Three companies, Asetek, Kingston Technology Europe and Western Digital, have joined forces to build a fast liquid/phase-change cooled computer called the "Dream Machine". Using Asetek's phase-change coolers, along with Kingston's HyperX DDR2 RAM and Raptop X drives from Western Digital, the new computer runs at 5.46 Ghz. Quite impressive considering the Intel Pentium 4 CPU used had a stock speed of 3.8 Ghz. Read more
Need a new cooling solution, even for overclocking? CT Electronics Limited, a leading Vapor Chamber (VC) cooling solution provider announced its GVC-1 graphics card cooler. Read more
An analyst from Thomas Weisel Partners today issued a research brief that included a first evaluation of Intel's claim to achieve market leadership in terms of power consumption and application performance with its upcoming Xeon 5100 (Woodcrest core) processor. Read more
We previously published several details about AMD’s next-generation graphics card lineup and as we get closer to the launch we are getting more details about the launch date, feature set and prices. The good news: The new boards will come with “physics p Read more
You've already seen our coverage of apps optimized for Nvidia's CUDA technology. Now we're taking a look at the performance of AMD's Stream framework, which was recently revamped in a Catalyst 9.5 driver hotfix. We even sneak in an interview with ATI. Read more
We recently had the chance to play a bit of Cryostasis, the latest title supporting Nvidia's PhysX technology. In fact, we played the game on five different hardware configurations. Want to play this one? We'll tell you what you need in order to enjoy it. Read more
Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM instead of 7,200. We looked at three generations of Samsung hard drives to analyze the performance ramifications. Read more
This month, ATI's new Radeon HD 4770 is missing in action, since online stores are not only unable to keep it in stock, but also de-listing it completely. With violent movements in pricing, though, it'd have been taken off the recommended list anyway. Read more