We should all be very well versed by now on just how fast solid state drives are compared to their spindle based ancestors, but how fast are they when compared to each other? Controller chips and flash memory modules differ…
Read more SSD Roundup, Speedy Storage Solutions
The trend for most netbook manufacturers has been to make as colorful and shiny a design as you can in order to draw the customer’s eyes to your product, fortunately for your unassuming self Lenovo has a model to keep…
With increasing amounts of power being crammed into smaller spaces it’s tough finding a heatsink that won’t tower right on through your slim case’s side panel. Thermaltake thinks it has a solution to that problem for you.The company’s MeOrb heatsink…
Read more Thermaltake MeOrb Heatsink, Low Profile LGA775 Cooling
AMD has a habit of putting reasonably powerful graphics cores into a number of their chipsets. Their upcoming 785G is another example sporting a custom built Radeon HD 4200 core that might enable your low-power build to do something other…
Read more AMD's 785G Chipset Graphics Performance AKA Your HTPC can Game
The miniITX form factor has been making a bit of a name for itself, what with all of the hype surrounding the Intel Atom which has led to quite a few motherboards based around the design (although you’ll find some…
Read more SilverStone's SUGO SG06, Stylish mini-ITX PC Case
It’s not like it’s a well kept secret or anything but, well, Nvidia would like for you to know that the Microsoft Zune HD will be powered by their Tegra system on a chip processor. Their low-power design sports all…
Read more Nvidia's Tegra Powers the Microsoft Zune HD…Officially we Mean
Crucial is widely known for their desktop and notebook memory products but the company isn’t content with simply storing your data on some volatile memory, oh no they’ve expanded to the solid state drive space in order to offer speedy…
Read more Crucial's M225, Speedy SSD Storage
Microsoft’s upcoming WIndows 7 launch will bring with it another important piece of software for gamers, DirectX 11 (which will also support Vista). Ok DX11 is targeted at much more than just the gaming segment (GPGPU usage for one) but…
Read more AMD's DirectX 11 Preview, Evergreens Uncanny Valley Making Prowess
The enthusiast set tends to zero in on the products that give them the most bang for the buck, they also tend to take things to the extreme which can lead to those products failing mighty quickly so saving a…
Read more AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE CPU, from boxed chip to Overclocked in Record Time
Getting some form of storage attached to your network, which is conveniently called Network Attached Storage, allows you to easily backup your files and share them with any other computer on your network. Getting that done in the past meant…
Read more Synology Disk Station DS409slim, DIY Network Attached Storage on the Cheap
AMD has had a rough time at the high-end of the processor market. The company hasn’t had an answer to Intel’s Core i7 lineup but that’s ok with them as they’re putting up a good battle with the high-end Core…
Read more AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Launched, Bumping the Clock Rates
