G’day Sir and milady! In this article we review, test and benchmark the all new Core i7 5960X (Haswell-E) 8 core processor and smack it on one of the long awaited X99 motherboards. Intel’s most high-end processor SKUs just got...
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In parts one and two, we basically spec’d and built a basis for a Home Server. In reality, other than plans to use it as a Server, it is currently just a desktop PC with RAID SSD’s and a lot of RAM. We have had the server up and running now for some weeks and it has performed flawlessly.
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Since Part 1 was completed, I have also decided on a few other components, namely the motherboard, CPU, memory and cooler. As it stands I can start to assemble the core build and start a troubleshooting phase without storing files or streaming media, getting in the way of formatting and OS installing etc.
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So Intel has a bit of a reputation when it comes to chipset releases and NDAs. Apparently the two of them don’t go very well together. Yes today is actually the day that Intel’s H97 and Z97 chipsets can finally...
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Looking at the pictures below, the chassis has an unified mesh from top to bottom, which is what all the Core chassis in the series look like. Thermaltake’s other series like the Urban or Level 10 stand out from the...
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Thermaltake is no stranger to the computer chassis market. With Reddot design awards for their Chaser A71 and Level 10 enclosures, they aren’t afraid to try different approaches to chassis design. With their new Core V71 Full Tower chassis, Thermaltake...
Read More...There are few better feelings in technology than choosing parts for a new PC build, purchasing them, and then laying them down on the table ready for build time. It’s long been argued that PCs offer a better user experience...
Read More...It has been five years since Intel officially released LGA 775 processors.With the emergence of new architecture,more advanced LGA 1156 will replace it with the official release date of September,6th.Now we have got Core i5 750 processors. Compared to LGA1366,LGA...
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This article is another installment in the ongoing investigation of bottlenecking in video cards, with the first installment having been done on a 8800 Ultra.To quickly recap on the basic premise: nVidia hardware allows separate core, shader and memory clocks....
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When Intel launched the Core i7 back in November of last year, it was a decidedly exotic high-end platform. Sure, you could get a Core i7-920 for around $280, but it required a motherboard with Intel’s new X58 Express chipset....
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