Hot Hardware is seeing if the linchpin of AMD’s Dragon platform can breathe fire by putting the quad-core 3.2GHz Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition through its paces. This “Hot Hardware Approved” processor may trail behind Intel’s Core i7, but…
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There comes a time when your system, or server’s, on-board storage solutions aren’t cutting it, and if you’re bound by the speed of your storage system that time is very evident once you load up your target applications.PC Perspective has…
Read more PC Perspective On The HighPoint RocketRaid 4310 SAS/SATA RAID Controller
Intel’s Atom CPU has all of the makings of a miracle little chip. It has carried the netbook industry on its shoulders with its “powerful-enough” processing and low-power requirements making it the perfect match for portable computers.That should be enough…
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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
Minimalist and “negative space” PC cases are picking up steam in enthusiast, DIY circles. One outfit out of Japan has cooked up the Acrylic Cowboy, an acrylic slab meant to accommodate an ATX or microATX motherboard, power supply, hard…
Read more Acrylic Cowboy: The Non-case PC Case
Realtek’s Gigabit ethernet chips are a part of a healthy motherboard spec sheet. The company’s driver support is very thorough but you’ll likely be mostly interested in the company’s Windows (XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, 2000) software.Their driver version…
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AMD’s 790 chipset series has a complete set of features more than capable of making your next machine last for the forseeable future. Paired with the company’s recent move to DDR3 support in their Phenom II CPU lineup you’re looking…
Read more AMD 790 Roundup, Phenom II DDR3 Joy
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…
ECS hasn’t had the greatest of reputations with the enthusiast crowd but the company has stepped up their game in recent years churning out some great products for your consideration and possible purchase.Case in point is their new A790GXM-AD3 motherboard…
Read more ECS A790GXM-AD3, Phenom II DDR3 Joy
The Mini-ITX form factor was created in order to place some computing power into a seriously small space. Up until recently any motherboard using the specification was seriously underpowered, an expensive boutique item, or a combination of the two. The…
Read more Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi, Computing On A Smaller Scale
For most users the audio found on-board their computer’s motherboard is capable of keeping up with their needs, gamers take it a step further looking for the latest in cards with 3D Audio technology. This all leaves the audio-philes a…
