Hardware Reviews

Here you’ll see tests and overclocking suitability of the following hardware components …

DDR RAM, Hardware Reviews, Memory

Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 LED BL2KIT6464L505 Memory Review

Memory is an important component of the PC system and with current operating systems e.g. Microsoft Windows XP in combination with current games or DTP applications nowadays 512 MB are by far not enough and should be upgraded to at least 1GB memory. However memory is not like memory and naturally there’re dozens of DDR (double data rate) module types on the market, that the choice isn’t really easy. In order to make the choice somewhat easier, there’s a new … Continue reading Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 LED BL2KIT6464L505 Memory Review →

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AMD Motherboards, Hardware Reviews, Intel Motherboards

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2007

ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2007 The newest ASRock Motherboards ASRock has invited to the current product presentation on 30.08.07 and presented 13 motherboards for AMD and Intel processors. In the following 14 pages long article we will take a closer look to these motherboards. For AMD processors: ASRock AliveNF5SLI-1394, ALiveNF5-eSATA2+, ALiveXFire-eSATA2, ALiveNF7G-HDready and the ALiveNF6G-VSTA. For Intel processors: ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2, 4Core1333-Viiv, 4Core1333-eSATA2, ConRoe1333-GLAN, ConRoe1333-D667 R1.0, 4Core1333-FullHD, ConRoe1333-DVI/H R2.0 and the ConRoe1333-1394. Here’s a picture of all previewed motherboards … The … Continue reading ASRock Motherboard Preview August 2007 →

AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ Socket AM2 motherboard is based on the nForce 520 chipset and offers many overclocking options for a very good price. It is not only easy to overclock with this board, it is also easy to underclock. For some users with 24/7 PCs it became a sport to underclock processors in order to lower the temperature and to lower the power consumption enormously. It was possible to run an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket AM2 CPU instead of … Continue reading ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review →

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AMD Motherboards, AMD Socket AM2 and AM2+, Hardware Reviews

Foxconn A690GM2MA-8KRS2H AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review

The Foxconn A690GM2MA 8KRS2H MicroATX motherboard offers with the new AMD 690G chipset an onboard graphics solution with DVI and Sub-D VGA ouput, as well as internal TV-Out connection. The ATI Radeon 1200 series is by far not comparable with current PCIe video cards, however it offers sufficient performance for office applications and thanks to the provided Microsoft Windows Vista drivers it’s possible to build an inexpensive Vista based PC platform. There’re some deficits regarding overclocking, but this shouldn’t be … Continue reading Foxconn A690GM2MA-8KRS2H AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard Review →

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