Reviews
Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition Processor Review, the Lite Edition
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Intel’s been having a good run as of late and they’ve recently celebrated their 40th anniversary and what better way to mark that date than to launch your hottest product to date. Marking Intel’s 40th year in the industry is the release of the Sandy Bridge E processors aimed at high-end enthusiasts, top-end gamers and no-compromise power users. Building upon the success of the highly acclaimed Sandy Bridge processors, the new Sandy Bridge E line up is now taking on the mantle as Intel’s flagship processor and its most powerful desktop product line. Today we have the top-end of this product line: the Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition. A six-core, Hyperthreaded computing behemoth that is designed to be THE processor for years to come. Let’s see how this processor performs and let’s make this extremely showy! (more…)
Razer Moray+ Gaming and Music Headset Review
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With the portable gaming market slowly getting more and more diversified with smartphone platforms quickly finding their spot in what used to be a Sony versus Nintendo world, the platform-specific items needed for these devices are also getting numerous. From the games themselves, the memory card where you store your data chances are it’s going to be tied to that certain system. And the same goes for the listening equipment you use on those devices. If you’re packing a PSP, DS, laptop, smartphone, a portable music player or all of those and want a listening solution to cover all of them well Razer’s got your back.
Razer’s line of all-around audio gear isn’t limited to the Orca and Electra, somewhere in their catalog you’d notice the Moray and its more packed version, the Moray+ which is what we have in our studio today for testing. Let’s see if Razer’s swiss army knife of an earphone packs a bite worthy of its predatory namesake and as usual, let’s make this showy! (more…)
Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600 Quad-Channel Memory Kit Review
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With the advent of the Sandy Bridge-E processors and its supporting chipset the X79, it also ushers in the era of quad-channel memory kits. This also comes at a time with RAM prices at an all time low which makes it nearly a no-brainer to upgrade your current dual- or triple-channel kit. It’s 2012 baby and Back2Gaming’s stepping up and we’re starting things off with a volley of reviews to open up the new year. This week we have Kingston’s HyperX Genesis quad-channel memory kit optimized for the X79 platform and we’ll see if this part is worth being a part of the latest and greatest rigs! Let’s make this showy! (more…)
Kington HyperX SSD 120GB Review
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It can’t be denied that the SSD market is growing at a very fast pace which can only be attributed to the ever increasing performance benefits we see from them. That said, we see companies left and right join the party trying to vie for consumers’ attention ranging from the budget power user all the way to the high-end, no-compromise enthusiasts. Today we have the enthusiast-targeted HyperX SSD, Kingston’s top of the line offering in the SSD space. Let’s get revving and see if the HyperX delivers and as usual, let’s make this showy! (more…)
Seagate Barracuda 3000GB Review
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Storage used to be a one-sided affair for the desktop with spindle-based mechanical drives as the star of the show but now that SSD’s are quickly establishing themselves, its making it harder for mechanical drives to differentiate themselves from each other. One thing that SSD’s have yet to be proud of is their capacities, we’ve grown far from the day of the 40-80GB IDE hard disks with data ballooning to what it is today and demands to store these data are growing. Enter Seagate’s newest large capacity offering, the Seagate Barracuda 3TB. We’ve reviewed Seagate’s earlier 3TB offering, the Barracuda XT 3TB a while back so we’re interested to see what it’s younger and fresher brother can offer. Let’s get our drives spinning and make this showy! (more…)
CM Storm QuickFire Rapid Mechanical Keyboard Review
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Mechanical keyboards are slowly taking over the top spot of the keyboard game with more and more gamers’ preferring to choose a better typing experience than flare and flashy features (ehem Logitech ehem). With its recent entry in the gaming peripheral scene, its not surprising that CM Storm would want to establish itself quickly and they have done fairly well so far with their casing and mice line up. They’ve recently released their first venture into the keyboard market with the QuickFire Rapid, a compact mechanical keyboard that ditches features for feel. Does CM Storm have something worth having here or is the quickfire more of a spray and pray? Let’s see and as usual, let’s maked this showy!
Atlantica Online: An MMO Shenanigans Review.
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I’m definitely not out of the woods when it comes to Art School. So maybe when I graduate outta there, I can write more MMO reviews like there is no tomorrow and maybe tell you more about MMOs that are good (or used to be good).
But here we are, another MMO Game review that involves a game that i love so much, but since a couple of events in-game, I tend to be less biased about it. There are ups and downs that this game had and while some will still think of this game as great (myself included), I’m just starting to notice some of the flaws. So here we are… my college love… reviewed.
Android Game Review: Disney’s Where’s My Water?
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Where’s My Water is an Android Game where you help Swampy, a very hygienic alligator who refuses to swim in the swamps with the others. As a result, they seek to sabotage Swampy’s bath by sending poisonous ooze and algae to tamper with his clean water. This game is thoroughly addicting and surprisingly, Swampy is very charming. This could easily replace Angry Birds and Cut the Rope as a forerunner in Android Physics-based gaming.
Tekken: Blood Vengeance Review
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Someone at Namco was probably not too pleased with how the Hollywood adaptation of Tekken turned out and sought to bring justice to the franchise in the silver-screen. Enter Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Namco’s in-house effort to deliver a motion picture on their highly successful fighting game title. Hit the jump for the entire review.
Free Android Game Review: Blood and Glory
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If there’s a game that would let me skip my Walking Dead marathons, (and while waiting for Spartacus season 2 next year) this game would be it. If you guys are familiar with THIS game on the iphone/ipad that lets your finger do the slicing… well Blood and Glory is kinda like a free clone of Infinity Blade (in fact BaG is also available for the iOS). The graphics are amazing too, the game presents a perfect way to be a gladiator inside the arena while you’re on the road.
