NZXT Gamma Review

Introduction:

Gaming is evolving! Becoming the prime concern for many geeks out there who have a computer. And the nerds are up for it and already upgrading! Today, we tried to look at the NZXT Gamma. The cabinet holds about everything to be a gamer's choice who wants the PC to stay under control and do not OVER heat. Well, that is our prime concern too! That is why we have this for you!

First Looks and Ergonomics:

The first looks at the cabinet reveal a very good-looking case with a really nice front! Really, NZXT has worked on the case and has given it one wonderful design for the price! The front bay as you can see is complemented by carefully designed switches, pin-point positioned 2 X Audio Jacks, 2 X USB 2.0 Headers and 1 X eSATA Ports. The cabinet is made fully of high grade steel and is feather like in weight! The blue light glow and display the cabinet like an ultimate warrior while the slight curves show thoughtfulness!

As it can be expected, the bottom is fully equipped with full rubber grommets and the side supports two fans of each size ranging from 80mm to 120mm. Pretty much huh? You bet!

The side panels were of extreme quality and on the other side, you find a panel with space for wire management which is enough for mid-range gaming builds. :)

The top has 2 X 120mm/140mm fan slots which will keep your system fine under the harshest conditions! Basically aimed at cooling the system by supplying additional air, this is not gonna work well if you plan to set this 140mm/120mm in a Push-Pull config along with your CPU Cooler, this is ought to interfere.

So, that is all about the top when compared to the side!

The back of the case consists of a slot to put in a 92mm, 120mm or 140mm case fan which is pretty good and provide expandability and flexibility.

 We also found an expansion at the front for the 120mm fan for the HDDs but there was NO FAN INCLUDED. We would like to also inform you that there are no filters whatsoever except for the bottom PSU Mount. NZXT Cares for your Power!

The Inside:

The first thing we got our eyes at was the HDD mount. NZXT takes it away here too with Tool-Less Design  for easy mounting and removal of HDDs. HDDs are really easy to deal with using this design and we at Techiies really liked it.

Basically, the cabinet is designed for total flexibility with mATX and ATX motherboards so that you can upgrade a lot. The area behind the CPU Cooler is also opened up for easy mounting and removal of coolers for CPU.

The cable management space is absolutely fine for many builds, especially budget rigs will find it more than enough. The front panel cables and the goodies box were lying strapped right to the inside of the case which consisted of the following bags:

1 x Screws For Fan mounting

1 x Screws for Chassis

1 x Bag for Motherboard and PSU

1x Bag of Thumb Screws.

And that would set your whole system up.

The back was mounted and ready with 7 x Expansion Slots.

Specifications:

MODEL GAMMA SERIES CASE TYPE MID TOWER Black interior chassis FRONT PANEL MATERIAL Steel DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) 190 X 449 X 508 mm COOLING SYSTEM FRONT, 1 x 120mm SIDE, 2 x 120mm TOP, 2 x 140/120mm REAR, 1 x 120mm, 23db/42CFM (included) DRIVE BAYS 11 DRIVE BAYS 4 EXTERNAL 5.25" DRIVE BAYS 7 INTERNAL 3.5" DRIVE BAYS MATERIAL(S) Steel Construction EXPANSION SLOTS 7 WEIGHT 6 kg MOTHERBOARD SUPPORT ATX, MICRO-ATX, BABY AT CPU COOLER CLEARANCE 143.5mm (with fan) 168.5mm (without fan)

So, after seeing all that, you have an Idea of how it is and what it holds! Now, that was all about only the cabinet. 

I definitely recommend it. For under 50$, it is one of the best chassis you might stumble upon.

Rating : 4.5/5

Available at:

Newegg

THEITWARES (India)

Sapphire Toxic HD 7970 GHz Edition Review

Ah, The Toxic cards from Sapphire! One of the most reputed series of cards in my sight!

These have a very nice way of saying thing with the looks and the cooler has always been effective! The cards are supposed to be the best of the best and give the best gaming performance is it is a flagship card from Sapphire. The card has been blessed with Sapphire's lethal boost technology which basically allows overclocking up to 1200 MHz and the Memory to 1600 MHz provided that you are not running hot!

Better VRAM pays off when you have high resolutions and stepped up Anti-Aliasing to a whole new level! Sapphire put in the efforts to take it to a whole 6GB of GDDR5 on a PCI-E 3.0 Controller and this adds a whole new level to it. So, conclusion from the statement can be the target of Sapphire. Basically "Gamers".

So, getting on to Eyefinity, nobody will say that you are going to need an Eyefinity edition of the card to run multiple monitors, it can be done easily using splitters! But can the AMD's Tahiti under the Massive cooler handle this ?

Sapphire, gave the Toxic edition a hit with the Highest-End board in the market from itself which allows the built-in TDP limiter to push the clocks behind the thermal rate!

The card runs a 6GB memory at 1600 MHz (6600 MHz Effective) and that is quite blessed :P

Now, the card features 1 x Dual-Link DVI, 1 x Single-Link DVI, 1 x HDMI and 2 x Mini Display Connectors and all of this on 6GB VRAM.

BTW, what do you get when you pay so many bucks? Well, you are special as the cooler is specifically designed for the card with an all new Vapor Chamber.

So, the card goes pretty thick (Almost 3 Slots) and pretty cool with its 4 heatpipes !

The back of the PCB is covered too with a support plate to cool the Memory and is in good shape!

So, in here, Sapphire has got an 8 + 1 + 1 Phase design and dubbed Lethal power modules. Eight phases are there for the GPU while others for the Memory.

Sapphire gave us Black Diamond Chokes, MOSFETs and DirectFET Technology by International Rectifiers on both the sides. For everything else, there's the Heatsink.

The power regulator was from CHiL and there were 2 X 8-Pin power connectors seen. Ah my favorite part,    Next we saw a button, I just pressed the button to notice a great performance difference! NOT to my surprise, it was the Lethal Boost button right next to the CrossfireX Connectors!

Coming to an end, after overclocking, the performance had a considerable increase and the fan noise was quite low. The temperatures were under control and the card proved to be very stable.

Now, attaching 6 Monitors (1920 X 1080), we launched Crysis 2 with DX11 at high resolution and got ~17 FPS! And it was exciting as with 4 Displays (1920 X 1080) we could get ~20 FPS. Not much of a difference though but the card pays off!

Sapphire also has done a very nice job with robust VRMs. They do not heat much and are pretty robust hence giving a massive headroom for overclocking.

So, at the bottom

I would say, just go for it as it may not be the best but with further firmware updates, the card will have better performance. Plus, the card's Vapor-X Technology makes the full use of its capabilities.

Kudos,

Kush