Reviews

13 May 2008 - The enthusiasts have been waiting for Intel's latest chipset revision, the P45 Express chipset with glee. Codenamed "Eaglelake", the P45 promises a 1600Mhz FSB update and a PCI-E 2.0 refresh. Read on to find out more about the features, while we work hard on overclocking and benchmarking the board.

24 April 2008 - We have in the labs today, a pair of interesting CPU coolers coming from ThermalTake and Scythe - the DUORB CPU cooler and the OROCHI Cooler respectively. One follows in the tradition of its predesessors and the other breaks from convention of heatsinks in general. Follow us as we take both coolers to the test and see if any suits your tastebuds!

14 April 2008 - A short preview of the Scythe Orochi before we show you the real deal, soon.

7 April 2008 - Gainward took the overclocking community by storm during the early 21st century, and now the brand is back to take the OC community by storm. Presenting to you the 9600GT dynamic duo in stock and overclocked flavours, courtesy of Gainward

27 March 2008 - Bills have been rising but more often than not, faster than our paychecks have been. If your utility bills have been a concern, join us as we examine GIGABYTE's new Dynamic Energy Saving feature on the GIGABYTE EP35-DS4 and see if there really are any savings to be had.

18 March 2008 - Whether you like your GPU sandwiches red or green, multi-GPU technology is here to stay. Putting two GPUs on a single PCIe slot is all-so-tantalizing, so check out Inno3D's rendition of the GeForce 9800 GX2 we have with us today.

13 March 2008 - The enthusiast community has always regarded Silverstone cases as one of the best that's available in the market, and modders are always on the lookout for Silverstone cases because of their modding potential. This time round, Silverstone pairs up with Nvidia to introduce their latest Tower case, the TJ-10 Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) Edition. Pop right in to check out the diifference between this TJ-10 and the original TJ-10 right now.

3 March 2008 - The 8800GT with it's unified stream processors should be no stranger to most hardware enthusiasts. The original 8800GT was released on the P393 reference PCB with a phase of GPU power chipped off. Today, two oddballs landed in our test labs for an almighty showdown.

8 May 2008 - With the focus now shifting towards making more energy-efficient products, motherboard manufacturers such as ASUS have come up with technologies to keep power consumption (and heat output) down. Read on to find out more about the ASUS EPU as we put the Asus P5E3 Premium to the test.

18 April 2008 - we've tore apart its predecessor, now we're giving you a piece of our mind on Asus' latest rendition of their world wide best selling UMPC, the Eee PC 900. Will new features like a full fledged 9 inch screen, a 1.3 MP web cam and massively increased SSD storage be enough to tempt you? Read on to find out!

10 April 2008 - Power supplies are flooding the market. Two appeared on our doorsteps and we took them through the torture. PSU for dummies!

27 March 2008 - Overclocking is all the rage these days and we are seeing some formidable brew at Foxconn, a laid-back OEM in the past. Someone sneaked into our office and left us a piece of puzzle we can't fit together...

25 March 2008 - USB audio is all the rage as audiophiles and their wannabe counterparts turn to massive and cheap harddisk storage for lossless digital music. We rode on the waves of the trend and baited one Korean option.

14 March 2008 - Asus has been pumping out "Striker" motherboards for a few generations of SLI-capable chipsets already. The third iteration is here, and it supports not just three way SLI, but third generation DDR memory as well. A potential enthusiast platform indeed, but will it live up to its promise?

11 March 2008 - Auzentech has won quite a number of fans since their launch by producing high quality and well designed soundcards for consumers and enthusiasts alike. Today, we will take a look at their latest soundcard, the X-Fi Prelude 7.1 which combines Auzentech's engineering with Creative's X-Fi chipset. Read on to find out more.

26 February 2008 - With 64 additional Shader Processors and 64-bit wider memory bus, the NVIDIA 8800GS looks like promising as a replacement for the 8600GTS. The question begets: Is it really worth the upgrade from the G84 or is NVIDIA trying to liquidate excess G92s that don't the cut to become 8800GTs?