Items tagged with 'budget'
Laptops, PCs At The Center Of Wal-Mart Back to School Blitz
Starting this weekend, Wal-Mart plans to change where you'll shop for your next computer, while possibly providing a needed salesboost to OEMs whose profits have fallen due to weaker sales. For most companies, such statements would smack of hubris, but Wal-Mart's size and recession-resistant business model lend credence... Read More
ATI Radeon HD 4550 Budget DX10.1 GPU
AMD continues their procession of new ATI Radeons today, with a couple of new entry-level offerings targeted at users who would like to upgrade from underpowered IGPs. Like the Radeon HD 4670 that came before it, the new Radeon HD 4550 and HD 4350 being rolled out today are based on the same GPU architecture first introduced... Read More
Antec Three Hundred Budget Gaming Case
Early last year, Antec launched their gaming line of cases with the Antec Nine Hundred - instantly garnering praise throughout the PC enthusiast crowd. It's main claim to fame was the complete openess of the front bezel, using perforated bays and 120mm fans to keep airflow rushing inside. Also notable was the... Read More
Antec Three Hundred Budget Gaming Case
Early last year, Antec launched their gaming line of cases with the Antec Nine Hundred - instantly garnering praise throughout the PC enthusiast crowd. Its main claim to fame was the complete openess of the front bezel, using perforated bays and 120mm fans to keep airflow rushing inside. Also notable was the... Read More
Budget Core 2 Platforms from ECS and Gigabyte
Today at HotHardware, we have looked at two affordably priced Core 2 platforms based on the Intel P3x series chipset, to see if there were any major differences in terms of performance, features, and overclockability between the two. Representing the P35 Express, we have the ECS P35T-A, which retails for a little... Read More
Budget Core 2 Platforms from ECS and Gigabyte
Intel’s latest chipset family, the P3x-series, can certainly be qualified as a hit thus far. While Intel P3x-series chipsets, like the mid-range P35 series and the budget-targeted P31 series, don’t sport any truly exciting new features in comparison to their previous generation counterparts, they’re showing themselves to... Read More
Budget System Building Guide Summer 2006
With the summer coming to a close, you may find yourself inside a bit more, and thus in the need for a new computer to get through the winter months. Those of you heading back to school may also find yourself in the same situation. Students aren't usually known for their large bank accounts though, but fear not,... Read More
Budget graphics cards compared @ TR
Our friends over at the Tech Report have rounded up a trio of budget-priced graphics cards and put them trough the wringer in typical TR fashion. When all was said and done, one card was the clear winner. But we won't give away the conclusion. Head on over to TR for the full scoop... "While ATI and... Read More
Budget Overclocking Beyond 4GHz
MadShrimps has posted a brief article which outlines a budget-oriented mission to overclock two different Intel CPU's well beyond 4GHz. Both the moderately priced Pentium D 805 and the Celeron D 356 were placed in an ASUS P5LD2 motherboard and cooled by a Thermaltake Sonic Tower heatsink. Seeing 4GHz... Read More
ECS KN1 SLI Extreme: SLI on a Budget
If we took a moment to reflect on some of the biggest technological advancements in recent history, SLI has to be on the short list. Thanks in part to the increased bandwidth of PCI Express, NVIDIA paved the way for running two matching PCI Express based video cards concurrently, resulting in what we know today as... Read More
Mini-PCs, DDR2, Budget CPUs, PSUs and a Bunch More!
Happy Friday all! Looks like a lot of people have been very busy in the hardware world this week. We've got a slew of news for you on a typically quiet Friday morning. We're all working on some awesome hardware ourselves, so stay tuned. I wonder how many of you feel real old after checking out Rob's retro... Read More
ASUS Extreme AX600XT vs. MSI PCX 5750: Budget PCI-Express
With much anticipation and fanfare, the next generation in video card interface has arrived. PCI Express, the successor to AGP, is now available on a number of Intel-based boards starting with the 900 series chipset. VIA, SiS, and others are sure to follow in the coming months. It's still uncertain... Read More
Our New Forum! An Asetek PR, Budget Video Shoot-Out, Abit AA8 & Others
Good afternoon HotHardware Fans! We've got something brand new for you today! To compliment our relatively new layout, we've just launched a brand new forum! If you're already a member, click here and check it out! If you're not a member yet, what are you waiting for? :) All you need... Read More
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