Grisoft AVG Free Edition Antivirus: Never Pay for another Antivirus Solution Again
Tweaknews :: Monday, September 18, 2006
“What if I told you that there was a free option on the internet that has all the benefits of a good antivirus without the performance decrease, and unlimited updates for one small price. How affordable is this small price? Well, think as affordable as you can possibly get. That’s right, it is free.”
7zoneUSA DIY Items Roundup
Club Overclocker :: Monday, September 18, 2006
Lets face it, Overclockers are not the type of people that can leave well enough alone when it comes to our PCs. If we were, we would all be using factory built boxes. It seems I am constantly tweaking something to get it faster, quieter or just better looking. 7zoneUSA understands this Do-it-Yourself mentality well. Today I will be taking a look at a wide variety of DIY tools and toys from their new product line guaranteed to make the job easier and your High-end PC quieter. Lets get started!
CoolIT Systems Home Theatre PC Liquid Cooler Preview
Futurelooks :: Monday, September 18, 2006
First they cooled a full sized PC. Then they cooled a Shuttle XPC. Then after that, they adapted their technology to cool an Xbox 360. They even cool your beverages on your desktop with one of their other products. Now they are going after your Home Theatre PC and it looks good.
Microsoft New Product Coverage
Daily CE :: Monday, September 18, 2006
“Microsoft today announced four new peripherals that are expected to debut between this month and next February for a variety of price points. One of those peripherals is the company’s wireless laser rechargeable 8000 mouse. Too many features in a product name, don’t you think? It’s based on 2.4GHz Bluetooth wireless technology, has high definition laser technology, coated with brushed aluminum exterior and integrated with smart navigation features (whatever that means).”
The Problem With Five Versions of Windows Vista
Cool Tech Zone :: Monday, September 18, 2006
“One of the great things about Amazon and other online shopping services is that they usually list items for pre-order months before they’re actually released. This allows your anticipation for the product to build more and more until your wait is justified with the release of the item that you’ve been in expectation of. I don’t know if you’ve been anxious for Vista, but Amazon has given us a sneak peek at when we can expect to get our OS-lovin’ hands on it.”
What Apple Can Do to Trump Vista
OS Weekly :: Monday, September 18, 2006
“Microsoft is actively moving forward with the release of their Vista operating system, and if you’ll remember, Beta 2 was released only a short time ago, but RC1 is already out the door and ready to be tested. Throughout the years of Vista’s development, it’s occasionally been hard to recognize any real progress, but once the release date approaches, things start to happen quickly.”
HIS X1900GT IceQ3 Dual DL-DVI VIVO 256MB
Hexus :: Monday, September 18, 2006
Join us as we take not one, but two of these cards for a spin, evaluating single- and dual-card performance along the way, pitting the HIS X1900 GT IceQ3 against an X1950 XTX, GeForce 7950 GX2 and SLI’d 7900 GTs. This should be fun…
nVidia 7950GT (PALIT)
Driver Heaven :: Monday, September 18, 2006
Since the release of Nvidia’s 7800 and ATI’s X1800 series the graphics card market has seen a deluge of product refreshes to the current generation which bring to market enhanced specifications and claims of improved performance. The product Nvidia are launching today is the 7950GT, as of 9AM PST it will be possible to buy the cards online and in some conventional stores, so lets take a look at Nvidia’ reference design, and more importantly a retail branded version in the form of Palit’s 7950GT 512mb.
The Strange and Twisted World of Internet Cafes
Digital Grabber :: Sunday, September 17, 2006
Well, I just went on a trip to several countries around the world and I ventured into this unknown sector, as I wanted to keep in touch with people back home. Although I admittedly didn’t visit many of these cafes (I needed a break from the computer worlds of school and work), the few I did see were quite different from what I expected.
