AMD’s AM3 platform might seem like nothing more than a push into the DDR3 realm….well that’s because that’s pretty much the case. Still they pony up the rather impressive 790GX chipset, which the MSI 790GX-G65 just so happens to feature,…
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Bigfoot Network’s original Killer NIC had quite a bit of FUD surrounding it but testing did show it to improve ping times and, in some cases, frame rates. The company has announced its new Killer Xeno network card which…
Read more Killer Xeno Announced, Magically Reduces Ping Times
All of the marketing and SKU renaming shenanigans aside Nvidia’s GeForce GTS 250 is able to hold its own in most modern gaming titles. HardwareZone has a look at Gigabyte’s version of the card and tries to see if anything…
Read more Gigabyte GeForce GTS 250 Reviewed, Yes The Newer Is Just As Good As The Original
Pairing a rather low power, low-cost CPU with a low-end chipset is bound to get everyone really excited. Nvidia’s Ion platform takes Intel’s Atom processor and pairs it with their GeForce 9400M chipset giving it enough power to do some…
Read more Nvidia Ion, A Deeper Look
AMD’s Phenom II has been getting a bit of attention recently, seeing as how they’ve finally managed to match up with Intel’s Core 2 Quads and come in at a decent price point you can’t blame people for being curious…
Read more AMD Phenom II Performance Scaling, Or Overclocking Til It Breaks
ASRock began life as a company that created some rather odd hardware combinations that somehow worked well and allowed users to make use of some older hardware. The company’s new motherboard, the ASRock AOD790GX/128M, keeps things ordinary with support for…
AMD’s Phenom II has gotten the enthusiast crowd excited about the company’s platform again so SilentPCReview thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at the 790GX chipset that are conveniently affixed on a pair of motherboards from…
Read more Gigabyte/MSI 790GX Showdown
There are very few pieces of hardware that instantly catch your attention and have you slobbering drool all over yourself within a few seconds of realizing what it can do, OCZ’s Z-Drive is one such piece of hardware. The company…
Read more OCZ SSD Z-Drive, Yeah You Want One
The general purpose behind a HTPC is a computer for playback of multimedia files on a home theater setup, in comes AMD’s Maui platform that could, one day, replace everything aside from your TV and speaker setup. SilentPCReview has a…
Read more AMD's Maui HTPC Platform, Replacing The Home Theater
There’s no easy way to say it, abit is no more…well at least that’s what Hexus is reporting. The company was one of the first to kick off the modern enthusiast computing movement offering all manner of easily accessible overclocking…
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Going for the budget brand side of the PC hardware market is a tough proposal given the “bad vibes” associated with inexpensive hardware. The ECS A780GM-A Ultra Black appears to buck that trend competently handling any AMD AM2+ CPU you…
Read more ECS A780GM-A Ultra Black Motherboard, Performance On The Cheap
