Our friends over at Geeks.com have a great contest going on! This contest started yesterday and will be running till the end of July! The contest is pretty simple all you have to do is go to the Geeks.com Facebook page and like them. Then fill out the contest entry form and check back each day to see if you have won. They will be giving away 15 $100 Geeks.com Virtual Gift Certificates.
Gaming cases are becoming more and more powerful at lower and lower prices. But it can be difficult to find a cheap case that supports larger video cards. The Cooler Master Elite 430 Black that we have the opportunity to review today does support larger video cards, is painted black inside and out, and has a multitude of other features.
ASUS Decided to start making sound cards since the soundcard market was being dominated by creative and their X-FI line. With the new ASUS line of PCI-E soundcards, it makes it a good market for ASUS to start to dominate in, since there is little competition. With the ASUS D2X is being marketed as a Home Theater sound card along with its gaming flavor
When we first got a glimpse of the V series CPU coolers from Cooler Master we were very impressed. We first got a chance to check out the V8 cooler , then came the V10 cooler and today we have the brand new V6 GT cooler. Once again like the other coolers in the V series it has the engine inspired look and a very unique design. Cooler Master says the V6 GT is the most efficient cooler in the V series thanks to the double-V heatpipes, inclined heatsink array, universal steel pressure mounting and twin DynaLoop dynamic bearing fans. Let’s take a look at the V6 GT and see if it is a real performer. Special thanks to Cooler Master for providing us with the V6 GT CPU Cooler to review. Features – Electroplated copper base – “V” array of heatpipes – Densely stacked & Asymmetric heatsink fins – Twin turbo 120mm PWN fans – Snap-on brackets – Enthusiast style Specifications CPU Socket Intel Socket LGA1366 / 1156 / 775 AMD Socket AM3/AM2+/AM2 Dimension 131 x 120 x 165 mm (5.2 x 4.7 x 6.5 inch) Heatsink Material Copper base / 55 x 0.3mm Aluminum fins / 6 heatpipes Heatpipe Dimension φ 6mm Fan Dimension 120 x 120 x 25 mm (4.7 x 4.7 x 1 inch) Fan Speed 800 – 2200 RPM (PWM) Fan Airflow 34.02 – 93.74 CFM Fan Air Pressure 0.43 – 3.30 mm H2O Fan Life Expectancy 40,000hrs / 25℃ Bearing Type DynaLoop™ Bearing Connector 4-pins Noise Level (dB-A) 15– 38 dBA Rated Voltage 12 VDC Start Voltage 6 VDC Operating Voltage 6 – 13.2 VDC Rated Current 0.45A (0.7A Max.) Input Power 5.4W (8.4W Max.) Packaging The V6 GT comes in a very colorful and informative retail package. On the front there is a picture of the V6 GT and on the back there is a list of specifications and features.
A little over a week ago we had the opportunity to review our first SandForce-based solid state drive the Corsair Force Series F100. If you have been following solid state drives at all you know that many drive manufactures are dropping the controllers from Indilinx and going with these new SandForce controllers
Windows 7 only: 7LogonChanger browses and sets selected Flickr and Picasa photos as your wallpaper or Windows 7 login screen easily. More
It’s frustrating that Media Center only displays seven television channels in the program guide at a time, especially if it’s part of a home theater setup.
The ASUS vh232h is a 23″ LCD display with a 5ms response time, 20,000:1 contrast ratio, and a full 1080p 1920×1080 resolution.
Windows 7′s useful taskbar is great, but if you don’t like waiting for the thumbnails to show up when you hover your mouse over it a taskbar item, a simple registry hack will speed things up. More
Windows 7′s useful taskbar is great, but if you don’t like waiting for the thumbnails to show up when you hover your mouse over it a taskbar item, a simple registry hack will speed things up. More
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