Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in the computing world. From the ashes one company, a fenix arises: BitFenix. With a wealth of knowledge from both IT professionals and gamers alike, BitFenix aims to manufacture high quality gaming hardware and peripherals incorporating innovation and novelty. However, with a highly competitive market formed over previous years, how will the new boy on the block perform? Only time will tell.
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ZOTAC Releases Next Generation Fermi Graphics Cards
March 28, 2010 – 5:33 pm
ZOTAC International, the world’s largest manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs in the channel, today unleashes the world’s most powerful graphics cards capable of delivering a phenomenal gaming experience and unmatched processing power – the new ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 480 and GeForce® GTX 470 graphics cards. The ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 480 and GeForce® GTX 470 graphics cards take gaming to uncharted levels with new Microsoft® DirectX® 11, 32x anti-aliasing, NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Surround and HDMI 1.3a technologies.
In Win Maelstrom Case Review
March 28, 2010 – 5:14 pm
In Win, as a high end case manufacturer, are the makers of some of the most uniquely visual designs on the market. Previous designs such as the Star Wars styled X-Fighter, stealth bomber-esque B2 and racing car inspired F430 have certainly caught the imagination offering a very different perspective to the full-ATX case.
In Win’s products are much more than novelty products though with extensive cooling systems and innovative mounting mechanisms providing a practical dimension to the eye-catching designs. The cooling aspect applies especially to the Maelstrom case to which this review is focused on as the chassis is able to house up to ten 120mm fans creating the potential for a huge cooling system. So how does the Maelstrom go about combining innovation, practicality and typically unique visuals? Let’s take a look…
Overclockers UK Titan Goliath Core i7 Full Gamer System Review
March 16, 2010 – 6:56 pm
You’re looking for a new computer – what’s your best bet? Naturally our advice when building a new computer rig is to build your own allowing full customisation of every component not to mention being able to purchase parts separately in order to get the best possible deal. However, building a full system requires a fair amount of time: planning the spec, buying components and finally putting the whole thing together.
Arctic Cooling ARCTIC F12 Pro TC Case Fan Review
March 2, 2010 – 6:34 pm
As a single functioned object, the humble case fan has to achieve a fine balance between airflow and noise emissions. The perfect ratio is not only difficult to reach but also varies with the specific user group: silent enthusiasts will require lower fan speeds so less noise is produced whereas the hardcore gamer will want as much cooling potential as possible.
Weekly News Round-up (22/02)
February 22, 2010 – 6:54 pm
ATI’s new catalyst drivers, 10.2 and 10.3 are being released currently and there’s several articles looking at the upgrades found with the new drivers.
XFX Aliens Vs Predator Bundle
February 22, 2010 – 6:03 pm
If “Formidable” Describes Your Gameplay, Keep Reading.
And if “Exclusive” catches your eye, look closer.
OCZ Vertex Limited Edition SSD
February 22, 2010 – 5:59 pm
OCZ has now officially released the Limited Edition Solid State Drive which is rumoured to be the first to utilise the Sandforce controller. Using MLC NAND flash memory, the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition has a 3.0Gbps SATA interface as well as including TRIM support. With reported read and write speeds of up to 270MB/s and 250MB/s respectively, not to mention a sustained write of 235MB/s, the Vertex certainly packs a punch.
Zotac GeForce GT 240 Review
February 21, 2010 – 8:18 pm
ATI have been plugging the low-end mainstream market of their 5 series DirectX 11 cards with the launch of several cards: the HD 5450, HD 5570 and HD 5670 are the most recent additions. With Nvidia’s Fermi launch still several weeks away, the GT 240 bolsters the GTX-200 series and hopes to take the fight to ATI’s previous generation star of the graphics world without extra PCI-e power connections – the Radeon HD 4670.
Weekly News Round-Up (15/02)
February 15, 2010 – 9:43 pm
ATI are releasing more and more budget cards as part of the DirectX 11 GPU series; as a result there’s lots of the reviews on the HD 5450, HD 5670 and HD 5570 cards plus lots more…