Tech News
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Beginners Guide to Controlling your HTPC @ MissingRemote
Published: Monday, January 17, 2011 | By: DeanSo you just finished reading building an HTPC and are wondering how your gonna control your HTPC. Here's a great roundup of controllers for your HTPC.
In continuation of our beginners guide series, this guide is all about controlling your HTPC. One thing that sets a "computer connected to your big screen" and it being a HTPC is how we interface with the system. Controlling your HTPC is all about the hardware and software combination you are using......
As you can see there's multiple ways to get the job done, either with bling, or simplicity. The choice is yours.
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NL: Review Block - Motherboards and Memory
Published: Monday, January 17, 2011 | By: DeanFirst up motherboards
Motherboards:
- ECS A890GXM-A2 @ PureOverclock
- GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD7 @ Bjorn3D
- Gigabyte P67A-UD4 @ PureOverclock
- ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Review @ ocaholic
- FATAL1TY P67 Profess1onal Series @ LanOC Reviews
- ASUS P8P67 Socket 1155 Motherboard @ Pro-Clockers
- MSI P67A-GD65 Socket 1155 Motherboard Review @ OCIA
- ASRock P67 Pro3 Socket 1155 Motherboard @ Pro-Clockers
- ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme: Running SLI With the Lucid Hydra Chip @ Bjorn3D
Can't forget memory
Memory:
- Corsair Dominator 12GB 1600 Kit @ technic3d
- Patriot Viper Xtreme P3-16000 - 2000MHz @ Bjorn3D
- Corsair Vengeance 12GB DDR3-1600 @ PureOverclock
- Crucial 4GB kit, Ballistix DDR3 PC3-12800 @ modders-inc
- OCZ Platinum XTE PC3-16000 4GB Dual Channel Kit Review @ OCIA
- G.Skill Ripjaws F3-16000CL9D-8GBRM 2x4GB Memory Review @ Hardware Canucks -
ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution Review @ ocaholic
Published: Sunday, January 16, 2011 | By: DeanAsus has put together a workstation motherboard for the new intel sandy bridge series of cpus.
With the P8P67 WS Revolution ASUS has a first workstation motherboard in its portfolio supporting Intel Sandy Bridge processors.The board itself should be very stable and there should also be an extensive delivery included. If even the performance is on a reasonably good level that's what we will uncover on the following
pages.Asus looks to have a solid board on their hands, with a decent color scheme. Just be warned the dimm slots are close to the socket, so those large heatsinks my cause clearance issues.
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Afterburner 2.1.0 Beta 6 - Offering 6970/6950 voltage adjustments
Published: Friday, January 14, 2011 | By: DeanAfterburner has released a beta version to allow voltage adjustments for your 6950/6970.
I am glad to tell everybody that Afterburner 2.1.0 Beta 6 is ready. The most exciting thing in this beta is the support of HD 6970 and HD 6950.
Now you can tweak voltage of HD 6970 and HD 6950 by afterburner, no matter it uses Voltera VT1556 or Chil 8228 or Chil 8214 PWM chip! Thanks to superb Unwinder.Only catch is you have to have a non bios modded 6950/6970. But like everything there is a work around. Just start reading at post #26
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Cyborg R.A.T. 3 and R.A.T. 7 Review – the ultimate mice? @ Kitguru
Published: Thursday, January 13, 2011 | By: DeanI've always had a sweet spot for the cyborg line of mice. With a distinct look and feel bar none. Add in the plethora of options and it seems a solid buy.
There comes a time in every man’s life when he has to upgrade to a quality mouse. Thankfully, there are no shortage of killer products on the market from the likes of Steelseries, Razer, Roccat and even Microsoft.
You would not immediately assume that mass market purveyor of distinctly forgettable peripherals ‘Mad Catz’ would be on this shortlist, but if the Cyborg R.A.T. range are to be considered even on appearance......From packing to the feature set, this is truly not your mainstream mouse. One day I just might have to grab one myself.
