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Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P Intel P55 Express Motherboard Review
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What really makes the companies' flagship Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 motherboard stand out from the crowd? In one word - features.For starters Gigabyte has sweetened the pot with a little more of well... everything. There is support for nVidia SLI and ATI CrossfireX of course, but there's also combo USB/eSATA ports and a pair of extra slots for DDR3 memory to entice you.
Gigabyte's GA-P55-UD5 socket-1156 motherboard is an enthusiast grade Intel P55 Express platform with a ton of extra features packed into it. Along with the obvious support of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 800-series socket 1156 processors, the GA-P55-UD5 board features three physical PCI Express x16 2.0 slots that support both ATI Crossfire and NVIDIA SLI. The use of C-PVA technology means the SyncMaster F2380 can achieve 178° horizontal and 178° vertical viewing angles, so colours won't shift or dim if you move your head relative to the position of the monitor. MD seeks to shift that tide with the introduction of the energy efficient AMD Phenom II X4 910e processor for socket AM3. This 2.6GHz quad core chip has as all the Phenom II features that you expect... Latest PCSTATS Reviews You May Have Missed...
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ASRock H55DE3 Motherboard
Tue: 02.09.10 | 12:03P | Motherboards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"ASRock is a manufacturer targeted to the entry-level market, competing with ECS on this particular segment. It's been a while since we've last took a look on their motherboards, so we were really curious to see their H55 solutions. So far they released four H55-based motherboards. Let's take a look on H55DE3."
  FULL STORY @ HARDWARESECRETS

Corsair Dominator GTX Series PC3-19200 4GB Kit
Tue: 02.09.10 | 12:02P | Memory | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Towards the end of December we saw PC3-17600 show its face. What you had was 2200MHz DDR modules with some pretty relaxed timings. Then in waltzes Corsair, strutting their stuff with a PC3-18000 kit that carried with it a default clock of 2250MHz DDR and some impressive timings to boot. If that wasn't enough, the fact that we then got another 100MHz+ DDR out of the kit with the same timings was just awesome. Another week goes by and we find ourselves looking at a kit that might be carrying some slightly more relaxed timings, but a massive stock clock. PC3-19200 is the number you need to know today. Let's jump forward a page and find out what that huge number translates to."
  FULL STORY @ TWEAKTOWN

SilverStone SG05 White Mini-ITX Case Review
Tue: 02.09.10 | 12:01P | Cases | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"The SilverStone SG05 Mini-ITX/DTX computer case is one designed for minimal space and maximum flexibility. Unlike other small-form factor cases, the SG05 attempts to provide users with options by supporting large video cards, larger heat sink fans, and an 80-plus 300 watt PSU. The large 120mm fan provides ample cooling while the included IDE-adapter and bezel replacement part serve as excellent examples of SilverStone's well-thought out design and dedication to pleasing owners..."
  FULL STORY @ LEGITREVIEWS

Lian Li PC-A70F Big Tower Computer Case
Tue: 02.09.10 | 12:00P | Cases | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
The Lian Li PC-A70F Big Tower shows what "big" really means. But what else can the luxury case offer? We took a look...
  FULL STORY @ TWEAKPC

24GB DDR3 and Windows 7
Tue: 02.09.10 | 9:03A | Memory | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
Recently, Crucial launched 4GB and 8GB memory modules that allow more people to be able to load up their systems for some serious multi-tasking applications. We will be briefly looking at two pair of 12GB kits in our test system that gives us 24GB of memory to play with. This is a pretty solid chunk of kit and it will currently set you back close to $1,000. The interesting thing to see is if we can bog down a system and make it bleed. . .
  FULL STORY @ BCCHARDWARE

Corsair Obsidian 800D
Tue: 02.09.10 | 9:02A | Power Supply | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
The Corsair Obsidian 800D showcases extensive and unique features in a crowded marketplace that often lacks originality. Corsair may be new to the chassis business, but they've had years to watch and learn from other manufacturers’ mistakes. Can the Obsidian 800D rise to the challenge in a very competitive market? Can Corsair continue their successful move from memory products into other PC component areas? Let’s find out.”
  FULL STORY @ PUREOVERCLOCK

