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15 articles tagged as voltage

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Review

Despite huge ambition, Medal of Honor's VR adventure fails to go beyond the Call of Duty.

January 21, 2021 | 10:01

Gears 5: Hivebusters Review

Bustin' makes me feel good.

January 15, 2021 | 11:01

Corsair 5000D Airflow review

Bigger and more feature-rich than last year's 4000 Series.

January 14, 2021 | 14:00

MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2011

We travelled to Istanbul to see the cream of European overclockers in action.

April 19, 2011 | 13:04

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 Overclocking

The GTX 580 is the fastest GPU out there, but what happens if we push it even further?

November 20, 2010 | 10:56

DDR4: What we can Expect

We take a look at the few scarce details just emerged of what DDR4 might come to offer.

August 26, 2010 | 07:21

1.35V DDR3 memory: how much power does it save?

November 11, 2009 | 10:29

Kingston leaks Clarksdale demo ran DDR3 at 1.35V

Oops! Kingston leaks that a recent demo at IDF ran the Clarksdale CPU with DDR3 at just 1.35V to achieve its low wattage.

October 13, 2009 | 00:13

MSI's P55 motherboards have a "V-Kit"

MSI has a new feature on its upcoming P55 boards: the V-Kit allows the end user to check the real voltages while the board is running.

July 2, 2009 | 14:43

Rumour: Athlon II CPU-Z screenshot revealed

A CPU-Z screenshot showing AMD's Athlon II CPU emerges, suggesting that the new "Rana" core will have no Level 3 cache.

May 1, 2009 | 15:51

The Dark Side of Overdrive

LCD monitor manufacturers have constantly pushed response times down with overdrive technology, which increases the voltage to force the liquid crystals to change colour states faster. Sadly, there are some side effects associated with this - we explain the cause and detail how to spot the problems yourself.

February 6, 2009 | 08:08

Antec Signature 850W PSU

Antec's Signature is its definitive power supply, built on a idea of quality it's not cheap but it sports an 80 Plus Bronze efficiency, a semi-modular design and "hand certification." Are these the ingredients required to earn the bit-tech stamp of approval?

December 5, 2008 | 08:25

Overclocking Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600

We take Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 for a spin on two motherboards to find out if it could be the next Athlon XP 2500+. Read on to find out how we got on...

July 25, 2007 | 09:01

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Asetek launches WaterChill Xternal

Asetek has announced its all new WaterChill Xternal water cooling system. It features a software based control panel, allowing users to control the unit from the Windows desktop.

April 19, 2006 | 19:38

Foxconn displays digital PWM tech

CeBIT 2006: Foxconn has reworked the circuitry that regulates the voltage supplied to the CPU - they're now using a digital PWM that is said to be more efficient, produce less heat and provide a cleaner current to the processor.

March 10, 2006 | 23:44

MXM SLI for desktops; SLI notebooks to follow

CES 2006: the MSI Geminium-Go! features two Go6600 MXM cards on one desktop PCI-E board in SLI. Even crazier is the idea that SLI is coming to a notebook near you.

January 7, 2006 | 19:32

AMD Athlon 64 FX-57

This morning, AMD announce the fourth generation Athlon 64 FX: the FX-57. The chip is manufactured on a new 90nm process, using the San Diego core - Tim Smalley evaluates what the Athlon 64 FX-57 brings to bleeding edge gaming enthusiasts. Is the latest generation Athlon 64 FX worth buying? Read on to find out...

June 27, 2005 | 05:01

Electronics Guide Part 1 - the Basics

In the first part of our new series, we take you through the basics of electronics, starting the building block of PCs - electricity. We look at the basic formulae that govern voltage, current and resistence, and introduce you to our first project.

April 29, 2005 | 01:00