AMD 890GX Chipset Review - SATA 6G goes native
AMD's history of chipset releases have been bittersweet. Featuring cutting edge graphics and excellent performance, AMD's chipsets have often been held back by their mediocre southbridge and I/O performance. AMD is hoping to change that by introducing the new 890GX, which features a redesigned northbridge as well as a new southbridge featuring the first native SATA 6G support....
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NVIDIA Next-Generation ION 2 Preview - Discrete GPU + Optimus
NVIDIA's ION technology was originally aimed at changing how consumer were able to utilize netbook and nettop computers and this second revision is no different. This "re-imagining" of the ION brand takes a discrete GPU, adds in support for Optimus technology, and basically calls it a day. But do you need to make sure your next netbook computer has ION inside?...
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Headphones for those that wish to stay sonically and spiritually pure
Thinksound offers eco-friendly audiophile quality sound with their Rain canal headphones. Before you react to the eco-friendly part too much, what they are implying is that the earbuds are housed in wood, not plastic. That gives them a very unique look while the 9mm driver with 20Hz to 20 KHz response gives them a very nice sound. Drop by Digi...
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G.Skill hits 2200MHz, and it will run you 10 cents a MHz
At $225 for 4GB, the G.Skill Pi Series PC3-17600 is a little pricey and at DDR3-2200 speeds and 7-10-10-28 timings it is more than a little fast. Designed to work as dual channel RAM for a Core i7 860 or 870, and with support on a number of P55 boards, this is definitely a kit aimed at those looking for the top performance around. The kit comes ...
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Enermax goes for power efficiency gold
The Enermax Modu87+ 500W is so named because this PSU is rated to 87-92% efficiency, otherwise known as an 80+ Gold rating. The PSU its self is modular and sports a nice array of cables for a 500W model, the 140mm fan should keep it relatively quiet as well. If you are building a multi GPU rig, or are planning on picking up a GTX480 when they bec...
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Thermaltake's version of the little black dress
Basic black is always stylish, even if you don't spend a lot on the material. That is the thought behind Thermaltake's V3 Black Edition, a case which is retailing for $49.99 and which sports a basic black look inside and outside. Constructed of metal and deep enough to manage all but the largest of coolers, it is a little spartan of features, but...
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More interesting reading that a cereal box
Unboxings and sneak previews might not be your favourite thing, as they do tend to be a bit light on content but HEXUS may have found one you might like. A lesser known partner of nVIDIA, Colorful, has let their GTX 480 box design slip out. That box helpfully lists the stats of the card inside, giving us a good look at what to expect. 1,536MB o...
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Plextor gets into the SSD game!
Plextor has joined the SSD bandwagon, releasing a Marvell based line of SSD's! PX-64M1S (64GB) $225 PX-128M1S (128GB) $400 From the pricing and specs (below) it appears these drives use the previous generation C200 controller (SATA2 / 3Gb/sec). Note the prices as they appear at Newegg are slightly higher than...
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Is TSMC causing your GPU prices to go up?
Much has been said about the problems that TSMC, the foundry partner to both ATI and NVIDIA, has had with its transition to 40nm technology. When the Radeon HD 5870 graphics card and the rest of AMD's Evergreen family of GPUs first hit the market back in early October there were quite a few notable periods of shortages of the the cards. Shortages...
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Intel to Release Atom N470
This coming Monday, Intel is expected to introduce the Atom N470 netbook processor which bumps the frequency from the current 1.66 GHz in the N450, to 1.83 GHz. The Atom N470 has been expected for quite some time now with vendors like Lenovo listing products with the processor a full month before its official release. With the Atom N47...
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Optimus and Dell Mini 10 with Crystal HD Now Available
Earlier this month Ryan took a very detailed look at NVIDIA's Optimus technology and discovered that the graphics switching technology worked really well and produced some significant battery conservation while providing the necessary performance when needed. For those of you who have been itching to get your hands on an Optimus enabled notebook, y...
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Birthday greetings to that Man in Black in the great beyond
There is a bit of bad news on the PC Perspective Forums this week, as it seems that interest in the Fragging Frogs is flagging. There is good news though, you can help revive this friendly circle of gamers if you want. They play everyMonday, Wednesday and Saturday @ 8PM EST, with a mix of various games in both vanilla and modded flavours. Head to...
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Make your portable storage as safe as Ryan's
If you have seen or listened to this weeks PC Perspective Podcast, you heard Ryan talk about Corsair's Padlock 2 USB thumb drive. At $52 it is more expensive than your average 8GB thumb drive, with the extra cost coming from some rather impressive security features. A combination of up to 10 keys can be set to protect your data, but make sure not...
