Intel i5 661 3.33GHz Dual Core CPU

It's that time of year again, Christmas is in the air, the smell of pine trees gracing the lab, CES just around the corner, and above all else the smell of a new CPU going through burn in testing on the test rig. Intel was nice enough to send in one of their LGA 1156 i5 661 32nm dual core CPU's that run at a blistering 3.33GHz out of the box. They also sent in an LGA 1156 DH55TC motherboard which is primarily designed for HTPC/Media applications. We'll be taking a look at both with the...

Corsair’s H50 all-in-one CPU water cooler

Corsair has developed a new Hydro Series H50 CPU water cooler, and we've put the factory-sealed, all-in-one unit through the wringer against some of its direct rivals. Keep reading to see if it hoses the competition, or if we can come up with any more bad puns. Read...

Windows 7 vs. Vista CPU & Memory Performance Comparison

We've had a good look into the VGA side of things when it comes to Windows 7. However, while for many people that's the most important section, it's not all of it. Today we'll be having a closer look at how some of the other components in our system run under the new operating system due out in just a few months. Today we'll be looking at two core components; the memory and the CPU. We’ll be using a triple channel memory configuration with our Core i7 920 processor clocked at 4GHz. We'll...

Zalman CNPS9900 LED CPU Cooler Giveaway!

"ThinkComputers has teamed with Zalman to bring you another great contest. We will be giving away a Zalman CNPS9900 LED CPU Cooler. Check out our review of it here. This contest is simple and will be run on our forums. First you will need to have AT LEAST 15 post in the forums. Then you can simply reply to this thread letting us know why you need a new a new CPU cooler. The contest will run from today April 23, for 3 weeks till May 15th. You MUST live in the US to qualify for this...

How many CPU Cores do you need?

Sure, you can buy a quad-core CPU... but do you need one? Software has come a long way to support multi-threading since the first multi-core CPUs were released, but how much better are four CPU cores than one, two, or three? Our friends over at Tom's Hardware have a well written this great article...

Choosing the best CPU for $70!

The guy's over at AnandTech have put two of the latest offerings from both Intel and AMD to the test in a great review to find the best CPU for only $70! The results can be very impressive from budget CPU's for general usage, home pc's etc.. lets find out which one is the best from these two leading brands! "AMD celebrates its 40 year anniversary next month, and the Athlon brand turns ten shortly thereafter. What better way to celebrate than by releasing a rebadged 65nm Phenom processor...