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HCW Reviews the Phenom II X4 955
By Carl Nelson on May 18, 2009
Be sure to check out our full review of the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition!
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Dell goes after Apple again with the Studio One 19 Desktop PC
By Carl Nelson on March 19, 2009
Take a look at Dell’s gorgeous new all-in-one Desktop PC that clearly takes aim at the Apple iMac, but at a much lower price
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Thermaltake goes outside the box – literally – with the Level 10 Case
By Carl Nelson on March 11, 2009
Check out Thermaltake’s amazing new concept PC case, the Level 10
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Did you know? Intel Core i7 actually kicks even MORE ass
By Carl Nelson on March 7, 2009
According to reports, the Core i7 is even better than we originally thought. Turns out the lower-end components have unlocked QPI and memory interfaces!
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AMD updates their OverDrive overclocking utility
By Carl Nelson on February 27, 2009
AMD has updated their excellent overclocking – tweaking software to 2.1.6, adding official support for AM3 processors and more
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AMD Phenom II Reviews
By Carl Nelson on January 7, 2009
AMD has unleashed the Phenom II (we hope to have our review up in a few weeks). The results were, shall we say, somewhat unexpected. According to Hard OCP:
The Phenom II performance speaks for itself. It loses to its old nemesis, the Core 2, which I think some folks will be surprised by. The Phenom [...]
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PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series Review
By Carl Nelson on December 16, 2008
We have just published our review of what is probably the longest-named PC hardware product ever. What is it though?
It’s basically the latest version of Creative’s X-Fi Fatal1ty soundcard. The major difference between it and the original we reviewed 2 years ago is PCI-E connectivity, on-the-fly DTS and Dolby Digital encoding, and a few other [...]
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Intel wants to give you some free stuff
By Carl Nelson on December 5, 2008
I guess Christmas has put Intel in the giving mood, because they are offering not one, but three different ways to win some prizes. Here are some details:
The What’s Inside You contest has entrants share their stories on how they use their PC or Mac to do impressive things. I’m not sure I do anything [...]
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Build a Silent PC Guide Updated
By Carl Nelson on November 28, 2008
Our friends over at BSPC have updated their guide on how to build a silent PC. It now includes the latest products to turn pretty much any noisy PC into a silent system while maintaining high performance. Quite a few new products are out there, including SSD hard drives that make no sound at all, [...]
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Intel Core i7 “Nehalem” Review
By Carl Nelson on November 2, 2008
Intel has decided to open the curtains early on their latest CPU microarchitecture codenamed “Nehalem”. The NDA was originally scheduled to be lifted in a few weeks, but Intel is eager to let us tell you just how it performs. And for good reason.
Join us as we talk about the Nehalem architecture, what’s new, what [...]
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