NVIDIA is a leader in graphics and digital media processors as we should all know by now. They are always bringing new ideas and technology to the computer industry and do a great job at it. I attended a phone/online presentation a few days ago where they talked about their new nForce Professional chipset and [...]
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OCZ ModStream 520W PSU
Choosing a new power supply is not always as easy as one might think. Generally, people just ask how many watts a PSU gives off but that is not enough to make a judgment on which PSU to select. All power supplies are designed differently. Fans, heat sinks, capacitors, etc. are all different in power [...]
Silverstone LC03V Home Theater PC Case
I am currently working on a home server/HTPC article and wanted a nice desktop case for it. I was very impressed with SilverStone’s TJ04 case that I reviewed back in October and figured they would be a good choice for a desktop case as well. SilverStone was nice enough to send over their LC03V case [...]
Gigabyte P4 Titan GA-8TRX330-L
When it comes to system performance, one of the most crucial aspects is the chipset. These processors coordinate traffic between the main CPU, memory and peripheral devices like your video and sound card. Intel has always been the chipset performance leader for their own Pentium processors, as other chipset vendors either lacked performance or were [...]
PCI-Express: First looks and the future
PC expansion slots have come a long way since the old eight bit ISA slots, and now we’re going to take a look at their newest incarnation, the PCI Express slot. In this article I’ll be covering some of the technical details of PCI Express (or PCI-E for short) and how it stacks up with [...]
SilverStone TJ04 Case
SilverStone Technology was founded in the summer of 2003, their current list of product include cases, power supplies, cooling, fans, and some accessories. With hardware getting so expensive these days it’s only fitting to have a professional and flexible case to put it all in. This particular case is the TJ04 model in their [...]
Cooler Master Stacker Case
Recently Cooler Master sent us a new case to review, the Cooler Master Stacker case. Let me tell you first off that I didn’t expect what I was being sent in the mail, this thing is a case to end all cases. This is not your run of the mill aluminum mid tower, here are [...]
OCZ PC4000EL Gold Edition
The competition for the fastest computer has been particularly fierce the past few years, stemming from the rivalry between two industry giants: AMD and Intel. What the industry has found is that the computer is only as good as the memory feeding the processor. Any computer enthusiast knows that if the memory cannot keep up, [...]
Abit AA8-3rd Eye Motherboard
Socket 775 motherboards are coming out left and right since new technologies such as PCI-Express and DDR2 are improving. Abit has released a motherboard which they have called the AA8-3rd Eye. This motherboard is the same thing as an AA8-DuraMAX with a new accessory addition. This 3rd Eye refers to the µGuru clock that is [...]
Albatron PX915G Pro Motherboard
With the release of Intel’s new LGA775 Pentium 4 there is of course a need for new motherboards. Along with these new motherboards come new peripheral slots for video cards and other future cards. Though much of the technology being used with these new motherboards is still quite new and has a long future ahead [...]
Thermaltake Jungle 512 Heatsink
With Intel’s new LGA775 Prescott processor on the market there is now a need for a new heatsink design. The current heatsink that Intel provides with their retail processors looks pretty unimpressive and will probably lead people to find an aftermarket solution. Currently there are not many aftermarket heatsinks out right now because the processors [...]
Gigabyte K8NS Pro Motherboard
Gigabyte has long been known to produce quality motherboards for the hardware community. One of their newest socket 754 boards is this K9NS Pro which utilizes the Nvidia nForce 3 250 chipset. The two changes that were made to this 250 chipset from the 150 chipset is the addition of SATA and 2 more USB [...]
PMI 512MB PC3200 Dual Channel kit
Power Memory International has been a RAM manufacturer 1990 however they just merged with PQI memory which was established in 1997. They will continue to sell RAM but from now on will be branded with PQI instead of PMI. This 512MB PC3200 Dual Channel (2x256MB) Platinum 2-3-2-6 kit was sent over for testing. PMI/PQI [...]
Clean up power with additional cooling
Kicking up the voltage to CPUs, chipsets, memory, GPUs and just about every other imaginable component has become a fairly common tactic in overclocking. Motherboard manufacturers have made increasing voltage above and beyond recommended levels easier than ever by including higher voltage settings in the BIOS options of the more popular motherboards aimed at the [...]
Thermalright SLK-800U heatsink
Thermalright has been a producer of high-quality copper heatsinks for quite a few years. Greater heat generation of the latest processors has resulted in the need for larger, heavier coolers to eliminate this heat. These high-performance cooling chameleons are targeted towards the enthusiast market, who generally upgrade frequently and switch between Intel and Athlon processors. [...]
GeIL Ultra Platinum PC4000 dual channel kit
GeIL has grown to be one of the larger RAM manufactures these days. They mainly cater to overclockers and gamers with their fast memory. They have value RAM, Golden Dragon Series which uses Wafer Level Chip Scale Package chips, and Ultra series which is very high performance RAM. GeIL manufactures SODIMM modules for use in [...]
Albatron K8X800 Pro II Motherboard
The K8T800 is Via’s newest edition to their long line of AMD chipsets. Albatron has taken this chipset and used it in their new K8X800 Pro II motherboard. This motherboard packs a lot of features into a motherboard waiting to unleash the power of AMDs 64-bit CPU. I want to get right into this review [...]
Fush Zero Case Project – Part 2
If you have not already read the first article about this Fush Zero project please do so by clicking here. From this point on, planning has been completed and the parts have been ordered. So the fun part begins. What will follow in this article and others is a step by step account of [...]
Albatron KM18G Pro Motherboard
I recently reviewed an Abit NF7-S Rev 2.0 and was really impressed with it. This motherboard is also a nForce 2 based motherboard however this one also has onboard video. This board is a small form factor motherboard which makes it perfect for a small system such as a LAN box. Just because this is [...]
Corsair TWINX1024-3200LL
Corsair sent me a dual channel memory kit of their PC3200, specifically the TWINX1024-3200LL. This memory kit consists of two CMX512-3200LL 400MHz ultra-low-latency memory modules that have been tested together on an Nforce2-based dual-channel motherboard. Extra low latency settings maximize overall system performance when operating synchronously with the front side bus. Corsair has always been [...]
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