http://www.guru3d.com Our latest articles Copyright 1997-2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:39:57 +1000 Typically with USB 2.0 you'd limit yourself to roughly 30MB/sec so it will be very interesting to see what MSI's latest USB 3.0 Star add-on controllers have in store and what kind of performance they bring to the table opposed to that old interface. Therefore we test USB 3.0 with the USB 3.0 ready N002 SSD this device is able to deliver up to very fast 200 MB/s and 170 MB/s sequential read/write performance. But how will it perform on USB 3.0 http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-star-usb-3-controller-test/ Mainboards http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-star-usb-3-controller-test/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1000 We merely released our first AMD890GX motherboard review a couple of days ago and the new chipset is well received. But of course there are many more ODMs out there that have been preparing a new board based on the 890GX chipset from AMD. Today we'll have a look at an offering from ASUS namely the M4A89GTD Pro USB3. A motherboard carrying that new SATA6G controller andsure ASUS dropped a USB 3.0 controller onto this model as well. http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-m4a89gtd-usb-3-review/ Mainboards http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-m4a89gtd-usb-3-review/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Guru3D CeBit 2010 tradeshow coverage http://www.guru3d.com/article/cebit-2010-coverage/ Guru3D events and tradeshows http://www.guru3d.com/article/cebit-2010-coverage/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1000 VidaBox vCase3 Premium tested - This chassis is a low profile mATX HTPC chassis with a great design at a reasonable price. Simple basic handy -- these are all keywords that apply to the overall design and looks of the vCase3 Premium. Especially in an era where we see form factors change a lot a chassis like this in the living room can help out a lot. It blends in with the rest of your components really well it can house the latest mATX motherboards. You can pop in a regular ATX power supply and well... you are good to go. Whether it is entry-level mid-range or even if you pop in say a high-end ASUS Maximus II Gene with Core i7 870 processor -- it's all possible with this HTPC chassis. http://www.guru3d.com/article/vidabox-vcase3-review/ HTPC - barebones, Chassis and components http://www.guru3d.com/article/vidabox-vcase3-review/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1000 A review and test on the Auzen X-Fi Bravura 7.1 We quite enjoyed the sound of this card it has a very musical profile that makes you want to listen to the next song or play the next game. http://www.guru3d.com/article/auzen-bravura-review/ Soundcards and Speakers http://www.guru3d.com/article/auzen-bravura-review/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1000 We test the MSI 890GXM G65. It's based on the new AMD 890GX chipset and is armed with features like USB 3.0 and SATA 6G. So without further ado let's have a peek at the all new 890GX chipset from AMD http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-890gxm-g65-review/ Mainboards http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-890gxm-g65-review/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1000 We review the Thermalright Venomous-X CPU cooler. A cooler with great looks excellent performance and some very clever innovations. A cooler that is compatible with Intel LGA sockets 775 1156 and 1366. The cooler is ready for the upcoming Nehalem Gulftown based processors six-core and also comes with something new called the 'Pressure Vault Bracket' allowing you to decide how much pressure the cooler should have on top of that expensive processor of yours. http://www.guru3d.com/article/thermalright-venomous-x-review/ Cooling http://www.guru3d.com/article/thermalright-venomous-x-review/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Leenux Edwin PC is the the Rig of The Month February 2010. Meet the man at the age of 33 he has been a Guru3D aficionado for four years already digging through our articles he shares our passion of building nice PCs. http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-rig-of-the-month-february-2010/ The Rig of the Month http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-rig-of-the-month-february-2010/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1000 We test the Radeon HD 5830. So where then was there still a gap in the market for ATI Well in-between the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon 5850 there is room for another product. A product that would cost roughly 250 USD and performance wise would sit in-between the aforementioned graphics cards. So here's what ATI did they took the sweet Radeon HD 5850 disabled three shader clusters fooled around with the clocks a little and that's what is being released today as the Radeon HD 5830. http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-5830-review/ Videocards http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-5830-review/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Today we test a product from G.Skill. Their newly released SSD is called the Falcon II which is a follow up of the original Falcon Solid State Disk series. But make no mistake it still comes with Indilinx controller 64MB cache memory and packs a read speed of 220 MB/sec and a write speed of 150MB sec -- which makes the word 'slower' a bit of a paradox. The SSD comes with firmware revision 1819 which has full support for the TRIM-command in Windows 7. And by using that 34nm Micron NAND memory G.Skill should be able to lower the price on their Falcon product series a little as well. http://www.guru3d.com/article/gskill-falcon-ii-ssd-review/ Memory (DDR2|DDR3) and Storage (HDD|SSD) http://www.guru3d.com/article/gskill-falcon-ii-ssd-review/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1000