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XFX Radeon RX 460 Double Dissipation Review - We take the XFX Radeon RX 460 Double Dissipation and use it to play some of our favorite GPU-intensive games and find out how much of an upgrade this $149 video card provides compared to last generation GPUs in this price range. What will upgrading...

GIGABYTE Z170X Designare LGA1151 Motherboard Review - GIGABYTE has continually impressed us with its offerings as of late. GIGABYTE’s Z170X Designare is poised to continue that trend and add another motherboard to the budding Designare legacy. We are still not fully sure of what exactly...

AMD & NVIDIA GPU VR Performance: Project Cars - If you like racing games then it is likely that you are familiar with Project Cars. This racing game can push a system to its limits when you turn up the visuals, and that is just what we are doing today while using our HTC Vive VR headset. And...

AMD & NVIDIA GPU VR Performance in Trials on Tatooine - Anyone that buys into an HTC Vive headset will almost assuredly want to wield a lightsaber...for free. This short VR demo built by Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB aims to put you in a photo-realistic Star Wars environment. Trials on Tatooine is not...

AMD & NVIDIA GPU VR Performance in Call of Starseed - We are back this week to take another objective look at AMD and NVIDIA GPU performance in one of the the top selling games in the VR-only realm, The Gallery Episode 1: Call of Starseed. This is another GPU-intensive title that has the...

PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 470 Video Card Review - AMD’s next generation Polaris architecture based GPU is released today in the form of the AMD Radeon RX 470 priced below the Radeon RX 480. Instead of a reference video card we have a full custom cooled and factory overclocked retail video...

Been reading through the threads and i'll give my impressions after having the Vive and playing with virtually all the best games on the Steam Store. Setup: The setup was super easy. Little work had to go into it to mount the lighthouses, and I had a little issue only that the space I had...

GeForce GTX 1080: Most Bizarre Secret Paper Launch Ever - Didn't we get promised 2.1GHz on air? Did early adopters just get told to pound sand? Now we have a Paper Launch from NVIDIA that just flew under the radar with hardly a notice? The GTX 1080 has generated more than a little conversation...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review -- NVIDIA's next generation video card is here, the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition video card based on the new Pascal architecture will be explored. We will compare it against the GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon R9 Fury X in many games to find...

Hitman 2016 Performance Video Card Review - Hitman (2016) supports the new DirectX 12 API. We will take this game and find out if DX12 is faster than DX11 and what it may offer in this game and if it allows a better gameplay experience. We will also compare Himan performance between several...

FSP HYDRO G 650W Power Supply Review - While FSP may not be a PSU brand that is on the tip of your tongue, we have been reviewing FSP computer power supplies now for 8 years, and the fact of the matter is that these units have been getting better and better over time. Where does the new Hydro...

Thermaltake Pacific RL240 Water Cooling Kit Review - In a world now filled with All-In-One CPU coolers, Thermaltake takes it old school with a water cooling kit that has everything you need from A to Z. If cutting your hose to length and perfecting the layout and presentation of your cooling...

GIGABYTE Z170X Gaming 6 LGA 1151 Motherboard Review - GIGABYTE is back with its $165 Z170X Gaming 6 motherboard today. It’s a full featured motherboard that won’t break the bank and has a lot to offer. While many enthusiasts need what is considered high end, there are a lot of enthusiasts just...

Fractal Design Tesla R2 500W Power Supply Review - This is our first review of a Fractal Design computer power supply. This is not a new model and we just happened to get a really good deal on this one as it was on sale, so we figured we would give it a go. Fractal states it also has a...

Ashes of the Singularity Day 1 Benchmark Preview - The new Ashes of the Singularity game has finally been released on the PC. This game supports DX11 and the new DX12 API with advanced features. In this Day 1 Benchmark Preview we will run a few cards through the in-game canned benchmark...

be quiet! Silent Base 800 Full-Tower Chassis Review - With a company name like be quiet!, you likely know what to somewhat expect. This German company strives to build some of the best designed computer chassis on the market. Its new Silent Base 800 series cases certainly look good on the...

Rise of the Tomb Raider DX11 vs. DX12 Review - Rise of the Tomb Raider has recently received a new patch which adds DX12 API support, in addition the patch adds NVIDIA VXAO Ambient Occlusion technology, however just under DX11. In this evaluation we will find out if DX12 is beneficial to the...

DEEPCOOL DQ550ST 550W Power Supply Review - DEEPCOOL is not the first brand that comes to mind when you think about computer power supplies. But when a company gives you a feature set like this, "120mm FDB Bearing PWM fan with specially designed fan-blade, enjoys higher wind-pressure, super...

Please add higher TDPs to your cooler reviews. Currently the cooler reviews on HardOCP use a standard test system. This is an excellent baseline but fails to answer the basic question, "How well will this cooler cool my current CPU or the CPU I am thinking of buying?" Or indeed GPU for the AIO...

XFX R9 390 Double Dissipation Black Edition Review - Today we review a custom overclocked AMD Radeon R9 390 video card in the form of the XFX R9 390 Double Dissipation Black Edition 8GB video card. We will compare it to an ASUS GTX 970 STRIX DCII OC video card, including both video cards...

Far Cry Primal Video Card Performance Review - A new game in the Far Cry series is out on the PC called Far Cry Primal. We will run FCP through its paces on six video cards including SLI and CrossFire with the latest drivers and game patch to see what it takes to push these pixels. We will...

Rosewill Quark-550 550W Power Supply Review - Rosewill was a Newegg "house brand" that has broken out to other retailers and you might have seen its name on all types of products. Today we are seeing what Rosewill accomplishes when it brands a 550 watt "Platinum" PSU. The 550W PSU market is...

MSI GTX 980 Ti GOLDEN Edition Video Card Review - Today we evaluate the MSI GTX 980 Ti GOLDEN Edition video card. This video card features a pure copper heatsink geared towards faster heat dissipation and better temps on air than other air cooled video cards. We will compare it to the MSI GTX...

Fractal Design Define S Window Mid-Tower Chassis - Fractal Design is known for utilitarian designs that make installing PC hardware easier and keeping it cooler. Its new Define S chassis makes claims enthusiasts will want to see come to true, namely a "layout, providing a perfectly straight...

GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-SOC FORCE Motherboard Review - GIGABYTE’s GA-Z170X-SOC FORCE is touted as the ultimate Z170 "Super OverClock" solution from GIGABYTE. It also offers an impressive array of features for the enthusiast and gamer alike. 22 phases of digital power, cool new OC Touch buttons...

Thermaltake DPS G PC APP 2.0 Software Review - We have seen several companies tackle software when it comes to supporting enthusiast power supply installs, and quite frankly, we have not been terribly impressed with any of the software we have seen to date. That is not to say we do not welcome...