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3DMark 11 overclocking competition finds best value DX11 video card

Shane McGlaun, Jan 12th 2011 Discuss [3]

Futuremark held an overclocking contest with 117,000 people that entered for a chance to win some cool computer hardware. The challenge was for people to try to hit the highest performance possible on the new 3DMark 11 benchmark using the cheapest hardware possible. Read The Full Story

Eurocom Panther 2.0 breaks 3DMark 2006 record

Shane McGlaun, Jan 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Eurocom Panther 2.0 notebook computer first surfaced back in August of 2010. The big gaming notebook has some very high-end hardware inside and has been updated since its official launch last year. Eurocom announced that the machine has set a 3DMark2006 record. Read The Full Story

Digital Storm unveils new Sub-Zero gaming PC with peltier cooled liquid

Shane McGlaun, Nov 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to gaming computer the cooler you can keep your hardware, the more you can overclock and the faster the rig will run. We all know about liquid cooling and air cooling, but there are methods that are more exotic too. We aren't typically going to get into things like liquid hydrogen unless we are serious about our overclocking. That typically leaves liquid for mainstream users or phase change for the hard core with bulky external boxes to get sub-zero temps on your CPU. Read The Full Story

MAINGEAR SHIFT Super Stock custom gaming PC channels the hot-rod spirit

Chris Davies, Sep 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

MAINGEAR has never exactly shied away from over-specifying its gaming PCs, but now the company is hoping to pull in some custom attention with their new Super Stock options. Available on the MAINGEAR SHIFT, the new customizations will include overclocking the Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor up to 4.5GHz, together with specifying a 3-way SLI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 array with a total of 4.5GB of GDDR5 video memory. Read The Full Story

CyberPower Announces Fang Series Evo Enhancements for Gaming PCs

Evan Selleck, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to hardcore PC gamers, they know that they've got plenty of options out there to choose from. Manufacturers make a killing off offering the latest and greatest in the market. And, not to be out-done, CyberPower has announced today that they're introducing Fang Series Evo enhancements to their gaming PCs. Four different PCs are getting the upgrades, making them some of the most noteworthy gaming PCs out there right now. Read The Full Story

Eurocom Panther 2.0 Mobile Gaming Station Launching Later This Month

Evan Selleck, Aug 17th 2010 Discuss [1]

When we see laptops now-a-days, the general rule of thumb is that thinner is better. But, when you want a small bit of mobility with your gaming rig, that thinness gets dropped out the window. After all, if you want the same guts that go into a desktop, shoved into a frame like a laptop, you can't expect every miracle to be granted. In the case of Eurocom's Panter 2.0 mobile gaming station, just from the looks of it you're obviously getting quite the powerhouse. Read The Full Story

Dell pack hexacore i7-980X into Studio XPS 9100 PC

Chris Davies, Aug 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Dell has updated its Studio XPS 9100 desktop series to include Intel's latest Core i7 processors, bringing a welcome burst of speed with up to hexacore chips on offer. Priced from $949.99 with the 2.66GHz Core i7-920 paired with 3GB of DDR3 memory and NVIDIA GeForce G310 512MB graphics, Dell are asking a further $470 for the Core i7-960 or a cool $1,000 more for the six-core i7-980X. Read The Full Story

3.2GHz Intel Core i7-970 hexacore CPU goes on sale

Chris Davies, Jul 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

The six-core Intel Core i7-970 processor we've been waiting to hit the Mac Pro has shown up for sale at Newegg, priced at a not-inconsiderable $899.99. That gets you six 3.2GHz cores complete with 12MB of L3 cache, 130W TDP and both a heatsink and fan. Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG Rampage III GENE packs gaming punch into microATX

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

ASUS has outed their latest Republic of Gamers motherboard, and unlike many of its predecessors the Rampage III GENE packs its punch into a much smaller area. A microATX board, the new ROG Rampage III GENE supports up to hexacore Intel Core i7-980X processors thanks to its X58 chipset, as well as USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s. Read The Full Story

Asus Rampage III Extreme smashes 3DMark Vantage Record

Shane McGlaun, Jun 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

When gamers and enthusiasts start looking for hardware to build up their newest gaming machine they often start looking for the critical motherboard component from Asus. Back in late March Asus unveiled its latest high-end mainboard called the ROG Rampage III Extreme. Asus has announced that the board has now been used in a system that has shattered a benchmark world record. Read The Full Story

Shuttle SX58J3 SFF PC supports Core i7-980X Extreme

Chris Davies, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Just because you're small, doesn't mean you can't be powerful; that's pretty much the tagline for Shuttle's new flagship SFF mini-PC. The Shuttle SX57J3 is a mere 33 x 21.5 x 19 cm in size, but is designed to swallow up Intel's hexacore Core i7-980X Extreme processor (or indeed any socket 1366 Core i7 chips), together with up to 16GB of DDR3 memory. Read The Full Story

Intel Hexacore Mac Pro desktops to debut at WWDC 2010?

Chris Davies, May 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Rumors of Apple's Mac Pro Intel hexacore refresh taking place in mid-March saw the leaked date come and go, leaving us - and, more importantly, the video and media pros waiting to upgrade their Apple desktops to the latest processors - still none the wiser as to when the flagship desktop line might be updated. Now, according to information apparently from Intel's distribution network, it seems possible that Apple could announce the new Mac Pro models at WWDC 2010. Read The Full Story