Ati Radeon HD 5570 Gaming Benchmark

Ati Radeon HD 5570 is one of the best entry level graphics card for playing games, today let see the gaming benchmark result from this AMD card. Basically, as one of entry level add-on graphics card class, HD 5570 has comes with simple design and small of size, it's looks good for HTPC system with minimalist size. In the same of prices range, this card will fight with NVidia card such as GT 220 and also GT 430, today let see the HD 5570 gaming first.

Intel GMA 3150

Intel GMA 3150 is one of entry level on-board / integrated graphics card for mobile computer, it has been released with Pineview code name. Intel GMA 3150 graphics card usually comes for nettop with Intel Atom D410 and Intel Atom D510 mobile processors 9chipset), and also for Netbook with Intel Atom N4x0 and also Atom N550 processors (chipset). What about the performance? well it's looks that Intel want to give a friendly and cheap on-board graphics card for working only, and I thing that Intel GMA 3150 is not for playing a weight PC games.

Asrock 985GM-GS3 FX - AM3+ Socket Motherboard

Looking for new AM3+ socket motherboards? here is Asrock 985GM-GS3 FX motherboard which it has comes for AM3+ socket. Asrock released the 985GM-GS3 FX with white socket color but it's not problem, you can still put your AMD Bulldozer into this board, 985GM-GS3 FX can run with max 8 cores type of processors with 125W of max TDP, it still compatible with Phenom X2, Athlon X3, X2 and older series with AM3 socket. The great thing from this motherboard is on-board graphics card, AMD Radeon HD 4200, so you can play some games with it, but don't worry you can still use add-on graphics card for Asrock 985GM-GS3 FX later.

MSI P67A-GD65 - Socket 1155 Motherboards

Based from Intel P67 chipset, MSI P67A-GD65 has come with many features and it's one of the best socket 1155 motherboards from MSI. Today, Intel Sandy bridge has shown top performance, almost all Sandy Bridge can beat AMD processors in the same class, so people who looking for Intel motherboard will found more than one Sandy Bridge socket LGA 1155 motherboard in the market, and MSI P67A-GD65 may can give more performance for you. The big label from MSI P67A-GD65 is Military Class II name, what is this? well the Military Class code on MSI P67A-GD65 means that this motherboard has made with top quality component, for long lifespan, stability, better performance and many more. MSI P67A-GD65 has been equipped with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s, it's good features for long life.

GeForce GT 430 Benchmark - Gaming Performance

Today, let see the GeForce GT 430 benchmark results, it's PC gaming performance point and I believe that many of GeForce GT 430 owner want to know more about their cheap NVidia graphics card performance. As we known, GT 430 is entry level graphics card from NVidia that has comes for people who need a new VGA card with limited budget, this card powered by 700 MHz of GPU clock speed, 800 MHz - 900 MHz (DDR3) of memory clock speed, 1 GB DDR3 of memory capacity, and it has DX 11 supported. NVidia GT 430 is not bad for gaming in medium resolution and medium to high settings, you can play some PC games very well in this settings. Well, let see GT 430 benchmark below

Point Blank Minimum Requirements - Online PC Games

If you want to play Point Blank PC games online, you should better check this Point Blank minimum requirements information, don't worry about the old PC specs, PB is not monster PC games like offline PC games, it's still comfortable with Intel Pentium 4 series and AMD Athlon 2500+ and others. If you have an old desktop PC, you can Point Blank very well, all you have to do is meet the requirement, internet connection and also PB client. Well, as one of the most popular first-person shooter online games like Counter Strike, Point Blank is very fun free online PC games. So before you asking can I run it? you can check it by your self the minimum requirements and try to use recommended system for the best gaming experience. Here we go.

Digital Alliance HD 5570

While people looking for powerful graphics card, there is also people who looking for cheap graphics card for playing PC games. Digital Alliance HD 5570 as one of AMD Radeon HD 55XX series has comes with value for money, I found it with cheaper prices than another brands, so if you never know about HD 5570 performance you should better check it first : AMD HD 5570. Let see the Digital Alliance HD 5570 product below.

