CustomPC writes: "We recently had the chance to test Intel's latest overclocking-friendly CPU, the Core 2 Duo E8600, at Amari's labs near Watford. Not content with merely wowing us with their Dream PCs 2008 entry - the fantastic submersion-cooled XCP - Amari provided the facilities to overclock the E8600 with liquid nitrogen. Custom PC was aided by two of the UK's best-known overclockers from BenchTec, Sacha35 (Paul Watkinson) and Bazx (Barry Wynd), where we cooled the chip to a chilly -120°C and achieved some truly impressive clock speeds and benchmark results."
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Crazy to see what these chips are really capable of. Perhaps it's time people started looking at better cooling solutions (& OCing) than working on speeding up chips in small incremental steps that cost the user a bomb to upgrade but dont offer a massive amount of gain.
Obviously I'm not talking to the extent of Liquid Nitrogen, but I have a Q6600 @3.2 with only "minor" modifications to the cooling/case cooling.
If you have ever played that game on a huge map your units wont move after you have given them a command because the cpu is so busy catching up on previous orders and handling the ai.
I'v thinking about getting an AMD Processor due to their reliability. They seem to run cooler then they use to and a lot cooler then Intel's chips.
What you guys think about this:
Two Intel Core 2 Duos with two 8800 GTX (SLI).
Water cooled.
or should I get just one 9800 GPU instead of two 8800.
I got a nice Antec 900 case that hasn't even used yet!
Turbo Nerd!!! altho i wouldnt mind getting my mits on some of that liquid nitrogen!!
Oh no anti static wrist bands or mats:(