Archive for March, 2010

Today we are looking at one of the processors from AMD’s 2010 line up, designed to go up against Intel’s Pentium dual cores at the important £75 inc. VAT price point. Intel would no doubt prefer us to pitch this chip against its Core i3 530, but as that processor costs 20% more that wouldn’t [...]

With the ever increasing speeds obtainable from modern solid state drives, more and more enthusiasts are switching to using them as their primary system drive in desktop machines. Since most SSDs are designed in the 2½” notebook format however, which many desktop computer cases are not equipped to handle, this leaves users with a quandary [...]

Many people may subscribe to the idea of “a keyboard is a keyboard is a keyboard”. People don’t just sit in front of a desk and use their computers anymore. Many people have their PCs connected to their televisions for home theater use, or set up in their kitchen, or hidden within some inconspicuous furniture. [...]

Building on the successful Accelero product range ARCTIC COOLING launched the Twin Turbo Pro at the beginning of this year with added compatibility for the ATI HD4890 and HD5870. Today I will be taking a good look at this new arrival and slotting it onto a HD5870 to see if it really does shave off [...]

When it comes to CPU coolers there are many different shapes and styles. There is also different ways the cooler makes contact to the CPU. Beyond this there are also many different ways to securely mount a cooler to your motherboard to provide optimal cooling. With this all said lets take a closer look at [...]

USB 3.0 has slowly been gaining market share over the last months. Vantec is one of the first companies to offer a USB 3.0 compatible external 3.5″ enclosure. We take the NexStar 3 for a spin to see if the USB 3 promise holds up to the test.

Source: TechPowerUP

Overall, I am satisfied with this keyboard. It does exactly what it is meant to do, which is to provide a comfortable alternative to the cramped style of a laptop or netbook keyboard.

Source: TweakNews

Network storage has become the convenient answer to centralized data for corporate enterprise environments. The QNAP TS-459 Pro NAS server uses the energy-efficient 1.66GHz Intel Atom D512 processor with 1GB of DDR2 system memory to enable VMware Ready iSCSI for virtualization deployments. Dual Gigabit Ethernet network interfaces allow failover safety, while four SATA drives deliver [...]

When building a PC for the first time it can be difficult to choose components. If you have no idea what you are doing picking quality parts usually becomes difficult. The best way to educate yourself is to check out sites like ours and get a good foundation of knowledge before you make the tough [...]

We have posted a new review at GeekInvaders.com We have reviewed the Logitech Harmony 900 remote control. We hope you will enjoy it!
“I have reviewed several Logitech Harmony remotes over the years and I have liked some of them better than others. I found that the Harmony One was the best universal remote I have [...]