AMD HD 7770 & AMD HD 7750 Features

AMD Radeon HD 7770 and AMD Radeon HD 7750 has been released by AMD, the AMD HD 7770 has come with HD 7770 GHz edition name and AMD 7750 still with basic name. Both of graphics card are mainstream graphics card class for AMD to replaced the AMD HD 6700 series, it's all powered by 1GB of memory capacity with GDDR5 type. The new HD 7770 GHz edition powered by 1GHz of default clock speed which it faster than competitor, and the HD 7750 powered by 800MHz of default clock speed, it's good enough for playing PC games, like it. So what is the new features and specs? check this out.

Ati Radeon HD 5570

Ati Radeon HD 5570 or lets call it AMD HD 5570 is entry level graphics card from AMD, it has 1GB of memory capacity, DDR3/DDR5 of memory type, 650 MHz of GPU clock speed, and HD 5570 also has equipped with new features, that is DirectX 11. In this cheap graphics card class, we can found many of graphics card type such as HD 4670, HD 6570, NVidia Geforce GT 430, and many more. As we know that HD 5570 only has 650MHz of default GPU clock which it lower than GT 430, but we can see it in the real performance on gaming benchmark result. But remember, HD 5570 is not premium or high class graphics card, so you should better use it in medium resolution display for better performance. Well, which is better for our money? well let see together.

New AMD FX-8120, FX-6120, FX-4150 - The Next Bulldozers

The new AMD Bulldozer processors AMD FX-8120 3.2 GHz eight-core, FX-6120 3.5 GHz six-core and also FX-4120 3.9 GHz quad-core has been leaked, this AMD Bulldozer processors rumored will comes with only 95W of TDP. It's all based from AMD Bulldozer line-up, and it's looks so great for AMD fans. So what is the new thing from it? let see together.

Nvidia GeForce GT 430 - 1GB

As on of entry level graphics card from Nvidia, Geforce GT 430 has comes with many features, this card has powered by 1GB of DDR3 and 700 MHz of graphics card clock speed (GPU), it's look good enough for playing PC games on medium resolution and don't try it with highest resolution for latest PC games which it required more speed and more performance. Okay, basically, the key features from Nvidia GT 430 is directX 11 features, and you can use this cheap Nvidia graphics card for playing games which comes with directX 11 version. So let see the specs below.

Intel Core i7 3820 - 3.6Ghz Quad-Core LGA2011 Processor

Comes from Intel LGA2011 socket, Intel i7 3820 is the all new quad-core processor with 3.6Ghz of default clock speed, it's one of Intel Sandy Bridge-E series. As we know that Intel also has released the premium LGA2011 processor such as Intel i7-3960X Extreme Edition, it has powered by 3.3GHz, six-core, 12 threads and 15MB cache, but the prices of this processor is expensive, it's around $900. So Intel seemly want to give another choice for us, Intel Core i7 3820 is great quad-core processor from Intel, and looks so powerful for mainstream computer user with "friendly prices" of course.

Biostar TZ68A+ Review

Biostar Z68A+ T series or Biostar TZ68A+ is one of premium motherboard for Intel Sandy Bridge, before we read Biostar TZ68A+ review you have to know that Biostar Z68A+ motherboard has comes with many features such as 100% solid capacitors, SATA3.0, USB3.0, 4 slots of memory, etc and the prices looks so friendly for budget. I have written about this motherboard in my older post, you can read it here : Biostar TZ68A+, today let see the performance of Biostar Z68A+ in the real benchmark computing.

Foxconn H61MX | Foxconn Motherboard

Foxconn H61MX is one of cheap value socket 1155 motherboard for Intel Sandy Bridge series from Foxconn motherboard, it has been powered by Intel H61 chipset which it looks perfect for entry level computer users. Almost the same with another H61 motherboards, Foxconn H61MX comes with uATX form factor and compact motherboard layout, it's not ATX motherboards but still okay. There is something special from Foxconn H61MX motherboard, there is only available 2x slots of memory module, 1x PCIe x16 2.0 version, and 4 SATA2. It's not bad and good enough for daily computer needs.

AMD Quad-Core A6-3420M

Need quad-core processor for your notebook? here is AMD quad-core A6-3420M series, it has comes with pure 4 cores, 1.5GHz of clock speed and also powered by AMD APU technology. AMD A6-3420M is not fastest processors from AMD APU series, but the quad-core label on this processor has make it looked so powerful for notebook, you can run it for working with your software or also for playing some PC games, don't worry about gaming performance because the AMD quad-core A6-3420M has been equipped with AMD HD 6520G on-board graphics card and it's not bad.

