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General
hardware sites
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3d Chipset
A great source of video card news - very up-to-date. Links to drivers
on the front-page - NICE.
3d Pulpit
3dSpotlight
The PC Enthusiast hardware/gaming resource
Ace's
Hardware
Great technical artilces. Ace really knows his stuff!
Active-Hardware
Lots of hardware news and reviews
Adrian's Rojak Pot
The
exclusive BIOS optimizaion guide!
Tweaks, guides, reviews and some news too.
AnandTech
The boy-wonder runs one of the best sites on the web
Andy
McFadden's CDR Faq
The best CD-Recordable FAQ I've seen
Ars-Technica
Cutting edge news and technical analysis
BenchmarkHQ - russian (english)
tons of links to benchmark and sysinfo apps. Descriptions, everyday
benchmark software news, a glossary, and so on.
Benchtest.com
Cooling benchmarks and info, DMA info and more!
Chick's Hardware UK (CHUK)
I think "chick" means something else in jolly-old england
Complete Guide to
PC Hardware
And they mean COMPLETE!
The Control-Alt-Delete
(don't forget 'the')
One of the new generation of news/review sites
Dan's Data
New and interesting PC hardware independently reviewed
DEEZ Tech (not to be confused
with DEEZ-NUTS)
Web news, articles, reviews
Duane's Hardware
Comprehensive hardware news and info
FullOn3D
3D computer gaming news and reviews
Gideon Tech
The case modding, tweaking and all around simple how-to site for
the common man. Light on the technical stuff, so its easy to read
and easy to understand.
h-ODA
Home of SoftFSB, WCPUID and more: he is a GENIUS. These programs
are indispensable.
HardOCP
wtf does OCP stand for? I bet it means award-winning web-site design! ...er
I must have something to do with overclocking, cus Kyle thinks he's
"hard."
Hardware
Companies - the web list
An absolute must for your favorites: find ANY company's web-site:
even those in taiwan!
Hardware Extreme
(new url: hwextreme.com)
down for redesign?
Hardware Masters
News and reviews
Hexus.net
Computer news, reviews, the goods ...etc
Hip-Hardware
News, reviews, editorials
Hypothermia
Far beyond being cool & home of the Killer Gaming Rig Contest
The
Inquirer
Technically a computer-news site, but Mike Magee's new site is just
the best, so it goes here too.
Insane Hardware
excellent source of news, reviews and more
iXBT-labs/iXBT Hardware
The latest industry news - lots of exclusive info. on unreleased
motherboards and video cards
Jimmy's Hardware Zone
Multiplier lock article - more to come...
JSI Hardware
Hardware and related news, reviews and files
LittleWhiteDog
Just another hardware news site? I think not
MatroxUsers
The site for owners of Matrox video cards (A far better resource
than the official Matrox site in
my opinion).
Maximum Hardware
Performance related articles, reviews and news
MikhailTech
Another new generation news/review site
(and he knows how to use the pillow-emboss in Photoshop )
PC Benchmarks.com
hasn't been updated in a while (since june...)
PC Gunk
hasn't been updated in a while...
PC Hardware Romania
Lots of reviews and info in English and Romanian!
PC Mechanic (nice logo guys)
Hands-on aritcles like how-to build or setup certain components.
News too.
SharkyExtreme
Reviews of the newest (hottest) hardware and much more
*NOTE: the Shark is pretty pro-Intel, anti AMD, just take what he
says with a grain of salt.
StorageReview
The source for hard-drive reviews and benchmarks
SysOpt.com
down? moved? http://winspeed.freeservers.com
I don't know if this is the same guy...
TargetPC
Technology news and reviews
TechPhiles.net
Web news, articles and reviews
Tech Report
Not to be confused with Tech-Review
Tech-Review
Not to be confused with Tech-Report
Van's
Hardware Journal
honest, accurate, hard-hitting, and thorough reviews and analysis
of the latest in computer hardware and related high technology
Void Your Warranty.net
Another one of the new generation of news/review sites
Virtual Hideout
News, reviews and especially cool advice like how to add colored
LEDs and neon to stuff.
VR-Zone Hardware
(has nothing to do with "virtual reality")
"Most interesting news & reviews" they also have a
forum
Wave Matrix Magazine (Gamewave.org)
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Specialized
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Ace's
Hardware
Ace's should be here too - There's a lot of processor info there
AMD Source
reviews & stuff - more than just AMD related.
AMD
Zone
Chris Tom runs a great site: all the AMD news!
CPU Name
Guide (iXBT Labs)
Don't know the difference between Cascades and Dixon?
CPU Review
LOTS of artilces, reviews and news.
Always up-to-date and some LINUX articles too!
CPU Site
Not updated since July 2000.
Processor-related news and articles
FlipChip.net
FC-PGA (read Intel processor) specific news, reviews and articles.
FlipChip has a great
motherboard guide too!
Intel
CPU Roadmaps (Japanese site)
This site has 3 roadmaps of future Intel processors
Sandpile.org
The world's leading source for technical IA32 information
7th
Generation CPU Comparison (AZillionMonkeys)
There's also a 6th gen. CPU comparion and other stuff!
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Busmastering / DMA
specific links:
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In my opinion, the
3 best DMA related sites on the web:
NT DMA article
(Benchtest.com)
This is a great article with all the links and info
BMdrivers.com: NT
Info | Win9x
Info
A lot of info on how to get DMA going...
John
Scott's UDMA IDE page
UDMA(33) explained: technical info.
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Chipset / Motherboard-specific
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BP6.com
kind-of-a-nitch but if you have a bp6 - you're in luck!
BX Boards
Not just BX boards, they cover Via Apollo133 boards too.
Motherboard Homeworld
A great site with lots of motherboard related material
SocketA.com / SlotA.com
Similar to AMDZone: AMD-specific
news, reviews and articles, with a penchant for motherboards.
ViaHardare
A great source of information and resources for VIA chipset owners
(I'm one of 'em)
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Overclocking / "Modding"
related links:
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Fast
MHz
Performance related articles, reviews and news
Overclockers
Australia
Auzzie's know how to do it!
Overclockin.com
OC Workbench
PCPowerZone
Scotland's largest independent modified pc hardware resource
(remember, "If it's not scottish, it's crap!!!" and "Scotch
is a drink and a tape!")
Tweaks Site
Great source for OC'ing info and links
UltraPortal UK
All the info you need to overclock and cool your machine: news,
mods, links, files, forums...
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