Review of the Dell XPS 13 Ultra-portable laptop Ultra-Portable Laptops were supposed to be our answer to Ultra heavy laptops of yesteryear, but they more often than not lacked the power of their bigger and heavier counterparts. It’s the year 2016 and it’s time to put away childish thoughts of years passed, put away childish toys and step up our games and with that our way of thinking. Amazing things just keep growing smaller as … Read more
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 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
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 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
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
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
Today I bring you a review of the VisionTek Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card (900810).
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
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
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
The In Win D Frame Mini is for those of us that don’t want to deal with a huge PC, have a small desk or like the fact that it’s so quiet. Aside from the small size, it can take just about any video card and even supports liquid cooling units, really? Well, let’s take a look at the specs. In Win D Frame Mini Black Case Specs Motherboard Support: Mini-ITX Case Material: Aluminum Side … Read more
The Kingston HyperX 3K drive is reviewed with tutorial on configuration as well as benchmarks against 2 other SSD drives and a platter drive.
4 High Capacity SSD Drives which make excellent laptop drive replacements providing speed and great capacity.
Unboxing and assembly of the Corsair Graphite 780T which is one of the best cases I have reviewed.
Building a PC and full detailed review of the Fractal Design R4 Arctic White Windowed case including many video tutorials.
It will be a very Happy New Year for one lucky winner as they will win both a 240GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD drive and a 32GB DataTraveler Mini 3.0 flash drive.
Unless you are willing to spend the extra money up front and buy an SSD drive right off the bat which tends to increase the initial cost of a laptop by quite a bit or you have an ultrabook which almost always has an SSD drive but at a low capacity compared to an HDD drive you are using a regular old fashioned platter HDD drive inside your laptop. All of the budget laptops from … Read more