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I was recently at QUAKECON 2012 in Dallas and while I was there I noticed a lot of people playing a new MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) called SMITE. So I decided to get my very own Beta Key and give it a try. Gameplay in SMITE is challenging, fast paced, and a lot of fun!  I also found that, while they’ve done a great job laying out the keyboard, your gameplay can be greatly enhanced with the creation of a few simple macros.  The perfect venue to show off some of the capabilities of the Vengeance M90 Laser Gaming Mouse!  ;-)

One of the best parts about my job at Corsair is pushing our DDR3 memory to its limits. As you may have seen in the past I set the DRAM Frequency World Record and recently pushed our new Dominator Platinum memory to 3000MHz at Computex 2012. Not everybody can overclock to 3000MHz so let’s take a look at what the 2133MHz, 2400MHz, and 2666MHz Dominator Platinum kits can achieve.

Efficiency is something we hear about a lot when talking about power supplies.  Today, we're going to talk about what efficiency means, how it is calculated and how having a more efficient Corsair power supply can save money on your electric bill over a lesser efficient power supply unit.

Just this past month, Corsair introduced the AX1200i Digital ATX power supply; a 1200W power supply for desktop computers with DSP (digital signal processing) and 80 Plus Platinum efficiency.  Platinum is currently the highest level of efficiency certified for desktop power supplies by the people behind 80 Plus; testing for at least 92% efficiency at 50% load.  Compared to a unit that is 80% efficient or one that is not 80 Plus certified at all that can have an efficiency as low as 60 to 70%, how much money can you save on your electric bill?

The efficiency of the AX1200i PSU

The Corsair Force Series 3 Notebook Upgrade Kit SSDs, or NUK, comes with a software CD that is also a bootable disk that loads a Linux based version of the Apricorn Easy GIG IV software. Users that desire to perform their upgrade in a Linux environment can simply boot off the CD and they can perform the update on a system that has no existing operating system if needed. Users can also create a bootable USB flash drive which will allow the user to load the Linux utility, and run the update from that drive which is a very useful feature for systems with no CD drives such as netbooks.

The spectacle of the London Olympic Games may be over, but in Germany at least, the games are set to continue... And there isn't a javelin or a pair of tight Lycra running shorts in sight. That's because this week Germany's fourth largest city, Cologne, plays host to gamescom 2012, Europe's biggest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment. And Corsair will be there in force!

Hello everyone. My name is Jonny Gerow, but a lot of people know me by my alias "jonnyGURU". I started up a little website humbly called jonnyGURU.com, where we primarily review computer power supply units. I'm very happy to say that I am now working at Corsair as a technical marketing specialist for power supplies and I'm excited to be given the opportunity to play with Corsair's newest unit: the AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply.

Last week, I cracked one open and showed everyone what it looks like on the inside and how it works. Today I get to put the AX1200i through the paces on some of this test equipment I happen to have sitting here.

Today we're going to take our newest flagship power supply, the 1200 watt AX Series™ AX1200i digital ATX fully-modular PSU, and find out what makes it different — or dare I say, superior to every other PC power supply currently on the market.  Anyone can promise 80 PLUS® Platinum efficiency, superior voltage regulation, and minimal ripple and noise, but today we're going to crack one open and show you how we go well beyond that mark.

The Force Series™ 3 Notebook Upgrade Kit, or NUK, comes with a CD for use with both Mac OS® and Microsoft® Windows®.The CD provides a tutorial on how to use the Mac disk utility built in to the Mac OS. The included written instructions are very good and here we have augmented them with screen shots.

For those readers that are interested, our Windows How-To guide can be found here.

The NUK has been designed to be what I previously defined as chimple — so simple a chimp can do it. Using this kit with a Mac is in fact chimple as evidenced by the fact that I completed it easily.

We recently released a new lineup of Air Series case fans, which come in both AirFlow (AF) and Static Pressure (SP) versions. In this blog I will define the terms that are traditionally used to describe the characteristics of fans, and talk about the difference between "airflow" and "static pressure." I will also show you how we test the fans and how we were able to accurately determine the specifications for each fan. Let’s start with a quick explanation of the terminology which is used when describing the characteristics of fans:

In late 2011 I received an email from Caleb Tote, one of the primary organizers of the SWVA (Southwest Virginia) LAN event. According to their Facebook page, "SWVA is A 100% non-profit organization, offering gaming events to local programmers, gamers, and all types of computer enthusiasts." Caleb told me who he was, explained the history and scope of their LAN event, and asked about how to apply for a LAN sponsorship package from Corsair for their April 12-13, 2012 LAN event.