There was a time when the Mini-ITX platform was reserved for some exceedingly underpowered hardware which was catered to with extremely expensive motherboards and cases. Intel’s Atom has changed the landscape a bit so the form-factor is much more…
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When it comes to processors getting all of the specifications for the chip rarely tells you how it performs in the real world, so while that shiny new chip may share the same pedigree as higher priced models you…
Read more AMD's Athlon II X2 250 CPU, Sort of Phenom Yet Not
Intel has a good thing going with their Core i7 lineup of chips. It’s the fastest consumer grade processor available and absolutely tears through any application you throw its way. Of course the company’s planned Core i5 series may…
Read more Intel Prepping 6 Core LGA1366 Nehalem
The piecemeal approach to testing CPUs can be confusing when you have to take into account previous reviews and performance numbers, not to mention newer platforms are always released so while the normal testing platforms that are used may stay…
Home Theater PCs offer all sorts of entertainment options since all of your audio and video can be stored in a central location greatly reducing the number of components you need in your home theater except for one, your speaker…
Read more Sparkle Steps Into The Sound Amp Arena
Foxconn tends to build things for a whole host of other computer manufacturers but their own computing products are overlooked despite the fact that they put out impressive motherboards, such as their FlamingBlade.HardOCP has a look at the Intel…
Read more Foxconn's FlamingBlade, the Red Signifies Performance…I Think
Information overload is the name of the game when it comes to Computex. So many new goodies from so many manufacturers it’s hard to keep up with it all.Here are some of the interesting products from the show:CasesThermaltake Level 10…
Read more Computex 2009 Roundup
There tends to be certain issues that crop up when motherboard, graphics card, power supply…well pretty much anything in your computer that uses a size able amount of power can exhibit a high pitched whine under high load if it…
Read more MSI Solves the Squeal, Whine Free Nvidia Cards Coming Soon
We’re finding more and more high performance chipsets making their way to the MicroATX form factor quicker than ever before. Intel’s X58 is, of course, your only option if you want to make use of their Core i7 CPU so…
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
