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AMD Radeon HD 7950 Video Card Review
By Brent Justice January 30, 2012The new Radeon HD 7950 marks the launch of AMD's more affordable Radeon HD 7900 series GPU. The Radeon HD 7950 is priced to compete with the GeForce GTX 580. We'll look at performance in comparison to several video cards in single-GPU, dual-GPU CrossFireX, Eyefinity, and Overclocking to see where it truly lands.
Thermaltake Toughpower 1500W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson January 30, 2012Thermaltake was a leader in the field of high power computer PSUs many years ago, and in fact we still use those 1200 watt units in testing. Today we are seeing another top end Toughpower PSU enter the market, this time packing a huge 1500 watts of power supposedly at high efficiencies.
Seventeam E-Force 750W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson January 19, 2012Seventeam is a longtime PSU builder that has just recently started focusing on the enthusiast market in North America and it shows in its marketing. Today's 750 watt power supply is touted as, "Meets ATX 12V V2.3 standard," is Windows 7 Ready, and carries the 80Plus Bronze badge that is described as "High Efficiency."
NZXT HALE82 850W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson December 27, 2011NZXT comes to us touting its HALE82 PSU telling us it has high working efficiencies, 100% Japanese caps, a modular design, and "Keeping it Safe" over voltage and short circuit protections. And considering this is a unit built by Seasonic, it might just be one that is worth looking at. Is it anything special though?
OCZ ZT Series 650W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson December 20, 2011OCZ comes to us with a new "High-Performance" computer power supply that sports 650 watts along with fully modular cable management. OCZ tells us "this power supply remains rock solid and stable" under typical load environments. Will this new OCZ offering come in looking worth its $90 price tag and Bronze efficiency rating?
Zalman ZM450-US 450W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson December 13, 2011Zalman is a well known brand when it comes to silent or quiet cooling solutions for both CPU and GPU needs. Zalman does however build a few power supplies for desktop computers and recently we found one for sale that was downright cheap, so we decided to pick it up from a local retailer and put it to our tests.
Corsair Vengeance 1300 and 1500 Gaming Headsets Review
By Earl Keim December 12, 2011Corsair recently released its second generation of USB 5.1 and analog 2.0 gaming headsets. One model features a new software interface while both carry a redesigned appearance and Corsair's well-known Vengeance branding. We will tell you what both of these headsets may bring to your PC audio experience.
Corsair HX1050 1050 Watt Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson November 30, 2011Professional Series power comes to us this time from Corsair in the form of its new HX1050. It is boasting over 1 kilowatt of solidly efficient power for the computer hardware enthusiast with a semi-modular cable system. We will see if this PSU is fit for enthusiasts and if it lives up to its efficiency statement.
AMD FX-8150 Multi-GPU Gameplay Performance Review
By Brent Justice November 03, 2011We are taking the new AMD FX-8150 and giving it the power of Dual and Triple-SLI GeForce GTX 580 video cards. We are going to take the new CPU up to large NV Surround resolutions and see how performance stacks up when it comes to high-end gaming scenarios.
Kingwin Stryker STR500 Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson October 18, 2011The Kingwin Stryker 500W Power Supply is a mid-powered computer PSU built specifically for those enthusiasts looking for quality power. The big feature here is that this unit is fanless, that means zero moving parts. If you are looking for silent in the 500 watt and up range, this is a good start.
MSI R6950 1GB Twin Frozr III Power Edition Review
By Grady McKinney October 17, 2011Today we will be looking at a 1GB Radeon HD 6950 from MSI sporting its latest cooling innovation, the Twin Frozr III. Will 1GB of VRAM constrain the Twin Frozr III, or will Triple Over-Voltage support give it enough boost to soar past a 2GB HD 6950 and GeForce GTX 570?
SilverStone Nightjar ST50NF Power Supply Review-Done
By Paul Johnson October 11, 2011AMD Bulldozer / FX-8150 Gameplay Performance Review
By Brent Justice October 11, 2011Today we will take a look at how the AMD FX-8150 stacks up in real gameplay versus an Intel Core i7 2500K and 2600K, at default settings and overclocked. Will any of these CPUs provide a better gameplay over the other in some current DX11 games? We show you Battlefield 3, F1 2011, and Civilization V.
