Hardware Round-up (11/11/09)

**MIG-31** · Nov 11, 2009, 07:33 AM

SSD's
Kingston SSDNow V 40GB Boot Drive SSD @ BmR

Cooling
Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Review @ OCC
Titan Skalli CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets

Cases
NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis Review @ Think Computers
NZXT M59 Case Review @ Neoseeker
Cooler Master Storm Sniper Black Edition Case @ Legit-Reviews
Thermaltake Element G Case @ Modders-Inc

GFX Cards
Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ Razor Edition @ PC Perspective
Leadtek Geforce GT 220 Extreme Overclocking Experiment @ Madshrimps

Motherboards
High-End P55 Motherboards @ Inside HW
ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Motherboard Review @ T-Break

Flash Drives
Verbatim Store n Go Micro 4GB Flash Drive @ OC Modshop
Testing Out Linux File-Systems On A USB Flash Drive @ Phoronix

Misc
CM STORM Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse Review @ Overclockers HQ
TrickleStar TV TrickleSaver @ Bonafide Reviews
Insignia NS-BRDVD3 Networked Blu-ray Player Review @ i4u
Lucid HYDRA 200 Multi-GPU Technology Performance Preview @ PC Perspective
Adesso CyberTablet 6400 Review @ OC Modshop
Archos 3 8GB Touch-screen MP3 Player Review @ Everything USB

Processors
AMD Phenom II 955 @ Techware Labs

Power
ABS SL Series 1050 Power Supply @ Bjorn3D
Nexus RX-6300 630 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets
Enermax ECO80+ 620W Power Supply Review @ [H]ard|OCP

IvanV · Nov 12, 2009, 01:25 AM

I had my doubts about Hydra, but I'm glad to eat my own words.

The performance is quite good, usually around 180-190% that of the weaker card and no minimum frame rate drops such as the ones that happen to both ATI's and Nvidia's multi-GPU solutions are to be seen, at least not on the few graphs available.

EDIT: I just read the last page and it turned out that the games to be tested were hand-picked by Lucid. Still, there is potential in this.

Nov 11, 2009, 07:33 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 44,497 Rep Power: 244 System Specs	Hardware Round-up (11/11/09) SSD's Kingston SSDNow V 40GB Boot Drive SSD @ BmR Cooling Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Review @ OCC Titan Skalli CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets Cases NZXT Lexa S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis Review @ Think Computers NZXT M59 Case Review @ Neoseeker Cooler Master Storm Sniper Black Edition Case @ Legit-Reviews Thermaltake Element G Case @ Modders-Inc GFX Cards Galaxy GeForce GTX 260+ Razor Edition @ PC Perspective Leadtek Geforce GT 220 Extreme Overclocking Experiment @ Madshrimps Motherboards High-End P55 Motherboards @ Inside HW ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Motherboard Review @ T-Break Flash Drives Verbatim Store n Go Micro 4GB Flash Drive @ OC Modshop Testing Out Linux File-Systems On A USB Flash Drive @ Phoronix Misc CM STORM Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse Review @ Overclockers HQ TrickleStar TV TrickleSaver @ Bonafide Reviews Insignia NS-BRDVD3 Networked Blu-ray Player Review @ i4u Lucid HYDRA 200 Multi-GPU Technology Performance Preview @ PC Perspective Adesso CyberTablet 6400 Review @ OC Modshop Archos 3 8GB Touch-screen MP3 Player Review @ Everything USB Processors AMD Phenom II 955 @ Techware Labs Power ABS SL Series 1050 Power Supply @ Bjorn3D Nexus RX-6300 630 W Power Supply Review @ Hardware Secrets Enermax ECO80+ 620W Power Supply Review @ [H]ard\|OCP __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help HardwareHeaven by using Digg! HH Hardware Diggs / GH Gaming Diggs Last edited by MIG-31; Nov 11, 2009 at 07:54 PM.

Nov 12, 2009, 01:25 AM	#2
IvanV HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,529 Rep Power: 102 System Specs	Re: Hardware Round-up (11/11/09) I had my doubts about Hydra, but I'm glad to eat my own words. The performance is quite good, usually around 180-190% that of the weaker card and no minimum frame rate drops such as the ones that happen to both ATI's and Nvidia's multi-GPU solutions are to be seen, at least not on the few graphs available. EDIT: I just read the last page and it turned out that the games to be tested were hand-picked by Lucid. Still, there is potential in this. __________________ Feed the porkers and don't touch the buttons!