In our recent review of the of the Z97X-UD3H-BK from Gigabyte, we found it to be solidly built, reliable, and a fantastic overclocking ability. So, naturally when Gigabyte approached us to do a review of their X99-UD3P, which is the entry-level member of their newly launched X99 Champion Series of motherboards, we jumped at the opportunity! The Gigabyte X99-UD3P, is not only a …
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As we frequently visit many online PC gaming communities, and sub-reddits, we’ve noticed that there are actually a lot of people who don’t have any experience with overclocking. This is troubling, since overclocking can actually provide a significant increase in performance at virtually no extra costs to the end-user, and while it may seem daunting at first, it has actually become …
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In the past, overclocking has been seen as sort of “hacking” your hardware to run outside of the manufacturer’s specifications. This type of behavior would have been against the manufacturer’s wishes and likely void your warranty. However, today we live in a world of overclocking competitions and world records. Many of the very same companies that would have forbidden it in the …
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If you were ever thinking of trying to build your own desktop system, now may be the time. With CES behind us, we will begin to see the up and coming products released. Continue to check back as we follow and review these products at Technology X and The SSD Review. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW OWC Adds Mercury Helios 2 ThunderBolt Expansion …
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Highlight Review Samsung TurboWrite Adds Up To 3X Speed 840 EVO SSDs With their introduction of the 840 Evo, Samsung has introduced a proprietary TurboWrite Technology which significantly increases the performance of the Samsung 840 Evo family, the top increases being seen in lower capacity SSDs. As an example, where a Samsung 840 may have displayed write performance up to …
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HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Patriot Supersonic Magnum 256 USB 3 Flash Drive @ The SSD Review With USB 3.0 taking off in recent years we have the emergence of devices coming pre-built and pre-configured for the new standard. USB 2.0 is still alive no doubt, but focus has shifted to its much faster successor which has almost become part of mainstream technology. …
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