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps Solid State Disk
Tue: 02.09.10 | 9:01A | Hard Drives | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"At this point do we really even need an intro for the Crucial RealSSD C300? For months Crucial has taunted us with videos, screen shots and snippets of information. At Storage Visions just days before CES we met with Crucial and they were waving a drive around; our eyes were like a dog fixated on its master swinging around a fresh piece of bacon. You can look, you can touch, you can take pictures but you can’t plug it in. Damn it man, stop with the cruelty! Today Crucial finally let a RealSSD C300 out of their grasp and somehow we managed to have it land on our doorstep. The RealSSD C300 uses Marvell’s new SATA 6Gbps solid state drive controller, the first of its kind. Crucial took Marvell’s hardware and let Crucial engineers produce the firmware for the drive."
  FULL STORY @ TWEAKTOWN

 
ATI RADEON HD 5670 Graphics Card
Tue: 02.09.10 | 9:00A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Today we are going to review ATI RADEON HD 5760 (formerly codenamed Redwood) -- the company's latest offering which supports all recent innovations. Priced a bit cheaper than $100, this solution succeeds RADEON HD 4670, providing higher performance and richer features."
  FULL STORY @ IXBTLABS

Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3
Tue: 02.09.10 | 5:04A | Memory | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
“The Sapphire Radeon 5570 is a low-power budget graphics card, marketed in the $80 range to consumers who are interested in some light gaming, and indeed the card is more capable than the lowly 5450 in terms of gaming performance. At this price range, the Nvidia GeForce GT 240 is the 5570's closest competitor. Question is: Can the 5570 continue with ATI's winning ways, or can the humble Nvidia GT 240 prove to be a bit too much as competition? Let's take a look at the Sapphire Radeon 5570 1GB and see how it fares.”
  FULL STORY @ PUREOVERCLOCK

ATI Radeon HD 5570 - Sub-$100 HTPC & Gaming Solution
Tue: 02.09.10 | 4:49A | Games | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
AMD's clear goal at the moment is to finish rounding-off its HD 5000-series line-up in advance of NVIDIA's Fermi launch, and so far, it's doing a good job. It's continuing its success in this goal with the release of the $80 Radeon HD 5570, a card that's designed to offer stellar media capabilities along with reasonable gaming performance.
  FULL STORY @ TECHGAGE

ATI Radeon HD5570 Video Card Review
Tue: 02.09.10 | 4:34A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Last week saw the entry-level ATI Radeon HD 5450 based on AMD's Cedar core, with the ATI Radeon HD 5670 introducing Redwood a couple of weeks prior to that. The HD 5570 slots in between the HD 5670 and the HD 5450 in terms of price, but not in terms of performance. The Redwood architecture is pruned to allow big features in small form factor (SFF) or Home Theater PC (HTPC). Join us as we take a look at AMD's latest video card, the HD 5570."
  FULL STORY @ RAGE3D

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB GDDR3 Video Card
Tue: 02.09.10 | 4:19A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"It would be interesting to know the strategy behind ATI and their decision to release the HD 5400 series before the HD 5500. Considering the samples arrived only days apart, we doubt it was because one was ready and not the other. They could've almost released both cards at the same time; maybe they just wanted to spread it out a bit so they received more coverage instead of having one review / article on two models. Now they end up with two. The big question that needs to be answered today is whether or not the HD 5570 performs closer to the HD 5670 or closer to the HD 5450. For the simple fact that we like performance, we hope that it leans towards the HD 5670, but we're really not sure. Before we find out just how it does perform, let's take a closer look at the package and the card itself."
  FULL STORY @ TWEAKTOWN

Sapphire HD 5570 1GB
Tue: 02.09.10 | 4:04A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"For the rest of us, overclocking is where it's at, and luckily in this regard, the 5570 doesn't disappoint. The overclocking potential is due to the GPU processor being built on a 40nm die that is easily cooled by the passive heatsink on the card. After some tweaking, I was able to adjust the core clock by 251MHz and the memory speeds were able to be increase by 200MHz. Once I reached these final overclocking speeds, the HD 5570 really started to perform better and in many instances it was equal to or just shy of its older (and more expensive) brother, the HD 5670."
  FULL STORY @ OVERCLOCKERSCLUB

ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review
Tue: 02.09.10 | 3:49A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
It's self-evident how AMD has kept us busy over the last few months, showing us new generation GPUs aiming at all possible price points. From the performance-oriented HD 5850/5870, to the mainstream HD 5770 and the extreme dual-GPU powered HD 5970. The budget models had to wait a bit longer. Today AMD is introducing another new member to the Radeon HD 5000 family -- the eighth installment in the series. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 will sit between the aforementioned Radeon HD 5450 and 5670 in terms of pricing and performance, which means it should deliver a similar level of performance to that of the Radeon HD 4670 at the same starting price of ~$79. The Radeon HD 5570 is a more powerful GPU than the HD 5450, capable of playing games comfortably at 720p while retaining some of the HTPC-friendly properties that made the latter an attractive buy.
  FULL STORY @ TECHSPOT

ATI Radeon HD 5570: Affordable DX11 GPU
Tue: 02.09.10 | 3:34A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"This is like déjà vu all over again." That quote from the ever-so-quotable former New York Yankee Yogi Berra is particularly suitable for today's launch of the ATI Radeon HD 5570. Just last week, we brought you our coverage of the Radeon HD 5450 launch and wrote a bit about AMD's aggressive release schedule with regard to their DirectX 11-class GPUs. In this article, we will present to you yet another new DX11-class card from AMD, the ATI Radeon HD 5570. A quick look at its model number, along with a bit of deductive reasoning, will reveal that the Radeon HD 5570 falls somewhere in between the Radeon HD 5450 and 5670 in AMD's current line-up. And in fact, the card shares some attributes of both cards. We'll get to the finer details in a just a bit; for now, check out the specifications and related information below and hunker down for a look at what could be one of the hottest graphics cards for HTPC users in quite a while...
  FULL STORY @ RADEON

ATI Radeon HD 5570
Tue: 02.09.10 | 3:19A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
However the Radeon HD 5570 is nothing like the Radeon HD 5870/5850 graphics cards, and we are not talking about performance here. As I just said, these flagship models are so impressive because they set a new benchmark for $300 - $400 US graphics cards. The Radeon HD 5570 changes almost nothing, and in fact at $80 US it could be considered a little backwards.
  FULL STORY @ LEGIONHARDWARE

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 Review and Radeon Value
Tue: 02.09.10 | 3:04A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Today we will be taking a look at Sapphires 5570 to see where the new GPU fits into the market in a selection of real world gaming tests, GPU computing tasks and high definition playback. In addition to this we will also take a look back at two other products in the value area, the XFX 5670 and HIS 5450..."
  FULL STORY @ HARDWAREHEAVEN

Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3
Tue: 02.09.10 | 2:49A | Video Cards | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
With ATI’s assault on the high and mid-range price segments nearly complete, their focus has now shifted to the lower end of the market. Hot on the heels of their HD 5450 release comes a card with substantially more graphics horsepower but with a sub-$100 price: the HD 5570 1GB. In this review we take a look at this card and how it does alone and in Crossfire configuration against some stiff competition.
  FULL STORY @ HARDWARECANUCKS

Intel Core i5 661 Processor
Tue: 02.09.10 | 2:34A | CPU / Processors | PermaLink
Posted by: STAFF
"Codenamed Clarkdale, the new LGA 1156 i3 / i5 chips are built on the Westmere 32nm process, joining the previous 45nm Bloomfield and Lynnfield releases in the Nehalem family. Another new idea Intel implemented in these chips is adding a GPU core directly on the processor alongside the CPU. Three new chipsets were also introduced that allow you to run one of these GPU-equipped processors without a discrete video card. Intel Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading make an appearance in the i5 series as well. All of this and more just ahead as we take a detailed look at the Intel Core i5 661 processor. "
  FULL STORY @ OCIA

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