Wednesday, February 24, 2010

IT News HeadLines (PC Perspective) 24/02/2010


PC Perspective
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD4 LGA 1156 Micro ATX Motherboard Review
Gigabyte's micro ATX motherboards have become a staple in the industry for providing the speed and power usually reserved for full ATX motherboards. The GA-P55M-UD4 is one of their latest creations for the LGA 1156 platform and it includes a couple unique features like CrossfireX and SLI graphics support (x16 and x8), DDR3 2200, and 7.1 high definition audio....
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Monuel MonCaso, a castle for your HTPC
If you are looking for a unique and compact HTPC case you should consider Moneual's MonCaso 600. If you are not into building SFF PCs you may have never run into Moneual before as their entire line up is based around that. This case includes a 350W TFX form factor PSU, a good idea as the long skinny PSUs can be difficult to find. At 3.8 x 16.9 x...
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Lenovo to Update ThinkPad X100e with 10.1" screen and Atom 450? Seems Likely.
The sharp-eyed folks at Netbook News have spotted that Lenovo has listed a new variation of the Thinkpad X100 netbook which includes an Intel Atom 450 processor, and a smaller 10.1" screen. This in itself is interesting and exciting news for those seeking an above-average netbook, or those with a ThinkPad fetish. But digging a bit deeper, we hav...
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Choosing an H55 or H57 to house your new Intel CPU
AnandTech would like to help you choose the best H55/H57 motherboard for your needs; a good thing considering how many there are. This second roundup brings the total amount of boards they've compared to eight, from a wide variety of manufacturers. They came up with three recommendations as they didn't feel there was a clear winner. They do war...
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Tiny little TX3 from Cooler Master
The Cooler Master Hyper TX3 is a small cooler that costs less than $20, putting it in an entirely different class than the 1kg $60 high end coolers. It can compete with some of the other third party coolers but the big benefit is how much better it cools than the stock CPU cooler. It also does it very quietly, even with the PWM controller crank...
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Overclocking P4 2.4 Prescott
I have a 2.4 GHz Prescott p4 that I oc'd to ~3.1. I have also an asrock p4i65g mobo that doesn't let me change voltages. My FSB speed is now 168MHz....
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want to run 8gb in 4 dimm slots
I recently decided to upgrade from 4gb to 8gb of ocz reaper ddr2 1066mhz memory. running 4gb was no problem, adding 4more caused system...
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Further bug fixes to the v5 WS
. February 22, 2010 ---Quote--- Joe has been pounding on the v5 WS trying to shake it out from the recent disaster...
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Let us welcome yet another Froggie to the Pond !
*A Froggy Welcome To* *Ashwin* *to the* *PC Perspective Folding Frogs* *Team 734*
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upgrade from ATI Radeon x850 ? yeah its old...
I dont game on the computer so I am not sure its worth the effort...plus I am so far behind I dont know what is out there on the low end of the...
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4 monitors on 1 computer?
Ok, so here's the deal. I upgraded my 17" dual screen monitors to dual 24" U2410 Ultrasharps, hooked up to a Radeon 5770. I also have my HDTV...
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Any LOST fans here?
No big discussion threads?? :)
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Battlefield 3 Will 'Absolutely Blow Everyone Away'
---Quote--- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 hasn't even hit retail shelves yet, but already there's been sparse talk of the inevitable release of...
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CPU Configuration Option in TA790GX 128M MotherBoard BIOS
Guys, I have a *Biostar TA790GX 128M* motherboard with the latest BIOS installed, *78DEA804.BST*. Everything works wonderfully. But there's one...
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ATI 5870 6 Displayport Version
Does anyone know when this is scheduled for release? :confused:
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Cleaning old thermal paste off HSFs with direct touch heatpipes
I just spent I don't know how long cleaning AS5 off a Xigmatek HDT-S963. Is there an easy way to clean these things? Or is it even necessary since...
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core temp
i am using core temp to test the temp of my i7 860, and it has a low and high reading...the high reading..is that the highest temp on the cpu since i...
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Watercooling for HTPC possibly?
Okay so one of my HTPCs (HTPC 2 in my sig) is a bit hot of a PC tbh. It works okay but the temps tend to scare me. Heck it gets so hot on the back of...
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New Video Card
Updated my secondary Folder with a BFG GTX 260 with 214 cores today. The 8800 was taking too long to crunch WU's. I really wanted a 275, but they are...
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