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XSPC AX Radiator Desk Stand Review
One of the biggest limiting factors in what you can do with watercooling is how much room you have in your case. With so much equipment to pack in for watercooling alone, space ends up being one of the chief concerns for builders and modders. And the single biggest limiting factor: how much radiator one can fit. Radiators are large, bulky, and inflexible in how they need to be installed. This can easily lead to the builder having to sacrifice cooling surface for space. There is a solution to this problem though; external radiator stands. And if you have chosen to use XSPC’s AX series of radiators, then you’re in luck. Today we will be looking at the AX Radiator Desk Stand from XSPC.
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Win a NZXT Phantom 630 Case!
It is summer time and it is the perfect time to give you, our readers some free hardware! We have teamed up with our friends at NZXT to give away a brand new NZXT Phantom 630 Case! This Ultra Tower not only looks good it has room for quite a lot inside like long graphics cards, XL-ATX Motherboards, 8 hard drives and a lot of watercooling! Like many of our contests we will be running this one on Facebook and it is extremely easy to enter!
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Case Mod Friday: ReactorMod
Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have a builders ReactorMod build. Here is what he had to say about it: It's a modded Chieftec BX-03 case. I wanted to make it look like it's quite old and kinda shabby. I was thinking about this build for quite a long time, so I managed to collect some cool stuff that I've found on a nearby scrap yard (e.g. switch or steel sheet that I used to make the radiator cover). I also used some spare parts that I had lying around.
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Enermax Triathlor FC 550W Power Supply Review
Enermax is a brand whose strong product is their power supplies, especially when it comes to the high-end spectrum. Their Platimax and MAXREVO units are some of the best out there. But these units are not cheap in terms of cost. Enermax knows not everyone has a ton of cash to throw at a new power supply so they have created the Triathlor series of power supplies. There are actually the Triathlor and Triathlor FC units. The Triathlor units are lower wattage and non-modular and the Triathlor FC units are higher wattage and are modular. Today we are checking out the Triathlor FC 550W unit which is 80PLUS Bronze certified and offers quiet operation.
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SilverStone ARM22SC ARM Two Dual LCD Monitor Mount Review
We mainly know SilverStone for their cases and for good reason, they are high quality and look great. What if SilverStone took that same quality and put it into a LCD monitor mount? Then you would have what we are reviewing today which is the ARM Two ARM22SC dual LCD Monitor Mount from SilverStone. LCD arms are a great addition to any computer setup, especially if you are using a multi-monitor system. The ARM22SC is constructed with robust aluminum alloy and steel so this is a heavy duty piece of hardware. It will support two displays with VESA mounts. Read on as we get this installed and see how it transforms our desk.
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Win a Pivos XIOS DS Media Player!
Pivos is a company we have been working with lately and they make some pretty cool little media players. We have already reviewed their XIOS DS media player and it is a very unique device. Pivos was nice enough to give us one to give away to our readers! Just like all of our contests this one is very easy to enter and we will be running it on Facebook? So what are you doing get out there and get your entry in!
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Case Mod Friday: Black and White
Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have Christian Black and White build. Here is what he had to say about it: Well this is the first time I do something like this, and it really is interesting the world of case modding the project is BLACK AND WHITE and really was a design chosen because I began to paint the cabinet only and one thing leads to another as in all cases and was thinking of some ideas for covers.
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The History Of The Hard Drive
In 1953, engineers in IBM's California-based laboratory invented the very first hard drive. Since that first disk drive, technological advances have been made at an astonishing rate, with data capacity increasing and size and price decreasing exponentially, year on year. 60 years on, the hard drives of today are unrecognizable from the first models, which took up an entire room. Hard drives today are measured in terms of gigabytes and terabytes, rather than megabytes-an amount of data that would have been almost unimaginable in the early history of computers. Here we take a look back at the evolution of the hard drive as it grew from 5MB to 4TB.
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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 Review
Lenovo has been making headlines with their IdeaPad Yoga. It is a tablet convertible that can be used as a laptop as well. There are 11-inch and 13-inch models. While the larger 13-inch model has the choice of Intel Core processors, the 11-inch does not and is rather powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 3 platform. Today we will be taking a look at that unit which does offer a very sleek and slim design, responsive 11.6-inch touchscreen, Lenovo’s patent-pending hinge design that allows the screen to flip completely over and it is running Windows RT. Let’s check it out!
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Case Mod Friday: ViRoiD
Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have Ben's ViRoiD build. Here is what he had to say about it: Pictures speak louder than words. Getting a 690 to fit in a prodigy is not a big deal until you start thinking about watercooling it, and a cpu, and ram. I wanted a color that matched the p8z77-i, and blue was the ticket. The orange case was chosen because of its location opposite of blue on the color wheel. Modding the front of the case to fit the 200mm rad was fun, plus it gave me some extra materials to make some psu covers with.

