Coolermaster's been in the power supply business for quite a while by now. And yet, not too many people seem to see their units as really being a go-to name when it comes to finding the best units on the market. Well, Coolermaster's looking to change that right now. They've sent me their latest and greatest 1kW unit, the V1000. This is a beastly looking 80 Plus Gold unit with a single 83 ampere 12 volt output. Come on in, folks, this one should be good.
Inwin comes to us today with a new 80 Plus Gold unit weighing in at 800 watts. A quad 12V rail design, this Desert Fox wants to be your next power supply. It's semi-modular, it's cool looking, and we're going to load test it.
We've seen quite a few 80 Plus Platinum units come and go, haven't we? For the most part, they've all been excellent peformers. Sentey is hoping to join their ranks with the LTP1000-SM. Featuring things like a single 83A 12V rail and semi modularity, it certainly appears up to the job. Let's find out for sure.
Anytime we see a new platform we see companies bring with it new RAM kits to suit. Like the Z77 platform that came before it, RAM for the new Intel Z87 Express platform is being pushed strongly with most companies offering new speeds and series kits at launch. While we're already sitting on a couple of different kits from various companies, the first one we're going to be looking at today comes Corsair. @ TweakTown
We recently tested the 512 GB version of Toshiba's
latest SSD with 19 nm flash chips and a rebranded Marvell controller. Today, we
are looking at the 256 GB version to investigate whether the smaller capacity
reduces performance, or if it too manages to claim the performance throne. @ techPowerUp
Today Kaeyi Dream takes a look at the Sound
Blaster Z from Creative. Be sure to check out Kaeyi's YouTube channel for more
of her personal videos, and subscribe to the HardwareHeaven channel to keep
up-to-date with our video reviews. @ HardwareHeaven
Edifier is on a roll at the moment, releasing new and
unique speaker systems that cover a wide range of budgets. Under review here is
a budget orientated system with both an interesting style and technical appeal.
How well does it stack up to the multitude of $100 desktop stereo systems out
there? @ Techgage
Technologically speaking the Computer Keyboard has gone a long way since
its inception back in the early 1970s but no matter how one sees it its design
has remained virtually the same ever since. Microsoft was the one to start the
keyboard design "evolution" with their natural/ergonomic keyboard
lines back in the 90s but it wasn't really up until roughly a decade ago
that we witnessed the gaming peripherals revolution which really changed the
way we see keyboards. Even so although gaming keyboards featured several
aesthetic and performance additions which aimed to improve efficiency/speed
while gaming the design remained pretty much the same. Mad Catz is perhaps the
only manufacturer that really pushed the envelope when they released their
truly unique S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 adjustable gaming keyboard several months ago but
unfortunately although impressive both in terms of quality and features its
price tag was set higher than what most people can afford. Well Mad Catz
thought of that as well when developing the S.T.R.I.K.E. keyboard line and so
today with us we have it's less expensive but equally impressive brother the
S.T.R.I.K.E. 5 adjustable gaming keyboard. @ NikKTech
The ASUS Z87-DELUXE is a high-end socket LGA1150
motherboard targeted for the "Haswell" processors (fourth-generation
Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processors). Its main highlights include the
presence of the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, the IEEE802.11ac, which
supports a maximum theoretical transfer rate of up to 1 Gbps, two Gigabit
Ethernet ports, Bluetooth 4.0 interface, and more. @ Hardware Secrets
The Maximus VI Hero is a full-sized ATX
motherboard featuring LGA1150 and the new Intel Z87 chipset. It comes furnished
with the notorious black and red finish which ROG advocates have come to adore
and also boasts an impressive feature-set too. The real question is – will this
6th generation of Maximus outdo its rivals or fall by the wayside? @ Vortez
Sight and sound are arguably the two most important human senses and so
naturally people like to judge most things based either on how they look or how
they sound (well ok some things like the McLaren MP4 or the Lamborghini
Aventador obviously combine both). Because of that it comes as no surprise that
whatever is available out there in the market from clothes, shoes, accessories
and up to bikes and cars focuses primarily on looks and then everything else.
When it comes to certain devices however like headphone sets things are quite a
bit more complicated since not only do you have to take into account how they
look but you also need to take into account how they sound and with so many
offerings in the market that's not very easy. Worry not however since this is
where we come in and so today we will be taking a look at the EP02 HD
headphones designed and manufactured by a new player in the field called
alienvibes. @ NikKTech
Lian Li is well known for their designs based off purely aluminum built cases. On top of the sleek and sexy look of brushed aluminum, another thing I give credit to Lian Li for is that they have always tried to make life easy with their cases by using screws to compile all the parts into a full chassis. Anyone who has wanted to remove a drive bay system, or even had ideas of grandeur prancing through your mind about an awesome case mod, you can simply remove most of the components in any Lian Li chassis. On top of all that aluminum, on top of the customizability of their cases, and from what I had seen at CES, the new ideas were nothing Lian Li was falling short of. @ TweakTown
The Cooler Master Seidon 120XL is a liquid cooling system for processors. It has a 120 mm radiator with two 120 mm fans. Let’s test it. As with any sealed liquid cooling system, the Seidon 120XL comes with the coolant liquid pre-filled inside the loop (block, radiator, pump, and hoses). We recently tested a simpler version of this product, the Seidon 120M. The main difference between them is the thickness of the radiator (28 mm in the 120M vs. 38 mm in the 120XL), and the fact that the Seidon 120XL comes with two fans. @ Hardware Secrets
Like the mix of lion and eagle of legend, the ASUS
GRYPHON Z87 is ready to fight over air or water with a giant wingspan of
features that cover a broad range of users. A warrior of The Ultimate Force, it
also has a suit of fortified GRYPHON ARMOR to back it up when things get rough. @ techPowerUp
Sea Sonic Electronics congratulates Intel on the launch of the Haswell Processors. We are inspired by the continuing efforts made by Intel to push the boundaries of performance and at the same time, be environmentally conscious through reduction of energy consumption.
Alienvibes is back
with a range of speakers intended for use with PCs and portable media
players... We will be checking out the W601 speakers, which is a 2.2 channel
system has some impressive features that include dual subwoofers, a wireless
remote, SD/USB MP3 playback, and two inputs from sources such as a computer,
tablet, smartphone, or other audio source. @ Bigbruin
For good or bad Summer is finally here which would explain why all of
our 4 test rigs have begun heating up a lot more during these past few days as
would the fact that i can't seem to be able to stay in front of our 800W photo
bench for more than 20 minutes at a time. So since we all know how important a
good CPU cooler is especially during the Summer period we announced that we
will be doing a very cool giveaway with our friends over at Noctua tomorrow
with 3 of their latest cooling solutions up for grabs. Because of that however
we also feel that you need to know what it is that we will be giving away so
for the past 3 days we've been putting the latest NH-U12S and NH-U14S CPU Air
Coolers through rigorous testing with impressive results especially for two
single fan solutions. @ NikKTech
Samsung entered the market with their 5.3-inch Galaxy Note not expecting it to sell well, but they pretty much single-handedly created the 'phablet' market we all know and love today. Before the Galaxy Note was released, smartphones at the 5-inch market were laughed at, and considered tablets. Samsung changed all of that. @ TweakTown
