Hardware Reviews

An excellent LCD Review for an incredible screen:
Today at GamePC, we've looked at a new large-screen, high-resolution LCD monitor from Samsung, the long-awaited follow-up to their 210T model. Samsung's new 213T is a 21 Inch UXGA LCD monitor boasting a superb new design, quite a lot of flexibility, vibrant colors, and a 25ms pixel refresh rate. Is this finally a large-screen monitor which gamers can cozy up to? Well, we take a nice long look at this model to find out.

A motherboard review, only on the SiS chipset. Break away from the VIA/nForce domination:
Rob has served up his impressions for us tonight, of a new SiS648FX Motherboad from Gigabyte. The SiS648FX Chipset for the Pentium 4, offers support for an 800MHz FSB, AGP8X and Hyperthreading. However, what it lacks is Dual DDR support. This board is definitely targeted to the mainstream or value market segment but can it compete with the likes of Springdale? Go see!

Learn to configure a VPN:
"The Internet can be a dangerous place for your information. Sure, you are only one of hundreds of millions of users online at any given time, so why would your particular data be in any danger? Well, why not? Take this analogy for example. I could leave the windows open in my house when I leave for work every day, and for years nothing could happen. One day though, someone may choose to enter through that open window and I might just get burned. Nice analogy, that windows idea actually... given the easy availability of freeware software that can capture internet bound traffic on both wired and wireless networks, the idea that someone may at this very moment be sniffing around your Windows installation to see what they can get is not as remote as we'd all like to think. This article is intended to deal with creating Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to connect a home network with the outside world. In the course of this slightly more advanced PCstats guide we will discuss the nature of VPNs, the dangers of the Internet, and the encryption methods involved in securing yourself from them."

A rather harsh headhpone review:
"The Grado SR125s provide the best rock, acoustic, and vocal quality we have heard, but suffer in most electronic categories. Mild distortion was heard on the lower end, but the overall quality of the sound was great, including for gaming. The overall design of these headphones cannot be ignored. They lack in almost every category imaginable: comfort, material quality, adjustability, aesthetics, etc."

Get your chipsets cool:
"Microcool aimed at producing a high performance chipset cooler for overclockers to squeeze out the last bit from their Northbridge and they have done just that. The Northpole is excellent in performance, built with quality, and is very easy to install. The black shroud makes the unit look very sexy, especially when mounted on a black motherboard. "