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- The quad-core project - Building the PC walkthrough
- Last weekend we built two new quad-core PCs over at the PC Doc HQ. I promised that you'd be first to see the results of our hard work (buildig these PCs is easy, the hard part is the photography ... hot lights, having to keep your arms out of the...
- Tags: PC, Board, Quad-core, Heatsink, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Raptor X, HX520 PSU, Corsair, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- Quad-core PC project - Problems so far ...
- I was expecting a few problems setting up the quad-core systems, fortunately, issues have been few and far between. The main headache I've had relates to installing Windows Vista. On trying to install Vista a got the following error: STOP 0x0000000A (somenumber, somenumber, somenumber, somenumber) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL...
- Tags: Quad-core, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Heatsink, Computer, Knowledge Base, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Photos: Cracking open the Wii
- A step-by-step summary of TechRepublic's project to take apart the Wii. Caution: This will seriously void your warranty.After a week of trying, I finally got my hands on a Nintendo Wii. After taking it for a test drive, I began the painstaking and somewhat frustrating disassembly process. I started by...
- Tags: Game players, optical drive, photograph, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo GameCube, GameCube controller, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo GameBoy, screw, memory card, antennae, heatsink, USB port, plate, GPU, cable, console, CPU, manufacturing, board, chip, hardware
- Image galleries 2007-08-27
- Thermal grease and the MacBook
- Thermal grease and the MacBookno need to waitI guess we'll have to wait for the die hards to re-apply the grease on their MacBooks.it really doesn't matter what cpu and even what heatsink you're talking about, so we dont have to use a macbook specifically to know the end result...
- Tags: Processors, CPU, grease, heatsink, Apple MacBook, compound, processor, paste, Thermal Grease
- Discussion threads 2006-05-22
- Intel's 'Prescott' chip to keep Pentium 4 name
- Intel's 'Prescott' chip to keep Pentium 4 nameNot so strange after all...."Intel's 'Prescott' chip to keep Pentium 4 name"I guess this new chip shows no big boost over the current P-4.If you see where I'm coming from it's safer to keep the name ongoing if the new chips pack no...
- Tags: Processors, Network technology, Prescott, Intel Corp., heatsink, Pentium 4 name, Intel Pentium 4, chip, Intel Pentium, RAM
- Discussion threads 2003-12-12
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- NVIDIA stock ... Good buy or goodbye?
- NVIDIA stock ... Good buy or goodbye?They said that of Applethose many years ago. Thankfully, I held onto my stock which is doing quite well.I have a feeling that Nvidia will recover over time as well.I will remain loyal to nVidia.Of course, I only use desktops but I've found their...
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, NVidia Corp., stock
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Photos: Cracking open the Compaq Presario V2000
- Check out the insides of this stripped down laptop, everything from the motherboard to the kitchen--er, heatsink.The CNET Networks site TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. CNET News.com is publishing this excerpt. ...
- Tags: Compaq Presario, Photograph, Laptop Computer, Compaq Computer Corp., Desktops, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-23
- Psystar: Just how loud is it?
- Psystar: Just how loud is it?Oh, and the puck mouse,a perfect complement...Can you restore it?Are you provided with any restore DVD? Do you get any instructions for what to do if you can't boot?I believe Nvidia video cards work well but I think you need a driver to get quartz...
- Tags: C-scale, Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- AMD launches 'business class' Phenom, Athlon chips
- AMD launches 'business class' Phenom, Athlon chipsOne thing AMD has better...than Intel is the way the heat sink mounts. The four little pins holding the Intel heat sink to the main board is very mickey mouse. I've had the outer portion of the pin, what expands to hold the sink...
- Tags: Processors, Network technology, Sanity, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Phenom, business class, Intel Corp., chip
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Examining Intel's Skulltrail platform - and Skulltrail "on the cheap"
- On Saturday an old friend got in touch with me. He's found himself due to being unexpectedly made redundant moving from being an amateur video editor into doing this for a living. He's now finding that he's getting more and more work in but that his current hardware platform is...
