AMD was very clear about their intentions for the APU design when they first announced a new socket for these chips. The price, design, platform, and highlight features were all clearly targeted at the entry-level and mid-range markets. The only question I had was what did AMD consider to be mid-range? The difference in performance for a mid-range AMD graphics …

The Futurelooks Wall-Sit Endurance Challenge has been known by many names in the past. At Fragapalooza 2009 it was called the “GIGABYTE Ultra Durable Challenge“. Then at LANcouver 2011, it was called the “GIGABYTE G1-Killer Endurance Challenge“. But with ASUS as the presenting sponsor of LANcouver 2012, you know that’s not going to “sit well” with …

At CES 2012 back in January, we caught up with Thermaltake to see what was new. We found out that their TteSPORTS division had a number of new things to show off including a new line of clothing and accessories. Initially we thought that this was just your typical branded promo clothing. As it turns out, this would be a …

At last year’s LANcouver 2011, the Kingston HyperX Keyboard Hucking (Chucking) Challenge drew a big crowd that lined up for a chance to win a Kingston SSD. This year, we shortened the name, trimmed some keyboard cables, and made it even more difficult by introducing a little water hazard that messed a lot of “tossers” up in this year’s competition. …

LAN events always have some great non-gaming activities for everyone to take part in and LANcouver 2012 offered a few really great ones. One of the things we wanted to do was a PC building demonstration that had two people, with the help of a coach, rebuild their PCs into new cases. A case swap competition if you will. While …

The second panel of LANcouver 2012 took place bright and early. When I say bright and early, I mean 10AM on June 30, 2012. After all, this is a LAN party and chances are, people slept at their keyboards.

For the most important panel of the LANcouver University curriculum, Futurelooks enlisted the help of ASUS, NVIDIA, NCIX and ANTEC. In …

Although LANcouver 2012 has come and gone over the Canada Day long weekend, its affect on gamers and enthusiasts in Western Canada has been felt. As we sort through all our videos and pictures from the event, we are constantly reminded of the good that this event has done and part of that had to do with the panels that …

Thin and light is the name of the game. You no longer have to lug around a heavy laptop to get the full PC experience, thanks to the recent generation of Intel-powered ultrabooks. Today, we take a look at the Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook that slots right into that market. The silver anodized aluminum body immediately speaks to the higher …

It’s been a while since I put a few elite overclocking DDR3 memory kits to work on any these pimped out Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge test systems. While overclocking the memory itself won’t give you any gains, overclocking the CPU at the same time is what allows you to use that bandwidth. You have to do both and …