Today we are looking at the smallest of Corsair’s Carbide series, the Carbide 300R. The Corsair Carbide 300R is a compact midtower gaming chassis that can support long graphics cards, large air coolers, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and up to seven 120mm fans. Not bad for a case that can be found online for $80 shipped. Join us to see if the Carbide 300R from Corsair would be a good fit for your next PC build!
Today we are looking at the newest addition to Antec’s Gaming Case line, the Antec Three Hundred Two. The Three Hundred Two is an updated version of the popular Three Hundred. The updates include cable management, tool-less drive bays, cooling, and USB3. So join us as we look over Antec’s budget friendly Three Hundred Two and see if it has what is needed to stick out in the sub $75 market.
Today we look at the H20-220 Edge HD liquid cooling kit by Swiftech. The Swiftech H20-220 Edge HD kit is not like the sealed all-in-one kits we have looked at in the past. It is expandable and upgradeable. Join us as we see how Swiftech’s H20-220 Edge HD Kit does against the top sealed kits available today on our Intel X79 test system with the Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition processor.
Today we take a look at the flagship GPU cooler from Deepcool, the Dracula. The Dracula is part of Deepcool’s Gamer Storm line and is designed for those that want some serious cooling performance. This GPU cooler is massive and takes up four PCI slots when installed. Join us today we put the Dracula on the notoriously hot running NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 to see how it handles the heat compared to another aftermarket cooler.
The Thecus N5500 is equipped with five hot-swappable SATA 3.5″ hard disk bays for up to 15TB of total storage capacity if you use 3TB hard drives. To protect this data, the N5500 lets you choose from a wide selection of RAID modes, including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and JBOD. Read on to see how the 1.86GHz Celeron M processor does in the Thecus N5500 when paired with five 1TB WD Caviar Green hard drives.
ASUS, a market leader in personal computer products, is displaying several of its latest offerings at the Pepcom Digital Experience! press event at CES 2012 in Las Vegas today. Innovation is at the heart of Continue reading “ASUS displaying its latest offerings at CES 2012”.
Today at CES 2012 Samsung Mobile and Verizon Wireless announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 will be available on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network in the coming weeks. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Continue reading “4G LTE-ENABLED SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 7.7 UNVEILED AT CES 2012”.
Today we have a roundup of 9 CPU coolers, both water and air, for the new Intel LGA2011 socket. Coolers that we will be looking at came in from Coolink, Corsair, Intel, Noctua, NZXT, and Zalman. These coolers range in price for the budget minded and over $100 for enthusiasts. Join us and see how all the coolers stack up and handle the new Intel Core i7-3960X processor. We will declare a winner based on both price and performance.
Today we look at the newest addition to the Cooler Master Storm Line, the Storm Trooper. The Cooler Master Storm Trooper is a full tower case that has everything that has come to be associated with the Storm line, but Cooler Master has kicked it up a notch with customizable drive cages, room for dual internal mounted radiators, and other nice features. Join us as we look over the Storm Trooper and see just what Cooler Master has been up to.
This winter, Thermaltake has prepared Commander MS-I Snow Edition to take on a gratitude mission of thanking their fans for the support throughout the year of 2011. Thermaltake will be giving a Commander MS-I Snow Continue reading “New Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition”.
Did you know that the new Intel Sandy Bridge-E-based Core i7 processors do not come with a cooling solution of any sort? Instead, Intel is now selling a closed-loop water cooler and cost-optimized heat sink/fan combination separately, allowing enthusiasts to pick between two options from Intel or a host of other third-party products. Today we will be looking over the new Intel RTS2011LC water cooler and seeing how does against a high-end air cooler on the new Intel Core i7-3960X CPU.
Antec announced the Eleven Hundred, the newest member of the company’s Gaming Series this morning. The Eleven Hundred has an all-new attractive design and a revamped lineup of expandability, cooling and convenience features. The new Eleven Hundred has some of the updates that the P280 received and a couple more. Join us as we give the new Antec Gaming Series Eleven Hundred Super Midtower a closer look.
Today we have Antec’s newest addition to the Performance One series, the P280. Continuing the legacy of Performance One enclosures, the P280 integrates quiet technologies such as sound-dampening steel / polycarbonate side panels, a triple-layer front door and hard drive trays with preinstalled vibration-reducing silicone grommets. Antec says that with the P280 they have fixed some things that users didn’t care for, so let’s find out if they did!
Today we are looking at a new offering from a company you might not have heard of before, Phanteks. There has been some buzz about their first HSF offering, the PH-TC14PE. It is a twin tower twin 140mm fan CPU air cooler. Join us as we see how well the Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU cooler handles our Intel Core i7-930 test system and if its worth of the buzz that brought it to our attention.
When AMD launched the Zambezi-FX processors this week based off ‘Bulldozer’ core architecture the realized that these 8-core 32nm processors might need enhanced cooling. To solve this situation, AMD decided that with the FX Series CPU’s they would have an option for a retail boxed processor that includes a self contained water cooler rather than the typical air cooler. This is the first time AMD has ventured into offering a water cooling kit for the public and we have it on the test bench!
