Archive for May, 2008

Upcoming Gigabyte P45 Technologies and Features

05.14.08 - 04:12am

During Gigabyte’s Spring Break they presented a slideshow to us, highlighting upcoming technologies in their P45 launch. P45 really will be a remarkable chipset but not due to the actual chipset performance itself but the features that come with it. Gigabyte has a slew of features that’ll be a part of their P45 series boards, [...]

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Gigabyte Spring Break & Plug-Fest 2008

05.13.08 - 01:29am

While on vacation over the last two weeks I had the chance to experience a rare event. Gigabyte, the computer component manufacturer I have been working with closely, invited me along with 15 other overclockers to test their upcoming P45 motherboards in Taiwan. I flew out of Atlanta on April 26th and landed at Taipei, [...]

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Visiting Corsair in Fremont

05.12.08 - 02:20am

I spent last week in California making new friends and visiting various hardware venders. While traveling through the San Francisco area I had a chance to stop by Corsair in Fremont. I had spoke with Robert Pearce, one of Corsair’s Marketing Specialists, and he arranged for some time to tour Corsair’s offices in Fremont. I [...]

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A Moment of Silence Please

05.11.08 - 11:18pm

At 4:15am today my QX9650 died. I purchased this chip on January 17th, 2008 and it lasted a little under 4 months under my control. During it’s lifetime though it brought me many good moments and really propelled my overclocking career forward, revealing new doors and opening old doors. Unfortunately, last night while benching 3DMark [...]

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Why PC Gaming Is Growing

05.09.08 - 08:47pm

Contrary to everyone else clamoring about the death of PC gaming, I’m going to write quite the opposite. How can I confidently make such a statement? Well simply, I have faith in the casual gamer sitting in the office cubicle. Some offices might have a console in the break room, but every office is almost [...]

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Heading Back Home

05.07.08 - 10:54pm

I’m almost done out here in California, tomorrow I head home back to Georgia. I’ve had a blast out here in California however I’m ready to be home as I’m getting the jitters. There is so much sitting at home waiting to be benched, I cannot wait. When I get home I should finish out [...]

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