AMD Phenom II
AMD Phenom II, a cooler and more powerful CPU. The AM3 Phenom II were based on primary dies that AMD used to harvest defective cores and produce lower core CPUs. (A little more history here). The AMD Phenom 2, an…
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Top Twelve Tips to look for when buying a Computer
Top Twelve Tips to look for when buying a new PC or Laptop Lot of people have been asking me “What should I look for when buying a new PC or Laptop.” Okay, here is my top twelve things to…
Wireless for Free?
Wireless for Free Have you ever wondered why we went to digital TV so quickly. It’s because the FCC Auctioned off the old Television frequency spectrum back in the Clinton era. This was done to “Balance the Budget”. Well now…
Audio Technica ATH-M30 Headphones Review
I have gone through countless pairs of relatively cheap headphones, and even some headphones that were a little more expensive. Of all these, I have always found problems with them, whether it is bad sound quality (which they all…
$35 PC Raspberry PI Released
Updated Raspberry PI After six years of development Raspberry PI was just released and sold out in 2 hours. This PC on a board the size of a credit card just, 85.60 × 53.98 mm (3.370 × 2.125 in), packs…
Identifying Peripherals Part II
Identifying by chip number is not all that difficult. Looking on the circuit board look for the bigest chip. If there is a heatsink on it, look around. If this is a mother board, look for a part number. Below…
Identifying Peripherals to Find Drivers
Imagine this scenario. You’re just recovering from a hard drive crash. You lost all of your data. You have the windows install CD and the key…..but no drivers or that particular machine or video or audio card. Maybe all of…