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Corsair adds two new models to SSD lineup: Reactor and Nova
Corsair is finally coming out of the seemingly silent void it was in over the last couple of months and is announcing new products including a pair of SSD lines today. The Reactor series of solid state drives will utilize the new JMicron JMF612 controller and a 128MB DDR2-based caching system for stutter-free performance and a reasonable cost. Th...
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That X58 isn't dead, it's just tired and shagged out after a long squawk
If you are browsing for a new LGA1366 board, Gigabyte has a new X58A-UD3R out. Now, the X58 chipset has gone through a few revisions as you can see by the "A" in the model name, which in this case means support for DDR3 2200, a pair of SATA 6Gb/s ports and a pair of USB 3.0 ports. There are also quite a few additional SATA 3Gb/s and USB 2.0 por...
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Time to toss out the i7 920
The Core i7 920 won't be around for long as The Inquirer has spotted the i7 930 in Europe, 2 days before the official announcement. It will be a 45nm CPU @ 2.80GHz, essentially the same as the 920 just at 21x instead of 20x. It seems there will be new features, all related to low power states, Enhanced Halt State, Extended Stop Grant State, Deep ...
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GF100 cards only coming from a select few NVIDIA partners
An interesting story over at Digitimes is reporting that with the upcoming launch of the Fermi-based GF100 graphics cards (GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470) only a select few of NVIDIA's partners are going to have product available at launch. The story tells us that only that select few have even received complete reference platforms as of today even t...
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A quick and simple explanation of CPU features - Part 7
Taking on what seems a monumental task, iXBT Labs is compiling descriptions of all of the available features and how they effect actual performance. This particular piece concentrates on the memory subsystem and how it will work for you with gaming, video processing and more. The model they are examining is the Intel Core i7 950. Prepare yoursel...
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Four new systems to choose from
While we would prefer you to use the PC Perspective Hardware Leaderboard, it is not your only source of information for possible builds. The Tech Report puts together four recommended builds including a double stuff work station for those doing creative and productive work on their PCs along with the usual delimitations of performance. You will e...
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Radeon offers something for the mid ranged and something for the extremes
AMD released two cards today, one is brand new and one we have seen before, but they have added a little something. The new card is the mid ranged HD5830 which was hoped to bring performance close to a HD5850 while keeping the price down. What was delivered is a card closer to the HD5770 that costs close to the HD5850. Still there certainly is a...
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It's a long, long road to 22nm; but TSMCs heart is there
Fall 2012 might seem like a long way especially if you are an executive at TSMC, but that is the target for the switch to a 22nm process. There is good news as well for 2010, we will see silicon oxynitride based 28nm at the end of June, its first high-k metal gate at the end of September and they hope to introduce low power HKMG before the end of ...
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PC Gaming Update - Metro 2033, Supreme Commander 2 Demo, and DRM
While a lot of attention has been given to Star Craft 2 in the past few days, the other "SC2" yearns for your love and affection too. Supreme Commander 2, is not far from release and Gas Powered Games has given us a demo to play with on Steam. The 1.6GB demo should give you a taste of what this game is all about. From what I've read so far, the gam...
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System will not shut down...
Older AMD K8 system will not shut down with either the case power button or from Windows. System reboots instead. Have disconnected case power switch...
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secondary hard drives not present after sleep
So I just put together a new system and I have a Corsair P128 SSD as my OS/apps drive plus a 1tb and 1.5tb storage drives. Fully up-to-date on...
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WTB 2x2gb or 1x4gb DDR800+
Looking to buy either 2 sticks of 2gb or 1 stick of 4gb ddr2 memory. Needs to be ddr800 or better.
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WTB: Water Cooling Compressions and Rotaries
I would love to buy your unwanted compression and rotary fittings. Ideally, I would like Bitspower Shining Silver but I would consider all except...
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FS: NEW Intel i7-975 Extreme 3.33GHZ 8MB cache CPU Retail box (sealed)
===========For sale================= Brand new i7-957 Extreme 3.33ghz 8mb cache CPU Retail Box. *PRICE: $925 shipped + insured* Same CPU as seen...
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Excellent 23" lcd monitor/ hdtv $229 shipped
Newegg has this little beast back on sale @ $229! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001341 I caught it at $229 last month...
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Stealing WiFi,,,,
and calls a tech help site. What the heck?? (http://mashable.com/2010/02/22/stolen-wifi-confusion/)
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Intel Q9550 high temps.
Just built a new pc, and everything is working good other than the processor temp. I know for a fact that the cpu cooler is installed correctly and...
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Future Ready Budget ++
I am looking to build a new custom system. My first custom system in a long while. By future proof I mean: SATA 6G and USB 3.0, adding a WiFi-N card....
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GOTM February 2010
Cast your vote. Remember that you get just one vote and are voting for your favorite game of last month. If you vote "OTHER" please post which game...
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8800gts 640
With only 96 shaders this http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16814186016 folds only as well as a 9600GSO correct? If I were to pick...
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