@ TweakTown"Card preparation is KING. With a restriction on the maximum CPU speed that can be utilised, the graphics card becomes the key component. This also opens the competition up to be more competitive.
Skills like card insulation, voltage manipulation and temperature management come into their own. Below I’ve added some pictures of both my MSI 5870 and ASUS Rampage Extreme II being prepared, as well as a couple of pictures from other competitors."
Monday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
AVIVO PureVideo HD DXVA GPU Acceleration Guide @ BmR
Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G 785G Chipset Motherboard Review @ OCC
EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard Review @ Hi Tech Legion
ASUS Maximus III Formula (P55 Express) Motherboard
Fractal Design - Refine R2 system Enclosure review in Metku.net
Gigabyte GT 240 512MB Review
Buffalo DriveStation HD-HXU3 USB 3.0 External Hard Disk
iXBT Labs Review: ECS A785GM-M Motherboard
ASRock M3A785GXH/128M AMD Socket AM3 DDR3 Motherboard Review
Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1GB Vapor-X Video Card
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AMD 785G Chipset Motherboard Review
Raidsonic Icy Dock MB664US-1S
Evercool HPK-10025EA Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler Review @ Tweaknews
Patriot Viper-II DDR3 Lynnfield Memory Kit @ Benchmark Reviews
MicroNet MaxNAS 2.5TB Server Review @ OCC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Video Card Round-Up
8 Way Thermal Interface Material Roundup @ Rbmods
New by Aquatuning: The Phobya CPU-Cooler for AMD
Kingston HyperX DDR3-2000 CL8 KHX2000C8D3T1K3/6GX 6GB Memory Kit
Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 2GB Overclock Edition review @ Elite Bastards
G.Skill Falcon II 64GB 2.5-inch Solid State Disk
OCZ Agility EX 60GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
Thermaltake BlacX Duet Review @ OCC
Intel Core i7 960 CPU
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT Hard Drive Review
Asus UL80Vt Thin-And-Light Notebook Review @ HotHardware.com
Proporta Leather Style eReader Case
Accessories
Samsung XL 2370 Monitor Review at CCER
Revoltec K101 Keyboard
Software
Chrome Detailing: Previewing Google's New Operating System @ HotHardware.com
Editorials
Blu-ray Importing: December 2009 Buying Guide
AMD vs. NVIDIA - Are they even playing the same game?
Contests
Hi Tech Legion's 2009 Spectacular Christmas/Holiday Giveaway Week 4 @ Hi Tech Legion
Ultra X4 750W PSU Giveaway @ Rbmods
