Category Archives: Hardware

Corsair Announces Availability of High-Capacity Force Series GT SSDs

Corsair Announces Availability of High-Capacity Force Series GT SSDs

A true gaming rig must be built with gaming and performance in mind from the very start. A good case, which accommodates your components and insures good air flow or which allows you to fit your water cooling into it, … Continue reading

Maingear updates their VYBE Gaming Systems lineup

Maingear updates their VYBE Gaming Systems lineup

With new CPUs from Intel aimed at the enthusiast sector, a lot of the custom PC manufacturer’s out there are working on updating their lineups to keep them competitive in this market. Maingear, the company which brought us a number … Continue reading

Zotac announced the GeForce GTS 450 Eco Edition

Zotac announced the GeForce GTS 450 Eco Edition

One of the world’s largest graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, Zotac, recently debuted their latest addition to an already impressive lineup of computer hardware. The Zotac GeForce GTS 450 ECO is their latest product to come out their gates and … Continue reading

Sandy Bridge-E power draw and pricing are out!

Sandy Bridge-E power draw and pricing are out!

As any hardware enthusiast with some self respect, I like to dream of my perfect machine. The way I would arrange the cooling, the amount of power I could optimally achieve, yet alas, my budget forces me to do otherwise. … Continue reading

Asus Mars II dual-GeForce GTX 580 announced

Asus Mars II dual-GeForce GTX 580 announced

Anyone here who upgraded a video card and played an older title on the upgraded video card, knows the joys of doing so. Asus has been throwing excellent products at us for a while now and their latest gift to … Continue reading

NZXT announced the Tempest 410 and 410 Elite mid-tower chassis

NZXT announced the Tempest 410 and 410 Elite mid-tower chassis

If you are starting up on a new computer, one of the most crucial components, yet often overlooked by many, is a good chassis. A solid base to start building your next system is highly important as it can affect … Continue reading

New Crucial 8GB memory modules to optimize system performance

New Crucial 8GB memory modules to optimize system performance

Gone are the days in which you were putting away money month after month to buy those essential 64MB SDRAM modules. Well, I’m not sure exactly that they are really gone, but who buys 64MB these days anyway? Crucial recently … Continue reading

New AMD Radeon Chips to be available later this year

New AMD Radeon Chips to be available later this year

AMD has been doing quite well lately with their Radeon GPUs, offering excellent performance for a reasonable price tag. Despite that, the company did record $7 million losses this past quarter. So, during the company’s Q2 2011 earnings conference, AMD … Continue reading

Kingston SandForce based HyperX SSDs landing shortly

Kingston SandForce based HyperX SSDs landing shortly

When thinking about setting up a high performance gaming machine, storage was always a concern to some degree, yet with the launch of SSDs we have reached new thresholds in this regard. Kingston isn’t the one to be left behind … Continue reading

Hauppauge HD Game Recorder Launched

Hauppauge HD Game Recorder Launched

I think anyone who ever scored an impressive kill in a FPS or made some brilliant micromanagement move in an RTS wished that they would have been recording it for posterity to awe at their skill (I know I have). … Continue reading

Corsair introduces the Enthusiast Series PSUs

Corsair introduces the Enthusiast Series PSUs

When just a few years ago Corsair was focusing heavily only on their memory branch, this time around we’re getting some new hardware from them. I always enjoyed their products for the high level of quality and reliability and this … Continue reading

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and 570M available with the Alienware M17x and M18x

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M and 570M available with the Alienware M17x and M18x

That’s right folks, NVIDIA has just recently released the best news for all of you out there planning to get a new gaming notebook. The company just showed off its refreshed new lineup for t he mobile sector, announcing the … Continue reading