Thermalright Ultra-120 Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review
Big Bruin :: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The Thermalright Ultra-120 is an extremely well designed heatsink capable of providing just about the best cooling available at this time. Thermalright boasts that they are number one, and they may have a case under the right circumstances. The Tuniq Tower 120 might have something to say about Thermalright’s self proclaimed championship, but the differences in performance are so slight that they may have to settle for being co-champions.
XFX GeForce 7950GT Extreme
Tweak Town :: Sunday, September 17, 2006
“While at first due to the naming scheme you might think that the card is a dual core solution, much like the GeForce 7950GX2, it certainly is not that. It is designed to sit above the older GeForce 7900GT as far as performance goes (which of course means it’s faster then the new 7900GS that was released only last week) and as far as pricing goes, it’s going up directly against ATI’s new Radeon X1900XT 256MB. It comes with 512MB worth of fast GDDR-3 compared to just 256MB on the 7900GT and has its core and memory clock speeds have increased quite a healthy margin.”
ATI Radeon X1900XT 256MB Video Card Review
Legit Reviews :: Sunday, September 17, 2006
“The performance differences between the 512MB card and 256MB card are very small and represent a terrific compromise of price over performance. The X1900 line packs a very potent punch that gamers can rely on to give them a great experience and the X1900XT 256MB doesn’t change that one bit. In fact we saw more than a few times where the 256MB card still had enough punch to K.O. the 7900 GTX…”
Project HybRed Mod
Metku Mods :: Sunday, September 17, 2006
“I have always liked small computers, partly because they are aesthetical, and partly because I like going to LAN-parties. Someone might say “Why don´t you buy a laptop?” Well you can´t get a gaming capable laptop for a decent price and you can´t even talk about upgradeability with laptops. I don´t like Shuttle-like cube-cases, and cooling solutions in those usually suck. And of course, I love modding and building computer cases.”
Google and Apple: A Google OS At Last?
OS Weekly :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
“In a short amount of time, Google has gone from a little search engine with a funny name to being a dominant force in the tech industry. They’re doing so many different things right now that it’s almost easy to forget that they started off primarily being a search engine. Nowadays, their web applications and advertising programs have attracted a lot of attention. People aren’t just using Google for its search engine anymore – they’re also using it for their e-mail, instant messaging, calendars, and in some cases, their income.”
Scythe Katana Cu
techPowerUp! :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
With the Katana Cu Scythe has delivered a very solid all copper cooler that has excellent cooling performance. It uses a 92mm fan with an integrated fan speed controller. When the fan speed is turned all the way down the noise is reduced to an inaudible 30% of full speed, yet temperatures under load are only increased by 3 degrees celsius.
Aerocool Turbine 2000 120mm LED Fan
GideonTech :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
“The Aerocool Turbine Fan comes equipped with a double layer fan blade design to improve air pressure. At 16 fan blades, it uses more than any other 120mm fan on the market. Originally I had thoughts to use this quiet but deadly fan in a mod, but decided to use it to quiet down a rackmount case.”
Lian Li PC-G50 Case Review
XYZ Computing :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
In this review we will be looking at an interesting new offering from Lian Li, the PC-G50. This aluminum mid-tower has most of the cool features of the Lian Li cases that we have loved in the past few months, but does puts in a small mid-tower enclosure. Despite the size, which is practically a mini-tower, the G50 can fit in a full ATX motherboard, three hard drives, and a lot of cooling.
Ultra Grid ATX Mid-Tower Case
Modders Inc. :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Choosing the right case is becoming a hard thing to do with so many options out there. With the size, brand, style, color, form factor, and price all weighing heavily on a consumers decision. Lets take a look at one of Ultra Products newest cases, The Ultra Grid. We will see what the Grid brings to the table from all aspects.
