Hot Hardware starts us up with a
Memorial Day Sweepstakes. Stop by and enter now for your chance
to win.
OCIA Picks it up as
they take a look at the
OCZ Reaper HPC PC3-10666 2GB Memory Kit.
When considering
different types of memory, I look at three main factors: performance,
overclockability, and price. Looking at the 2 gig OCZ Reaper DDR3 kit,
this memory has it all. In the performance section, we see that this OCZ
kit consistently outperformed a similar kit by Aeneon. Across the board we
see better
bandwidth
times. This is no doubt due in part to the tighter timings, but also to
the general quality of the memory. Although the SPD doesn't speak to the
advertised speeds, the
RAM runs
perfectly at those manual settings.
Moving on into my favorite sector of the
market, check out the
Palit GeForce 9600GT 1GB Sonic Video Card from the folks over at
Think Computers.
Hardware Logic
calls next as they show off the
ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe MB.
ASUS always
provides quality motherboards with lots of innovative features and the
M3N-HT tries desperately to live up to that reputation. In this era of
multiple, monster sized video cards and gigantic power supplies, the new
780a chipset offers an energy saving feature that I applaud and feel
should eventually be implemented in all enthusiast motherboards in some
fashion. The onboard graphics is no slouch either as it is designed for
High Definition video playback. Add to this features like 3-way SLI, ESA
and PCIe 2.0, and its hard not to get excited about the possibilities..
The long awaited
Corsair HX1000W PSU is on the bench over at
Hardware Canucks.
Jonny Guru takes a
look at
the same PSU.
The
Overclocker's
Club has got some memory. And not just any memory, but the
Mushkin Ascent XP3 16000 2x1GB Kit.
Once again, I am
pleased with the results I have gotten from the modules Mushkin has
produced. Since the XP3 16000 modules are rated for 2000 MHz operation at
9-9-9-24 using 1.9 to 2.0 volts, the expectation is that they will run and
perform at this level. That they did. What I was not expecting was the
ability to reduce the latencies at the 2000 MHz threshold. Normally, you
will need an increase of the voltage supplied to the modules to make this
happen. What it actually took took was a voltage decrease to do this, down
to 1.82 volts and 8-7-6-24 at 2000 MHz, was the result of this exercise.
If you need a set of modules to run with that brand new E8400 or E8500,
and you don't want to wonder if the modules can keep up, this just might
be your set of modules. We'll just have to wait a bit longer on pricing,
though.
I've always wanted to give a DFI
LANParty board a shot. If you're like me, and in the market for a
new one, have a look at the
DFI LANParty LT X48-T2R on the bench over at
Bit-Tech.
The
Gigabyte X48 DQ6 775 MB throws some competition DFI's way over at
Pro Clockers.
I'm getting scared. Check out the
XFX 9800 GTX Black Edition 512MB Video Card over at
Overclock 3d.
XFX have set out
to make a top end 9800 GTX and I feel they have achieved this perfectly.
The 1900MHz stream processors coupled with a pretty blazing overclocked
core clock really do give a boost to both the scores and FPS in real life.
Here comes the but...the real life difference in gaming is really only
shown in Crysis. This does mean that if you buy this card, Crysis will
certainly be more playable than the stock 9800 GTX though.
We'll close it up with a few more
goodies today (since I'm running a little late.. as per usual).