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Sandy Bridge 2500K/2600K Batch and Serial Numbers @ hwbot
Published: Thursday, January 13, 2011 | By: DeanSo you've decided you're going to get a new 2500K/2600k series Cpu. But you're worried about picking up a dud, and you want to push it to its limits.
Have no fear Massman from hwbot has started a thread collecting batch/wafer information, to help you out. If you're able to check your Cpu prior to your purchase then this will defiantly give you a leg up.
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Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 2400, 2500K, and Core i7 2600K @ PureOverclock
Published: Thursday, January 13, 2011 | By: DeanAre you on the fence trying to figure out which upgrade route to go? Perhaps the new Core i5, or i7 is your ticket
"These new Sandy Bridge chips are monsters, make no mistake. And 1155 is not a step backwards from 1156; in fact, it's quite a leap ahead in terms of performance. We've got locked and unlocked chips, Core i5 and i7 on the bench today: 2400, 2500K, and 2600K. These chips run the gamut of the performance lineup, and they're performance monsters."
These new chips are promising, posting better scores then most of the mainstream offerings. But then again you're stuck having to use a multiplier to overclock. Subzero temperatures won't help you out either. Leaving you the question, "Do you jump now, or wait for socket 2011 and its familiar overclocking?".
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NL: Review Block - The great pure black motherboard
Published: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 | By: DennisI recently posted some photos and details of 2 new motherboards from Sapphire and it would seem a couple of sites were even able to post reviews of the board.
- Sapphire Pure Black X58 Motherboard @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire Pure Black P67 & X58 Intel Motherboard Preview @ Legit Reviews
- Sapphire Pure Black X58 Motherboard Review – overclocking performance @ KitGuruI'm actually not sure what is more exciting, the fact there is another X58 board on the market or that Sapphire is actually doing a good board on their own.
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ASUS RoG Maximus IV Extreme (P67) Motherboard Review @ HardwareHeaven
Published: Thursday, January 13, 2011 | By: DeanAsus has just released its newest high end P67 board. The offerings are plentiful, from a free vantage key, to the many ways of adjusting the board. They even throw in an iPod/Pad app and Bluetooth. I wonder if they have a blackberry interface for that yet?
Last week we took our first look at Intel's new Sandy Bridge platform and were very impressed by the CPUs. Intel had also created an impressive board in the form of their DP67BG motherboard but as always there are motherboard manufacturers ready at launch to push Intel's chipset into a whole different league of features and performance.
Today we have one of the first high end P67 based boards on our test bench. With their Maximus IV Extreme ASUS hope to deliver a board which exceeds anything else on the market and we will be testing it in a selection of synthetic and real world tests.....From enticing goodies, to multiple ways of controlling the board, it would seem it’s a solid design. It boasts scores surpassing previously reviewed Intel P67 boards to date. Plus you get the chance to say “There’s an App for that”.
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Intel To Pay NVIDIA Technology Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion
Published: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | By: DennisOk so this is rather un-expected and extremely good for stockholders. Not only does Intel and nVidia agree to drop all legal disputes but over the next 6 years Intel will be paying nVidia to use their technology.
For the future use of NVIDIA’s technology, Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011. NVIDIA and Intel have also agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them.
“This agreement signals a new era for NVIDIA,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA’s president and chief executive officer. “Our cross license with Intel reflects the substantial value of our visual and parallel computing technologies. It also underscores the importance of our inventions to the future of personal computing, as well as the expanding markets for mobile and cloud computing.”So what does this mean? Based on what I am reading it means that nVidia is once again open to create chipsets using Intel technology along with anything else Intel has a patent on. Likewise it means Intel can integrate SLI technology into their chipsets and use technologies related to GPU technology in their products.
That might be an over simplification but considering that Intel is willing to pay for this six year cross-licensing agreement means there is something nVidia has that they really want.
