As computer equipment evolves one thing that devolves is price. You can now build a decent gaming PC with $800. Extreme Tech shows how in this interesting build it article. While I would have gone Continue reading “ExtremeTech $800 gaming PC”.…more
Just wanted to let everyone know that over the weekend we moved over to a new server and are still working on getting the site fully functional. The forums, most recent reviews, and the main Continue reading “Server Change Complete”.…more
No matter what you do to keep your personal information to yourself programmers always find new ways to keep tabs on you! “Companies have long gathered personal and shopping information to better market to customers, Continue reading “Privacy eroding, bit by byte”.…more
Intel has taken back a statment they said many months ago. It looks like they will not be hitting 4GHz in 2004 like they once thought. The world’s largest chip maker, Intel, is changing its Continue reading “Intel shift over need for speed”.…more
Just wanted to let everyone know that the PHP conversion of the site is nearly complete. All of the articles on the site are now stored in a database! Another new change is that we Continue reading “PHP Conversion Nearly Complete”.…more
PQI Turbo memory has been doing a marketing push in North America. Is the memory something to take a look at or something to skip over? Today we pull out all the spots and punish the PQI Turbo PC-3200 memory with our RST Pro2 memory tester and a bunch of memory bandwidth benchmarks!
We have already shown you what you need to do in order to build a notebook. Now we walk you through installing Windows XP, updating the BIOS, desktop video card drivers, and overclocking the video card. We have managed to take a great notebook that gets 38FPS on DOOM 3 to a notebook that gets 52FPS after we get done with it. Without touching the Processor!!
Introduction: The Show Floor Semi-Truck Anyone? For a couple hours every day Intel allowed press and forum attendees to walk through the technology showcase and spend time with the companies who paid to have booths. Continue reading “IDF Fall 2004: Intel Technology Showcase”.…more
Introduction: With the passing of time, diseases are also migrating to attempt to take over the world. In order to fight diseases, scientists have to do a lot of research with proteins and other biological Continue reading “How To use Folding@Home”.…more
Introduction: On Tuesday of this week the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) got off to a great start after Paul Otellini took the stage and officially kicked off the Fall 2004 forum. The forum started off Continue reading “Intel Developer Forum: Fall 2004”.…more
Introduction: Today I’ll be sharing with you my thoughts and experience with the newest member of the Thermalright family, the XP-120 heatsink for sockets 478/939/940/754. Thermalright arguably makes the finest CPU heatsinks available. Among their Continue reading “Thermalright XP-120 — Bigger = Better?”.…more
This is for the ABIT AA8. PQI Turbo memory has been doing a marketing push in North America. Is the memory something to take a look at or something to skip over? Today we pull out all the spots and punish the PQI Turbo PC-3200 memory with our RST Pro2 memory tester and a bunch of memory bandwidth benchmarks!
Introduction Today we take a look at the Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Series case. Thermaltake has always been known as a maker of quality cases. When I picture a Thermaltake case in my mind, I see Continue reading “Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Tower Case”.…more