Intel announced
the name of their next generation desktop processor not too long ago.
Originally codenamed “Nehalem”, the new processors will be called “Core i7”,
and the full name will be: Intel® Core™ i7 processor.
I did some research
on these new processors and they appear to be a pretty amazing upgrade over the
old Core 2 series of processors from Intel. To see for yourself just check out
Intel’s official website, it’s full of everything you would want to know about the
new i7’s.
Microsoft has
just launched a new blog covering the engineering process of the next Windows
operating system, currently codenamed Windows 7. With the criticism that
Windows Vista has received I look forward to being able to read up on news
about Windows 7. Enjoy…
Corsair announced recently that its Dominator DDR3 memory
modules set a new world record for frequency. The world record of 2580 MHz was
set using the following hardware and setup:
- Corsair Dominator DDR3 memory module
- Asus ROG Rampage Extreme motherboard (Intel X48
chipset)
The results are verified by CPU-Z, which is an industry
standard that verifies overclocking results. The full details of the results can
be reviewed Here.
“We are proud that our Dominator Memory once again hit a
new world record” said Martin Mueller, Senior Director of Engineering, Corsair.
“Our proprietary technology used on Dominator DDR3 allows for incredible
overclocking results; we believe our technology is far superior to any other
when it comes to overclocking memory modules.”
Well, Dell
just released their new desktop PC a few days ago. As a loyal Dell user for
years now I can say it looks pretty damn cool! I mean come on, look at this
thing, it’s small which means it takes up little space and the design looks
pretty sweet. But as we know the small size will really limit its power. I was
searching around Dells site to see what hardware you can get with it and well,
it’s not all that impressive, especially for a power user like myself. The very
first thing I noticed is that it lacks any graphics power; it only comes with Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100,
which well, sucks, good luck gaming with this. But if you do not game at all
or use no other graphics intensive applications you should be fine. Looking to
get a Quad Core processor? This PC doesn’t come with that either just dual core
processors for now. Also, from what I can tell it does not have any expansion
slots, which is a drawback, considering it’s supposed to be a desktop. The main reason a lot of people like desktops is for their upgradability, right? This thing is designed more like a laptop with no real upgrade potential.
But most
of the other components are fairly acceptable if you upgrade it from the base model, like a 320GB hard drive, 4GB of DDR2
memory, optional blue ray drive, Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD audio, Bluetooth,
and optional wireless N compatibility. All for about 1,300 bucks, with no monitor, a little more if you add a monitor in with it if needed, but you can lower the price to only 499 for the base system.
Truthfully it’s
a pretty nice computer from Dell if you just surf the web and use office software,
but if you use a lot of advanced applications and especially gaming this system
will not get the job done. I’m sure hardcore power users will not be into this
system much, we like our computers loaded with powerful high end
hardware. I’d like to see Dell find some way to
use Nvidia and ATI graphics cards in this thing, come on, I can get Nvidia and
ATI mobile cards installed in my dell laptop, why not this?
So, in
conclusion, it appears this PC is mainly for the casual computer user looking
for a stylish system to show off. Looking for a more power system? You better
just stick with Dell’s XPS systems for now.
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