Radeons HD 5770: A Hawk Versus Arctic Ice @ InsideHW

The Radeon HD 5770 is currently praised as a very good choice in the upper middle class of GPUs, since it provides very good performance in resolutions typical for 20” and 22” monitors at a decent price, which is likely to become the optimal choice for gamers today. We rejoiced to see so many manufacturers coming out with their own models so fast, shunning the referent ATI design in order to create a bit pricier, but faster graphics card to start with, a gain which can be increased even further by overclocking, courtesy of high-quality cooling systems implemented by various manufacturers. We’ve received two very interesting models whose overclock range took us by surprise, both cards sporting great looks and an attractive accompanying bundle…

Plextor PX-128M1S 128GB SSD Review @ BCCHardware

Plextor has been well known over the years for the high-quality optical drives. They've also ventured into video capture and storage over the years, but the PX-128M1S is their first SSD. While they once again focus on quality and drive integrity without performance degradation, I can't help but think they should have used a higher performance controller to keep up with the competition.

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MSI 890GXM-G65 AMD Motherboard Review @ OCIA

Although AMD's latest chipset the 890GX, codename RS880D, is very similar to last year's 785G - RS880, the most striking improvement is the addition of a new southbridge, the SB850. Supporting USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0, the SB850 opens up much needed additional bandwidth for faster external accessories and solid state drives. While many 890GX boards utilize a full size ATX format, MSI's initial offering is the 890GXM-G65, a microATX style. The 890GX offers integrated graphics, using the RV620 graphics core, which supports DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1 and a host of video decoding and acceleration formats. CrossFire is supported but the 16 available lanes must be split into a dual 8X configuration. Hybrid CrossFire is also available, allowing use of a HD5450 discrete video card to be paired with the onboard for up to a 25% improvement in gaming performance.

ASRock H55DE3 Motherboard Review @ ITShootOut

ASRock is best known for its expansive range of affordable motherboards, but in recent years the firm has also developed a reputation for innovation. Unique features like Instant Boot help to differentiate ASRock's products in a crowded market, but the company's primary focus remains dedicated to delivering better value than its more illustrious rivals. The H55DE3 we are looking at today is a full-ATX solution for the newly released Core i3 and Core i5 Clarkdale CPUs.

ASUS P7P55D-E Pro Intel P55 LGA 1156 Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers

There are a couple of other decisions that will have to be made, mainly whether or not to get ready for the two other new technologies on the marketSATA 6gb/s, and USB 3. Many new P55 motherboards have onboard SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3, but were you aware that most of them actually use PCI-E lanes to compensate for the lack of buses to utilize these new methods of data transfer, taking those valuable lanes away from the video cards? Today I will be looking at the Asus P7P55D-E Pro, a middle-of-the-road version of Asus new P55 motherboards that sport SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3 without PCI-E compens ation. Yes, this board prepares you for the future while allowing you the full use of your PCI-E lanes for SLI or CrossfireX by using Asus new PLX implementation. Is the P7P55D-E Pro the P55 board to have? Read on to see!

Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Ultra Durable Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane

Many of you already know a motherboard design can vary widely between motherboard makers. Colors, layout, and components are often fingerprints of the product designer and backed up by the pedigree of the company.

JMicron JMF612 Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews

Western Digital depends on the JMicron JMF612 Solid State Drive controller inside their WD SiliconEdge-Blue SSD to produce 250Mbps reads and 170Mbps write transfers. JMicron has also secured their JMF612 processor in the A-DATA S596, the upcoming Corsair Reactor SSD series, and the yet-to-ever-release Active Media Predator-X7. While the SSD industry grows daily, only a few select manufacturers offer popularly-accepted Flash NAND SSD controllers. In this article, Benchmark Reviews evaluates the JMicron JMF612 Solid State Drive processor.

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Overclockers UK Titan Goliath Core i7 Full Gamer System Review @ Verdis Reviews

Starting at £854.99, the OverclockersUK Titan Goliath features an array of customisation with numerous different graphics cards, hard drives & SSDs, cases and operating systems to be added for a performance boost. Described as the “pinnacle of performance”, the Goliath certainly looks good on paper but how will it compete against rivalling systems? Let’s take a look…

Kingston & Mushkin: High-speed DDR3 memory kits @ InsideHW

DDR3 memory has definitely been developing into a mainstream standard in the past few months, as witnessed by the constant price drop and nearing the prices of DDR2. Having in mind that Intel has already presented its P55 platform to the market, it’s hardly surprising that faster and better memory kits for it appear all the time. Unlike the X58 platform, P55 was designed for dual-channel memory access, which “revived” dual-channel memory kits for Intel platforms…

Jetway XBlue H55 1156 Motherboard @ Pro-Clockers

Jetway was nice enough to send us over their XBlue-H55 which is also based on the lower cost chipset. It is one of a trio set produced by Jetway. The other two models are the BI-751 and the HI06. Each of which has their own set of unique features. Out of the three the XBlue has the between layout, feature set and colors. We will coupling the board with a new Core i3 540 processor that is a known overclocker to see what the board has offer in the form of graphics and overclocking headroom.

Patriot Warp V2 32Gb Solid State Drive Review @ Hi Tech Legion

The Patriot Warp V2 is a 2.5" form factor, solid state drive from Patriot that targets the mainstream user, while offering a significant speed increase and maintaining a reasonable price point. The Patriot Warp V2 SSD is about $125.00 USD and offers read speeds of 175 mbps and write speeds of 100 mbps. The drive comes in varying sizes of 32GB, 64GB and 128GB.

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Techgage's 5th Birthday Contest - Win a Gaming PC! @ Techgage

Techgage has just turned five, so what better reason to celebrate? To help kill two birds with one stone, we're looking to YOU for input on what we're doing right, and what you want to see more of (or improve). As a thanks for taking our site survey, you'll be entered to have a chance at winning our custom-built gaming PC, valued at $4,200!

Megacon 2010 Coverage @ TechwareLabs

From costumes and celebrities to models, magic and more the MegaCon 2010 show has it all. We walked down the hall of the Orlando Convention Center and through the doors and might as well have stepped into another galaxy. Our journey through MegaCon lasted a short four hours and we only managed to see a small part of the events and happenings going on. The walls were lined with memorabilia and every gizmo and gadget from your favorite show, comic, and film. Check out our huge gallery of pictures from the event where people dressed as their favorite characters.