Kingston's new SSDNow+ revision arrives in good form
SSDs are quickly maturing now that they have hit the market; one of the latest companies to put out a second revision of their drive is Kingston with their SSDNow V+ Series (Rev 2.0) 128GB drive. They utilize different flash memory inside but the big difference is a new controller, which changes the rated as well as observed speeds. Once Futurelo...
Read More ...
A new OS needs a new system restore disk
Much to the dismay of companies like Acronis and Norton, every single version of Windows 7 comes with a built in system image disk utility. Hidden away in the Control Panel, under System and Maintenance is a Backup and Restore icon which gives you access to the utility. The first time you use it you run the Set up backup to create your first imag...
Read More ...
Alienware M11x Ready for Pre-order
During CES, Dell made a buzz by announcing an Alienware branded netbook. The buzz wasn't so much that it was a netbook, but the fact it really wasn't much of a netbook at all. The Alienware M11x is more of a subnote sporting a Core 2 SU4100 processor, 2GB RAM (upgradable to 8GB!), and a NVIDIA GT335M GPU which is more than capable of running HD con...
Read More ...
First GF100 Graphics Cards to be GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470
Straight from the horse's mouth: Fun Fact of the Week: GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 will be the names of the first two GPUs shipped based on our new GF100 chip! These kinds of twitter/Facebook leaks of information are equal parts exciting and annoying. Do we really need *drips* of information like this? Do we need them fr...
Read More ...
Asus U3S6 now available at Newegg!
Just a quick note to let our readers know that snazzy Asus $30 combination USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/sec card you've heard us go on about in our podcasts is now available at Newegg! Finally! We were beginning to fear these things would not see the light of day. I've never been happier to be proven wrong! ...
Read More ...
Microsoft to Launch Zune Phone - Tegra Powered
Last week speculation swirled around a Microsoft branded Zune phone, thanks to three new phone devices added to the Zune software .inf file. Well it seems that it has been pretty much confirmed that Microsoft will be launching a Zune Phone at the Mobile World Congress (Feb. 15-18 in Barcelona). According to a report on Gizmodo, a Spanish source ...
Read More ...
ASUS trims the performance as well as the price in their new laptop
There are differing models of the Asus UL50-V Laptop, one Core 2 Duo and one a Celeron but both have nVIDIA's G210M with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM powering the 1366x768 15.6" LCD. The one option that seems to be lacking is ability to choose an SSD, all they offer are 5400RPM drives in three different sizes. The model that R&B Mods tested utilizes th...
Read More ...
A stylish see through case with a serious amount of space
Mountain Mods Ascension Crystal Ship is a Create Your Own Case, a part of their new program that lets you spec out a case before you buy. At 24" x 18" x 18", the version that techPowerUp picked will happily hold a full system and a complete water cooling setup and still leave you plenty of room. A mixed construction of aluminium and acrylic ensur...
Read More ...
Be Thermaltake's Valentine and get a chance to win one of 3 pink SFF systems
If you are looking for a little something for Valentine's Day, then Thermaltake can help you. They have a contest that will give you a chance at winning one of three small form factor PCs with some solid hardware inside and a Valentine's Day theme on the outside. Scroll to the bottom of the page and read through the rules so that you don't miss y...
Read More ...
This receiver will run you more than your HTPC
If you have spent a large amount of time and money putting together your dream HTPC, along with investing in a large screen HDTV and numerous speakers to support your 7.1 Blu-ray habit, spending just a bit of money on a multimedia receiver will cripple your enjoyment. If you want to go enthusiast you should familiarize yourself with the high end o...
Read More ...
The Maximus III Gene is a real charmer
The new revision of the ASUS Maximus III Gene has landed at [H]ard|OCP and they loved this little trooper. It can handle both Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, a pair of PCIe x16 slots as well as 7 SATA ports, 1 eSATA port, 14 USB ports and a more; all on a uATX board measuring slight less than 10" square. They described the manual overclocking on this ...
Read More ...
A change of process; it is all about trimming off those nanometres
Monday has greeted us with the news of changes in several areas of PC component manufacturing. The first is more than a simple announcement, it includes video and pictures of Allyn's visit to a joint Intel and Micron fab in Lehi, Utah. You will see some jealousy inspiring shots of dies as well as videos covering the technology behind the making o...
Read More ...
Intel and Micron to announce 25nm flash memory
Intel and Micron had planned on a Monday morning release, but a leak resulted in the cat being out of the bag so here's a tidbit for those curious. Intel and Micron will be announcing a die shrink of their flash memory. What used to be so-called '2x nm' flash as a future stepping stone is now officially 25nm. This puts Intel and Micron significa...
Read More ...
Celebrating 124 years of traffic
At the PC Perspective Forums there is really no such thing as a dumb question, the world of tech is large and everyone will run into things they've never seen. Taking a two week holiday you run a good chance of missing a generation change in some sort of component. For instance, how many of you knew about this little piece of kit from Lucid and c...
