Antec Notebook Coolers Triple Treat - Basic, Mini, and Designer Review
Heat is the enemy of all electronics, and cooling a notebook properly can be a challenge. To help prolong the life of your investment, Antec has two super quiet coolers, and one passive notebook stand that help promote better airflow. Is this one insurance policy you can't afford to pass up?...
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Keeping your lap and your laptop cool in the summer heat
Toronto, Canada has been having a very warm summer which makes it the perfect testing ground for three new laptop coolers from Antec, the Basic, Mini, and Designer. The Basic model is very much that, a basic way to get some airflow underneath the laptop and is best suited for netbooks and notebooks under 14". Next the Mini which refers more to th...
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Installing Corsair's new all in one cooler
[H]ard|OCP has received the new Corsair H70 all in one CPU cooler and before they get to the full review they put together a quick overview on the experience they had installing the cooler. This is not a review yet, as they have yet to finish but as the previous Corsair H50 was such a hot item that they felt it would interest people to get an over...
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MSI brings the P55 chipset and Hydra together
The MSI P55a Fuzion sports Intel's P55 chipset along with the Lucid LT22102 aka Hydra, which allows you to mix and match graphics cards into a multiple GPU setup that is neither Crossfire nor SLI. Overclock3D's review tested this by using an ATI HD5870 and a GeForce GTX480 together when running benchmarks. The results are rather interesting when...
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Razer develops product line around new TRON remake
Courtesy of Razer Courtesy of Razer I must have missed this announcement from all the ComicCon coverage last month, but Razer announced a new mouse, keyboard, and mouse pad based around the new TRON movie coming out in October. This new product line features a luminescent blue glow that is reminiscent of the original 1982 movi...
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HIS does silent Evergreen cards
HIS' new Silent series has three new members, two HD 5550s in 512MB and 1GB versions and an HD 5570. Card of that particular series are a little less powerful than what a gamer desires, but there silence along with the size and output capabilities make them desirable for HTPC usage. The 1GB HD 5550 is a little different from its brothers being a ...
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Patching kernels is a modern game of whack-a-mole
Having just patched a vulnerability tied to how Windows handles Control Panel icons and a day before a rather heavy Patch Tuesday arrives we have a new and nasty kernel vulnerability that affects all Windows versions. This one seems a little odd but is no less threatening because of its target. It would seem that pasting a large number of colour ...
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It wasn't Whale and Dolphin, it was Pig and Cow!!!
There are more than a few decades of cumulative knowledge available to our members in the PC Perspective Forums, so if you have a general question, such as a query about the quality of a certain brand of GPU reseller, the chances are very good you will have a few replies to let you know how well they do their jobs. More specific questions might ta...
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Examining AMD's 2010 lineup
The biggest difference between the various lines of processors that AMD has offered us over the past year lies in the cache and the number of processors. Only the Phenoms have L3 cache and the L2 cache for almost all CPUs is 512KB regardless of the number of cores, only the Athlon II X2 has a model featuring 1024KB of L2 cache. X-bit Labs wanted ...
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What can you do with a $650 pre-built system
At $650 the Acer Aspire M3400 falls between the Budget and Mid-Range systems on the PC Perspective Hardware Leaderboard in price. Both the GPU and CPU are from AMD though the parts differ from the HWLB build, using a Phenom II X4 820 and an HD 5450 on an unspecified motherboard that sports the AMD 800 series chipset and 6GB of DDR3-1333. The per...
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Apple stays with AMD, skips on Fermi
According to The Inquirer it is official, the next breed of Apple iMacs and Mac Pros will be using the AMD instead of switching to an nVIDIA Fermi based GPU. For the Mac Pro the standard will be the HD5770 with an optional upgrade to the HD5870 for those looking for more rendering power. The iMacs will feature an HD5750 for the largest 27" model ...
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Eurocom Debuts Gaming Notebooks with NVIDIA Optimus - Optimus. Done Your Way.
