Intel’s motherboards have a reputation for being somewhat…bland. Sure they offer stable performance and security features, so they’re tried and true, but most other manufacturers tend to pass over for the full throttle overclocking prowess so they get all of…
Read more The Intel DX58SO, A Performance Platform
Intel’s Core i7 CPU certainly has the muscle to be called a performance chip. Its as of yet released Core i7 975 XE ups the ante with a much faster clock speed and, better still, may be host to a…
Read more X-bit labs Tests The Intel Core i7 975 XE D0 Stepping
When one considers the microATX form factor its best trait is the small footprint it has in comparison to larger ATX boards. It’s all about the size in that market so very little focus is actually placed into making performance…
Intel’s Core i7 CPU is a beast when it comes to number crunching, far outpacing every other desktop chip known to man. Of course there are those odd circumstances where you’ll want to use it in something outside of its…
We’re not one to disagree with stuffing your Intel Core i7 based system with oodles of memory, on the contrary we encourage it. There’s nothing that’ll bring a big grin to your face like barely having to hit your system’s…
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Intel’s Core i7 launch brought about new performance levels for us to enjoy, unfortunately the prices on components used to support the new CPUs cost almost as much as the chip themselves.As with most gadgets, time has brought down the…
Read more Intel X58 Express On The Cheap, Gigabyte EX58-UD3R And EX58-UD4P
Value memory kits tend to be bland products with non-descript names and, in general, lag far behind performance oriented memory, OCZ wants to change all of that it seems. Their Reaper TC DDR3 1866 triple channel memory kit sports some…
Read more OCZ Reaper TC DDR3 1866, A Speedy Triple Channel Kit
Intel’s Core i7 has the sort of breakneck performance that is truly worthy of that upgrade you’ve been putting off, of course you’ll need the perfect memory kit in order to match its insatiable bandwidth needs. Given the tight voltage…
Read more DDR3 Memory Kit Roundup, Keeping Your Core i7 Happy
In the past motherboards were something that just helped the pricier stuff in your computer communicate with all of the other pricier stuff. Seeing as how it has increased its workload and is expected to handle quite a bit more…
If you were wondering what Intel had in store in terms of new chip decals, you’re in luck. Cnet has scored a matrix of the “badges” you’ll soon see festooning new PCs. The new decals have a new chip die…
Read more Intel Chip Logoverload
Intel’s Nehalem architecture, commonly found in the company’s Core i7 desktop chips, has been tearing up benchmarks for a few months now completely outclassing the competition, and its own previous generation, by a wide margin.The company has been working to…
Read more Intel Xeon W5580, Nehalem Goes Upmarket
