November 2009

by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2009 · 0 comments

A quality headset allows you to listen to those enemy agents sneaking up on you and saves you the considerable noise complaints when all you want is to hear stuff blowing up really loudly. Though that won’t stop them from hearing you if you are the yelling type. The Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset allows […]

Read more Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset lets you taunt your friends in style

by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2009 · 0 comments

Shuttle can be credited with making the small form factor computer popular, what with their diminutive designs that took the latest and greatest components and rearranged them in such a way that they’d fit comfortably in such cramped quarters. The new Shuttle XPC SX58H7 supports Intel’s Core i7 processors which is quite the powerful chip […]

Read more Shuttle XPC SX58H7 enables compact high-end computing

by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2009 · 0 comments

Constantly aiming for the high-end has some unintended effects on your PC. That top of the line card is going to want a new power supply to keep it happy and an appropriate processor and memory to keep it busy with new information to render. Perhaps shooting a little lower will save you some cash […]

Read more Asus Radeon HD 5850 produces the framerates that you desire

by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2009 · 0 comments

Normally when you go for the low-end of the market you know what you’re in for. You’re looking for some cost savings or power savings by going with chips that aren’t as powerful as the more expensive options but still offer plenty of power for the mundane usage scenarios. There’s still room for tweaking though. […]

Read more EVGA GeForce GT 220 SSC DDR3 the low-end tweaker’s approach

by Rafael Hernandez on November 12, 2009 · 0 comments

The the ever shrinking computer got a little more stylish today with Dell’s launch of the Inspiron Zino HD in the US. While you might mistake it as some Intel Atom sporting nettop the machine actually sports much more robust AMD processor options. The machine offers up configuration options of single or dual core chips, […]

Read more Dell Zino HD is minuscule but sports some muscle

by Rafael Hernandez on November 12, 2009 · 0 comments

Sony/Toshiba/IBM’s joint effort to create a monstrous number crunching chip has been limited to the PlayStation 3 and a few niche applications that need the sort of power the chip is pumping out. Now it’s making its way to the PC to help you with your media creation. The Leadtek PxVC1100 MPEG-2/H.264 Transcoding Card utilizes […]

Read more Leadtek PxVC1100 MPEG-2/H.264 Transcoding Card speeds up your video processing

by Rafael Hernandez on November 11, 2009 · 1 comment

Yes your new rig is quite impressive what with its many hyper-threaded cores and graphics cards to match, unfortunately your RAM isn’t keeping up with the demands for bandwidth. Whatever will you do? Kingston’s HyperX T1 4GB DDR3-2133 memory kit allows for some mighty fine overclocking allowing your computer to hit new performance heights without […]

Read more Kingston HyperX T1 4GB DDR3-2133 kit handles the high speeds easily

by Rafael Hernandez on November 11, 2009 · 0 comments

There was a time when you’d have to stick to one of the two graphics chips makers in case you wanted, some day, the Multi-GPU upgrade option. Heck you even had to stay within the same card generation, same specs as well, if you wanted that sweet sweet frame rate boost two graphics cards offered. […]

Read more Lucid Hydra 200 brings multiple vendor graphics cards together at last

by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2009 · 0 comments

When Zalman’s radial shaped heatsinks were first launched I was a bit skeptical on how well they would perform given their distinctive shape compared to the high-end competition of the time, needless to say many of the competitors are long gone and Zalman’s designs are still one of the top choices for keeping your CPU […]

Read more Zalman CNPS9900A LED contiues the high-end cooling tradition

by Pedro Hernandez on November 9, 2009 · 0 comments

Will HTC follow the lead of fellow handset maker Nokia and dive into the netbook market? Definitely maybe, at least according to James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun. At the HD2 launch this week, CEO Peter Chou let slip that the company is “carefully looking into [the netbook] category and how it can be part of that.” […]

Read more HTC “carefully looking” at netbooks

by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2009 · 0 comments

Seeing a high end brand labeled on products outside of their market usually means you paid more for that cologne or set of luggage…in other words nothing of value was added. This changes things a bit. The Acer Ferrari One Netbook switches things up by piling on some spirited hardware into an extremely tiny and […]

Read more Acer Ferrari One Netbook is actually speedy