CPU coolers have come a long way over the past few years combining a few subtle, and not so subtle, design tweaks to the mix. Of course when all of the minor changes aren’t enough you can just throw brute force at the problem. The Noctua NH-U12P SE2 comes prepped with a pair of 120mm […]
CPU coolers tend to vary in performance and quality quite a bit, what’s extremely expensive might perform a slight bit better but the cheaper option isn’t lagging behind too badly. Getting great cooling performance doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus offers up some impressive features, […]
Read more Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus cools your processor right quick
Solid State Drive performance depends on quite a few factors but the biggest tends to be the controller driving all of the individual memory chips. A good controller is needed in order to keep data moving for the best possible performance. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Toshiba T6UG1XBG Solid State Drive Controller found […]
Read more Toshiba T6UG1XBG Solid State Drive Controller powers…SSD drives
While there’s a huge benefit to the top-end of the market once a new GPU hits the street there’s an equally large performance boost to the mid-range and low-end graphics cards based on the newest cores. Testseek Labs has a look at the AMD Radeon HD 5670 graphics card which promises a good performance jump […]
Read more AMD Radeon HD 5670 sports a fine graphics pedigree
Putting together a gaming rig used to mean laying down a rather large chunk of cash for the best components that would give you an advantage over the competition…or in some cases just to run that new game that requires insane system resources. Thankfully the mid-range isn’t too far off from the high-end nowadays. The […]
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With all of the focus on high-end hardware it’s easy to overlook the changes at the low-end of the market, specifically those that will likely power office machines and entry level systems for years to come. Intel’s DH55TC motherboard supports the company’s recently launched Core i3 and Core i5 “Clarkdale” CPUs which feature an integrated […]
Read more Intel DH55TC Motherboard serves up basic Clarkdale support
HP, being a technology oriented company, comes up with some nifty gear on occasion but their latest innovation, dubbed the “Wall of Touch” sports some mighty impressive technology that harnesses 9 43″ LCD displays with some optical touch screen functionality all wrapped up in an impressive package. You’re unlikely to see it in your house […]
It’s readily apparent that Solid State Drives outperform the age-old spindle-based solutions by insanely wide margins and, as time goes on, the performance gap is only going to get larger while they come down in price. The G.Skill Falcon II 128GB SSD offer blazing performance and can even outrun some of its SSD based competition. […]
Read more G.Skill Falcon II 128GB SSD is as fast as you’d imagine
In an effort to ease that oh-so-common driver nightmare we’ve begun to host a wider variety of popular peripheral drivers. Today we’ve covered driver files for C-Media’s audio lineup. Enjoy! C-Media CMI8768 Windows 7, Vista, XP Audio Drivers C-Media CMI8768+ Windows Vista, XP Audio Drivers C-Media CMI8770 Windows 7, Vista, XP Audio Drivers C-Media CMI8787 […]
When you’re lugging around a laptop wherever you go you tend to want something that takes up little space and doesn’t weigh so much, fortunately for everyone the trend in portable computing has been edging towards smaller computers. The Asus UL30A trims the fat on a fully featured notebook and makes use of ultra low […]
The bulk of the graphics cards that are released with a GPU launch tend to stick near the factory settings because most manufacturers are in a rush to get their products to market quicker, the more interesting stuff comes along later. The XFX Radeon HD 5870 XXX Edition serves up a bit of a clock […]
