Intel Core i7 Goes Mobile – Core i7-920XM ‘Clarksfield’ CPU Review

Today Intel has released their next generation of mobile performance platforms designed with gamers and multimedia enthusiasts in mind. Codenamed “Clarksfield,” the new Intel Core i7 mobile processor paired with the PM55 Express Chipset promises to bring the latest Core technology to a mobile, performance-efficient platform! Read on to find out the full feature set and performance of Intel’s latest mobile performance lineup including benchmarks!

By jw

IDF 2009: Hands on with the Archos 9PCtablet

Last night Legit Reviews got to spend some time with ARCHOS and got a hands on look at the recently announced 9PCtablet (tablet PC). The ARCHOS 9 pushes the boundaries of what one might consider the future of netbooks, as this Intel Atom powered tablet PC has some features that might just leave you wanting one!

By Nathan Kirsch

Intel Finally Demonstrates The Larrabee Graphics Card

The second Intel Developer Forum keynote just finished and Sean Maloney included a little update in it about Intel’s latest discrete graphics card called Larrabee. This would make it the very first public showing of Larrabee, which is a big deal for enthusiasts and those who have been hearing about Larrabee for years.

By Nathan Kirsch

IDF 2009: Threaded DDR3 Memory Modules

Rambus and Kingston recently announced that they have successfully co-developed a threaded DDR3 memory module or improved multi-core computing. What makes this announcement interesting is that the initial test results have shown an improvement in data throughput of up to 50 percent, while reducing power consumption by 20 percent compared to conventional DDR3 memory modules!

By Nathan Kirsch

IDF 2009: Keynote with Paul Otellini

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini was the main speaker for this morning’s keynote and spoke about the state of Intel and the direction that the company was headed. If you are interested in what Intel will be up to in the near future this is worth a read!

By Nathan Kirsch

XFX Radeon HD 4850 1GB Video Card Review

Featuring a full TeraFLOP of compute power, the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 is true power player. The single slot design enables easy three- and four-way CrossFire assembly and the sub $125 price tag doesn’t hurt either. Will the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 1GB of memory have enough to play the latest game titles? Read on to find out!

By brian

The ASUS AT3N7A-I Motherboard Gets A New Fan

While building our NVIDIA Ion powered Mini-ITX computer system we found that the fan used to cool the Intel Atom 330 processor and Nvidia Ion chipset was louder than what we expected from our prototype ASUS AT3N7A-I motherboard. ASUS said they agreed with the feedback and sent us a new fan that is being used on the retail models. Read on to see how loud the new one is!

By Nathan Kirsch

Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green and Black Hard Drives

Legit Reviews has the new Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB (model WD2001FASS) hard drive and will be comparing it to the WD Caviar Green 2 TB (model WD20EADS) hard drive. How big of a difference will be seen between the Caviar Black and Caviar Green drives? Read on to find out and you might just be shocked!

By Nathan Kirsch

CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 3000 System Review

With the launch of Intel Lynnfield, CyberPower has geared up to bring high performance gaming to a lower price point. Powered by a GTX 295 and overclocked CPU and memory, this Core i7-860 powered gaming machine has more than enough muscle to blaze through games of today and tomorrow.

By brian

AMD Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II X4 630 Processor Review

AMD announced this morning, the first ever quad-core processor for less than $100! The AMD Athlon II X4 620 processor is the industry’s first and only sub-$100 quad-core processor at this time as it is priced at $99. The other processor being announced today is the AMD Athlon II X4 630 processor, which costs $122. Read on to see how the perform and overclock.

By Nathan Kirsch

OtterBox Impact Series Sleeve For The iPhone 3GS

The Impact Series line of cases by OtterBox provides effective protection against bump and shocks that your Apple iPhone 3G S might experience during an average day. The case has specially designed inner corners that help dissipate the force of an impact away from the iPhone 3G S for added protection.

By Legit Staff

Kingston HyperX DDR3 4GB 2133MHz Memory Review

Kingston is no stranger to high performance memory kits. With HyperX kits available for just about any platform you can think of, it is no surprise that with the launch of Intel’s Lynnfield CPU they have released one of their fastest kit to date. Running at 2133MHz, this dual channel DDR3 memory kit is blazing fast out of the box.

By brian

Swiftech Apogee GTZ Core i7 Waterblock Review

Today we look at one of the most popular CPU waterblocks on the market today, the Swiftech Apogee GTZ Core i7. The Apogee GTZ has been one of the top waterblocks for some time, so let’s see how it handles out Intel Core i7 920 on our LGA 1366 test system!

By Shane Higgins

VIA ARTiGO A2000 Barebone Storage Server

With the ARTiGO A2000 storage server, VIA aims to attract a wider audience to the idea of network attached storage by offering this small, low-power network storage server. A barebones system based on the VIA C7-D processor and a custom Nano-ITX motherboard, the ARTiGO A2000 was designed from top to bottom to be an easy, long-lasting solution for the average user’s storage requirements.

By mcollins

AMD Shows off 24 Panel Eyefinity on DirectX 11 Graphics Cards

AMD is showing off a brand new technology today called Eyefinity. AMD’s next-generation of DirectX 11 graphics cards come with support for up to to six independent displays, which allows you the ability to connect anywhere from one to six displays to just one video card. AMD says that the experience is unlike anything you have ever seen before.

By Nathan Kirsch