Hardware

The story of Cooler Master is an easy one; they want to be the company that meets your needs. Regardless if you are a casual user, hobbyist, gamer or filmmaker they want to seem like the perfect fit for you. As you may have seen in the past with our review of the MasterCase 5 from December of last year, …

That’s right you read it correctly, a fanless chassis. The FC5A is a new breed of computing taking out the fans and incorporating a fanless, therefor silent system. With a thin sleek design it gives thought to the old Dell Optiplex’s we saw in school’s, libraries and offices except with a lot more style and grace.OVERVIEW The FC5A is a …

G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd., a world-leading producer of extreme performance memory and gaming peripherals, is announcing the release of two new additions to their RIPJAWS series of mechanical gaming keyboards.  The feature-packed KM570 MX and the streamlined KM770 RGB are the latest G.SKILL mechanical keyboard offerings being announced in conjunction with Computex 2016. The new KM570 MX is a …

If you are thirsting for a new chassis for your latest system build, look no further than BitFenix and their display at Computex 2016 in Taipei from 5/31 to 6/4.  The folks at BitFenix focus on quality over quantity, with all of their new chassis utilizing high quality glass and many aluminum parts.  BitFenix’s latest offerings will make your system …

Our spring into summer CPU cooler reviews continue with the Noctua NH-U14S CPU Cooler, the big brother to NH-U12S we reviewed previously. The NH-U14S is the bigger, badder (a good bad if there is such a thing) and down right better CPU cooler than the NH-U12S, at least it should be. We are going to put it through the ringer …

As summer rolls in, one can finds various ways to stay cool. For us, it’s all about keeping that gaming rig and test bench as cool as possible. Today, we are taking an in-depth look at the Noctua NH-U12S CPU Cooler! If you are looking to compare the NH-U12S to other Noctua CPU coolers, please head on over to here where you …

Your build our core – that’s the motto for Thermaltake’s Core series that brings us to the realm of modular chassis’. The X71 specifically is what we are looking at with this review, along with a calming description of DIY loop cooling systems. PRE-BUILD OVERVIEW Thermaltake has been kind enough to provide us with the Core X71 along with all …

Supercharging our Z170 test bench allowed us to squeeze out every ounce of performance possible and with thanks to Patriot, we look to squeeze out some more! Today we are tossing Patriot’s Viper Elite DDR4-3200 memory into our test bench in hopes to speed things up! PACKAGING, PRICING & SPECIFICATIONS The front of the packaging of the Elite Series Viper DDR4 …

Not too long ago, we collaborated with many partners to put together our most recent and most epic test bench to date. Well just as quickly as trends change in this industry, so do our systems, mainly to address specific components and hardware to address our testing needs. Becoming more and more popular is the demand for power consumption. Thanks …

The unsung hero, the one without praise yet possessing the knowledge that those who shine above them are nothing without them. The foundation of every build is the PSU and whether is often overlooked in the long run or just simply out-shined by it’s fancy counter-parts, it’s presence is essential and it’s performance is priority. Today we are going to …