While the latest and greatest quad-cores are all the rage sometimes you just need a basic chip for those tasks that don’t demand all that much and those situations where you want lower power usage a look at dual-core…
Read more AMD's Athlon II X2 550, CPU on the Cheap
The old concept behind a home theater PC was to create a system that would visually fit in with the other components which usually turns into a noisey mess because you’re cooling off some power hungry components.ASRock’s ION 330-BD…
Read more ASRock's ION 330-BD, A Compact Tweaker's Home Theater Dream PC
Nvidia’s Ion platform has been touted as a great compromise between good performance and low power usage. Hard to wonder why considering its powerful, yet integrated, GPU and Intel Atom CPU combined make it an intriguing choice for HTPC…
Read more Zotac's MiniITX Nvidia Ion Motherboard
Nothing gets the heart going like a brand new processor launch, of course it’s not as impressive when it’s a dual-core chip but we’ll take any excitement we can get. It’s AMD’s turn at trying to rile up enthusiasts…
Read more AMD Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition Launched, Reviewed
Intel’s Atom CPU has all of the makings of a miracle little chip. It has carried the netbook industry on its shoulders with its “powerful-enough” processing and low-power requirements making it the perfect match for portable computers.That should be enough…
Read more HardwareZone Reviews The Intel D945GCLF2
With all of the hub-bub surrounding Intel and AMD’s high end chips you may be shocked to find out that there are still those that may prefer a dual-core CPU of the Core 2 era, especially on the enthusiast front….
Read more Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 VS E8600, A Tale Of Two Caches
In general low-end CPU launches are nothing to get excited about. Sure they have the same feature sets as their cousins above them in the pricing charts but they don’t contain the same performance. In comes AMD’s Athlon X2 7750…
Read more AMD Athlon X2 7750/7550, Phenom Halved
