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I think those are customized Cooler Master V10s. The case itself looks identical to the Cooler Master HAF-X, also known as the HAF 942. This is a new case launching at Computex, I am very eager to check it out given it might be capable of fitting a full size PA140.3 in the top. I am...

The old style PA120.3 was discontinued because it used non-standard fan spacing, meaning it could not mount in most cases. The new PA120.3 that replaced it uses standard 15mm fan spacing, which means it can be mounted in any triple-120mm fan setup like a Swiftech radiator. The new PA120.3 has...

Firstly, unless your Core i7 CPU is reaching >85c on the core temps then notching the appropriate voltages higher can probably get the system stable again on air. If heat alone is sufficient to make an overclock unstable, then in most instances either A) the machine was right on the edge of a...

Psi, please reread the paragraph before the illustration as I believe you are missing one key point they made clear on their page. I'm going to bold the parts in question: This tells you Figure 7 is in reference to to the pre-2006 Intel architecture I was referring to in my earlier post. It...

Okay, I'm going to balk at this one. Intel chips that use the LGA1366 socket have 3 memory controllers, and they are pretty good. This is why they use triple channel memory kits, one module per channel. I have never before heard of a program that was limited by these and not the number of...

Cooler Master sent out a secretive email a month or two ago about some new "HAF-X" case they are going to launch during Computex... everyone loves the HAF 932, so I'm curious to see what this new HAF will be, I assume it won't be a smaller version either. :D We already know about PC Power &...

That's all very true. But don't view this Fusion as some great thing, view it as the stepping stone to that great thing. ;) That "great thing" will be a true hybrid cpu/gpu, where the CPU performs it's usual integer, out-of-order, single-threaded workloads... but instead of using it's...

Do you know what kind of SSD is packaged with their system? As they don't appear to say I would be extremely leery... in fact I wouldn't recommend purchasing it at all unless you know what kind of SSD it is. While I only spent about 30 minutes and didn't hunt for combo items I have a better...

The article is almost finished! Sorry to keep everyone waiting! :) So would I as they would be an important addition, but unfortunately I do not have any Intel G2 drives available to benchmark, and having Rob ship me his and then shipping it back by International post almost makes it cheaper...

Hi James. I can't speak for sure but safe bet would be the bundled accessories, cheaper chipset cooler assembly, and other peripheral changes. Dual Gbit LAN is definitely a major one to add to the pile. Also look at the back I/O panel as they usually remove one or two connectors. I am not sure...

Hm, now that's a plot twist for you! I missed that Ars Technica article, thank you! Given Google has apparently lured several major former codec contenders into compatriots I suspect VP8 is going to take the mainstream. It has been well-established Microsoft no longer can dictate market...

Hard to argue against mobile chips that are not just smaller, but have often been a fab-process node ahead of NVIDIA's own mobile parts. AMD's last two generations of graphics processors have been much smaller than equivalently performing NVIDIA parts, and this directly translates into lower...

Definitely agree with the idea in general, although not sure about the specific root cause. I can sleep during the night or daytime and feel well-rested. The quality of my rest is affected by the the steadiness of the light, if it changes or flickers I actually can't go to sleep or don't sleep...

Can't say I am surprised to hear this! It has been some time since I've heard BFG mentioned around GPU circles, they have fallen out of the public's mind since the 6800/7800/7900 days when they seemed to be around their peak. BFG's warranty didn't seem to compare well to EVGA's, and certainly...

Tharic-Nar is spot on. :) FOV is indeed a Source engine setting. Half Life, Team Fortress 2, even Portal support modifying the FOV settings. TF2 gives a limited FOV adjustment setting in the main settings panel, but it can be increased further by using the console command. Widescreen...

Hm, well I can partly agree with that. I only cared about overclocking the GPU when my ATI 9600XT really needed the help because of the low FPS. Ever since upgrading to a GTX 260 I just don't care about overclocking the GPU because it doesn't help anything and therefore isn't worth the time or...

It's funny how many people don't know this! Although the number has gone up, when he first started advertising his company the total count wasn't nearly up to 13! I don't believe he actually comes out and claims Lifelock always prevented his SSN from being stolen, if he did then he created...

Unfortunately this adage isn't true with Pentium 4's, games are mostly optimized for dual-cores and require at least a single powerful CPU now. Something about the Netburst architecture just leaves it gasping. Any review that benchmarks CPUs in games will illustrate this, and it is a shocker...

Interesting question. Microsoft ships Retail boxes with individual 32 / 64 bit discs inside, they aren't in fact on the same media. I am fairly sure the answer is no, given there isn't away to differentiate between which version is booted and which files are loaded when starting the bootloader...

Hmm, definitely an interesting look with that tube color... Your build is looking great! Wish I could say mine looked that smooth, I really need to get a better case for a proper tube layout...