Corsair
Corsair has launched its latest Hydro X series iCUE LINK XH405i RGB custom open-loop water cooling kits, replacing the older XH305i kits from 2020. The new kits feature Corsair’s latest XD5 RGB ELITE pump and reservoir, the XC7 RGB ELITE CPU waterblock, three QX120 RGB fans, and a 360mm radiator. The pump, waterblock, and fans all have the namesake iCUE LINK integration, which Corsair has been pushing throughout its entire recent generation of products. The biggest hardware-related difference between XH405i kits and previous generation XH305i kits is undoubtedly the inclusion of iCUE LINK hardware, which Corsair recently debuted with its iCUE LINK H150i RGB AIO cooler. iCUE LINK allows individual Corsair cooling components within a system to be directly connected, primarily cutting down on cable...
Corsair Hydro Series: H60, H80 and H100 Reviewed
Closed-loop liquid CPU cooling solutions are gaining popularity as more and more vendors are carrying their own variation. We've even seen both Intel and AMD announce the inclusion of...
91 by Jared Bell on 11/7/2011Corsair Carbide 500R: A Corsair in Every Home
Corsair seems to have completed their case lineup with their latest addition, the Carbide 500R. Though currently made available in black, this enthusiast-geared enclosure was originally advertised in its...
26 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/25/2011Corsair Enters the Gaming Keyboard & Mouse Market with Vengeance
In a private media event this week Corsair unveiled its latest contribution to the PC industry: gaming keyboards, mice and headsets. All of these new peripherals fall under the...
48 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/16/2011Corsair Carbide 400R: Succeeding in Reverse
Corsair started their enclosure business from the top of the market and worked their way down. Their first case was an expensive black monolith, the Obsidian 800D, popular for...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/3/2011Corsair Releases 90GB Force Series 3 and Force Series GT SSDs
Corsair just released two new 90GB SSDs: Force 3 and Force GT. Both drives were released a while ago, this update just adds the 90GB model. Corsair claims up...
5 by Kristian Vättö on 8/18/2011The SandForce Roundup: Corsair, Kingston, Patriot, OCZ, OWC & MemoRight SSDs Compared
It's a depressing time to be covering the consumer SSD market. Although performance is higher than it has ever been, we're still seeing far too many compatibility and reliability...
90 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/11/2011Corsair Obsidian 650D: Transmuting Graphite to Obsidian
Corsair pretty much stormed out of the gate when they entered the enclosure market, starting at the top with the Obsidian 800D and gradually working their way down, and...
36 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/29/2011The 2011 Mid-Range SSD Roundup: 120GB Agility 3, Intel 510 and More Compared
A year ago whenever I'd request an SSD for review I'd usually get a 128GB drive built using 3x nm 4GB 2-bit MLC NAND die. These days the standard...
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2011Corsair TX750 V2: New and Improved
Today we continue with the second part of our series of 750W power supplies. The Corsair TX V2 is the second 80 Plus Bronze certified PSU with non-modular cables...
33 by Martin Kaffei on 5/16/2011Z68 SSD Caching with Corsair's F40 SandForce SSD
I have to admit that Intel's Z68 launch was somewhat anti-climactic for me. It was the chipset we all wanted when Sandy Bridge first arrived, but now four months...
81 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/13/2011CES 2011: Corsair Performance Series 3 SSD Benchmarks
Corsair has traditionally been a very conservative player in the SSD space. It started by selling Samsung based drives and eventually moved to Indilinx (although far later than its...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/10/2011CES 2011: Visiting with Vendors
CES 2011 has kicked off in a major way and the talk on a lot of vendors lips is Sandy Bridge: what it means, what it brings to the...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/7/2011Corsair AX750 80 Plus Gold: Putting Corsair's Best to the Test
With sales of around 150,000 PSUs each month, Corsair is one of the largest vendors for retail power supplies. They have a lot of experience even if they don't...
34 by Martin Kaffei on 11/30/2010Corsair Graphite Series 600T: Cool and Quiet
Over the past couple of years, Corsair has been branching out from just producing system memory. They've moved into Solid State Disks, power supplies, enclosures, and even brought their...
69 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/26/2010Corsair HS1 Gaming Headset
At the risk of sounding like a puff piece and marketing drivel, Corsair has been essentially synonymous with quality hardware for a while now. If you were having trouble...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/4/2010Corsair to release the H70
Water cooling is typically seen for an enthusiast, requiring pumps, reservoirs, tubing, know-how, and a cautious mind not to spill water all over your precious components. The benefits...
46 by Ian Cutress on 8/4/2010Understanding SandForce's SF-1200 & SF-1500, Not All Drives are Equal
Less than 24 hours ago I was called into a meeting with SandForce, the SSD controller manufacturer that has been on fire lately. The company makes two controllers: the...
84 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/16/2010Corsair's Force SSD Reviewed: SF-1200 is Very Good
Late last year we were told that SandForce's client controller, the SF-1200 wouldn't be as solid of a performer as the SF-1500. It would be on par with Indilinx's...
63 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/14/2010This Just In: Corsair Force 100GB SSD (SF-1200)
Testing is nearly complete on the last Corsair SSD that came my way, but this morning UPS dropped off another surprise: the Corsair Force SSD. Based on a derivative...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/13/2010