Intel’s Atom processor and its antiquated chipset combination have made themselves quite popular by offering “good enough” performance for the netbook and nettop markets, of course users want something that’s quite a bit more powerful as time goes on.According to…
Read more Next Generation Atoms Detailed, Pineview/Pine Trail Platform Details
Intel’s Hyper-threading technology was supposed to improve a system’s performance by keeping the CPU fully stocked with work to do.In reality its performance benefits weren’t fully realized by previous operating systems and, in some cases, could cause performance to…
Read more Windows 7 to Leverage Hyper-threading Performance Enhancements
If there’s something that can ruin your brand new PC build it’s a massive tower heatsink that sticks out way too far stopping your PC’s panel from closing properly. Of course the majority of new coolers sport such a configuration…
Read more Thermaltake ISGC-100 CPU Heatsink, An Alternative to the Tower Style
There’s a segment of the notebook market that slots in between the inexpensive integrated graphics toting models and the high-end game destroying monsters. The Asus F70 comfortably fits in with its Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and Nvidia GeForce…
Read more Asus F70 Laptop, A Budget Mobile Multimedia Wonder
There was a time when every single component in a notebook computer was a generation or so behind what could be found on desktop computers, nowadays you’ll find feature parity in almost every category outside of the latest and greatest…
Read more Notebook SSD Upgrades, Are They Viable?
It used to be that the microATX segment was underserved, relying on expensive boards that didn’t have much going for it other than a smaller form-factor. Those performance hungry engineers got their hands on to everyone’s favorite miniature spec and…
Read more ASUS Rampage II Gene mATX Motherboard, Extreme Performance in an Itty Bitty Formfactor
Nvidia’s Ion platform has been touted as a great compromise between good performance and low power usage. Hard to wonder why considering its powerful, yet integrated, GPU and Intel Atom CPU combined make it an intriguing choice for HTPC…
Read more Zotac's MiniITX Nvidia Ion Motherboard
The European Union has been looking into Intel’s dealings with computer manufacturers over the past few years, checking allegations into whether or not they took anti-competitive measures when dealing with their chief rival AMD. Reuters is claiming that EU regulators…
Read more EU Likely to Find Intel Anti-Competitive, Fines Inbound?
Intel’s Core i7 chip is quite a performer in its own right, given the right motherboard though you can do so much more with it. Budget boards just won’t do when you want to push your chip to new levels…
Read more MSI Eclipse SLI X58 Motherboard, High-end Performance
Antec’s P180 series of PC cases have been popular due to their layout and considerable cooling potential, unfortunately most of their lineup has been focused on larger ATX cases that take up quite a bit of space.The company’s Mini-P180 Advanced…
Read more Antec Mini-P180 Advanced Mini Tower, MicroATX Chassis
HP hasn’t had the same sort of popularity that the competition has gained with their netbook products, that doesn’t mean the company will stop pumping out their own take on the platform.Their Mini-Note 2140 takes the same Intel Atom CPU…
