December 13, 2011 12:47 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
core i5,
core i7,
Core i7-3960x,
CPUs,
Intel,
Sandy Bridge,
Sandy Bridge-ESo you have the Core i7-2700k 3.4Ghz, and you thought you were the best, well one year later and meet the big brother to the Core i7, the Core i7-3960x at 3.3Ghz. Basically the 3960x is the 2700k on steroids, while clocked slower by 100Mhz(its Turbo Clock is 3.9Ghz, it has 2 extra cores (6 Cores)...
October 31, 2011 12:08 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Apple,
ASUS,
core i5,
core i7,
MacBook Air,
Samsung,
SATA 3,
Series 9,
SSD,
ultrabook,
usb 3.0,
ZenbookHere are a couple of MacBook Air Laptops that I am keeping an eye on...
The Samsung Series 9 Laptop
Core i5 2537M Processor, 4GB Ram, 128 GB SSD Drive, and 7 Hour Battery, check out the full specs
February 3, 2011 8:59 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ASRock,
ASUS,
core i5,
core i7,
flaw,
Gigabyte,
H67,
LGA 1155,
microprocessors,
MSI,
P8P67 Deluxe,
Sandy Bridge,
sandybridge sata port flaw,
SATA 6G,
Serial ATA-600So you all heard the news, that there is a minor flaw in the new Sandy Bridge mainboards, I for one am not currently affected. I am using more than just SATA ports 0 and 1, but I do not have any SATA 6G devices, I will definitely take part in the mother board swap as I want to make sure I get the...
August 10, 2010 6:05 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
core 2 duo,
core i7,
enhanced vmotion compatability,
EVC,
vCenter Update 1,
vmware,
VMware vCenter ServerSometimes you need to enable EVC to make sure vMotion plays nice with your ESX Hosts, I used this document as a reference point to make sure everything would work once EVC was enabled.
June 11, 2010 5:27 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
AMD,
core 2 duo,
Core 2 Quad,
core i7,
Core i7 875k,
crysis,
Intel,
overclock,
unlocked multiplierHey everyone, well its been quite some time since I upgraded my home system, I'm currently running an Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 clocked at 2.75Ghz, stock 2.2Ghz. Now its fine for everything I do, but sometimes I just want more... I think this might be the processor for me...
Intel Core...
November 18, 2009 2:18 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
8-core,
core 2 duo,
core i5,
core i7,
high performance computing,
hyperthreading,
Intel,
Nehalem,
Nehalem-EX,
overclock,
ProcessorIntel Nehalem-EX 6-core processor
Intel announced yesterday that it will be unveiling its six core processor, called Nehalem-EX, in the first half of 2010. The newest Intel chip will be targeted towards High Performance Computing (HPC) segment and will reportedly optimize server...
August 5, 2009 1:11 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
core i7,
future of processing,
HUGI,
Hurry up and get idle,
Intel Technology Summit,
Netbook,
Pine Trail AtomAn interesting story discussing the future of Intel, laptops, and netbooks. They mention Intel's new Pine Trail Atom silicon which will shrink the amount of space required by the silicon while boosting power efficiency and performance. Also mentioned is HUGI(Hurry up and get Idle) which will allow...
