NVIDIA’s New GeForce 400M 3D Vision and Optimus Notebooks

Today NVIDIA is releasing seven new graphics processors for use in notebooks. These aren’t your average everyday integrated graphics processors. These are based on the Fermi Architecture for the latest DirectX 11 and feature 3D Vision and Optimus Technology.

By Dan Stoltz

GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX Motherboard Review

The GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 is GIGABYTE’s top tier ATX motherboard in their AMD Line up. Today we are going to put it through its paces and see how well it does with our AMD Phenom II X6 1055T. We are also going to throw it under some water cooling and see how far we can overclock this board! How will it do? Read on to find out!

By Dan Stoltz

IBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom Series System Review

Today’s toy isn’t a single system component, it is a complete system from iBUYPOWER! The iBUYPOWER Paladin XLC Phantom is a newly released system that is based on the X58 platform and has some of the latest bells and whistles! The question of the day is, how will it perform in our battery of tests? Read on to find out!

By Dan Stoltz

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula 890FX Chipset Motherboard Review

Dressed to the hilt in the red and black Republic of Games theme, the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula is ready for the party! How will it perform as a full Leo platform? Read on to see how the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula motherboard performs in our battery of tests on the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T six-core processor that include a few new benchmarks!

By Dan Stoltz

Biostar TA890GXB HD Micro-ATX Motherboard Review

The BIOSTAR TA890GXB HD is built around AMD’s latest 890GX chipset. At $95 the BIOSTAR TA890GXB HD Micro ATX motherboard also happens to be the least expensive AMD 890GX chipset based motherboard on Newegg.com right now. This 890GX based motherboard features SATA3 and the latest Radeon HD 4290 integrated graphics, all in a small Micro ATX package. How will it perform against our other systems? Read on to find out!

By Dan Stoltz

EVGA and Galaxy GeForce GTX 465 SLI Video Card Review

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 is the new “entry level” DirectX 11 graphics card. Just because it is NVIDIA’s entry level DirectX 11 graphics card doesn’t mean it is aimed at the entry level crowd. This bad boy is aimed at those looking for great DirectX 11 performance, but want to keep the budget under $300. Read on to see if this is the card fits that bill!

By Dan Stoltz

SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure Review

USB3.0 is quickly becoming a mainstream feature. Today we have the opportunity to look at an external hard drive enclosure that will take full advantage of USB3.0! The SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB3.0 3.5″ External enclosure will keep your hard drive cool and performance hot! Read on to find out more and see how it performs on USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 headers!

By Dan Stoltz

AMD Athlon II X2 260 Dual Core Processor Performance Review

The AMD Athlon II series of processors is a very budget friendly series of processors. Just because they are budget friendly, by no means are they lacking in performance. Today we have the opportunity to look at one such processor. The AMD Athlon II X2 260 is the fastest dual core processor in the Athlon II series. Read on to find out more!

By Dan Stoltz

AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHz Quad Core Processor Review

The AMD Athlon II X4 640 is the fastest quad-core processor in the Athlon II series with its overall clock frequency of 3.0GHz. With a street price of $122 and just a 100MHz boost over its predecessor is the Athlon II X4 640 worth it? Read on to see how it performs in the benchmarks and to see how it handles being overclocked on our AMD 890GX test system.

By Dan Stoltz

ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Motherboard Review

The ASRock 890GX Extreme3 motherboard features the AMD 890GX chipset paired with all new SB850 south bridge. The board offers the latest SATA3 6.0Gb/s offerings thanks to the AMD chipset, but also has SuperSpeed USB 3.0 support thanks to an onboard NEC controller. Read on to see how this Phenom II X6 supporting $129 motherboard performs and overclocks!

By Dan Stoltz