"I have an old school view of a computer enthusiast. It has nothing to do with buying the most expensive or latest model components available as sites of today would have you believe. Rather, doing a ton of research and getting the best possible performance per dollar spent. Many companies make hidden gems of products that can be pushed and match their top of the line products. Heck, most companies product lines contain the exact same technology they just turn off a couple of features in order to lower the price tag. There have been many proven CPUs and GPUs that can be overclocked or unlocked with a little tweaking and match, or come close to their higher counterparts, ultimately saving the user a boatload of cash."

Antec has produced another fine product as seen here at Overclockers
Online, and this time it is targeted at budget gamers. Their slogan "Small
Guns, Small Funds" goes a long way here, as the chassis can be purchased
from Canadian Retails for roughly $50, and performance value is hard to beat
at that price point.

During this podcast we talk with Chris Trumble who is the Editor in Chief of CPU Magazine. You get a detailed look at how CPU Magazine works and the thought process behind what they do.

"We tested the Zalman VF1000 LED VGA cooler, which has a pure copper heatsink, four heatpipes, and an 80-mm transparent fan with blue LEDs. Let's check its features and performance."

"Silverstone are a producer of high quality PC components with one of their product lines offering a wide selection of cases to choose from. Today we're taking a look at the PS05 which is Silverstone's latest case in their Precision series. Apparently it offers noise control and improved airflow in a sleek, all-black design. Let's see if it lives up the PR hype."

"With so many offerings in the market today, it's hard for businesspeople to decide which computer to buy or whether it's time to upgrade their computers. The truth is that even the worst computer sold nowadays is powerful enough for running basic applications such as browsing, e-mail and an office suite. Therefore, why should a business user spend money to replace or improve old computers?"

Dual core chips still have a place in the PC market place. Whether you need something for your HTPC or a new chip for mom, dual cores provide an affordable way to get performance. Join us as we take a look at AMD's latest offering the Athlon II 255 and 260.

The Thermaltake Armor A90 features some menacing looks, all black interior and plenty of *omph* for the next LAN party. We peak under its armor scales to see if the interior is worth protecting with such a cool look.

Heatsinks are a normal part of any modern computer and are designed to keep your components cool enough to run. Given these devices are utilitarian in nature there is rarely consider what they should look like. Some are massive towers of heatpipe and radiator while others might be a simple chunk of metal with fins extruded from the surface. The key point to take away from this is that heatsinks rarely look, good.

"The newest product from this company is a very unique CPU cooler that utilizes 6 twin "V" heatpipes, and dual 120mm PWM fans. However, it is not the fans, or heatpipes that make it unique, but rather the method that was used to enhance the look of the cooler."

"To say the least, the Cooler Master V6GT is a fantastic heatsink. It outperformed all of the other comparison heatsinks in every test but one, and pulled even further ahead in the load tests. The large size of the V6GT is made up for by its heat capacity and these tests show it."

'Ask any PC enthusiast and they'll tell you that system heat is a constant concern', said Crucial Ballistix senior product manager, Jeremy Mortenson. The new Crucial Ballistix kit comes with a pair of innovations in memory cooling. The first one is an improved heat spreader design compared to the old models. This isn't such a big innovation in the memory market but the second will be an interesting one for sure. Crucial added thermal sensors for temperature monitoring via software. Since we're PC enthusiasts at Benchmark Reviews, the BL2KIT25664FN160 kit from Crucial couldn't miss our benchmark's suite and tests. Join us in this article to watch out what this new Crucial Ballistix Kit has to offer.

At COMPUTEX 2010, GELID Solutions launched their latest GPU cooler called the ICY Vision. The GPU cooler is aimed directly at the latest graphics processors from ATI and NVidia. And, since the latest GPUs produce a lot of heat, we’re anxious to give it a shot. We’re going to put it on the world’s hottest GPU (literally), NVidia’s Fermi GTX480 to see how it performs and see if it’s able to accomplish what NVidia’s reference cooler can’t.

"This time the product we are testing is a pair of new gaming mice aimed for mobile gamers. The model of the
mouse in question is Roccat Pyra and it comes in both wired and wireless flavors."

SAN JOSE, CA—June 29, 2010—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for computing devices and systems, releases the RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD, an innovative storage solution that focuses on both performance and affordability for consumers.  The new RevoDrive was developed to push the limits of economical SSD technology to deliver a revolutionary product with a remarkable price point.

FREMONT, California — June 28, 2010 — Corsair^®, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the discovery of a security issue affecting the Flash Padlock^® 2 USB Flash Drive that may expose your data. The Padlock drive employs a keypad to allow users to protect their data with a programmable personal identification number, or PIN. The security issue is correctable by the user, and once the corrective action is taken by the user, the drive once again meets its security specification.

To retain modest pricing, it's common to see lower-end graphics cards equipped with either DDR2 or DDR3. That design choice, though, can have a major effect on performance, something that's proven twice over with AMD's Radeon HD 5550 and HD 5570, both of which have just been upgraded with a move to GDDR5 memory.

"Today I am going to be looking at a product from a manufacturer that whilst they are a household name is less well known for their involvement in the computer hardware industry. The manufacturer is Toshiba and the product is one of their Store Steel external hard drives, this one in particular is 320GB."

"For improved sound on a tight budget, the Xonar DS is an excellent choice. With 7.1 channel sound and DTS support, it's a big step up from most onboard audio solutions."