Our odyssey into a sea of 80 Plus Gold continues today with what is only the second power supply I've looked at to clear the Gold level at 1200 watts. The Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold series is a brand new line that looks very promising. Let's have a look and find out if Coolermaster has a winner here.
Lately, there have been a lot of new 80 Plus Gold power supplies coming to market. I've already looked at several of these, and no doubt will be looking at several more in the coming months. Today, I'm revisiting one of the first Gold rated platforms to hit the market in the Seasonic X Series. You may remember that I've already had the 650 watt model on the bench. Let's take a good look at the 750 watt model.
Everybody's jumping on the 80 Plus Gold bandwagon these days. And why not? Technology has now gotten to the point where such an achievement is no longer the stuff of fairy tales. Kingwin is the latest to make an attempt at Gold, with an update on their Lazer series. I seem to remember the last Lazer being a pretty good unit indeed. Let's see what's changed in the new Gold version.
Not having reviewed a SilverStone case in the
past, I was nevertheless aware of their reputation for quality and performance.
Therefore, I had high expectations when the Fortress arrived here in the
Tweaknews lab. To say that I was impressed with this chassis would be a bit of
an understatement. With top-of-the-line cooling performance, a rich and
innovative feature set, great looks and a roomy and convenient interior, this
is easily one of the best chassis' I've had the pleasure to review. @ Tweaknews
Looking for a budget
case where the features out-number the specifications? Look no further, the
Aerocool PGS Vs-9 Mid Tower Case is here to help. With a feature list to long
to list some things included with this affordable case are a complete black paint
job, both inside and out, support for more fans than you can imagine and
support for longer video cards. Read on further to see the extensive list of
features. @ ThinkComputers
In the grand scheme of things, the basic design
of computer keyboards hasn't changed since their inception decades ago.
However, Eclipse's new Litetouch LCD keyboard strives for innovation with
the use of a customizable LCD touch pad. Can this serve as a new
benchmark in keyboard design? @ Hardware Canucks
Zalman is a name
synonomous with cooling in the PC industry and they have enjoyed great success
in the CPU and GPU cooling market. Recently Zalman have added Notebook/Netbook
coolers to their product line-up and today Benchmark Reviews is looking at the
ZM-NC2500 Plus Ultra Quiet Notebook Cooler, which boasts dual Intake fans,
support for Notebook sizes up to 17" widescreen and a built in 3 port USB
hub with a 2.5" SATA Hot Swap bay for extra convenience. @ Benchmark Reviews
The item we'll be looking at in this review is
from Crucial's very popular Ballistix line of enthusiast grade system memory.
With their latest Ballistix DDR3 modules (including this 1600MHz 4GB dual
channel kit), Crucial has incorporated thermal sensors on the circuit board to
help enthusiasts better monitor memory temperatures and to help with overclocking. @ Bigbruin
If you’re like me, your car
is a little too old to rock an auxiliary output connection for attaching your
i or Zune. Generally the only alternative to
installing a new deck is to either use a cassette adapter or settle for an FM
Tuner adapter. While you are sacrificing quality ,FM transmits much lower
than the 256k iTunes Plus you can buy, it’s often the quickest and easiest
solution. Griffin Technology iTrip Auto 2010 is Griffin’s latest FM
Transmitter/Charging solution and offers some new, exciting features. @ Maximum CPU
Last season saw an ASUS MARS limited edition graphics
card model, based on a doubled NVIDIA GeForce GTX285. We thought at the time
that the name Mars must stem from the name of the Roman god of war. We’re
positive about that now, since the model we’re presenting today is carrying the
name of the Greek war god. It seems that ASUS was let down by NVIDIA in terms
of interesting products this year, worthy of modifications ASUS’ design section can make, so the logical choice was ATI
with their very popular Radeon HD 5970. As ASUS can allow themselves unlimited
resources in creating special edition models, designers were obviously left
unrestrained, with the slogan “only the best and with zero compromise”. The plan with ARES HD 5970 was simple -
eliminate all problems that companies are facing because of the limited budget
that the cards have to fit in. If this makes you think that the card we’re
about to review is bound to be incredibly expensive and not intended for
mortals - you’re right. This card costs 1200€… @ InsideHW
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 has been released today with
big success. The cards improve on power and noise, offering great performance
considering the price. This brings up the obvious question: how do these cards
handle SLI? At $460 total the 2-way SLI config is cheaper than NVIDIA's
flagship GTX 480, but is it worth it? @ techPowerUp
The GeForce GTX 460, which is being released
today, is the latest DirectX 11-based graphics chip from NVIDIA. Video cards
based on this new GPU will be available between USD 200 (768 MB version) and
USD 229 (1 GB version), making them the most affordable DirectX 11 video cards
based on an NVIDIA solution. With recent price cuts conducted by AMD/ATI, this
new graphics processor competes directly with Radeon HD 5830. Let's see how
this factory-overclocked version from MSI dubbed N460GTX Cyclone 768D5/OC fared
in our tests. @ Hardware Secrets
$500 is not much to pay for someone determined
to have the best of the best video card, but this only describes a handful of
well-off individuals. The rest of us have to make trade-offs; naturally, we
want the biggest bang for our buck. Cards like the GeForce GTX 465 exist to
fill that niche; they offer performance that's fairly close to their top-end
brethren for a more reasonable price. Sparkle has sent us a card that looks to
be gunning for that market of enthusiastic-gamer-who-isn't-filthy-rich, based
on the GeForce GTX 465 using nVidia's reference design. @ TechwareLabs
Over the past year and a half, I have seen quite a few
ideas at fan controls based inside of cases. While the technology has improved,
and I don’t see the same stopping of the fans or the limitations the older
controllers showed. With all of those built into a case there are simple dials
that work to limit the incoming voltage to give the end user the ability to
change the fans speeds depending on the demand, or just to tune them for the
noise factor. Moving from the case controllers, as there are always some that
want more finite control of fans in cases that don’t offer controllers built
in. This usually leads to the purchase of a rheostat style, bay using, and
mounted fan controller. There are many varieties of this type of controller,
and their specifications and powering capabilities may or may not cover your
specific needs. @ TweakTown
Xigmatek have a few
cases in their collection now, the latest is the Xigmatek Utgard
CPC-T90DB-U01 which is the focus of this review. The Utgard is in many ways
very similar to the Midgard chassis and it has many differences too, some are
good while some are not so good. There is real support for water cooling
with the Utgard as well as 3 design choices - Classic (U01), Windowed (U02) or
mesh (U03) and all come with the option of additional 500w power supply. Join
Benchmark Reviews now as we see what the Utgard Classic has to offer. @ Benchmark Reviews
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. @ ThinkComputers
Antec has produced another fine product as seen
here at Overclockers Online, and this time it is targeted at budget gamers.
Their slogan "Small Guns, Small Funds" goes a long way here, as the
chassis can be purchased from Canadian Retails for roughly $50, and performance
value is hard to beat at that price point. @ Overclockers Online
With so many offerings in the market today, it's
hard for businesspeople to decide which computer to buy or whether it's time to
upgrade their computers. The truth is that even the worst computer sold
nowadays is powerful enough for running basic applications such as browsing, e-mail
and an office suite. Therefore, why should a business user spend money to
replace or improve old computers? @ Hardware Secrets
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