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Futuremark Announces PCMark 8

Futuremark Announces PCMark 8

Futuremark has just announced PCMark 8 into its line of benchmarking suites that target all PC subsystems. This benchmark is designed specifically for newer Windows 8 PCs, but the benchmark should work just fine on Windows 7 machines as well. In this new benchmark Futuremark has brought over some battery life tests from their own PowerMark Suite. Other new tests include native application tests using both Adobe and Microsoft applications to simulate real world usage.

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EVGA Teasing ACX Cooler for GeForce 700 Series

EVGA Teasing ACX Cooler for GeForce 700 Series

We all know of the custom cooling solutions offered by many graphics card manufactures out there. I’m sure you might have heard of DirectCU, TwinFrozr, JetStream and WindForce. EVGA is finally trying to compete with these other coolers with their new ACX (Active Cooler Xtreme) Cooler that will debut on NVIDIA’s 700 Series.

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ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Packaging Revealed

ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Packaging Revealed

Another photo of the packaging for the upcoming GeForce GTX 780 has been leaked by WCCFTech. Just yesterday we showed you Inno3D’s GeForce GTX 780 packaging and now today we have ASUS’s. Read on to take a look…

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Windows 8.1 Will be Free Through Windows Store

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Last week we had confirmed that Windows Blue will be called Windows 8.1 and would be an update to Windows. We now know this update will be free through the Windows store and will not be a service pack. It seems like Microsoft is finally getting it and offering seamless and free OTA (over the air) updates for their operating system.

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Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Box Revealed

Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Box Revealed

Looks like we are getting closer and closer to the launch of NVIDIA’s 700 Series of graphics cards. VideoCardz has revealed the packaging of the upcoming flagship GeForce GTX 780 graphics card from Inno3D. The picture confirms that the card will feature 3 GB of GDDR5 memory and is powered by the GK110 architecture.

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GeForce GTX 780 Priced at 500 to 600 Euros

GeForce GTX 780 Priced at 500 to 600 Euros

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 780 is set to be the flagship of the new 700-series line. This refresh is set to replace current Kepler 600 series cards. A report from Fudzilla says the GeForce GTX 780 will cost anywhere from 500 to 600 Euros (incl. VAT) depending on the SKU. Of course the price in the US will be a little different and we will have to see what it will be as we get closer to the launch date.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Can Be Flashed To GeForce GTX 770

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Can Be Flashed To GeForce GTX 770

As many of you know NVIDIA will be releasing the GeForce GTX 770 graphics card towards the end of the this month. Now there is some new information out that you will be able to flash older GeForce GTX 680 cards with a new BIOS and turn them into GeForce GTX 770 cards. We have heard that the GTX 770 would be using a new chip, the GK104-425 A2, but what if it was just a GeForce GTX 680 in disguise?

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Researchers Say Smartphone Users Want Larger Screens

Researchers Say Smartphone Users Want Larger Screens

Preferences and interests of users keep changing in the Smartphone industry. A survey was conducted by Strategy Analytics, a company known for its statistical analysis, and it was concluded that a large chunk of the Smartphone users are more interested in larger screen sizes. This is not so surprising however as out of all the Smartphones launched this year and before, many of them had large screen sizes.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Pictured Again

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Pictured Again

Just last week we showed you photos of both the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770. Many people comments that these photos could be photoshopped or doctored, but sorry to bust your bubble but those photos were real and so is the one you see below. The upcoming GeForce GTX 770 has been spotted again on the Chiphell forums. And as we previously stated it will be using the same MVTTM cooler that is in use on the GeForce GTX Titan.

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Intel Haswell Desktop Processors Already Selling in China

Intel Haswell Desktop Processors Already Selling in China

Intel is expected to announce their upcoming 4th Generation Core Haswell Processors at Computex in June, but that has not stopped Chinese retailer Taoboa from selling these processors early. You can find the Core i7-4770K, Core i7-4770, Core i5-4670K, Core i5-4570, Core i5-4430 up for sale there right now!

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