Read More ...
The Celeron is neither gone nor forgotten
The days of the ridiculously easy to overclock Celerons may have passed but the Celeron line does live on. Take the Intel Celeron E3300 for instance, at $66 it is not expensive and it runs at a decent 2.5GHz on an 800MHz FSB but iXBT Labs gave it a bump to a 1066MHz FSB for an overclocked speed of 3.33GHz. You miss out on a lot of new features an...
Read More ...
Wait for 10.2 unless you are running an HD5970
Tweaktown took a look at the new Catalyst from AMD, technically the 10.1 driver but actually labelled 9.12. It seems AMD might have been a bit rushed trying to get a new driver for the users of their graphics cards and instead of offering big changes and new features they set up a few bug fixes and marched it out the door. The performance differe...
Read More ...
60GB of SSD for $200 - Correction, make that $170!
The OCZ Agility 60GB tries to straddle two worlds of SSDs. At $200 for 60GB it is rather inexpensive and thanks to the use of the Indilinx controller it is not crippled for speed or features. When Neoseeker ran it through their battery of tests they found that while the drive did not live up to the advertising it came close and the difference bet...
Read More ...
Intel tries a fast one: Diamondville and Pine Trail
We are seeing a move towards the core when it comes to computers, where once even heavy duty floating point math was handled by a separate coprocessor, we now see controllers for memory and PCIe buses merged into a single chip. AMD pulled it off well when they moved the memory controller on board and Intel's Westmere has dropped the price on mothe...
Read More ...
Anyone want dual LGA1366 sockets?
EVGA hit the motherboard market with nVIDIA's chipset but they are not suffering from nVIDIA's licensing woes. Newest is their W555, set up to handle two LGA1366 processors on a board designed for overclocking, not server applications. Now, this may cause some problems as consumer level dual processor board are not always the most forgiving and s...
Read More ...
ABS' new power supply is trying to fight above its weight class
The kilowatt PSU market, which didn't even exist until very recently is getting quite crowded and unfortunately a lot of that crowd is really not good at their jobs. ABS has entered the fray with the humbly named ABS Majesty MJ1100-M 1100W PSU, with a claimed 87% efficiency. It has six 6+2pin PCI-E 2.0 and twelve 5-Pin SATA connectors which ought...
Read More ...
i need really help
I NEED ALOT HELP im on my other pc but my other pc all the exe files hs been to wma files by a virus how do i get it back wiht out rebooting my pc?:(
Read More ...
Need some help with html...i think
ok so i have this gadget for win7 that queries tsviewer.com for the status onf my teamspeak 3 server. what i'd like to do is make it resize...
Read More ...
NVIDIA GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i
I am buying a computer that comes with ASUS Pundit P4-P5N9300, Socket-775 GeForce 9300, DDR2, VGA, SATAII, GBLAN, Cardreader. My questions is: does...
Read More ...
Brighthouse-Tampa TV problems?
I was going to post this in Tech Talk, but I figured it wasn't related to a computer so here it is. Over the past week I've had some strange TV...
Read More ...
Tell me about corrupted bios???
I have a Dell 4700 that was brought to me. Windows was so trashed by a worm or virus everything was at of sorts. My Computer wouldn't even show both...
Read More ...
My take on iPAD by Apple and lack of multitasking
Listened to the podcast where Leo and Ryan were discussing his dissenting view of the iPAD. Leo sounded like he really didn't consider Multitasking...
Read More ...
RIP Nforce 2
So the Gentoo Server bit the dust, MSI mobo, about 7 years old, or more, stupid capacitor, or something fell off, soldering skills suck, so...
Read More ...
What is the risk in this scenario?
My wife and her partner own a business. One location has three Win 7 HP computers in workgroup. They access a Win 2008 server in another town via...
Read More ...
PC - Bad Company 2 <-101st-> Clan
Hello, I'm going to keep this brief and to the point. When the game is released I will be buying a 32 man server (biggest they offer) with a 35 man...
Read More ...
M3A790GXH/128M Boot up issue?
Hi all, I have a M3A790GXH/128M based Phenom II 720BE system that has performed really well since I built it about 2 months ago. Over the weekend, I...
Read More ...
Stats have been down/not running for hours ...
. Just a heads up: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=13186 .
Read More ...
Which LCD description should i be going for?
I would like to ask if anyone has an idea of which is the best LCD that has a good resolution and will be used for an artist, I mean Iآ’ve been told...
Read More ...
Best Way To Do Offline Scan (Windows XP)
I friends laptop is completely loaded with Spyware / Adware & possible virus infections so I attempted to run WinClam with the latest definitions...
Read More ...
memory on Intel system
I know AMD uses dual channel because that is what I've been building but this socket 775 Biostar board dosen't mention it. There are only 2 memory...
Read More ...
No comments:
Post a Comment