Introduction and A Closer Look For the modern computer user a smartphone or tablet is a vital accessory: sure the desktop PC is great for a lot of things the notebook, tablet ...
August 22, 2014 at 7:47 am by Ryan Martin
Microsoft has been known to reserve new versions of DirectX for new operating systems in a bid to keep pushing its customers along its ideal upgrade path. Windows XP was ...
August 21, 2014 at 9:58 pm by Ryan Martin
Windows 9 this, Windows 9 that: let’s face it you’re probably sick of the Windows 9 rumours by now. Well here’s to hoping that this is the rumour to end them ...
August 21, 2014 at 9:39 pm by Ryan Martin
The run-up to the launch of Intel’s X99 Haswell-E platform continues and this time it is more MSI motherboards on the menu for a bit of pre-NDA showing off. We’ve ...
August 21, 2014 at 6:57 pm by Ryan Martin
AMD may have given up the fight with Intel in the very high end market but in the sub-$200 “mainstream” market, where most CPUs are bought, AMD is still putting up ...
August 21, 2014 at 6:43 pm by Ryan Martin
The rumour mill has spun up once again to give us some more information about AMD’s R9 285 graphics card. The new GPU from AMD which is to be based on the Tonga silicon ...
August 21, 2014 at 6:22 pm by Ryan Martin
Introduction & Packaging It is fairly common for high wattage power supplies to boast top-end components, the best performance and as a result of that a very hefty price ...
August 20, 2014 at 3:24 pm by Ryan Martin
Introduction To Graphics Card Overclocking Here at eTeknix we serve a wide range of readers: from casual to hardcore PC users as well as gamers, overclockers and more. As ...
August 20, 2014 at 8:54 am by Ryan Martin
Introduction & Packaging When you’re building a budget system with fairly minimal power requirements you won’t really find wattages lower than 400-450W for a ...
August 15, 2014 at 7:54 am by Ryan Martin
Introduction Since last year AMD and Nvidia have both been fairly eager to develop and push their own software to be used with their graphics cards products. AMD ...
August 14, 2014 at 8:44 am by Ryan Martin
Nvidia has just announced a new game bundle for purchasers of their GTX Titan, GTX 780 Ti, GTX 780 and GTX 770 desktop graphics cards. The new promotion which started ...
August 13, 2014 at 2:51 pm by Ryan Martin
ASRock have unveiled their latest X99 creation which will provide support for upcoming Intel Haswell-E Extreme Edition processors and DDR4 memory. The X99X Killer motherboard ...
August 13, 2014 at 12:46 pm by Ryan Martin
Gigabyte’s overclocking motherboard series has been around for quite some time now, I still remember when they first launched the series with the X58 OC motherboard. The ...
August 13, 2014 at 12:29 pm by Ryan Martin
Just a few days ago pictures of upcoming AMD R9 285 graphics cards were leaked into the press, such as the Sapphire R9 285 pictured above, but at that stage we were still ...
August 13, 2014 at 11:58 am by Ryan Martin
Introduction When it comes to x86 processors of pure unadulterated power Intel’s high-end Xeon platforms are the only way to go. Intel’s “EP” ...
August 11, 2014 at 7:50 am by Ryan Martin
