We used iTunes to convert an uncompressed .wav file into a high-quality (160 Kbps) MP3 file, and checked how many seconds each CPU took to perform this operation. Therefore, the results below are given in seconds, so the lower the number the better.
Here the Core i5-3470 and the FX-8350 achieved the same performance level. The new CPU from AMD was 9% faster than the FX-8150 and 11% faster than the Core i5-2500K.
Learn how to enable AMD’s Cool’n’Quiet technology, present on Athlon 64 CPUs, which lowers the CPU temperature and system noise.
This time we tested Evercool HPH-9525EA, a CPU cooler with a horizontal heatsink, blue LED 95-mm fan and three heatpipes. Check it out!
CM Storm releases a lightweight stereo model with big and comfortable ear pads. Let’s take a look.
The GlacialTech Siberia is a CPU cooler with a horizontal heatsink, one 140 mm and one 92 mm fans, and six heatpipes. Let’s check it out.
Corsair releases Vengeance, a new line of headsets that replaces the old digital HS1 model, which we tested before. Let’s take a look at the analog model, the Vengeance 1300.
Zalman has launched a new series of budget cases, the Z9. Let’s take a look at the Z9 Plus model.