Ed’s Note

A new Era

In the two or so years, that this publication has existed, it has by and large improved with every issue. True enough there have been some difficult times as is always the case with just about every publication; for the most part it has proven itself to be a relevant and what we’d like to believe a much needed publication.

Art Director Chris Savides

Chief Reviewer

PRO

Contributing writer

Dino Strkljevic

My involvement with the magazine has changed over the years, from being a contributing writer, to a deputy editor to where I find myself now, taking the reins from a dedicated and passionate Editor. It’s beyond daunting to say the least and it’s definitely far more challenging when you are dealing with every detail as opposed to tackling specific aspects of the magazine.

It is with this new found respect that I undertook the job of steering this publication further into the right direction, at the very least moving forward with what had been established while navigating new areas for the magazine.

We may be a significantly smaller team now than before, but none the less we have great support structures along with a diverse group of partners (and a kickass designer) to further improve on what we already consider the most focused publication in this field. As before, we are unlikely to ever be the first with breaking news about any product, but we will give you, our readers - a mature and more objective view on any piece of kit we take the time to examine.

We are aware that there may have been an irregular timing to the magazine release schedule before and this is something we will be addressing immediately. So Take it as our promise to you, that unless something drastic happens, you should expect a magazine form us every second The Overclocker is published by OCL-Media cc

Editor

Neo Sibeko neo@theoverclocker.com

month, and as this one is later than we had envisioned, we will be back in November again. Rest assured we enjoy doing this in as much as we hope you enjoy reading it.

If this, as my first note reads like a eulogy or something equally exciting, ‘tis not because I lack humour, but simply because I owe you at least one Editor’s note that isn’t riddled with lamentable attempts at humour (Imagine, Kimi Raikkonen’s stand up comedy career if you will - It can only end in tragedy)

With that said, I hope you enjoy this issue of “TheOverclocker”, we’d ask you to drop us a line, but we have a paralyzing fear of keyboard Rambo’s and Prehistoric Gerbils, as such we ask only you read through, if you like it, tell your friends, if not, tell them anyway.

Signing off.

[Neo] Contributing Editor

Nick Ross

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neo@theoverclocker.com

“We’d ask you to drop us a line, but we have a paralyzing fear of keyboard Rambo’s and Prehistoric Gerbils, as such we ask only you read through, if you like it, tell your friends, if not, tell them anyway.”

4 – Ed’s Note

6 – NEWS

(Everything that’s been happening in our digital world, upcoming platform’s, hardware all exposed)

REVIEWS

10 – ASUS Crosshair 4 Formula

12 - GIGABYTE GTX460/GTS450

14- AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

(Thuban, is it everything we could have possibly hoped it would be?)

18 – CORSAIR Force 120GB SSD

20 – SUPER TALENT DDR3 2200 C8

22 – SUPER TALENT RAID DRIVE 256

24 - WESTERN DIGITAL VelociRaptor 600GB

26 – OCZ AGILITY II 60GB SSD

28 – FEATURE: GIGABYTE X58A-UD9 VS. ASUS RAMPAGE III EXTREME

(PRO takes a look at two of the best X58 motherboards on the market. Read which board can claim to be the ultimate X58 motherboard)

INTERVIEW

31- Q&A: Interview with Sup3rfly from MALAYSIA

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