Archive for January, 2010

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Jan 29
Spire TherMax Pro CPU Cooler Review

Spire TherMax Pro CPU Cooler Review

Published in CPU Coolers, Reviews | Written by Rhys

What started from simply an aluminium block in the Intel Pentium I era, CPU coolers have become one of the most adapted pieces of hardware used in computers. However, the principle of such a product is much the same to how it stood back in 1993 when the original Intel Pentium microprocessor was introduced.

In the last few years, there seems to have been a definite slow-down in the modification of CPU coolers. Companies are now seeming to follow a standard: aluminium fins, copper heat-pipes and a 120mm fan. And would you blame them? Well as the saying goes ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, so probably not. Today, for review, we have a CPU cooler from a company named ‘Spire’, they’re fairly new to us, so let’s see if this TherMax Pro cooler surprises us with any new offerings to the processor cooling scene…

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Jan 16
Even a Monkey can upgrade a Graphics Card

Even a Monkey can upgrade a Graphics Card

Published in Hardware News, News | Written by Rhys

ATI has released a video on YouTube which proves to potential customers who might be unsure attempting a graphics card upgrade just how simple it really is. The marketing ploy is directed at widening ATI’s target market.

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Jan 16
Britain has the 26th fastest internet in the world

Britain has the 26th fastest internet in the world

Published in News, Other News | Written by Rhys

According to Akamai’s ‘The State of the Internet (Q3-2009)’ report, Britain is ranked 26th in the world. The average download speed reported is just 3.5 Mbps.

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Jan 16
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 success equates to more than $1 billion in sales

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 success equates to more than $1 billion in sales

Published in Gaming News, News | Written by Rhys

Joining very few titles such as Guitar Hero III and World of Warcraft, Call of Duty MW2 has also hit the billion dollar mark. Activision’s game made an estimated $550m in its first five days and sold more than 4.7 million copies in its initial 24 hours of release.

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Jan 15
Gran Turismo 5 Delayed…Again

Gran Turismo 5 Delayed…Again

Published in Gaming News, News | Written by Rhys

Rumour has spread that yet again Sony is delaying the release of its much anticipated title which has been in the pipeline for a long time now, Gran Turismo 5. Originally GT5 was set to be released in Japan in March and other countries soon after, even though this release date was slated, the news doesn’t get much better seen as Sony has just announced that the release date’s status is changing to TBD ( to be determined) with no additional details available currently.

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CoolIT Domino i5 Testing

Back in July this year we tested the CoolIT watercooling kit using a heavily overclocked AMD 7750+ BE. It’s performance really surprised us with it absolutely caning the other coolers in question. However, processors have quickly moved on since July and we’ve got the likes of the Intel Core i7 and recent i5 dominating the market. For this reason, we thought some i5 testing using our trusty CoolIT Domino was in order. Let’s see if the performance from the Domino still survives in this day and age…

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TinyPlanet Software announces Knapsack 1.1.2 – 25%-Off Fall Savings

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