Performance – Applications: Let’s talk about application performance, the one thing that everyone probably wants to know is if the i7 is going to give new levels of performance over the existing Core CPUs or if (like the AM2) it is just a bump and one that can be easily bridged with a little over […]

  We have been working very closely with Asus and ATi to resolve the issues that people have been reporting and that we have seen. The new BIOS (Version 0311) has corrected the issues reported. We will be releasing a full evaluation of the A8R32-MVP Deluxe shortly. With the release of the RD580 chipset and […]

Product: GC-RAMDISK (Rev 1.2) i-RAM Product Category: Enthusiast/ Professional Author: Sean Kalinich Price: $134.99 Manufacturer: Gigabyte Spelling and Grammatical Editors: Ian King Introduction: Gigabyte is a name well known in the enthusiast community, for their well made mainboards and video cards. Many may not know that Gigabyte also makes an impressive array of server and workstation boards, barebones systems, storage […]

Review: Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 motherboard Reviewer: Jon “Bob The Junkie” Aubrey Edited by: Ian King Product cost: $111.55 USD (£63.00 – €91.92) Product provided by Gigabyte Hands up if you’ve heard of Gigabyte. Everyone got their hands up? Good, I thought so. Gigabyte are one of those brand names you hear again and again in the PC […]

Thecus, makers of fine storage products for all kinds of users and platforms, recently sent us the Pro version of their N7700 class NAS device. With a little help from our friends at Seagate, who graciously donated 8 TB of hard drives for us to test with, we take the N7700 Pro for a spin […]

As we complete the first decade of the 21st Century, home networks are becoming the norm and the rise of home servers is inevitable. Microsoft foresaw this and created Windows Home Server, a stripped-down version of Windows Server 2003 with a lot of ease-of-use features added and a storage system that is not available on […]

If you have not heard of Glacial you are not alone; they are a small but effective company that makes a nice line of products. Glacial is divided up into three divisions: Glacial Tech – Is the main division and you can find most items under this heading with CPU coolers, chassis,  and case fans […]

Introduction: From its humble beginnings as MadOnion, gamers and enthusiasts alike have enjoyed using the tests that the mad scientists at FutureMark come up with to establish bragging rights. With each new version of 3DMark, FutureMark has given us something new to “ooh and aah” about and given the latest hardware a good solid work […]

Product: Stealth Watercooled TJ07 Author:Carlos Echenique Category: Cases Product cost: $1350 Manufacturer: Siverstone Technologies Modified by: Puget Custom Computers Spelling and Grammatical editor:   Ian King Puget Custom Computers of Kent, WA bring us an amazing bit of kit: a Silverstone Temjin TJ07 case with a stealthed watercooling system. Does it perform as good as it looks? Read on and find out? […]

Reviewed by: Jason Hambly Manufacturer: Seagate Model: Barracuda 7200.10 750GB Category: Enthusiast/Media Center Price: $590US (~€465) Grammatical and Spelling Editor: Sean May Seagate has once again raised the bar with their newest line of 3.5” hard disk drives. The Barracuda 7200.10 is the newest offering from Seagate in the high capacity desktop drive market. We have previously had the opportunity […]