However not many people would have ever guessed it would surpass Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in PC sales. It should come as no surprise that Skyrim would be a popular game for the PC platform. Models in the budget i3 range were released at various times later. It comes at a stock speed of 3.3 GHz, but typically overclocks to an amazing 4.5 - 5 GHz with a decent air cooler and without too much difficulty in getting there. The i5-2500K is currently at the sweet spot of price/performance. Sandy Bridge was a sound win and is generally considered to be the only architecture worth considering at this point. Therefore, Intel badly needed some competition from AMD and unless you have been living under a rock, you will know how that turned out in October with the launch of Bulldozer. These new dual and quad core processors soundly beat all previous generations of Intel processors in terms of processing performance, heat, power use, features and left AMD in the dust. They included an IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor) physically on the same piece of silicon along with HyperThreading. Released on January 9th, the new Intel Core i5 & i7 processors were based on Intel's second generation Core architecture built on a 32 nm production process ( HEXUS review). It's not necessarily the best tech of 2011 which is the most significant though, since lemons can be just as significant as the ground-breakers in how they fail to deliver - and the backlash that goes with it. In this article, we go through the technology of 2011 that has had the most significance, the most impact and was generally the most talked about. We hope that you will enjoy reading it while tucking into your turkey, Christmas presents and a little too much wine. Welcome to the TechPowerUp 2011 PC technology Christmas special. The illumination is connected to the pre-installed PWM fan controller for six fans, which emits a different LED color for different fan speed ranges.
The chassis features a new LED illumination with seven colors and three lighting modes - always on, breathing or pulsating to choose from. Both side panels as well as the removable top-cover are equipped with two layers of noise cancelling materials. The new DS-230 inherits great features from the DS-200, such as the elegant exterior design and the superior passive noise cancelling capabilities.
Both gamers and media partners will be able to take a close look at these and other new products from Aerocool, which are exhibited at Europe's most popular exhibition for games and hardware.Īfter the great success of the Dead Silence series with its DS Cube, DS 200, and the DS case fans, a new member joins the award winning high-end product line. Aerocool will display the all new Dead Silence 230 chassis (DS-230) at the joint-exhibition booth with Caseking in Hall 8.1 booth location B051. Aerocool Advanced Technologies Corp., a leading PC gaming hardware and accessories design company, announced today the new Dead Silence PC chassis to be exhibited at Gamescom from August 18th till August 21st in Cologne, Germany.