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The wait for Intel's Lynnfield has been long, but it's safe to say that it's been well worth it. They may be considered "mainstream" models, but the new Core i5 and i7 processors are powerful. Expect faster performance, improved power consumption and greater efficiency. With the i5-750 set to...

From our front-page news:A few months ago, many people decided that they had enough of Apple's App Store's approval process, and what resulted was numerous complaints posted around the web on various blogs. The most notable was at Gizmodo, where the author raised many legitimate concerns and...

From our front-page news:We posted just earlier about building your own Hackintosh, but how about building an HTPC on the cheap? When Intel first released their Atom processor, I'm willing to bet that they had absolutely no idea of what was to come. Sure, they could predict, but the actual...

From our front-page news: Fans of Apple's computers tend to disagree, but the facts are there... Macs are expensive. Go to Apple.com, and find their least-expensive Mac offering, then compare the individual parts at a site like Newegg. You'll not only wind up with a more customized computer, but...

From our front-page news: Does there exist a computing enthusiast right now who wouldn't want a solid-state disk in their PC? Of course not, and as it stands, there are many who've opted to upgrade their storage and make their computer all the more faster, from quicker application launching to...

From our front-page news: If you're reading our site and others like it, chances are you are well-versed where technology is concerned, or are at least trying to be. That's great, because if you understand technology, life will be easier and you'll always know what you're looking for when you...

From our front-page news: When Toshiba's HD DVD died out last year, Sony couldn't have been happier. Blu-ray won the somewhat lengthy battle, and humorously, it all came down to marketing, and deals made by Sony to the most dominant movie companies. It was a sad end for Toshiba, especially since...

Ugh! I know that feeling... I have so many issues like that around here :( Glad you got the machine up and running though! I have a feeling you'll find 6GB to be more than sufficient. If not, I'd be quite surprised.

In preparation for Intel's upcoming Lynnfield processors, we took a look at Gigabyte's P55-UD5 last week, and this week, ASUS' P7P55D Pro is on our workbench for a quick once-over. Equipped with lots of functionality, an easy-to-stomach price and a great color scheme, this board should prove to...

The file system plays a rather significant role also. I might not be 100% on all of this, but here goes... For recovering data, there are two outcomes. First, if a file is deleted on, say, an NTFS file system, the LBA entries that link to the physical drive addresses aren't deleted, but rather...

Even if all of your PC's components were being stressed at the same time, it's highly unlikely you'd break through 400W with that setup, so I don't really think a 650W PSU is going to be an issue. But, you are going to be adding a whack of fans, so it might not be a horrible idea to opt for a...

That's no doubt the case quite often. This isn't a bad board... just that problem for the most part. Back when AM3 first launched, AMD sent these boards along with them (I think), so that's what I used from the get go. For all I know, there might be better boards than the MA790FXT-UD5P by now. I...

From our front-page news: Did you read our news post earlier this week regarding AMD's new 40W Opteron 2419 EE and wonder to yourself, "Cool, but where in the heck are the desktop variants?" Well, not surprisingly, there is no definitive answer, which is typical of almost any hardware launch...

From our front-page news: The great thing about computing is that the state of things is constantly improving, and fast. Just take a look at what PCs were being sold five years ago compared to today. Or ten years ago. Today's processors are exponentially faster than previous generations, as are...

From our front-page news: This past June, we took a look at a rather unique game delivery service called "Good Old Games", or GOG.com for short. This service, as we saw in the article, offers not brand-new games, but rather old, older and very, very old classic PC games. Since I became a member...

Well, that could be. The board is put aside now, so I can't say for sure. I did end up getting the right voltages after a while... just a lot of trial and error. This is the last time I'll be using the board. Once we get our new CPU methodology in order, I'll likely begin using Gigabyte's...

I haven't tested much multi-meters, but sometimes it's not as simple as just going one step below what you want. To achieve 1.31v, I had to set it to 1.375v... and for 1.45v, I had to set it to 1.475v. It's just so random. As a follow-up, it is the motherboard that caused an issue. I put the...

That's interesting. I've had this happen to a mild degree before, but not like this. There's a HUGE difference between 1.325v and 1.49v. The most obvious issue I've had like that is with our Rampage II Extreme board. If the DRAM voltage is left to auto, it will set it to 1.69v. It's humorous...

NZXT's previous Sentry fan controllers impressed us in our evaluations, but we wanted a bit more. To the rescue is the Sentry 2, the latest fan controller from the company that has completely floored us. At $35, it's affordable. Add to that the touch-screen capability, support for 5 10W fans and...

From our front-page news:Do you think that benchmarking the latest hardware and writing about it is some sort of paradise? I admit, what I do for a living is fun, or else I wouldn't be doing it. But, there are occasions when things don't work out as planned, and the frustration levels go...