Intel Celeron G530

Intel G530 is one of the entry level Sandy Bridge processor from Intel, it has comes with 2.4GHz of clock speed, Intel LGA1155 socket and it's dual-core processor type, yes it's one of Intel Celeron type. As we know that Intel Celeron is basic processors line-up from Intel that comes with standard features, but today, there is something beautiful from it. Intel G530 is Celeron series that has comes from Intel Sandy Bridge family, and we are know that Sandy Bridge has shown powerful performance, even it can beat almost all AMD processor in the same class, wow.. nice huh?

Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H - FM1 Socket AMD Motherboard

Looking for powerful Micro ATX motherboard? here is Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H FM1 socket motherboard that comes for latest AMD A series and E2 series processor. There is unique label from this FM1 motherboard, Gigabyte has given Super4 features, that is Super Safe, Super Speed, Super Savings and the last one is Super Sound. It's looks good motherboard, let see Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H more closer.

Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2

GA-M68MT-S2 is one of cheap AM3 socket motherboards that comes with NVidia chipset and Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 also has supported for the new six-core processor from AMD Thuban series. To give more power into the processor, and also for better stability also performance, Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 has equipped with Gigabyte Split Power Plane, 3+1 phase VRM features, great. As one of cheap and value AMD AM3 socket motherboard, GA-M68MT-S2 has comes with only 2 slots of memory, it's not good for extreme users but more than enough for global computer users who need just 4GB or 8GB memory on their motherboard.

MSI WindPad - Windows 7 Tablets

MSI WindPad is Windows 7 tablet from MSI, today we can found 2 series of MSI WindPad, WinPad 100W edition and also WinPad 110W edition, the 100W series has been born with Intel Melow processor Z530 with 1.60GHz of clock speed and the 110W edition has powered by AMD Brazos dual-core Z01 APU processor, both of tablets uses 10" of display screen size.

We're know that tablets is compact mini computers, it's light and also easy to use with touch screen input. MSI as one of the popular computer components seemly want to give more tablets experience with the Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, while other tablet comes with Android OS, MSI WinPad uses Windows OS. Actually, MSI WindPad has shown a great looks appears, it's also powered by latest mobile processor, both from Intel and also from AMD, so you can easy to choose it. Now let see more about MSI WindPad specs below.

AMD Athlon II X3 425

AMD Athlon II X3 425 is triple-core processor 2.7GHz of default clock speed that has comes for entry level computer users. This processor looks good for multi-tasking even for playing PC games, and it's better than dual-core processors. Comes with AM3 socket, AMD Athlon II X3 425 is not the latest processor from AMD, it's still with AM3 socket while the new AMD line-up has come with FM1 and AM3+ socket.

AMD Trinity Release Date

A few days ago, I have written about Trinity here (AMD Trinity) you can check it first. AMD Trinity release date is expected in March, 2012 and I hope it will give more performance than Intel and the prices will get lower than Intel line-up. So is it a good news right? you can wait for it before you buy AMD processors today. For more info about it, let see a few info "what is Trinity. AMD Trinity is the next gen of AMD processor that will comes with better performance than AMD Llano series, AMD Trinity will comes with up to 4 cores processor (quad-cores) series and it's looks enough for our computer system today.

AMD Radeon HD 7950

AMD Radeon HD 7950 is the next premium graphics card from AMD, the GPU clock up to 800MHz and it's lower clock speed than HD 7950 but still come with 3GB of GDDR5. Almost the same with another AMD 7000 family, AMD 7950 has made with 28nm architecture, full DirectX 11 supported and also come with new PCI Express 3 gen. We have seen the HD 7970 in older post, now let see the AMD HD 7950 series.

Biostar G41D3C - Socket LGA 775

If you have an Intel LGA 775 processor and need a new motherboard with socket 775 type, Biostar G41D3C is one of the best choice for you. Biostar G41D3C is not a new gen of motherboard but I'm sure many computer users still need it, while Intel has released new socket LGA1155 and new LGA2011 processors type, there is many motherboard brand that still making socket 775 motherboards. Biostar G41D3C is cheap motherboard for Intel LGA775 processor, it also has supported DDR3 memory type with dual channel mode and if you need gaming power, you can put add-on graphics card into Biostar G41D3C motherboard.

