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Dark Rock Pro 3 by beQuiet! Review

Not new to the market, beQueit! has been manufacturing case fans, CPU coolers, power supplies, and additional accessories since 2006 and have become extremely popular in Germany and that popularity is trending in the same manner here in the states. The folks at beQuiet! put emphasis on performance "and" silence, which is not necessarily two things that go hand and hand in the aftermarket air cooler industry. Today we will be looking at their latest offering in their CPU cooler line, the Dark Rock Pro 3.

Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X Edition

Today we are taking a look at the R9 290X Tri-X from Sapphire. The 290X is known to run extremely hot and throttle down, so to keep this beast cool Sapphire designed a massive triple fan cooler that promises to keep the temps low and prevent the performance loss from throttling. Read on to see how it performed.

Megacon 2014 Mega Gallery 2

Coming to you from our guest photographer Krystyn Rogers is gallery two of Megacon 2014. Packed with more costume loving mayhem in some really professional photos.

Megacon 2014 Mega Gallery

Megacon 2014 hit Orlando over the weekend with over 75,000+ attendees, awesome celebrity appearances including Stan Lee and Karl Urban, and special events planned over 3 days. People of all ages decended upon Orlando bringing with them over 28 Million in revenue for the city and businesses there. Costumed superheros reigned and villians ran amok wall to wall. It was THE go to venue for finding your favorite comic book, TV series, and specialized genre accessories.

Intel Core i7-4960X Ivy Bridge-E CPU Review

Six cores, twelve threads, 3.6 GHz base, 4 GHz turbo, 15 MB of cache, quad-channel memory, and a 22nm die. The specs speak for themselves, the Intel Core i7-4960X is a monster. By now everyone knows Core i7 means performance. And when you tack that one little "X" to the end it goes from the best to the best-of-the-best. For those that may not be familiar with the naming scheme, the X means Extreme which is Intel's halo product. It is a no compromises top-of-the-line processor, and is unmatched by any other.

TechwareLabs Monster Build Part 2: The Machine

Today we are going to assemble and show off our monster build. With a sky-high overclock and benchmarks that blow away the competition, this machine truly is a beast.