This. Totally agree. I've been a reader of [H] for ten years. Love it.
The Nano gate should be pointed out, but not by attacking the messenger (Roy)/the acting jerk. Kick the ball, not the man.
Great review, and great SFX PSU - no more excuses to buy that Raven RVZ01 and put in your high level gaming GPU :D
http://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/index.php?model=RVZ01
My thought as well. I mean - I have been following the mini itx gaming case marked for a year, and I haven't seen anything as well designed as the steam box: separate air intake, the very small dimensions. I mean, small is beautiful, and the simple is very hard to do.
What other case that...
Great review Kyle - I like the way you critical examine the results in the light of your expectations, and develop a new (and surprising) stance towards haswell: 'wait and see' . Anandtech is all praise - from your review I actually experience a critical attitude toward this new processor from...
Thx djoye for the pics, I am preparing for another round of OCing this old baby, so it is helpfull!
How long was that OC stable and did you fry the CPU/mobo in the end as someone suggested might happen? I can see you have a new system now :)
Cheers
Casper
A long term Asetek fan (remember waterchill?) and watercooling fan, I really like the KÜHLER H2O 620 and the 920 due to the fact that it allows you to exaust the hot air from the cpu directly via the radiator (I build mini itx gaming systems so that is important) and because it is self regulated...
Hi samsonJS!
Very cool writeup, thanks for posting it!
I can't seem to get my E6300 up an running fast on this board though, not more than 450 fsb for me. Perhaps I try another cpu in time.
Cheers!