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Review: Gigabyte EX38-DQ6

I’ve got a treat for you guys today. This review will be one of my most complete reviews ever. On the table I’ve got Gigabyte’s flagship motherboard, the EX38-DQ6. Gigabyte is one of the major motherboard vendors and for Intel’s Core 2 processors they have a motherboard covering every price-point from $50 to $300. The [...]

Review: Sapphire HD3850 512MB CrossFire

When one card won’t do, logic says two should do the trick. This is the logic that applies to AMD’s CrossFire and CrossFireX platforms. Typical computers have a single graphical processor that handles all graphical computation, multi-GPU setups though split the workload between the GPUs in hopes of wrangling some additional performance from the system. [...]

How To: Voltage Mod Your Sapphire HD3850

There comes a time when your need for speed will outstrip your computers ability to supply it and drastic measures are called for. With graphics cards you are often limited in both cooling and voltages with the stock implements given to you by the manufacturer so you must take matters into your own hands. Here [...]

The $1500 Killer Gaming Rig

It’s that time again, another hardware recommendation! I slacked off earlier this month so I’m simply pushing forward a single rec aimed at you gamers out there. New to this though will be me assembling a similar system at Dell.com to compare and show whether it’s worth your time to hand-build your own PC. As [...]

Review: Rosewill RX81-MP Hard Drive Enclosure

Even extreme hardware benchers need effective data storage and Rosewill has managed to pull a winner with the RX81-MP. In a market saturated with products it is very hard to standout but this particular enclosure does well by adopting what I’d consider to be a classy exterior with a performance interior. The enclosure itself is [...]

Atlanta Overclockers Club/Meet/Thing

So this is sort of what I’ve been working on lately. Inspired by some of the great overclocking legends of the past and present, I’ve decided to attempt to professionalize this hobby of mine. Living in Atlanta, I figured with a few million people within a day’s drive there must be a few people interested [...]