July 2010

by Rafael Hernandez on July 7, 2010 · 0 comments

Gateway LT32 netbook keyboard display angle picture

Netbooks have been a bit of a weird computing device since it offers the type of battery life we want but it lacks the processing and graphics power to handle media rich content. Thankfully Gateway’s LT32 netbook makes fine use of the AMD Athlon II Neo K125 processor paired with the potent ATI Radeon HD […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 7, 2010 · 0 comments

Hitachi LifeStudio Mobile Plus external hard drive picture

If your aren’t content with the glowing monoliths of storage that are external hard drives you might be happy to know that Hitachi GST has launched their new LifeStudio line of storage drives which promise to make the backup process easier than ever and offers up some handy “cloud” storage. The LifeStudio Mobile line keeps […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 1, 2010 · 0 comments

ATI Radeon HD 5870 video card picture

Aside from the Hybrid CrossFire or Lucid Hydra multi-GPU coprocessor you don’t see many people delving into mis-matched graphics card pairs since they usually aren’t supported or they’re thought to be an inefficient usage of a high-end gamer’s time. Interestingly the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 seem to pair up quite nicely, given their […]

Read more Radeon HD 5870 + 5850 CrossFireX pushes framerates quite nicely

by Rafael Hernandez on July 1, 2010 · 0 comments

Noctua NH-U9B SE2 heatsink picture

Once you’ve put together your brand new rig the last thing you want to run into is a peripheral not quite fitting into your case once it’s all said and done, especially when it’s that all important CPU heatsink. The Noctua NH-U9B SE2 makes some airflow concessions by going with a 92mm fan but that […]

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