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"In this video, I will show you how to make your laptop USB3 compatible, even if your laptop did not come with USB3 ports. The key to making this change is simply to use an express card in order to benefit from the new speed of USB3. The throughput and bandwidth capabilities of USB3 far exceed...

Free Cloud Storage - MediaFire Above link has all the requested info, including screenshots. Problem being completely random Blue Screens ruining my day on a new setup. I've had a mix of graphics errors whilst benchmarking (only whilst connected to the internet does it crash) and a range...

I have an E6550 Intel 2.33 Gig dual core (Windows &7) - 4 Gigs of 6400 RAM - 1 TB Sata 3 (6 Gb) Hard drive The other is a AMD 955 3.2 Gig Quad core (Windows 7) - 60 GB SSD Hard drive and 2 USB3 Hard Drives - 1333 Gigs of RAM The AMD does a virus check at 3 times the speed using the same...

In this video, “When Solid State Hard Drives Fail”, Microsoft MVP and 7x Certified Information Technology Professional and Consultant Mike Fara, from Windows 7 Forums, takes a look at the frustration of identifying a SSD failure, the response from retail outlets, and the exceptional response of...

Unigine have released a new updated version of their fantastic DX11 Benchmark app Heaven. Here is the press release: Download: Link Removed - Invalid URL

Download: Link Removed Watch our review video as Mike Fara demonstrates that a dark bane consumes the world of computers, and that bane is slow hard disk performance. The bottlenecks of disk I/O and disk fragmentation cannot be understated. Tonight, I delve into this world, and come to only...

Link Removed DNS Jumper is a light application to easily change the DNS on the computer in a short time. DNS Jumper also provides a lot of DNS server list such as Google DNS, Open DNS, Ultra DNS, Exatel, Century, Cisco, Open Nic and many more. Also, this application can be used in portable...

Futuremark has released PCMark 7, the latest version of this general PC benchmarking utility. The free Basic version allows unlimited runs but is restricted to only a single overall system performance test. PCMark 7 will only run under Windows 7. PCMark | PC Performance Testing

Link Removed This freebie was originally posted about on November 5, 2009. However, the same freebie is being offered from various sources again this year so I wanted to remind everyone that EVEREST Ultimate Edition (v4.6) is still available for free. Instead of creating a whole new post, I...

3DMark 11 Download Get your copy here! This is the basic version and is free: Link Removed due to 404 Error (Mirrored content from 3DMark.com) File name: 3DMark_11_v100_installer.exe File size: 282 MB (295,710,024 bytes) MD5 Checksum: 0dbae3416950d06e703c24e181a5feed 3DMark is a computer...

According to results released by the Worldwide Web Consortium, Microsoft's latest Internet Explorer 9 Beta ranks the highest when it comes to HTML5 conformance. Link Removed due to 404 Error Seven features have been tested, as shown above. The full breakdown Link Removed - Invalid URL. Do note...

Futuremark®, the developer of the world's mostpopular benchmarking software, today released a new trailer for 3DMark® 11, the latestversion of their industry standard benchmark for real-time 3D graphics. The "HighTemple" tech demo trailer shows advanced tessellation and lighting effects rendered...

FinalWire AIDA64 Unveiled; Replaces Lavalys EVEREST | FinalWire AIDA64,Lavalys EVEREST,Replaces,FinalWire AIDA64 Unveiled; Replaces Lavalys EVEREST Upgrading from EVEREST FinalWire provide free upgrade path for EVEREST customers until October 20, 2010. For terms and conditions, visit Link...

Hey guys, I've got Sapphire AM2RS790G MBO (BIOS - Phoenix Tech. 6.00, date 1/9/2009), Windows 7 Ultimate and Phenom II X4 955. Right after the install of Windows, My Computer reported Phenom II X4 955 - 800 MHz. :o I've tried the CPU-Z tool, here's the result; Link Removed...

An interesting article on CrunchGear blows the lid off of some interesting new marketing gimmick that, if continues, may place the Internet and Intel processor purchasers into an uproar: Intel Selling Scratch-Off “Upgrade” Cards To Unlock Processor Power by John Biggs on September 19, 2010...

Introduction As we roll into the end of September which marks a few things like the end of the third quarter, the start of the new HD 6000 series coming, a new Catalyst driver suite and what could be an end to NVIDIAs very short reign on the mid range video card market, we find ourselves excited...

For some reason on Windows 7 the hard disk all ways Scores 5.9. Why is this? It's like it on my gaming computer and medium to high end systems that we sell at work. which in by acident have 1TB hard disk or higher. Can anyone else get a higher score for their hard disk?

I've been in the market for a new hard drive to replace my humble set of Seagate class 10, 7200rpm Sata300 drives, so recently after a look around I decided to put my money on the recent Cavier Black 1TB with it's huge 64mb cache and twin 500gig platters. I did consider the far cheaper similar...

Charlie is at it again: NVIDIA JUST HAD one of their most sleazy marketing tactics exposed, that PhysX is faster on a GPU than a CPU. As David Kanter at Real World Tech proves, the only reason that PhysX is faster on a GPU is because Nvidia purposely hobbles it on the CPU. If they didn't, PhysX...

Like most I upgraded to the recent Catalyst 10.6 release but had started to notice that with each successive driver release performance in DiRT 2 was getting worse. The frame rates would be just as high but the cars would start to 'hitch' (stutter) on certain tracks particularly if they contain...