Gaming Computer + 22" Monitor with $500 - February 2012

If you want to build a complete gaming computer (plus 22" monitor) with budget around $500, you can follow this tips. Okay, the first thing that you should to know is I will going to Intel processors, why? well the Sandy Bridge has beat almost all AMD processor today, and sorry for AMD, I still waiting for the best gen of Bulldozer from all of your team. Next, add-on graphics card, yups, you need it for better gaming experience, and I choose the AMD HD 6670 series, it's not the best graphics card for gaming but still great for daily home computer gaming, but not for extreme / hardcore gamer. Okay check my system below.

Intel Core i5-2430M - Mobile Processor

Intel Core i5-2430M is mobile processor from Intel, it's one of Intel Sandy Bridge processor series that comes for mobile product. Intel Core i5-2430M comes with 2.4 GHz of default clock speed and up to 3GHz with Turbo technology, it's also has 2 cores and 4 threads, see it? it's nor native quad-core processor, it's just dual-core processor. As you know, the Sandy Bridge processor comes with on-board GPU, and the Intel Core i5-2430M has powered by Intel HD Graphics 3000 which it has 650 MHz of graphics base frequency. Intel i5-2430M is low fuel-consumption dual-core processor, it's only need 35 W of TDP. You can meet this processor on Asus K53SV, Asus K53SC notebook or on Dell XPS notebook series.

Asus HD 7950

Asus HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 is the first AMD 7950 graphics card series from Asus, it's comes with standard features but still powerful for daily activity even for extreme gaming on your computer system. Asus HD 7950 is 28nm GPUs graphics card same with AMD HD 7970 or also AMD HD 7990, it's 3GB GDDR5, 384-bit of memory interface, PCI-E 16 3.0, but the HD 7950 uses 800 MHz of GPU clock lower than 7970 edition. Asus actually has released 3 HD 7950 series, but today let see the HD 7950 standard edition first.

Asus Radeon HD 7970 - Cool and Quiet Edition

Asus Radeon HD 7970 has been released by Asus, now the Asus 7970 also available with cool and quiet edition, even Asus called it as coolest and quietest AMD Radeon HD 7970 products at their site. Asus Radeon HD 7970 is the all new AMD 28nm GPUs graphics card with Tahiti code, it's top graphics card so far, Asus HD 7970 now comes with the coolest and quietest edition also named as ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP series which has powered by DirectCU II cooling system, dual fan thermal design, 6 copper heat-pipes and also equipped with a large dissipation area to keep low temp and quietest operation, nice. Basically, this HD 7970 edition still with 3GB of GDDR5 memory, PCI-e 3.0, 384-bit memory interface, but the GPU core has been overclocked by Asus, let see more about this graphics card below.

Asus 1015PX - Dual Core Intel Atom Netbook

Asus 1015PX is compact Netbook from Asus, powered by Dual-Core Intel Atom processor (N455/N570), 1GB DDR3, Asus 1015PX is good mini Notebook for mobile computing. The screen display is almost the same with another netbook series, Asus 1015PX comes with 10.1" LED back-light screen type and uses WSVGA model 1024x600 of resolution. Truly, the dual core Intel Atom processor is more than enough for working even for enjoying some multimedia files.

AMD Quad-Core A8-3820

AMD A8-3820 is quad-core APU processor with AMD FM1 socket, 2.5GHz of default clock speed and 2.8Ghz with AMD Turbo Technology, it's also equipped with 4MB of L2 cache. The great thing from AMD quad-core A8-3820 is on-board graphics card, yes, as one of the best AMD APU processors, A8-3820 has been born with AMD Radeon HD 6550 on board graphics card which it has 400 of GPU cores, and 600MHz of GPU clock speed. So, if you want to build cheap budget desktop computer, you can use it for your system and run it without buying add-on graphics card.

Ubuntu 11.10 Minimum Requirements

If you want to try the new Ubuntu 11.10, it's free operating system (open sources app), you should better check the Ubuntu 11.10 minimum requirements, but don't worry it's not a hunger OS for hardware. Well, Ubuntu 11.10 is the new edition of Linux Ubuntu Operating System, it's looks nice with new desktop appearance. Ubuntu is friendly Linux edition, it's easy to use, supported by many free software, and safe. Ubuntu 11.10 has released in October 2011 with Oneiric Ocelot code name. You don't need a dual core processor or a quad-core processor for running with Ubuntu 11.10, you can running well with only Pentium 4 processor 1GHz, let see the minimum system requirements below.