Cosmos S: Watercooling
Ah… The Cooler Master Cosmos S. Immediately recognized as one of the world’s most elegant chassis, the Cosmos S possesses support for extreme watercooling, air flow, and sleek cable management out of...
View ArticlePSU FAQ’s
Questions on power supplies run abundant and aplenty on just about every computer forum that I frequent. Questions range from basics like, “How much juice do I need for my system?” to more fundamental...
View ArticleCM’s Top of the Line : The Silent Pro Hybrid
A white box arrived at my door today. What it could be? I wondered. Then I remembered that I had specifically asked Nic for a Silent Pro Hybrid PSU for reviews. Forgetfulness – 1 | Myself – 0 The...
View ArticleSigns of Inadequate Power
Soon after upgrading to my current dual GTX 580 setup, it came as an unfortunate surprise that my Silent Pro Hybrid 850W simply couldn’t cut it anymore, due to a lack of amps on the +12V rail. So in...
View ArticleSilent Pro Hybrid 1050W overview
Last year, Cooler Master introduced it’s latest and greatest line of power supplies. The Silent Pro Hybrid lineup is an impressive one no doubt, and for the next couple weeks I’m going to be working on...
View Article+12V Rail Droop Under Load
So since a while back I went over how to measure a +12V voltage with a few different methods, one of the EVGA techs mentioned to me that I should measure the droop under load, and I replied that I...
View Article+12V Behavior on the 850W SPH
Continuing off of my previews +12V rail work, I thought I’d work up a nice look at how the SPH 850W +12V rail will behave under a heavy load. Being a slightly less beefy PSU than the SPH 1050W, I...
View ArticleMaximum Power! Upgrading Silent Pro Hybrids
In some rigs, a modest 850W power supply is enough. In others, a more hefty 1050W is needed. And in some monolithic rigs, they require 1300W or more. Here I’m going to show you the quick and easy way...
View ArticleCooler Master HAF-XB – Cable Management
I know that the HAF-XB isn’t really a case one would choose for absurdly good cable management abilities, but it’s not bad considering the rather open design of the whole case. I didn’t really have any...
View ArticleStorm Stryker – The Ultimate
The Storm Styker is an incredibly easy case to build a system in, it has plenty of room to work with, and it’s very well designed. Cable management in it is surprisingly simple. Usually it’s a huge...
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