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
While the biggest trend for computing hardware is an ever shrinking footprint something is certainly lost as we reclaim precious space, namely performance. The mini-ITX platform was an effort to save space and has been, so far, host to an…
Read more Intel DG45FC Versus Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi, Mini-ITX Comparison
NVIDIA has released driver version 185.81 for their GeForce lineup of video cards. As always they’ve come through with plenty of support for Windows operating systems running GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs.These drivers are…
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The normal, pedestrian, laptop is fine for tasks mere mortals require out of them. The web-surfing, media consuming ways isn’t what keeps you going though so you need that extra dose of horsepower in order to get through your…
Read more HP EliteBook 8730w, A Powerful Workstation On The Go
The old gaming notebook trend was to slap as many colors on to the product in order to attract attention to it, those models also tended to be desktop replacements instead of a portable gaming option. Here comes the new…
It can be said of most business notebooks–from any computer maker not just HP–that they generally lack style. HP wants to change that with the new HP ProBook S series of affordable notebooks. The sleek, buttoned-down look with a “Merlot”…
While the latest in notebook designs have been picking up the slack, trimming corners and tightening up their looks, there’s been quite a few sloppy and downright bland laptops released as of late.Samsung’s R522 has a simple design yet still…
Read more Samsung R522, A Sleeker Notebook
ASRock was created in order to provide some value options to computer users while still maintaining a good level of quality, guess they thought they’d expand their reach. The company’s ASRock X58 SuperComputer motherboard sports all of the same great…
Read more ASRock X58 SuperComputer, It Has High Expectations Of Itself
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…
