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RAID – No fuss set up guide for the first timer Read »

Posted February 20th, 2012 in .How To Guides .PC Components .Uncategorized

RAID made easy: all you ever wanted to know about setting up a RAID, but were to afraid to ask.

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Greetings for the Year of the Dragon! Read »

Posted February 2nd, 2012 in .Laptops & Netbooks .PC Components .Products

Take flight with new technology

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SSD – System Cache Set Up Guide Read »

Posted January 23rd, 2012 in .How To Guides .PC Components .Products .Uncategorized

SSD Smart Response Technology is simply using a small SSD drive for your system cache while still having all your main files on a traditional mechanical hard drive. What that means is you get the best of both worlds. Speed and capacity.

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First Look: ASUS ROG Xonar Phoebus soundcard Read »

Posted January 11th, 2012 in .PC Components .Products .Sound

We take a first look at the newly announced ASUS ROG Xonar Phoebus soundcard at the ASUS CES suite in Las Vegas.

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The ROG Xonar Phoebus soundcard launches Read »

Last year saw the release of the ROG Thunderbolt bundled with the Rampage III Black Edition and the Crosshair V Formula to rave reviews. However, the card was only available bundled with the motherboards, and not as a standalone product, much to the chagrin of many a hardcore gamer.

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RT-N66U: ASUS’ Most Powerful Router, Ever Read »

Posted January 9th, 2012 in .PC Components .Products

The new RT-N66U is ASUS’ most powerful router ever. Packing a 600MHz SoC and 256MB of memory, this router can handle hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections and a dozen users without stalling. This isn’t actually the main new feature of the RT-N66U though; the upgraded dual-band N900 (450Mbit + 450Mbit) wireless is the jewel beneath its ‘black-diamond’ design.

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ASUS GPU Tweak full throttle overclocking Read »

Posted January 4th, 2012 in .PC Components .Products

Handy overclocking and overvolting utility gets a cool showcase to highlight new features

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AMD reveals Radeon HD 7970 Read »

Posted December 29th, 2011 in .PC Components .Products

The next generation of graphics cards from AMD is ready, with codenamed Tahiti GPUs prepping for release. This isn’t a gradual update from the previous batch, this is a much more radical move forward in terms of technology, mostly thanks to the confluence of several new standards and manufacturing processes. The Radeon HD 7970 reference [...]

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ROG Rampage IV Extreme hardcore cooling video Read »

Posted December 9th, 2011 in .PC Components .Products

Deep-freeze temps bring out ludicrous speeds!

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ASUS X79 motherboards: memory overclocking demo Read »

ASUS mobos one more prove their mettle as great overclockers

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Building a new PC for the holidays – cheaper! Read »

Posted December 5th, 2011 in .PC Components .Products

Not exactly austerity measure-style, but for sure no threat to Eurozone stability!

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ASUS X79 motherboard technical seminar in London, UK Read »

Watch two videos of the event

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