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Thermaltake New CPU Cooler Lineup with NiC Series

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The issues I hate the most when building a new system have to do with size compatibility. The biggest culprits of these issue are tall memory heatsinks and CPU coolers.  Thermaltake, one of the leading brands in CPU coolers, has a new series of CPU coolers that promises to eliminate …

Apple Exploring Intel Chip Alternatives for Mac

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Bloomberg is reporting the possibility that Apple is exploring chip maker alternatives from sources other than Intel. Up until 2005, Apple used  the Power PC chipset which was manufactured exclusively for Apple by IBM. In 2005, Apple announced it would be going forward with Intel chipsets, paving the way for …

AMD and Sapphire PGS Launch Pro-Platform

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AMD has now partnered with Sapphire to release a new APU to a different audience: the new AMD FirePro APUs paired with Sapphire PGS A3 M series motherboard for the FirePro platform.

AMD and Sapphire have built a platform in a microATX size with a FirePro V4900 GPU and quad …

AMD FX Lineup Gets Two New Models

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AMD is looking to add a few new chips to the current FX lineup. First, they are releasing a new quad core processor in the form of the AMD FX-4170 and a new hexa-core processor with the FX-6200. Their release is being foreshadowed by price cuts on the AMD Fx-8120 …

Intel Offers a “Get Out of Fail” CPU Replacement Card

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Intel has many an enthusiast and regular PC users in their corner. Not only does their current Sandy Bridge and Sandy Bridge-E processors kick tasking butt, they also overclock quite well and very easily in select systems. It’s so easy now that even system integrators (CyberPowerPC, Canada Computers and Electronics, …

GIGABYTE Announces Christmas and New Year Contest

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Using CPUz for validation you compete in three different stages to get up to 10 points for ranking in the top three submissions. The person with the highest overall score wins a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD5 motherboard. The second and third runner ups will win a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3.

NZXT Unleashes HAVIK 120 CPU Cooler

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It is no secret I am personally a fan of NZXT products. I am still trying to figure out how to get them to send me an NZXT Phantom out of the kindness of their hearts. In the mean time NZXT has been working to ensure those like me with …

KISS Me – Apple’s iPhone 4S Makes What’s Old New Again

Apple finally revealed their secret iPhone sauce today at their iPhone media event, and it was honestly something of a letdown. After all the hyped-up internet speculation regarding the iPhone in the run up to today’s event, it turns out that my original v1.0 iPhone prediction was ALMOST spot on.…