Author: Thomas
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Build Log 21-03-14 (Intel Custom Gaming PC in Thermaltake Chaser A31)
CPU: Intel Haswell i5-4670K 3.4GHz Motherboard: ASRock Intel 1150 Z87M-EXTREME4 RAM: Corsair 8GB 2x4GB 2133MHz V-Pro Red C9 Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 Mid Tower Black Power Supply: Corsair 750W CX-750V3 80+ Bronze Primary Storage Device: Seagate 2TB Barracuda Graphics Card: Asus GTX780TI 3GB Optical Drive: Pioneer Blu-Ray Writer CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 612P Total:…
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Build Log 21-03-14 (RYU Mini Gaming PC in Aeroocool DS Cube)
CPU: Intel Haswell i5-4670 3.4GHz Motherboard: ASRock Intel 1150 B85M-ITX RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Desktop Memory Case: Aerocool Dead Silence Cube Black & White Power Supply: Corsair 650W VS650 Primary Storage Device: Western Digital 1TB Blue Second Storage Device: Samsung 120G 840BW EVO Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX770 2GB OC Optical Drive: Samsung Internal DVD-RW Drive…
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Custom Gaming PC January 2014 Statistics
January saw the release of our new and improved custom PC builder and with it, a massive surge in number of custom PC’s ordered through our website. We get a lot of customers asking us “so whats the best selling XXXX?” or “what’s the most popular XXXX?”. So we thought we would break down some…
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Intel Haswell CPU Rundown
With the release of the 4th generation Core i CPU’s from Intel, we have received a lot of questions on performance and compatibility. So day we thought it would be best if we tried to answer some of the most common questions. First off, in terms of performance, the increases over the previous generation Ivy…
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The Notebook Cooler Showdown, Cooler Master / Deep Cool / Thermaltake
With so many notebook coolers on the market we thought it would be best to put a few of to the test and see if we can get any noticeable difference in cooling performance out them. The Coolermaster NotePal U3 (3 Fans), Deep Cool N400 (2 Fans) and Thermaltake Massive23 GT (Single Fan), ranging from…
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Introducing the GTX780, the Titan Killer
Only a couple of months after the GTX Titan release the GTX780s usher in the first of the 7 series GPUs from NVIDIA. At twice the cost of a GTX680 the Titan offered a 50% boost in performance making it the new luxury top of the line consumer video card for gamers.