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 [NEW!]  Palit Radeon HD4870X2 Videocard Review
September 07, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Video Cards
Today PCSTATS is testing Palit's latest videocard, the Radeon HD4870X2, sporting a pair of ATI/AMD's powerful 4870 (Radeon 770) GPUs. This dual slot card is intended to provide gamers with the power of a dual video card Crossfire setup in a single unit, and features a huge 2GB of onboard GDDR5 video memory.    Continue»
 
How Motherboards Are Made: A Gigabyte Factory Tour
August 28, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
PCSTATS takes you on a guided tour of Gigabyte's Motherboard Factory in Taiwan.    Continue»
 
IcyDock MB453SPF-B SATA Multi-Bay Backplane Module Review
August 19, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Hard Drives
A multi-bay backplane module is a box the size of a couple optical drives stacked on top of one another that stores a handful of serial ATA hard drives in compact, individually hot swappable drive caddy's.     Continue»
 
ECS P45T-A Intel P45 Express Motherboard Review
August 19, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Motherboards
There were something like 370 different variations of the Intel P45 motherboard introduced at Computex 2008 this year when Intel unveiled its 4-series chipset family. That's a lot of motherboard to choose from - pick the ECS P45T-A to save time and money.    Continue»
 
Biostar TPower I45 Intel P45 Express Motherboard Review
August 17, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Motherboards
I don't know what magic Biostar engineers infused into the TPower I45 motherboard to make it an overclocking monster, but reaching +600MHz FSB with this board is a real possibility!     Continue»
 
ASrock Penryn 1600SLI X3-WiFi nForce 680i SLI Motherboard Review
August 16, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Motherboards
The Penryn1600SLI X3-WiF motherboard is built on nVidia's nForce 680i SLI chipset, and as you may have guessed this platform supports Intel 'penryn' quad core, 45nm 'yorkfield' and dual core 'wolfdale' processors.    Continue»
 
Beginners Guides: 99 Windows Vista Performance Tips and Tweaks
August 15, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
Take control of Windows Vista with help from PCSTATS. We've got 99 ways to squeeze out better performance, enhance boot times, free up hard drive space and trim away Vista's fat.    Continue»
 
Samsung Syncmaster 943B 19-inch LCD Display Review
August 14, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Monitors
The Syncmaster 943B is a mainstream / business oriented 19-inch LCD display with a competitive price tag.    Continue»
 
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad 750W PSU Review
August 01, 2008   |   By: C. Sun   |   Topic: Power Supply
In this review PCSTATS will be evaluating the Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad power supply. The 750W Quad is a unit that hardware enthusiasts should like.     Continue»
 
Beginners Guides: Diagnosing Bad Memory
July 21, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
In this guide, PCSTATS will discuss the common symptoms of faulty memory as well as looking at a handful of free memory testing software programs which can help you diagnose your troubles.     Continue»
 
Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M Geforce 9600GT Videocard Review
July 04, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Video Cards
Once the darling of the budget constrained computer gamer, nVidia's Geforce 9600GT has been pushed aside by AMD's mainstream HD4850 and the sudden swell in Crossfire supporting 4-series Intel motherboards.    Continue»
 
Acer Aspire G7700 Predator at Computex 2008
June 20, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Computex 2008
This beast of a computer system was on display at the Acer booth in Nangang for Computex 2008. From 30 feet away, the Aspire G7700 made you stop dead in your tracks and drool.    Continue»
 
Intel Nehalem Socket 1366 Motherboards Emerge at Computex 2008
June 07, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Computex 2008
Intel's next-generation processor microarchitecture is called Nehalem, and it will usher in the era of CPU-based memory controllers for the chip maker.     Continue»
 
Beginners Guides: Installing RAID on a Desktop PC
April 22, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
With the right number of identical hard drives, motherboards that support RAID can choose from RAID 0, RAID 1, and sometimes even RAID 0+1 for improved performance, data redundancy and backups.    Continue»
 
Beginners Guides: Linux Part 1: Getting Familiar
April 21, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
Since its creation in 1991 by Linus Torvalds to the present day, Linux has been half operating system and half symbol. PCSTATS introduces you to Linux in this, the first part of a 3-part series focusing on Linux.    Continue»
 
Beginners Guides: Linux Part 2: Installing a PC
April 18, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
We'll look at SUSE Personal 9.1 and explore the process of installing Linux onto your hard drive as a full operating system.     Continue»
 
Beginners Guides: Linux Part 3: Installing New Software
April 16, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
Linux is free, relatively easy to install, but what about software? How do you add programs and software in an environment that isn't based on the familiar rules of the Microsoft Windows world?    Continue»
 
Beginners Guides: Making Old Software Compatible with Windows Vista
April 09, 2008   |   By: Mike D.   |   Topic: Beginners Guides
Upgraded to Windows Vista? Have you discovered a lot of the software (and even some hardware) you've been using for years is no longer compatible? You're not alone... Buying all new software isn't the answer, instead PCSTATS will guide you down the path to getting your old programs working once more in Vista.    Continue»
 
Thermaltake BlacX SATA Hard Drive USB Docking Station Review
April 01, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Hard Drives
The Thermaltake BlacX is a neat little USB-based hard drive docking station that fills a gap left vacant by removable hard drive racks and external hard drive enclosure systems.    Continue»
 
Samsung Syncmaster 743B 17-inch LCD Display Review
April 01, 2008   |   By: M. Page   |   Topic: Monitors
The Samsung Syncmaster 743B LCD/TFT monitor PCSTATS is checking out in this review is clearly oriented towards individuals on a budget who aren't willing to skimp on picture quality.    Continue»
 

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