The good old BIOS has served PC users somewhat well….ok pretty horrendously for the uninitiated for quite a long time. EFI is an effort by leading technology companies to modernize the BIOS interface and allow for some interesting PC functionality…
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Finding something new in PC case designs is sort of difficult given the few, logical, manners to mount a motherboard. Silverstone’s new Raven case manages to introduce a somewhat unorthodox way to mount your new PC. AnandTech does its usual…
Read more Silverstone Raven, Robots In Disguise
Intel’s Atom processor is a great choice for all of those low-power computing situations, such as that whole new netbook market that just so happens to lean on the chip quite heavily. Unfortunately the supporting chipset Intel offers isn’t very…
Read more Nvidia Ion, Beefing Up The Atom
Hindsight is always 20/20, be it that poor stock pick or choosing that exotic dish at the restaurant there’s no going back on regretful decisions. Thankfully bit-tech has compiled a list of the best hardware of 2008 so you can…
Read more 2008 Hardware Awards, AKA What You Should've Gotten In The First Place
If over the top naming schemes are any indication of product performance then the Asus Rampage II Extreme should be the most kick-ass Intel Core i7-based motherboard in existence. InsideHW has a look at the board and its performance in…
Read more ASUS Rampage II Extreme, YEAH!
Here’s a sampling of articles and reviews making news this past week:Cases, Cooling, and Power SuppliesAMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition – TrustedReviewsCoolIT Domino A.L.C. CPU Cooler Review – FuturelooksCore i7 Christmas ’08 Graphics Performance – bit-techIkonik Zaria A20 PC…
Read more Sunday Roundup: December 21st, 2008
AMD’s CrossFire multi-GPU technology is featured on quite a few motherboards from both Intel and AMD. It allows you to bridge two of the same GPU for much higher frame rates than a single card would be able to spit…
Read more Diamond HD 4870 1GB CrossFire, Gets Your Frame Rates Up
Getting your game on is a difficult, if confusing, process now-a-days. You’ve got your last gen quad cores that offer bang-for-the-buck and the new stuff obviously tempting you with their increased performance. If you haven’t got the time for that…
Here’s a collection of articles and reviews making news this past week:Cases, Cooling, and Power SuppliesABS Canyon 695 PC Case – AnandTechAntec Skeleton Case – Bjorn3DEnermax Revolution85+ 1050W – HardOCPIKONIK Vulcan 1200W PSU – techPowerUpLian Li PC-A7010 All Aluminum Full…
Read more Sunday Roundup: December 14th, 2008
EATX, or Extended ATX, is a motherboard specification designed for all of those massive servers and their components to fit comfortably on, so of course you’d want one as a desktop PC. Phoronix has a look at the Cooler Master…
Read more Cooler Master ATCS 840 EATX, A Simple Case For That Massive Motherboard
