Intel’s Core i5 and i7 processors have the sort of performance that make people take notice. It’s undisputed performance hasn’t been completely tested in the mid-range so TechSpot went about comparing the Intel Core i7 920 / 860, Core i5…
Read more Mid-range Quad Cores Compared, results not so clear cut
To the common PC user one heatsink will look just like any other heatsink, then again the normal PC user doesn’t go mucking about the insides of his PC. Performance enthusiasts are always on the lookout for something to make…
Read more CPU Heatsinks Compared AKA That's A Lot Of Heatpipes
Trying to put together a computer that’s eco-friendly, or low noise, means you’re going to have to give up a bit of performance for quite a bit of power saving. Case in point are the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S…
Read more Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S/Q9550S, Quad Cores Go Low-Power
Living out your days waiting for your computer to finish up its workload? Having trouble keeping up with the enemy in the latest games? If you’re still toiling under the constraints of a dual core, or *gasp* single core*, processor…
The multi-core approach has allowed for some impressive number crunching gains, unfortunately the larger these chips get the more power hungry they are. Intel has gone through the trouble of binning their chips and has put out the Core 2…
The motherboard one-upmanship continues with Gigabyte’s new EP45-EXTREME motherboard for Intel CPUs. The board takes a mid-range priced chipset and packs on the features such as a water-coolable northbridge/southbridge/mosfet heatpiped cooler and improved power regulation circuitry. Techgage has some interesting…
Read more Gigabyte EP45-EXTREME Reviewed, More Extreme Than Most