AMD Bulldozer / FX-8150 Desktop Performance Review
By Kyle Bennett October 11, 2011Computer hardware enthusiasts have literally waited for years for AMD's Bulldozer architecture to come to market and we finally see this today in its desktop form, code named Zambezi, brand named AMD FX. In this article we share with you our analysis of Bulldozer's performance in synthetic benchmarks and desktop applications.
AMD "Bulldozer" FX Model 8150 CPU Overclocking Preview
By Kyle Bennett September 13, 2011If you are wondering how well the new AMD FX CPU will overclock, you are not alone. AMD let us have some behind-the-scenes access a couple of weeks ago and is now allowing us to show off the results. We shot a lot of video and show you AMD FX overclocking on water, phase change, and liquid nitrogen.
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 PSU Review
By Paul Johnson August 29, 201170 amps of power, tight voltage regulation, low ripple and noise, thermally controlled fan speed, all topped off with 80 Plus Bronze efficiency. All of this in a "value-oriented" power supply from Corsair, or least that is what Corsair is telling us. We put it to the test and find out if "value-oriented" is where you want to invest your hard earned PSU budget.
SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD6950 Video Card Review
By Grady McKinney August 29, 2011SAPPHIRE claims to have produced the fastest HD 6950 on the market in the SAPPHIRE HD6950 TOXIC Edition. It competes with a stock Radeon HD 6950 and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570. We also put it to the test against a Radeon HD 6970 and GeForce GTX 580 with results that might shock you. And did we mention you get two free games?
MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II SLI Video Card Review
By Mark Warner August 22, 2011Packing a GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPU each, we have a pair of N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II video cards that we are going to evaluate against a Radeon HD 6950, GeForce GTX 570 and even an overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti. At a total cost of only $260 we will find out if this dual-GTX 550 Ti action has what it takes to compete.
Thermaltake Toughpower 1350W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson August 15, 2011Thermaltake is back on our test benches and back with some very big iron. Thermaltake made some of the "biggest and baddest" computer power supplies years ago and we are about to find out if the company does once again. However this Toughpower is well above a kilowatt and surely will have a limited appeal, but also surely attract a lot of attention.
Sapphire HD 6950 2GB DiRT 3 Video Card Review
By Matthew Krysiak July 25, 2011Overclocking a video card provides a better gameplay experience, or so every enthusiast hopes. Today we have the Sapphire HD 6950 2GB DiRT 3 Special Edition on our gaming rig to see how well it performs and overclocks using Sapphire's TRIXX Tweaking utility. Will this overclock yield a better gameplay experience?
LEPA B Series 850W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson June 20, 2011For those of you that do not know, LEPA is what we would call Enermax' low cost "house brand" of PSU. No, it specifications are not up to those of most worthy Enermax units, but then again, neither is the price. How does LEPA do with its second unit reviewed here at HardOCP?
Enermax MaxRevo 1350W Power Supply Review
By Paul Johnson May 23, 2011Enermax has long been a favorite of ours when it comes to power supplies for heavy hitter enthusiasts pushing huge system wattage loads. Today it is launching a new flagship product that comes to up touting a huge 1350 watt usage rating. Does Enermax continue its top shelf legacy?
Enermax NAXN 750W Power Supply Unit Review
By Paul Johnson May 04, 2011Enermax has been a long time favorite of ours when it comes to PSUs. High quality builds that put out great power. Today we have its new NAXN 750 watt model; the first new model we have seen since Ecomaster took over the business. We are still not sure where this fits into the Enermax / Ecomaster product stack.
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 PSU Review
By Paul Johnson April 27, 2011Corsair is clearly defining the market for its new "Enthusiast Series" 750 watt power supply. Now that we know who it is for, surely we know what to expect from it right? Corsair has climbed to the top with a few other brands in a short period of time, let's see if "enthusiast" means the same thing to Corsair as it does to us.
ASUS EAH6950 & ENGTX570 DirectCU II Vid Card Review
By Matthew Krysiak April 18, 2011ASUS has released two enthusiast friendly overclocking video cards: the EAH6950 DirectCU II and the ENGTX570 DirectCU II. The question is which one is better, and does overclocking these change the victor. We test each out of the box and overclocked in Lost Planet 2, F1 2010, Civilization V, and Battlefield Bad Company 2.