiving Day, here in the USA, and if you’re reading this then I believe it’s safe to assume that you survived the annual apocalypse more commonly referred to as “Black Friday”. It seems that, every year, more and more people actually stay home (or … Read more