Owners of Intel’s newest platform (dubbed “Sandy Bridge”) are no doubt feeling pretty frustrated after the recent announcement of faulty Intel-based SATA II controllers and ports. The workaround for people with only a hard drive or two is to not use the affected ports. For someone such as myself however, 7 of the 8 ports are taken up meaning I don’t have that luxury (similar to many other people I’m sure). Luckily Intel is going to make it...
In the world of custom PC’s, there are an unlimited amount of options when building your own rig. With that freedom and creativity comes potential compatibility issues. But it’s nothing this particular type of crowd can’t figure out. On that note, PC enthusiasts have a new toy mere weeks from release — Sandy Bridge. This new line of processor and motherboard hardware provides some decent improvements in performance. Naturally, pc hardware...
Sandy Bridge processors aren’t available yet, but that hasn’t stopped custom PC hardware manufactures from jumping in feet first. Gigabyte took the time at IDF 2010 to show off two of their new P67 (Sandy Bridge) motherboards: the P67A-UD5 and GA-P67A-UD7. The most obvious change right off the bat is the color change. Gone is the baby blue that has adorned pretty much every Gigabyte motherboard for some time now. Replacing it is a much nicer looking and...
It’s no secret that Intel’s been dragging their feet with USB 3.0. They’re been relatively quiet on the subject, showing very little if any enthusiasm. With that, Intel has pushed back several release dates for USB 3.0 compatible chipsets in the last couple of years, angering many hardware vendors in the process. Without Intel’s help in pushing forward a standard, 3rd party vendors are left to come up with their own. But it’s not getting any...
Talk to any self respecting PC builder/Gamer and mention the word “integrated graphics”. What you’ll unanimously get is a barking laugh back in your face. As computer junkies will tell you, integrated graphics are useless on desktop PC’s as they can barely power Windows’ visual effects, let alone games. But what if “integrated graphics” were made to use traditional “discrete” GPU’s? ASUS asked that very same...
