3.1GHz Quad Core System on the Cheap: $200
The need for cheap speed! Yesterday I read a nice little article over at Anandtech about unlocking the extra two cores in AMD Phenom II X2 555 CPUs. This lets you take a dual core CPU and turn it into...
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List of AMD Fusion Brazos: Zacate/Ontario Notebooks and Motherboards
Update 2011.Sep.8th very nice new AMD systems from MSI and HP released, they may make for nice budget poor-man-ultrabooks Newegg.com – MSI X Series X370-206US Notebook AMD Dual-Core Processor...
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AMD Fusion Llano Laptops, Notebooks, Motherboards, and CPUs! [Lynx/Prices]
UPDATES: 2011.09.11 DELL releases nice new Vostro 3555 laptop Llano laptop starting at $459… Dell launched the AMD Llano Fusion based Vostro 3555 business laptop | Laptop Computer Planet...
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Turks get their paws on AMD’s three core Llano – A6 3500 confirms the rumours | TechEyehttp://www.techeye.net/chips/turks-get-their-paws-on-amds-three-core-llanoAMD’s upcoming triple-core Llano APU...
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Cheap tech gear for telecommuting jobs in Colorado
Colorado is a wonderful state to visit for business or pleasure. This summer my wife and I will be spending almost a month there. We have a housesitter for home and will be staying at a cabin at 10,500...
View ArticleHistory of Intel’s QuickSync, soon even faster! (Ivy Bridge)
Intel’s Quick Sync is a great new feature of their latest CPUs. One reader experienced 3x faster encoding and that is definitely not out of the norm! You are probably already familiar with how Quick...
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Duke Nukem Forever & AMD Dual Core Optimizer (on Intel!)
Recently I experienced some stuttering while playing DNF with my buddy Kevin. I tried adjusting the video settings to lower quality, yet I still experienced stutter and visual lag (not ping related)....
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Upgrade Acer Aspire One AO722 memory/RAM
UPDATE: Many readers have asked what memory I recommend for upgrading the A0722. My recommendation is 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 Kingston memory because it offers a lifetime warranty, solid performance AND it...
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Acer Aspire AS7560 review
Here are my impressions of the Acer Aspire AS7560 laptop: Pros: Decent keyboard, WITH full numpad Supports TWO hard drives… dual hard drive support is quite rare in a machine this inexpensive...
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Best small form factor slim PC for less than $500? (late 2012)
With all the lovely ultrabooks and super-powerful phones out there today, is is surprisingly hard to find diminutive-yet-powerful PCs at a reasonable price. We’re talking at least Core i3 and...
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Acer Aspire One 722 Performance Upgrades
If you have the lovely little AO722 netbook you may be looking for some simple and cheap upgrades. Here are my top upgrades for the AO722: Upgrade the RAM to 4GB for $20 or even 8GB for less than $40!...
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By: John Havlik
I’m looking forward to the boards with the E-350 being available, they look absolutely perfect for a HTPC. I wish they would have launched with mini itx boards being available around the same time...
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I’m looking forward to even more listings here, particularly the 9 watt, C-50 chipsets.
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By: J.D.
I hear you John, the mini-itx boards should be awesome for home theater PCs and even simple gaming/surfing systems . Nord, I’ll be keeping an eye out for C-50 systems as they come out! There’s a new...
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So far, the only motherboard you can get (in the US) is a micro-atx board with the E350, Newegg had it, but it’s already sold out:...
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By: J.D.
Thanks for the link John. They sure sold out quickly! The board looks nice but, like you, I’d much rather have a mini-itx form factor .
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Heads up, Newegg has some mini ITX boards finally, the Gigabyte one and an ASRock one:...
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By: John Havlik
Newegg finally has the E35M1-I DELUXE ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131698&cm_re=zacate-_-13-131-698-_-Product ) but man are they asking a price premium for it.
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