Kingston HyperX KHX1600C8D3K2/4GX 2×2GB Review

Introduction Intel's Nehalem cores launched last year to much fanfare and striking levels of performance over past generation processors. One new feature was the use of a tri-channel memory configuration that offered huge memory bandwidth and excellent memory performance. Now that the latest iteration of the Nehalam architecture has been released [...]

Intel Lynnfield Core i5 750 and Core i7 870 Processor Review

Introduction Intel is on the verge of transitioning to 32nm. We'll see the first parts this year. What do you do with your 45nm fabs when you start moving volume away from them? Make really cheap quad-core Nehalems of course: I'm talking $196. I'm talking faster than AMD's entire lineup. I'm talking about arguably the best processor of [...]

Review Roundup 6th September 2009

Processor AMD’s six-core, ultra-low-power Opteron EEs ATI Radeon Used In Next Generation Apple Computers Intel Core i7 870 Preview Motherboard ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 Motherboard Review News Google Chrome Browser Pre-installed in New Sony VAIO Computers Windows 7 Enterprise license keys available for a limited [...]

Lite-On Blu-Ray iHES208 Review

Product  Name : Lite-On Blu-Ray iHES208 Selling Price : RM 450.00 HD (high-definition) continues to be an expensive game for consumers. We're beginning to see some cost-effective BD-R burners (Pioneer's BDR-203BK offers 8x BD-R for ‘just' RM650), but you're still being asked to pay a premium for the best drives, especially given that [...]

Patriot Corza 2 bays NAS review

If there is one thing that's a sure fact then that has to be that over the years our demand in data usage has risen a lot. We moved from installing games from a CD towards a DVD, our media content is changing from standard definition to high definition. With windows 95 an operating install was only a few hundred MBs in size, these days if [...]

Acer Aspire One 751h Review

Introduction Finding ways to differentiate your product in the notebook market can be difficult. Most companies are currently going with the Intel Atom N270/N280 CPU combined with the 945GSE chipset. The result is that performance is nearly identical between similarly equipped netbooks, although as we saw with the ASUS 1005HA and the GIGABYTE [...]

nVidia GTX 260 SLI Review

Introduction Last summer, shortly after the introduction of nVidia's 700 and 8000 series motherboard chipsets, OCIA.net took a closer look at one of their new features, Hybrid SLI. Either through augmenting graphic processing power via GeForce Boost, or reducing power consumption using Hybrid Power, nVidia combines the onboard graphics chip [...]

HP Pavilion dv6-1210sa – 15.6in Laptop Review

Introduction We recently took our first look at HP's Pavilion dv6 range with the dv6-1240ea, going away very impressed and handing out a Recommended Award. Its strength lay in its excellent all-round performance and the outstanding value it represented given the features on offer. Now we're looking at the dv6-1210sa, which is an AMD-based variant [...]

ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 Motherboard Review

Introduction The motherboard marketplace is littered with contenders and for many system builders, settling on a motherboard can be a difficult task, given the often dozens of iterations of the same chipset. For the enthusiast, that task is even more daunting. The choice is more crucial than just a simple system backbone, the motherboard is [...]

Review Roundup 30th August 2009

News MySpace Buys iLike Mozilla chief: Microsoft ballot screen leaves IE ‘uniquely privileged’ Google : YouTube Becoming Profitable Soon Analyst: Blu-ray may never replace DVD in PCs Active Xtream Technology wishes you a Happy 52nd Merdeka Day Notebook & Netbook Nokia first netbook Booklet 3G Gigabyte Booktop M1022 [...]