Review of the Sapphire Radeon NITRO R9 390 8GB GDDR5 Tri-X OC

Hello all my fellow gamers and video card performance aficionados out there.  Today I have the pleasure of reviewing for you the Sapphire Radeon NITRO R9 390 8GB GDDR5 Tri-X OC video card.  Sapphire being one of AMD’s premiere board partners will surely help to keep AMD’s fire, that was not a play on words and you will see why throughout this review.  One other thing about this card, its Sapphire’s latest series, the NITRO … Read more

Review of the Fractal Design Define S Chassis

Some of us want an extreme case, a case that can support any and everything you can think of and some of us just want a case that can support the basics.  Then there are those of us in between that want the case that supports the basics and a bit more but still looking basic, super quiet and still pack a punch, if I am describing you here; you may want to check this … Read more

Review of the Raijintek Tisis CPU Heatsink

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

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

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

Review of the PNY GTX 960OC XLR8 Video card

In this multi-flavored and Skittles colored array of GPU board manufacturers, it’s hard to find the one perfect for you. Everyone seems to have a different theme and magical offering to get you to come down their line, but what if simple was the best? PNY has never been known to get caught up in throwing a bunch of useless gimmicks but does work hard to give you a performer. Today I bring you a … Read more

Review of the Patriot Ignite 480GB SSD PI480GS25SSDR

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

Review of the Dragon Touch i10x 2-in-1 laptop/tablet from Tablet Express

Everywhere you look there is a tablet or a laptop and of course the inevitable phone but the problem is sometimes you need all 3 for productivity sake. Phones and Tablet screens are too small to get real work done, to add to the sizing issues the virtual keyboard takes up half of that real estate and you are left with a tiny box in which to see what you are typing and to type … Read more

EVGA GTX970 SC ACX 2.0 Video Card Review, Testing, Comparison and Overclocking Tests

Hello my gamer friends out there, I am here to bring you another video card review.  Today’s flavor will be the EVGA Geforce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX2.0.  This card has the makings and already the folklore behind it that makes many gamers want it, let’s find out why and if that lore is true. EVGA is NVIDIA’s top 3D card partner, bringing you all of NVIDIA’s latest and greatest and improving on them in great … Read more

Holiday 2014 Wish List!

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

Etekcity DT8550 Infrared Thermometer Review and Unboxing

Hello and thank you for coming back to check us out.  We have received a few products from Etekcity recently and they have all been pretty decent, so I bet you are curious on how this one stacks up? I have used Heatguns forever, I think they are amazing, but I have never had one on my own and now I do.  If you have never used one of these, you might like this. Check … Read more

Before and After the #IntelAIO PC Arrives

So I was extremely excited that I was being sent an AIO PC to review and test out over the next few months and I didn’t know what model would come to me beforehand.  It was a surprise and the campaign was sending different Intel AIO PC models to different parties to review so they could be comprehensive in showing how the different manufacturers took advantage of the portability, style and power that can come … Read more

How To Find CPU Cores Logical Cores On Windows 7 Windows 8

Do you want to quickly find out how many CPU cores your Microsoft Windows based laptop or desktop computer has?   You can even use this method to find the number of logical or virtual cores being currently used and available.   Just copy the following code exactly, WMIC CPU Get NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors /Format:List Open your Windows command prompt (using Start Menu Search or from Accessories), Right-click within the window (black space), and Select paste. Press … Read more

HP Envy Phoenix h9-1320t Review

    When it comes to gaming on the PC it’s great because you have so many options as far as exactly what you can have put into your computer these days from the graphics cards to the sound, it’s really up to you. However that can get a little expensive when it comes to building your own gaming PC. So if you are looking for a PC that is just ready to go and … Read more