http://www.guru3d.com Our latest articles Copyright 1997-2009 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:57:43 +1000 Corsair has a reputation to deliver products in the somewhat more high-end region they set the bar really high when it comes to enthusiast hardware and tend to really think things through. As such when the first ideas started to float in the coffee room in a building about a Corsair Chassis the R&D team put together some great minds and did not at all look at building a chassis no they very likely reversed roles what would you guys like to see or need when building your dream chassis Their first ever PC chassis is called the Obsidian 800D and it is without any shame I dare to state that this is among the best ever PC cases I personally have ever tested. Yes this chassis is marvelous. http://www.guru3d.com/article/corsair-obsidian-800d-review-test/ PC Cases and Modding http://www.guru3d.com/article/corsair-obsidian-800d-review-test/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 AMD today updates their most high-end processor to a new revision the Phenom II X4 965 BE processor with stepping C3 -- and this new model is all about energy efficiency. The revised Phenom II X4 965 BE processor has not only a much better TDP peak Wattage at 125W coming down from 140W but overall much better power management thanks to the fact that hardware C1E is now implemented in the CPU allowing the processor to for faster switching of power states and makes it more efficient. Typically with such a feature enforced it lower performance a little but... with a proper BIOS AMD claims there's no real impact on performance. http://www.guru3d.com/article/phenom-ii-x4-965-be-revision-c3-review-test/ Processors http://www.guru3d.com/article/phenom-ii-x4-965-be-revision-c3-review-test/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 It certainly has been a while since we reviewed Enermax products if memory serves me right the last Enermax PSU that we had in queue was the Galaxy Kilowatt DXX power supply. At the time and still considered a top notch product. We where exhilarated by it and I know for sure that our review cascaded an effect -- as a lot of our forum visitors actually purchased that Galaxy series of power supplies which they still use and are happy with. Times change and there is always room for improvement Enermax started rolling our the Revolution series of power supplies. A highly stylish highly efficient and modular power supply that is quiet as well. http://www.guru3d.com/article/enermax-revolution-850w-review-test/ PSU - Power Supply Units http://www.guru3d.com/article/enermax-revolution-850w-review-test/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Tom Michiels's PC is the the Rig of The Month October 2009. Meet Tom at the age of 34 Tom has been a Guru3D aficionado for a while already digging through our articles he shares our passion of building nice PCs. is PC will be the Rig of the Month October 2009 and he has built his PC with some interesting components. This rig is the showcase of a somewhat more simple design yet you can tell he's an aficionado alright thanks to component usage. http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-rig-of-the-month-october-2009/ The Rig of the Month http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-rig-of-the-month-october-2009/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 David Bardy's PC is the the Rig of The Month July 2009. Meet him at the age of 18 David has been a Guru3D aficionado for a while already digging through our articles he shares our passion of building nice PCs. David is a Carpenter. http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-rig-of-the-month-august-2009/ The Rig of the Month http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-rig-of-the-month-august-2009/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Today we test the OCZ Agility EX SSD. If 100 reliability is your thing then this is the cheapest SLC based SSD with an Indilinx controller that you can think of. The OCZ Agility EX offers top notch performance and reliability we honestly believe in the theory that the SSD could probably outlive you. http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-agility-ex-ssd-60gb-review-test/ Memory (DDR2|DDR3) and Storage (HDD|SSD) http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-agility-ex-ssd-60gb-review-test/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Today we look at a P55 motherboard in the extremely high-end range .. it's the all new eVGA P55 Classified 200. A board designed for the extreme overclockers a board for the uber enthusiast PC aficionado's. The motherboard we'll look into today is the absolute finest offering from eVGA ... in all its ways a black and red colored motherboard with a very nice feature set and then some more in the form overclocking options a tweakers wet dream really. http://www.guru3d.com/article/evga-p55-classified-200-review-test/ Mainboards http://www.guru3d.com/article/evga-p55-classified-200-review-test/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Cooler Master designed the Cooler Master LAB Test Bench v1.0. It's what has been missing here at the lab alright a nice looking easy to use chassis where we can pop on and off hardware components it makes motherboard cooler and RAM testing really easy. And as simple as this product is we really like it. And rest assured we'll be using it with pretty much any future motherboard review. It's not a suitable product for everybody but if it applies to you we can wholeheartedly recommend it. http://www.guru3d.com/article/cooler-master-lab-test-bench-v10-review/ HTPC - barebones, Chassis and components http://www.guru3d.com/article/cooler-master-lab-test-bench-v10-review/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Today we'll look at Gigabyte's offering with their P55 UD5 motherboard. The UD5 features Gigabyte's UD3 suite of features which include 2oz of copper throughout the PCB Japanese solid capacitors low RDS MOSFETs high-quality ferrite core chokes and more. The UD5 comes equipped with a modest 12 phase power design. s standard the board has ten USB 2.0 ports and additional USB headers to add another 14 USB ports should you want to. Extra's can be found in an eSATA porta Clear CMOS power and reset micro switches Optical SPDIF audio output controlled by 8 Channel Realtek AL888S HD Audio. http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-p55-ud5-review-test/ Mainboards http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-p55-ud5-review-test/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 In this review we'll look at the Radeon HD 5750 ATI's most budget DX11 card available at this time. For the money this is a great performer with some really lovely features as well. We will test the Radeon HD 5750 in single and a CrossfireX Multi-GPU setup. It's a product that performance wise positions itself close to the Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce GTS 250 yet now with superior features at an attractive price. http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5750-review-crossfirex/ Videocards http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5750-review-crossfirex/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000