Wed Hardware Reviews

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Obviously, it is up to you to decide what you need and what you can afford. If you want the best gaming video card on the market, the GeForce 7800 GTX is it right now. You may be wondering about cheaper versions of the GeForce 7800 series. Currently, NVIDIA is only announcing the GeForce 7800 GTX as their flagship model. You can pretty much assume that there will be lesser versions sold for less money down the line, each one being slower than the 7800 GTX of course. AGP versions of the 7800 family, if any, have not been discussed either.

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The Pentium D 820 is a great processor for those who like to multi-task but who are also on a budget. It would not be my first choice for gaming, but if you are in the market for a fairly inexpensive, general processor, the Pentium D would be a great choice...

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Dual cores are becoming mainstream. Both Intel and AMD's flagship CPUs are using two cores on a single die, albeit, with different interfacing strategies. In addition, Intel offers the ExtremeEdition with HyperThreading capability to double the logical cores to a total of four units. On the other hand, the dual cores are offset by a lower clock speed, at 3.2 GHz, the Smithfield core lags 600 MHz behind the fastest single core Pentium4 offered by Intel.

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I can say that I'd recommend this memory to people looking for fast, stable, and high performing memory. Most users, with current chipsets won't find this memory or any other DDR2 we've looked at so far to limit their system overclocks. In fact, without some frustrating trial and error it's proving difficult to find the right combination.

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Always innovating, Mushkin has added a new Redline Series to their XP (Xtreme Performance) lineup of memory. The Redline modules are rated for PC3500 or PC4000 speeds with 2-2-2 timings. In order to achieve these speeds however, voltages in excess of 3.1V are needed!

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OCZ Technology PC-4000 Gold VX Series memory is designed specifically for high-frequency and high-voltage operation – the two most important aspects when trying to push the memory bus to its absolute breaking point.

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Today, PCSTATS will be looking at MSI's nForce4-4X entry, the K8N Neo3-F. This motherboard supports all AMD Athlon64 and Sempron Socket 754 processors and up to 2GB of single-channel DDR memory. As with other nForce 4 chipsets, PCI-Express is integrated and the K8N Neo3-F sports a full PCIe x16 slot for video cards as well as a single x1 slot for peripherals. A standard compliment of four SATA 150 ports and two IDE controllers are present, as well as four built in USB 2.0 ports and two more on the included PCI bracket.

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Mainstream versus Performance; the ongoing saga. You can always expect to sacrifice features and performance when you opt for a mainstream product instead of The Flagship. In most instances, the performance is something you would never feel and the features are probably something you would never miss. The latest chipset from Intel doesn't skimp on the features, and really doesn't cut back on the performance; it's just Overclock Unfriendly. The i945 chipset itself has many features which we've already talked about, that lend themselves to a budget upgrade while still able to support the high end in processor selection. Intel Flex Memory which allows modules of different sizes to be utilized in the Dual Channel setup. Supporting Dual Core and a Front Side Bus of 1066 allows power users who utilize heavy multi-tasking applications to make the most of available silicone. All in all, I'm very impressed with the package that Gigabyte has put together with this board.

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I’m sure if you asked anyone these days what brand of computer case they wanted, they would probably tell you Lian Li, Thermaltake, Silverstone, CoolerMaster or maybe even Antec. But if you asked that person which one of those cases they can afford they might tell you none of them. Sure it might be nice to spend at least $100 to buy a high quality case, but not everyone has that kind of money to spend. So they look for a budget case, maybe around the $50 mark, hoping to find a decent case with the features they want. Today 3DXtreme is going to look at one such case, the Rosewill R114A mid-tower. Does it have the features you need at a price you can afford? Let’s find out…

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It was awhile ago we looked at a Seasonic power supply, a few days ago we got their new PSU the SS-600HT power supply at a whopping 600W. We have decided to compare this to OCZ Powersteam and a Coolermaster supply to see how well it performs against these PSU´s that have performed very well in testing before.

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AeroCool has brought to market a short list power supply with the Turbine Power 550. It is an efficient solution that can drive most anything you have to throw at it. There is ample power, connectors and separation of 12V rails to alleviate headaches on high end water coolers and the like. Their design plays nice with your customizations, no matter the level, without taking over as the centerpiece of your hard work.