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The Antec Eleven Hundred Gaming Case is next in line in the "Gaming" series. The Eleven Hundred contains some nice features that are needed in higher end gaming cases. There is room to fit up to an XL-ATX motherboard inside with full compatibility for multiple GPU configurations. The Eleven Hundred can support GPU's up to 13 inches and high end 3-way SLI / 4-way CrossFireX setups. There are2 fans included; a 200mm Blue LED top fan, and a 120mm rear exhaust fan. Advanced features include cable management with a fan power hub, tray routing holes with rubber grommets, and a tool free design. The Eleven Hundred also features expansion for advanced cooling setups, allowing up to 9 total fans.
From a first glance of what the X79 Extreme4 should have to offer, it certainly seems to be ready to rival the high-end market, and I for one are keen to see how it can compare to the big offerings from the likes of Asus. Without any more hesitation or delay, let's get into the packaging and then see exactly what it has to offer.
Samsung are a major player in a very wide and varied number of fields … such as TVs and Smartphones. But, behind the consumer brand, they produce a wide range of components including memory and, more recently, solid state drives.
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Today we're looking at the HIS 6950 IceQ. It's HIS's take on a regular 6950, featuring a custom PCB and cooler. Running at the same speed as a reference card, there won't be much performance improvement until we begin overclocking, where the custom cooler with its massive fan should come into play. Let's see how it performs.
As part of the Sandy Bridge Extreme CPU launch, Benchmark Reviews received several new X79 Express motherboards to test. Each motherboard's aimed at a different audience and has different features. In this article I'll compare the stock and overclocked performance of each motherboard to see if there are any significant differences.
Our review today will be a long awaited look at the OCZ Octane 6Gbps 512GB SSD. Eight months ago, OCZ bought Indilinx with full intention of spreading their wings in the development of their own proprietary controller based on the Indlinx Everest design. OCZ has spoken of higher incompressible data performance, quicker disk access as well as better sustained write performance in a consumer driven SSD that will be immediately available in capacities up to 1TB.
The Solid State sector has been thriving in 2011, with a plethora of low cost models available to suit the mainstream audience. The high end enthusiast sector is much more demanding, with manufacturers working around the clock to get as much performance from their latest drives. Today we are looking at two of the latest high density drives from Patriot – the Wildfire 240GB and the Pyro SE 240GB. If maximum throughput is your top priority then you won’t want to skip this review.
