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OCZ Vertex 3.20 240GB SSD

steve@dreamwarecomputers.com (Steve) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:29:46 +0000

Late last year when I reviewed OCZ’s Agility 4 SSD, their Vertex series was still the highest performing model they offered. The Vertex offered both speed and IOPS that managed to just slightly outdo the Agility series. In what feels like a short time since that review, OCZ’s SSD lineup has re-worked considerably; putting the Vertex as their middle end drive, dropping out the Agility 4 all together, and introducing a new Vector line as the king of the hill high performer. The...

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SilverStone HE02 Passive CPU Cooler

steve@dreamwarecomputers.com (Steve) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:54:39 +0000

Passive (fanless) CPU coolers aren’t anything new to the market and have been around for many, many years. When passive CPU coolers first started to hit the market the CPUs that were around at that time ran much hotter than they do today which didn’t make these coolers a great choice for gaming systems or demanding applications. With newer CPUs using less power and creating less heat than ever before, now is becoming prime time for passive CPU coolers to really shine and be used in...

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Spire Diablo PC Case Review

plamen@dreamwarecomputers.com (Plamen S.) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:00:17 +0000

As we have seen lately, there’s quite an interesting trend happening in the enthusiast PC cases market. Most definitely you can get a premium case with great features and awesome design… for $100. But when it comes to low cost cases in the range of $30-$35, it used to be that the options available were not impressive… not at all. Recent releases in that segment are quite the opposite though. Leading PC cases manufacturers are enhancing their Entry Level offerings are built...

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SilverStone TS231U RAID HDD Enclosure

william@dreamwarecomputers.com (William K.) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:17:25 +0000

Teratrend Technology Inc. is a division of SilverStone, and was founded in 2010 as a professional storage solution provider with focus on industrial design and manufacturing of storage products and accessories. Since their launch, Teratrend has been taking full advantage of the latest technologies to bring consumer and business user’s easy and reliable ways to manage data storage. Teratrend aims to deliver products with diverse features and the best in customer services. The Teratrend...

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Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler review

william@dreamwarecomputers.com (William K.) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:37:37 +0000

Phanteks is a relatively new player to the thermal solutions game. Founded in 2007 by a group of engineers paired with a Dutch design team, Phanteks has two goals in mind “high-end quality and innovative products in thermal solutions.” Despite being a young company, Phanteks has already had much success in the overclocking and high-end thermal solutions markets. They continuously pursue excellence in thermal solutions so that they can develop and bring satisfaction to the...

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Noctua NF-S12A Silent Case Fan Review

plamen@dreamwarecomputers.com (Plamen S.) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:17:01 +0000

I am sure that there’s no PC enthusiast on this planet that hasn’t at least heard of Noctua NF-S12 fans. The 1st generation of these quiet case fans was released back in 2006 and quickly became the industry standard. Noctua CEO points out that the NF-S12 was the cornerstone for the company to be known as one of the leading players on this market. In 2009, the NF-S12B series was announced as the 2nd generation of NF-S12 series. As expected, it was better than 1st generation NF-S12...

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PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 750W Review

steve@dreamwarecomputers.com (Steve) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:14:14 +0000

PC Power & Cooling first debuted their 'Silencer' line of power supplies over six years ago. Since then, the Silencer name has not died off, but has continued to evolve through their MK II and the latest MK III variant of this series. The original release of the Silencer MK III series came last year, but more recently PC Power & Cooling has done another round of revisions on this series which introduced some notable upgrades. Energy efficiency was taken from an 80PLUS Bronze...

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SilverStone PP06 Individually Sleeved PSU Cables

steve@dreamwarecomputers.com (Steve) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:10:29 +0000

One of the unique design traits to SilverStone's modular power supplies is that they're fully modular. Where as most manufacturers will hard wire the mandatory cables, usually the motherboard, EPS/ATX and one PCIE connector, SilverStone has opted to make even those cables removable. Their reasoning behind this design choice is well justified though; they have a variety of after market cable options that can do everything from giving you short cables for small form factor cases, or...

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Fractal Design Newton R2 Power Supply

jonathan@dreamwarecomputers.com (Jonathan W.) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:26:52 +0000

Our introduction with Fractal Design was with their Define R3 case - a review that just came out shortly before todays. With the Define R3, I was pleasantly surprised at how much innovation Fractal Design provided in designing the case. It was a case of astoundingly great quality; with the results of their hard work showing in the final product. Other than the increasing drive towards higher 80PLUS certifications, lower noise, and modular cables, we haven't seen many other great changes...

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Samsung T27B750ND HDTV Monitor

steve@dreamwarecomputers.com (Steve) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:24:39 +0000

Over the last while I've really started to think about where the traditional computer is headed. Facts are showing that laptop and tablet sales are far surpassing sales of the traditional desktop and fewer and fewer homes even have a desktop anymore to begin with. I myself have also shifted a lot of my day-to-day work to my laptop as well. One thing that all these portable devices lack is screen space. These devices are convenient to move about with, but when it comes time to get down to...

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