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  1. Rob Williams

    Corsair Revives Memory Lighting with Airflow Pro

    Corsair had quite a bit to show off at Computex this year, and so far we've covered the mid-range Graphite 600T chassis and also the company's upcoming line of professional power supplies, dubbed the AX series. Also in the company's suite at the Grand Hyatt was a sweet update to the...
  2. Rob Williams

    OCZ Shows Off HSDL Storage Products

    Although the product at OCZ's booth to really catch our eye was the consumer-grade Revo PCI-Express solid-state disk, the company's upcoming support for the HSDL interface standard was also rather interesting and worth noting. Haven't heard of HSDL? Don't worry... neither did I until I saw...
  3. Rob Williams

    Taking a Tour of Kingston's Hsinchu Factory

    The best part of being in Taiwan for Computex is that we're so close to a huge number of companies that we deal with on a regular basis. As Kingston has a factory not too far outside of Taipei, Hsinchu to be exact, the company invited a group of journalists and industry friends to take a...
  4. Rob Williams

    The Booth Babes of Computex 2010

    I doubt there's much debate that Computex is one of the best tech shows of the year, but some of the reasons are better than others. Some may prefer some of the awesome product on display, and others may simply like the location. Then there are those who can't get enough of the booth babes. Yes...
  5. Rob Williams

    The Games I Keep Going Back To

    Heading into a summer full of blockbuster titles that seem to all end up as rubbish, Brett takes a look at some of the top games from the past that really bring him back to gaming again and again. What do they have that so many games lack? You can read through Brett's nostalgic look at classic...
  6. Rob Williams

    Asus Ramoage II Extreme vs Asus P6T Deluxe v2

    There's no real important difference between the P6T non-Deluxe and Deluxe editions. The Deluxe is a bit more refined aesthetically and has a slightly better heatsink. Its BIOS might also be better-tuned for hardcore overclocks, but unless you are planning to REALLY go hardcore with...
  7. Rob Williams

    Asus Ramoage II Extreme vs Asus P6T Deluxe v2

    I would go with the P6T Deluxe, because it's still a kick-ass board. The RIIE is also nice, but it's catered more towards hardcore overclockers and might be a bit overkill. Great board, but the price premium is a bit too high. I'd give a more robust response but am still in Taiwan and swamped...
  8. Rob Williams

    Kind of sick what overclocking an i7-980X can do

    It would be nice if people who create videos like these take would take consideration for how much they repeat themselves. He must have said "so" about 50 times. It makes it hard to listen to. That said, the 980X is a damn sweet processor, it goes without saying. "Drool-worthy" is appropriate :D
  9. Rob Williams

    ASUS Shows Off Xonar Xense Gaming Audio Card Bundle

    One of the worst kept secrets in the audio world over the past couple of months has been with regards to ASUS' Xonar Xense, a solution that promises to deliver top-rate audio fidelity and performance to gamers and audiophiles alike. Unlike previous Xonar audio cards, part of the rumor around...
  10. Rob Williams

    EVGA's Hydro Copper FTW GTX 480 Promises 40C Temp Drops

    In our review of NVIDIA's latest and greatest, the GeForce GTX 480, one of our largest complaints was with regard to the heat. Even during normal gaming, we saw GPU core temps rise to as high as 96°C, which is about ~6°C away from hitting the threshold... also known as the time the card will...
  11. Rob Williams

    OCZ's Revo Brings Affordable PCI-E SSD's to Enthusiasts

    If you've read Robert's review of OCZ's Vertex 2, you know that it's one of the fastest drives ever produced, and unlike Crucial's C300, it seems to be devoid of game-breaking issues. At 285MB/s read and 275MB/s write, along with a 4K random write performance of 50,000 IOPS, the drive is...
  12. Rob Williams

    ASUS P7P55D-E PRO

    Yes, use both of them. The reason your PSU offers two sets of 4-pin is for when a motherboard just includes 4, which is typical of budget models. For 8-pin, you can combine the two and plug them in. Both sets should have slightly different designs, so they can only be plugged in one way.
  13. Rob Williams

    OCZ Vertex 2 100GB

    Are you interested in equipping yourself with one of the fastest SSD's on the planet? If so, then OCZ's Vertex 2 is the one you want to keep an eye on. Thanks to its tweaked SandForce SF-1200 controller, the Vertex 2 is the fastest SSD we've ever tested, dominating almost every single one of our...
  14. Rob Williams

    Computex 2010

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  15. Rob Williams

    Computex 2010

    Haha, I am not quite sure about the two girls kissing, but I'll have lots of pictures by the end of the week, trust me. Oh, it's been great. It's of course a lot of work over here, but I've been hanging around with friends and colleagues a lot, so there's little room for complaint. The biggest...
  16. Rob Williams

    ATI's Eyefinity: 18 Games Benched on 3 and 6 Displays

    AMD supports numerous monitor configurations, including 2x1, but for gaming, that's not desirable. I can't think of a single game that would benefit from two monitors, as in FPS, your crosshair would be in the middle of the bezel, for racing games you would have a bezel straight in your way of...
  17. Rob Williams

    Gigabyte Discusses Market Position, Goals and the Future

    During a meeting with some of Gigabyte's VPs, we learned about the company's strategies and also delved into its outlook into the future of computing as it sees it. As far as the company is concerned, there's little reason to believe that the desktop market is dying. In fact, it believes...
  18. Rob Williams

    Computex 2010

    Haha, that reminds me, I forgot this: Most of the booth babes are at the Nangang hall, and I won't be there until Friday, hence the delay. Don't worry, good things come to those who wait. Or at least I keep being told that :D The traffic in Taipei is insane. It takes about 4x as long to...
  19. Rob Williams

    Official OCZ wallpapers

    On a media kit that OCZ handed us at Computex, there were numerous wallpapers in high-resolution (1920x1200) that I thought were pretty cool. I am not sure if they are readily available elsewhere, so I'm posting them here for those who are interested...
  20. Rob Williams

    EVGA Shows Off Drool-Worthy SR-2 Enthusiast PC

    Since CES, EVGA's SR-2 motherboard has been the focus of much hype, and for good reason. For one, the board is simply huge, and two, it offers a lot of things that normal enthusiast offerings do not. The most important feature of course being the dual-processor support. Unlike any other DP...
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