Published August 13, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s highly sought after Zune HD personal media player has hit pre-order status on numerous e-tailers. Why all of the interest? Well: OLED touchscreen displayHD Radio tuner built-in720p video output Are some of the tempting features, that and their inclusion…

Read more Zune HDs are now Available for Pre-order, If you're into that sort of thing

Published August 12, 2009 · 0 comments

While the outright processor performance tests will heavily favor Intel’s latest and greatest CPU when it comes to gaming things aren’t so clear cut. Many of today’s latest titles depend more on the graphics card in order to achieve higher…

Read more AMD Phenom II vs Intel Core i7, Gaming Value Tested

Published August 12, 2009 · 0 comments

Sometimes you’re going for all out performance so the best option in cooling off your components is a necessity, other times you just need something cheap to cool off your processor. We’re betting most users fall into the latter category.ProClockers…

Read more Cooler Master Hyper TX3, Heatsink on the Cheap

Published August 12, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD and Intel each have their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to the overall system platforms they create. Those weaknesses can usually be shored up with added peripherals on a desktop computer but that’s not exactly possible in the…

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Published August 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Most sound cards are all about how many discrete channels of audio they support and their fancy spec sheets that tout features which will make your speakers sound like the top notch audio equipment that they are. The reality is…

Read more Xonar Essence STX and X-Fi Forte 7.1, Headphone Miracle Workers

Published August 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel has had the netbook market all to themselves for , well, as long as its been around with their minimalist Atom processors and old-hat 945G chipset sewing it all up into a neat little package for computer makers to…

Read more AMD Launches Dual-Core Embedded CPUs, Netbooks their Next Target?

Published August 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s upcoming Zune HD personal media player made a bit of a splash over the past few months coming in with a feature set that surpasses anything else on the market today or in the foreseeable future. Of course you’ll…

Read more Zune HD Pricing Leaked, Save Your Pennies

Published August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Progress, it’s a good thing.In this case it’s a great thing as Kingston has announced that they’ve launched their new SSDNow V+ series of solid state drives. 64, 128, and 256GB drives are in their product plans with the 64GB…

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Published August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

You have to feel some form of pity for the marketing types, the guys that decide what to call products and, eventually how to market them. There are only so many ways you can desribe something as worth purchasing. What…

Read more OCZ Agility 120GB SSD Drive, In a Word: Peppy

Published August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 is shaping up to be the operating system Windows users actually feel compelled to upgrade to. Gone are the early driver headaches and hassles that Vista users encountered but does it equal better performance in graphics intensive…

Read more Windows 7 vs Vista, Graphics Performance Compared

Published August 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 295 setup was the fastest "single card" graphics product on the market for some time. The issue was that the design is in fact two graphics cards attached together into a nightmare cooling scenario. This changes things.Gainward’s…

Read more Gainward Single PCB GTX 295, Incredibly Fast and now Much Longer