PC Benchmarks & Testing

Overclocking without a benchmark is useless but, its not the only reason we do our own benchmarks. We do PC Benchmarks for all of our major pc hardware reviews.

PC Benchmarks

2010 Hardware in 2018

by Jared Williamson

This all started when Ronald Davies asked me to try out some older hardware he had. Ronald had some pre-overclocked settings already saved on the board that we used for...

Reviews

OCPC Gaming GTX 1050ti Review

by Ronald Davies

Today, we will take a look at an Nvidia based GPU, the OCPC GTX 1050ti 4GB. A mid range GPU that doesn’t break the bank but, can it keep up...

PC Cooling

Zalman CNPS2X (AM4 adapter), breathing in new life

by John Weland

Zalman released the CNPS2X back in July 2013, however, they now have an AM4 bracket for it thus expanding its capabilities! That also means this is the perfect time to...

PC Benchmarks

Arctic Freezer 33 Esports One – Is this ~$30 cooler worth your cash?

by Ronald Davies

Arctic has been around for a while. Many who build their own computers will recognize the name because they make the very popular MX-2 and MX-4 thermal pastes. Arctic also...

Reviews

Raijintek Themis Review: is this sub-$30 cooler worth your money?

by Ronald Davies

The Raijintek is not a new company when it comes to CPU coolers. They are designed in Germany and have been around a few years. The Themis is not a...

PC Benchmarks

XFX R7 370 Core Edition Review

by Ronald Davies

Last year, Andy reviewed the XFX 370 2GB Black Edition, which seemed to be an awesome card because it was able to overclock like a beast up to 130hmz on...

Graphics Cards

XFX R9 290x Double Dissipation 4GB Review

by Matthew Bush

Let me start by saying this obviously isn’t a new card, But the R9 290x is still the fastest single GPU card in AMD’s stable until we see the 300...

PC Benchmarks

Intel Core i7 3970x vs 5820K Benchmark & Comparison

by Nikolas Caven

The i7 3970x is now becoming a somewhat dated CPU, and yet is still going for $800 on ebay.com (at the time of this review). I thought to myself “is...

PC Benchmarks

COD: AW PC Benchmark & Performance on ASUS 290x

by Andy Cresswell

I have recently been trying to find a brick wall for my current machine to crash into the front first. Everything I have thrown at it (Ultra Settings / 1920×1080)...