Intel Core i5 661 Review: Now With Built-In Graphics

With 1.425v of power being fed to the processor, we arrived at a completely stable 4.6GHz overclock. In other words, users shouldn’t have any problem pushing their Core i5 661 processor to 4.0GHz. Despite the huge gains seen in CINEBENCH R10, we saw a more moderate performance increase in WinRAR.

January 4, 2010 · 1 min · 50 words · Heidi Bell

Hitachi SimpleTough Rugged Portable Hard Drive Review

Article Index Benchmarks: CrystalDiskMark CrystalDiskMark results are much the same as those we just saw in our transfer test, with the Hitachi SimpleTough performing a bit slower than the SH93. In terms of sequential reads and writes results are pretty close, but the random 512KB performance test favors A-DATA’s portable drive by more than a 10% margin.

December 23, 2009 · 1 min · 57 words · Jack Bates

Asrock Ion 330HT-BD Nettop Review

Furthermore mid-range processors, such as the Core i5 750, have up to 4.5x more bandwidth available.

December 14, 2009 · 1 min · 16 words · Jody Martin

QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo NAS Review

Performance and feature set are two things you’ll definitely want to keep in mind.

December 10, 2009 · 1 min · 14 words · Richard Harris

MenuTunes 1.7.2 for Mac OS X

MenuTunes gives you a quick, fully featured and elegant interface for controlling iTunes, all in a convenient system-wide menu.In addition to standard playback controls, MenuTunes can toggle iTunes' repeat and shuffle modes, change the currently selected playlist, and even let you specify a rating for the currently playing track.With MenuTunes' easy to use preferences, it’s possible for you to specify what items the menu should show, and even in what order to show them....

December 8, 2009 · 2 min · 217 words · Robert Stewart

A-DATA SH93 Rugged Portable Hard Drive Review

But users don’t just have to worry about hardware failures. The first group can easily get away with using flash memory drives these days. One of the most typical and convenient options is having an external hard drive. These are considerably smaller, lighter and do not require an external power source making them more practical. They are not much more expensive than 3.5" drives, either. Reliability and durability should also be taken into account....

December 4, 2009 · 1 min · 97 words · Sandra Petersen

Gainward GeForce GT 240 Review

But this is where things got even more ridiculous. Prices have dropped slightlysince then, but our opinion on it hasn’t changed much. With the remaining 9600 GT stockpriced just under $100, Nvidia’s newest card will start life here.

December 1, 2009 · 1 min · 38 words · Taylor Anderson

How to Change the Logon Screen on Windows 7

Recognizing this, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to apply and adjust individual themes with Windows 7. This time around, we are going to show you how to customize the Windows 7 login screen. There are various methods to accomplish this, with and without third-party software. First up is the more hands-on approach, and then the utility. Step 1: pop crack open the Windows Start menu and enterregeditinto the search bar....

November 27, 2009 · 1 min · 166 words · Rebecca Shannon MD

MSI X-Slim X340 Notebook Review

By comparison, Apple’s laptop is a mere .16" and .76", respectively. The outer lid is black plastic with an embossed MSI logo in white. All of the ports use chrome accents which look slightly tacky in my opinion. Our review sample came equipped with an 8-cell battery. The keyboard on the X340 leaves a lot to be desired. The layout is fine, but some keys are shorter than usual. I would be able to overlook those things, but not the quality of the keyboard itself....

November 25, 2009 · 1 min · 136 words · Adam Smith

ATI Radeon HD 5970 Review: Dual-GPU Graphics

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars employs the original id Tech 4 game engine.

November 18, 2009 · 1 min · 12 words · Jennifer Terrell

7-Way Intel P55 Motherboard Round-Up

The Asrock P55 Extreme was the weakest link here with all other motherboards delivering roughly the same performance. Although the margins were minimal, the Asrock board appeared to have a slight performance advantage.

November 17, 2009 · 1 min · 33 words · Jane Stevens

Dell ADI AD1981B Integrated Audio Driver

Analog Devices (ADI) AD1981B Integrated Audio Driver for Windows XP

November 16, 2009 · 1 min · 10 words · Melissa Strickland

Turn Off your Display Using a Windows Shortcut and More

The downloaded file will be a small standalone executable. You’ll want to move this file somewhere convenient for permanent keeping. I’m tossing mine in a new program folder (C:\Program Files\Wizmo). Right nudge the new shortcut file, and chooseProperties. Under theShortcut tab, you should see a text box labeledTarget. After the full filename path, enter a single space and the desired command. The command to turn off your monitor is-monoff. ClickOKand test it out by double clicking the shortcut....

November 5, 2009 · 1 min · 140 words · Kathleen Leon