Here at PC Perspective, we've covered NVIDIA Optimus thoroughly by examining the underlaying technology and also products that integrate it (see our review of the 16" Asus N61v). We haven't been shy about recommending Optimus as something worth getting and our review of the Asus U30Jc shows it can help achieve a stunning 7+ hours of operation. B...
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ASUS Rampage III Formula board offers tons of features for overclocking
Our friends over at ASUS fired over a few "spy shots" of the upcoming Rampage III Formula motherboard that will offer a great set of hardware features as well as some pretty extensive and impressive overclocking options. The Rampage III Formula is built around the Intel X58 chipset and thus it will support LGA1366 process...
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G.Skill's Phoenix SSD is reborn
G.Skill has updated their Phoenix line of SSDs with the Phoenix Pro 120GB, featuring Sandforce's new MP2 controller, tweaked for better performance on 4KB random writes. That size of write is very common and it makes sense to optimize for that to have the greatest effect on general performance. It performs exactly as you would expect a Sandforce ...
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For those more interested in size than in 3D
Picking up a two or three pack of monitors is not the cheapest upgrade to a system but for those who desire to experience EyeFinity or nVIDIA Surround it is certainly an attractive upgrade. You can drop the price significantly if you abandon the idea of a 3D monitor and can go even further if you are willing to pick up a debranded monitor like the...
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Perhaps the last Neo laptop you'll see
The MSI Wind U230 is a 12.1" notebook that has opted for the older Neo X2 L335 as opposed to one of the newer Turion based mobile processors. It features the RS780M northbridge and SB750 southbridge, 2GB of DDR2-800 and a 320GB 5400 RPM HDD, with a host of input and output connectors including HDMI. The performance is above average for this size...
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Acer makes it easy to meet the Chrome OS
Acer is going to release a $375 dual boot laptop sometime in the near future, though they have not yet specified when. The first OS is the familiar and aged WinXP and the second is the very young and unfamiliar Chrome OS from Google. This should give you a chance to get to know Chrome and its capabilities while still being able to switch to a mor...
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Cooler Master extends their mouse family line with the Inferno
New around the pad is the CM Storm Inferno Laser Gaming Mouse a debatably scaled down version of their Sentinel mouse. Its buttons go all the way to 11, though they are in a rather unique configuration that should be viewed before you rush out to buy this mouth. It sports CM's 4000 DPI Storm Tactical Laser Sensor with five different customiza...
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If you are looking for a high end mATX case then NZXT is the logical choice
The most recent review at PC Perspective comes from Steve as he examines the new mATX NZXT Vulcan case. Nicely under $100, this case offers a rather impressive array of fan mountings for such a small case and watercooling grommets for those desiring that variety of cooling solution. Top mounted power and reset buttons as well as USB, eSATA and au...
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What the web thinks about StarCraft II
Here at PC Perspective, as well as at other sites like TechSpot, the focus was on performance. The amount of change in hardware over the past decade means a lot to this new StarCraft, as the original did not have to worry about leveraging multiple cores on single CPUs or 3D effects using multiple GPUs. Many will find the results an interesting lo...
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FS: Intel i5-750 CPU
For Sale: Intel Core i5 750 OEM Good overclocker. Can easily do 4GHz (although, of course, YMMV). Screenshot below. Image:...
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HELP Intel HD Problem
Well im tryng to connect my monitor up to my laptop but i cant, every time i connect the HDMI cable the screen on my laptop goes blank and freezes. I...
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Scythe ninja install?
My heatsink does not fit "tight" like OEM heatsink does on tightest setting. Is this normal? I read it fits firmly to cpu. Is this a good design?...
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Conveniently closes the door behind him
Former British prime minister labor co-operation George has a habit, conveniently closes the door behind him. One day, George and friends in the...
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Start the Fermi Rumor mill again...
Here are the performance results of a supposed 512 core GTX 480. (But then again, screenshots can be easily...
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SOLD - Chaintech VNF4 Ultra motherboard
This thread created to document the sale of an item for the purpose of allowing itrader feedback for the buyer and seller. *SOLD to DeathWish_1* -...
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