By Carl Nelson on January 26, 2010
We take the Barracuda XT, which is capable of 6 Gbps SATA 3.0 Connectivity, and put it to the test. Does SATA 3.0 really make a difference with mechanical drives?
Posted in HDDs | Tagged hard drives, Reviews, Seagate
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 [...]
Posted in PC Hardware | Tagged HCW, Multimedia, Reviews, soundcards
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 [...]
Posted in PC Hardware | Tagged Core i7, cpu, HCW, Intel, Nehalem, Processors, Reviews
By Carl Nelson on October 28, 2008
We have just published our review of the AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition CPU. This is currently AMD’s fastest model desktop CPU, released this past summer. The good news is that after a recent price drop, it can be had for under $200. The bad news is, it still has to contend with Core [...]
Posted in PC Hardware | Tagged AMD, cpu, HCW, Intel, Phenom, Processors, Reviews
By Carl Nelson on September 24, 2008
We have just published our article titled AMD vs Intel: $50 Dual Core War. As you can guess, it pits one CPU from each manufacturer that retails for $50 at most online shops. In this case, it’s the AMD Ahtlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz) taking on the Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (1.6 GHz)
Of [...]
Posted in PC Hardware | Tagged AMD, cpu, HCW, Intel, processor, Reviews
By Carl Nelson on September 18, 2008
We have just published our review of the Abit A-N78HD motherboard, which if the rumors are true, may be the last motherboard we review from them.
That is unfortunate too, because to be honest, Abit didn’t deliver on their usual high standards this time around. With a few poor design decisions here and there, and one [...]
Posted in HCW, PC Hardware | Tagged Abit, HCW, Motherboards, Reviews
By Carl Nelson on September 11, 2008
We have just published our review of the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500. This is one of Intel’s latest Dual-Core processors, and certainly their best that can be had for under $200.
In the review, we compare it against the Core 2 Duo E6750, which it essentially replaces for the same price, as well as AMD’s [...]
Posted in PC Hardware | Tagged HCW, Intel, Processors, Reviews
By Carl Nelson on September 4, 2008
We have just published our review of OCZ’s low-latency ReaperX 4GB memory kit. It has a long name, and huge heatsinks to match!
This is our first review of a 4GB kit, so we weren’t sure exactly what to expect. In the end, I can say that we were very surprized! Was is a pleasant surprize, [...]
Posted in HCW, PC Hardware | Tagged memory, ocz, Reviews
By Carl Nelson on February 27, 2008
We have just published our first motherboard review in a while, and it’s a doozy. The IP35 Pro from Universal Abit is based on the Intel P35 Express chipset. This chipset supports FSB rates up to 1333 MHz, and the IP35 Pro supports pretty much every Intel CPU out there.
You might be amazed at how [...]
Posted in HCW, PC Hardware | Tagged HCW, Motherboards, Reviews
By Carl Nelson on January 26, 2008
Last night at 1am, Spike TV debuted the first episode of GameTrailers TV, the first video gaming show on a non-tech cable channel in quite a while. If you happen to be the kind of person who is busy on Friday nights, you can also catch the show on GameTrailers.com. They say that the [...]
Posted in Video Games | Tagged Reviews, Television
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