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33 articles tagged as efficiency

AMD and Intel's November's CPU launches will redraw battle lines

The Ryzen 9 3950X, Intel's Cascade Lake-X, and AMD's 3rd Gen Threadripper will reshape our perceptions of the CPU market.

November 13, 2019 | 14:00

Mod of the Month October 2019 in Association with Corsair

We've picked some of the best projects recently completed in our project log forum.

November 13, 2019 | 09:50

Thermaltake Level 20 HT Snow Edition Review

The Cinderblock of cases.

November 12, 2019 | 18:00

Google to use only renewable energy by next year

Mixture of pure-renewable and credits.

December 7, 2016 | 10:18

Microsoft joins Open Compute Project

OCP gets high-efficiency Windows server plans.

January 28, 2014 | 09:46

What is the best 720-750W Power Supply?

We put eight 720-750W PSUs through their paces to separate the champs from the chumps.

April 26, 2013 | 09:57

New EC regulations could kill off high-end graphics boards

Eco-Design guidelines will outlaw high-performance boards, it's claimed.

October 15, 2012 | 10:52

ASRock reveals Socket AM3+ CPU details

ASRock discloses some details about the new AM3+ socket, as well as the CPUs that will fit in it.

April 27, 2011 | 16:45

Zero Noise: Seasonic's X-Series fanless PSU Preview

Seasonic's new version of its highly efficient X-Series PSU does away with the fan altogether.

August 1, 2010 | 10:22

Kingston LoVo: Power saving 1.25V DDR3 RAM

In an extension of our recent investigation into energy efficiency, Kingston dropped in some of its latest LoVo DDR3 memory that can run at just 1.2-1.25V. How much power does it save and is it a significant difference? We check to find out.

March 18, 2010 | 11:12

Energy Efficient Hardware Investigated

How green are green products? We evaluate the benefits, or lack of them, in new "low power" and "energy efficient" hardware to see what makes the biggest difference to the power drawn from your wall socket.

February 24, 2010 | 08:46

First Look: Seasonic X-Series PSU

We take a gander behind the technology that powers Seasonic's latest 80Plus Gold, fully modular power supplies: the X-Series. We strip apart what's inside to find the details.

October 29, 2009 | 13:14

Enermax Liberty Eco 620W PSU Review

Enermax has added a new PSU to its Liberty series and as it's 80Plus compliant it's busted out the Eco branding too. We put this 620W PSU to the test to see how it compares to other competing models.

June 25, 2009 | 11:24

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 850W

We constantly recommend the 650W Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro, but does the 850W afford the same awesome efficiency and virtual silence? With the same style of modular cables, shiny box, and a very similar build it be just as good or it might suffer from being just too hot.

April 9, 2009 | 11:45

OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W PSU

500W, modular, not too expensive - an ideal partner to a cost efficient system? We put OCZ's revamped ModXStream Pro to the reviewers block to see if it'll hold up to our barrage of tests in order to evaluate noise, efficiency and power quality.

April 2, 2009 | 09:25

Seasonic M12D SS-850W PSU

We've rounded up and finalised our opinions of the Seasonic M12D, and now it's time for the overall performance results. Does Seasonic's champion 80Plus Silver model hit the spot to overrule the Antec Signature, Enermax Revolution 85+ and Cooler Master UCP 900W?

March 19, 2009 | 15:29

AMD Phenom II 810, 805, 720 & 710 AM3 CPUs

AMD CPUs finally get support for DDR3, but does it make a difference? We put the latest Phenom II X4 810 and 805, as well as the X3 720 and 710 through their paces on DDR2 and DDR3 platforms to see how they stack up against the competition.

February 11, 2009 | 08:57

What else do we need?

February 10, 2009 | 16:18

In-Win Commander 750W PSU

In-Win sent us its camo styled, CWT built modular PSU and it certainly does quite a bit to differentiate itself in the market. We tested all 750 watts of the Commander to see if In-Win is worthy of your consideration in the PSU realm.

January 14, 2009 | 09:23

First Look: Seasonic M12D 850W PSU

Seasonic breaks its own mould with the highest power unit it has ever launched. That's not what's special though - the ultra high quality fan and 80Plus Silver efficiency rating could very well raise the PSU bar again.

January 4, 2009 | 09:10

Silver Power SP-S850 PSU

From its Tagan roots we have an inexpensive, yet powerful 850W power supply from Silver Power. We find out if it's a wolf in sheep's clothing or bit of bling strapped to a brick.

September 26, 2008 | 08:08

Corsair HX1000W PSU

Corsair HX series has been a staple diet of many for a few years now, and finally those wanting a super-high wattage, Corsair quality modular power supply might be in for a treat with its HX1000. We put it on the testing block to squeeze it to its limits and beyond to see if it survives!

August 28, 2008 | 12:32

Dell ships 80 PLUS Gold server

Dell has announced the worlds' first range of servers to come equipped with 80 PLUS Gold certified power supplies, capable of efficiency in excess of 92 percent.

June 30, 2008 | 08:23

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

Oodles and oodles of features can't even begin to describe the latest Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard. The question is though: is this board a political statement against the Asus P45 Premium or does it warrant a place high above all on its own?

June 18, 2008 | 08:46

Asus P5Q Deluxe: Intel P45 has arrived

While we've been inundated with P45 boards from across the breadth of the motherboard world, Asus is the first to us with a BIOS that works well. We take it for a full spin to see if Intel's highly anticipated new mainstream chipset is a worthy successor to the massively popular P35.

May 28, 2008 | 08:21

Thermaltake Toughpower 1500W PSU

Thermaltake takes things to an extreme with its Toughpower 1500W W0171 power supply. We test this 1,500W behemoth to see if it really is worthy of the Toughpower name. And, more to the point, find out if is there a need...

April 16, 2008 | 08:18