Intel fuses its new 32nm Westmere processor along with its 45nm GPU onto one package. This is Intel's new Clarkdale CPU that will be officially known as Intel Core i5-6XX and Intel Core i3-5XX series processors. Today we look at the Core i5-661 which we compare to the Core i5-750, Core i7-965, and AMD Phenom II X4.
Looking for the perfect "enthusiast" media box for your living room? The Box Office from Patriot Memory may be about as close as it gets. The only thing not included is an eye patch and a Jolly Roger.
As DFI’s newest member of it much vaunted LANParty series of motherboards, the DK P55-T3eH9 seems more than willing and able to step up to its legacy. But will this be the last ATX motherboard we see out of DFI?
Have we go a treat for you; a detailed evaluation of real-world gameplay performance and image quality in the first newly shipped DX11 capable game title, DiRT 2. Does DX11 take a nose dive in performance compared to DX9 and does it provide real-world gameplay benefits? The results may surprise you.
Nexus is a little known name in the PSU realm in North America, but it is starting to gain a bit of traction among computer hardware enthusiasts. Nexus' focus is the silent side of computing, but is now moving into higher power envelopes. Does Nexus supply the kind of power we have come to expect at high wattages?
BIOSTAR, a company often overlooked by enthusiast users, emerges with its P55 based motherboard. The TPOWER I55 packs enough power under the hood to put some fear in to the competition. This is not the first good enthusiast motherboard we have seen from BIOSTAR.
ZALMAN is back with a new CPU air-cooler. This one sports a plethora of supported CPUs, tons of heatpipes, and a sleek new design while not weighing in so big that you must be concerned about it fitting inside your standard chassis. But now days air cooling comes down to performance and cost with so many in the market place.
Galaxy is bringing you a brand new video card based on the new NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 GPU. We’ll tell you exactly what this new GPU is made of and what Galaxy has to bring to the table. We have an in-depth gameplay evaluation in store for you with several video card comparisons.
USB 3.0 is now arriving on motherboards from the likes of GIGABYTE and ASUS. What should we expect from SuperSpeed USB 3.0? It looks like it will actually live up to its nickname!
XFX jumps into the PSU market at the 850 watt mark which has proven to be the toughest watermark for many manufacturers when it comes to building a truly outstanding power supply. We have seen many fail here. Can XFX pull it off and continue to diversify its product lines while keeping the trust of the enthusiast?
Noctua's new CPU cooler works with about any Intel or AMD processor still in use by enthusiasts, and packs a lot of cooling power into a huge package. Two fans, two columns of cooling fins, and six heatpipes are engineered to give the computer hardware aficionado more cooling at less decibels.
What are some new DX11 features DiRT 2 Demo brings with it, and what do they look like? Will DX11 cause a large drain on performance? These topics are briefly previewed today with the DiRT 2 demo and a handful of video cards.