- Tags: Board, Quad-core, Memory, Motherboard, Intel Corp., Skulltrail, Intel D5400XS, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Build a Vista-compatible office PC for $305
- Build a Vista-compatible office PC for $3052GB PC5300 Corsair for $39 from...newegg. This would be a better choice in my opinion.The main board you mentioned will let you go up to 1GB of video memory with this config.Vista Capable?With 1 gig of ram- minus the graphics, don't you think...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-03-08
- Build a Vista-compatible office PC for $305 (software not included)
- A reader set me an email challenge the other day - put together a cheap yet well spec-ed and relatively powerful office PC that's up to the challenge of running Vista. To make the challenge even harder, the whole package (PC, keyboard, mouse, LCD panel and Vista OS) had to...
- Tags: LCD Panel, Mouse, PC, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, CPU, LCD, RAM, ASUS M2A-VM, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Mice, Serial ATA, Desktops, Tv & Home Theater, Processors, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Storage, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-08
- From two to three GPUs with CrossfireX Quad
- There was a reason that I was excited about AMD/ATi releasing the Catalyst 8.3 drivers yesterday - and that's because I had waiting in the wings a dual-GPU Sapphire Radeon 3870 X2 dual GPU graphics card which I wanted to fit into my main system along with a Radeon 3870...
- Tags: Card, GPU, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- ATI acquisition might be key to AMD's future success
- ATI acquisition might be key to AMD's future successTurning point yes, but which direction?So far, they have shown little to say things will get better.RE: ATI acquisition might be key to AMD's future successI hope AMD can have a good turn around. We need two CPU manufactures on equal...
- Tags: Linux, 64-bit, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), acquisition, Running Vista, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- (Photos: Cracking open the XBox 360 Elite)
- (Photos: Cracking open the XBox 360 Elite)Two minor points...In the seventh picture's caption, you say the console is "lined with a metal sheath to enable heat dissipation." That looks like a Faraday shield, designed to keep the console from radiating all kinds of radio-frequency garbage that could mess up...
- Tags: Game players, Overall IT, console, Xbox 360 Elite, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Cracking Open, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC
- The other day I was challenged to put together a gaming PC for less than $1,000. As it turns out, not only is it quite easy to hit this figure, but you also get a lot of hardware for your money. Whenever I approach building a system...
- Tags: Video Card, PC, Board, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Graphics, EVGA 8800GT 512MB, Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB, Nothing, Games, Corporate Governance, Video Cards, Processors, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphics
- A few days before Christmas I got my hands on an AMD "Spider" Phenom 9700-based system. Since my head was ringing to the tune of "Jingle Bells" at the time, and because I had troubles downloading a needed BIOS update, all this conspired to mean that I didn't really get...
- Tags: Platform, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, Crysis, Chipsets, Performance Management, Games, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- On the test bench - AMD 'Spider' Phenom 9600-based system
- Today I'm going to be spending some time fitting up a new system on the test bench - this one is an AMD "Spider" Phenom 9000-based system. I've read the reviews and been through the benchmarks but I want to get beyond that and find out how this platform feels and...
- Tags: ASUS, Western Digital Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Serial ATA, Chipsets, Ethernet, Video Cards, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Building a Windows Home Server - the easy way!
- So, you're thinking about building your own home server based on Microsoft's latest OS, Windows Home Server and want some pointers as to the best hardware to use. You've come to the right place! Here I'm going to take a look at the components that you'll need to put together...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, CPU, RAM, Home Server, PSU, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- Two Lapworks' Futura Laptop Desks go to the ZDNet readers who....
- Two Lapworks' Futura Laptop Desks go to the ZDNet readers who....I need a laptop deskI currently own a PowerBook and spend a considerable though variable number of hours programming with my computer on my lap. Currently I use a sofa cushion to prevent my legs from toasting, and so I...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, laptop desk
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
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