Samsung’s SpinPoint T hard drive
The Tech Report :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
OF ALL THE COMPANIES producing desktop Serial ATA hard drives, Samsung is perhaps the least aggressive. Unlike Maxtor, Seagate, and Western Digital, which exclusively produce storage products, Samsung has a much more diversified portfolio. LCD monitors, plasma displays, and even semiconductors can have more sex appeal than hard drives, so it’s easy to see why Samsung’s storage division doesn’t get all that much attention. Samsung really has more in common with Hitachi, which among other things, produces hard drives through its Hitachi Global Storage Technology division. Of course, Hitachi has the famous—or more accurately, infamous—Deskstar brand acquired from IBM. Samsung has SpinPoint, a name that even a seasoned PC enthusiast might have a problem placing.
Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra+ WaterCooling Kit Review
Virtual Hideout :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
“The Swiftech Apex Ultra Plus is definitely a fantastic complete water cooling kit. It is a kit meant for the serious enthusiast who intends to run silent or drain every ounce of computing power from their computer system.”
ThermalTake 745 Bigwater WaterCooling Kit Review
Virtual Hideout :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
“The Thermaltake 745 Bigwater Kit does a surprisingly better job than one might expect at first glance. It is able to do a very respectable job against the heat despite an average pump and average looking blocks. A matching Aquarius Series water block for the chipset would round off this kit’s appearance…”
Kingston HyperX PC2-8500 DDR2 1GB Kit
Overclock 3d :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Today i take a look at the blisteringly fast PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066) kit from Kingston to see if all this memory bandwidth is really required!
Taking Control of Windows Vista
The Tech Zone :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Windows Vista is still in beta and already it is looking really good. There are a lot of features that can help some and hinder others. In this article you will see some tips to get Windows Vista to act the way you want it.
On Campus Wireless Network Secuirty Guide
Laptop Lifestyle :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
With Schools and Campuses becoming the largest Wi-Fi networks, it is no wonder laptops and wireless are like pencils and papers on campus. A wireless connection is easy to find and setup, and with laptops, you can take it anywhere you wish. With that in mind, we check out a few things that should keep you secure while roaming between classes.
The Gradual Death of Apple .Mac
OS Weekly :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
“No matter how successful a company may be, that success doesn’t make them immune from producing a complete flop. Outside of the operating system space, I think of Nintendo and their release of the Virtual Boy. This was a company that had experienced unbelievable success in the video game market with the creation of characters such as Mario and Donkey Kong, but that success didn’t translate over to the release of their 3D gaming console.”
The Sad State of Vista Drivers
OS Weekly :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
“Well, it’s about time. Microsoft’s Windows Vista is just around the corner, and from the looks of things, it’s the OS that ought to be a hit among many Windows users. All is good in the world of Windows now, right? Eh, not so fast…”
AMD’s Energy Efficient Processors: 4600+ and 3800+
Motherboards.org :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Intel and AMD are moving towards more efficiency in their CPUs and that’s a good thing. The “Green” initiative is about conserving energy and saving our environment. With power requirements on every facet of the computer going up (the 7950 GX2 in SLI mode requires a minimum of a 650W Power Supply), the reduced power requirements of the EE CPUs from AMD are a definite plus.
ATX12V 2.0 Power Supply Roundup – 8 PSUs Reviewed
HardCOREware :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Today we’re looking at eight power supplies from five different manufacturers. All of these units are compliant to at least the ATX12V 2.01 spec; some are 2.20. Some units have EPS12V connectors and multiple PCI-E connectors, while others do not. What does all this mean? We explain all that as well.
Windows Vista: DirectX10 D3D Intro
Hexus :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
After being tasked with writing this DirectX 10 piece, I was asked, “what does DirectX 10 mean to me as a PC consumer, right now? Explain that in the piece, I think that’s what people want to know”. The questioner asks brilliantly.
MSI P965 Platinum
Hexus :: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Supporting PCI Express, DDR2 and Intel Core 2 Duo processors, the P965 Platinum is the premium model in MSI’s Intel P965 mainboard range. Can it pull a “P5W64”, but for a slightly different crowd?
