All Components - Hard Drives

Demands for high performance and reliable computers are constantly rising, especially with the new developments of technology and the internet. In this fast paced world, computers are not only useful in businesses and schools but also in the day to day activities. For this reason, it is wise to invest in a hard drive that will suit your computing needs.

The Western Digital Caviar Blue Hard Drive is ideal for homes and businesses. It offers high performance and is reliable for everyday computing that is surely a value for money. Depending on the operating environment and other factors such as file size, settings, formatting, features and soft ware, the hard disk is capable of storing up to 200,000 digital photos, up to 250,000 MP3 files, 25,000 songs that are uncompressed CD quality, digital video of up to 76 hours, DVD quality video of up to 380 hours, and up to 120 hours of High Definition Videos.

Its key features include the PATA or Parallel ATA interface and the Serial ATA or SATA. A PATA drive usually supports data transfer rate of 100MB/sec while all the Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA drives support a transfer rate of 3Gb/s. This hard drive caters to people with varying storage requirements as the hard drives are available in capacities from 80 Gigabyte to 1 Terabyte. The cache size is up to 32 MB, ensuring that you will have enough storage space and solid performance from your hard drive.

One very good feature of this hard drive is its capability to protect your data through the Data Lifeguard which is a set of protection features that include shock protection, environmental protection, and the real time error detection and repair that is embedded in the hard drive’s system. These features make the installation, diagnostics and repair a simple and worry free process.

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

The Intel Core i5 Processor boasts of “a new level of intelligent performance” that keeps up with the demands of popular applications and new software. It was first launched in September 2009. In 2010, new variations of this processor were added to the Core i5 series.

The key performance features of this processor are its energy efficient system and the increased speed allocation for demanding tasks.

The following features can be expected to deliver an overall top performance for desktop computers:

• A 35nm dual-core processor in one package, with each core capable of performing two tasks simultaneously for efficient multitasking.
• Intel Turbo Boost Technology enables the system to boost up the processing speed, and allocate it wherever needed, or as required by the applications being used.
• Intel Hyper Threading Technology with 4 processing threads transmits data and commands faster, minimizing latency period.
• Intel Smart Cache of up to 8 MB allows for swift data access.
• Intel HD Graphics gives excellent monitor output. Rich color display and sharp images are brought into clearer focus. This makes high-definition videos play smoothly, and high-quality photos can be viewed and edited at their best. It also provides life-like audio quality. This feature is only available, however, in the Intel Core i5-600 series. This makes online and PC gaming, as well as photo editing a lag-free user experience.
• 2 channel DDR3 1333 MHz memory enabled by an Integrated Memory Controller provide a higher memory bandwidth for applications dealing with massive data inputs.
• Intel Virtualization Technology, Thermal Solution (for boxed processors) and TXT (Trusted Execution Technology)

This processor comes in 2 processor series, the i5-700 and i5-600. There are also three processor cores used in the i5 series, namely, the Lynnfield which is a quad-core processor; and the Clarkdale and Arrandale, which are dual-core processors.

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The Rampage III Extreme is yet another example of motherboard design and integration. It’s the long-awaited successor to the former ASUS Rampage II product that’s quite simply—awesome. Few tech products have really ever surprised me as this—as it has the Intel X58 processor and a host of features that enable over-clocking.

As a fellow gamer, this one stands out in an extremely competitive market. The fact that any serious gamer knows his technology alone pushes manufacturers to their producing abilities—we will just say that people who love online gaming are very particular about their machines. The folks at ASUS know this all too well; therefore, their gift to us. Let’s digress, though.

The Rampage III continues a decade long legacy of delivering top-notch processing abilities. Coupled with the incomparable X58 (boasting—so far—count them, three (3) cores), two SATA 600 ports (operating at a very nice six gigs a second) and a whopping four PCI (x16) slots, this is one lean, powerful board. Also, the fact that it hosts so many PCI-Express lanes is sure to please even the veteran gamer.

The chipset, the i7-based 980x, is wonderment all in its own. The RAM alone is over-clockable to 2200Mhz, which was unfathomable by anyone’s standards just 10 years ago. Additionally, the two 3.0 USB ports make their way onto the stage with the ASUS—possibly signifying the future demise of 2.0.

Most Republic of Gamers fans will not accept anything less than a threshold motherboard such as this one. Adding to its superior performance is the ability to connect peripheral devices like cell phones and notebooks—thanks to its built-in ROG and Bluetooth support.

What you get with it:

• Motherboard

• Manual

• 6 Gb/s SATA cables (2)

• Additional USB 2.0 ports along with the two 3.0’s

• A Bluetooth RC kit

• A SLI bridge + 3-way

• Crossfire link

ASUS Rampage III Extreme ATX Intel Motherboard

The Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Lets You Custom Assemble Your PC with a Variety of Gadgets.

The Rosewill Challenger seems to be especially made for people who like to assemble their systems themselves. The focus of the hardware is on providing various kinds and sizes of racks for mounting different types of hard drives. Specifically it has slots for four 5.25” external drives plus two more for 3.5” external drives. Additionally, there are five racks for internal drives.

The owner can therefore use external drives as he would use USB flash disks. The casing makes it possible for the computer user to save several back-ups of huge numbers of files. After that, restoring data to the hard drive is as easy as plugging in a flash disk. The casing allows the owner to configure his hardware for ensuring the safety of his data.

The Rosewill Challenger provides the additional advantage of being able to restore the entire system of the computer in the event that it should crash due to viruses, malware or hard drive failure. All the owner of the casing needs to do is to save his files periodically into external media

The casing is suitable for gamers who want to keep the total size of their files on the active hard drive small. They can do this by uninstalling the games they are currently not using often. Installing them again from the external hard drives is just as easy.

Additionally, the casing has seven slots ready for expansion cards to let the owner of the system optimize his graphics and audio devices.

Two 120 mm fans and one 140 mm fan, in conjunction with side vents make sure that the interior of the chamber is always at a favorable temperature. The fans are strategically placed to cool sensitive portions of the system.

This casing will be exceptional for anyone who likes to assemble his own hardware configuration and is careful to back-up his system in a way that makes it easy to retrieve.

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming Computer Case

I received my Corsair PS unit (the CMPSU 750TX spec) a couple of weeks ago. Overall, I’m really quite pleased—if not shocked and awed.

First, the specs include: all of the necessary cables are included, it has a 80% load efficiency, and has a quote “99% Active Power Factor Correction” that provides clean, robust power to the tower(s). It also integrates a +12 volt dedicated rail system that complements the 140mm diameter fan perfectly.

In other words, the PSU here is going to take just about any system configuration in stride because of its obviously industrial-grade design and nearly flawless performance. This is particularly-true for people like me, who love experimenting/taking apart/customizing their computers. I don’t even want to start with the puny little PSU’s that most manufacturers usually install; therefore, lets carry on.

As one who loves to tinker with CPU parts, I wasn’t afraid to try to overclock my CPU while it was attached to this Corsair product. Needless to say, it performed beautifully. I clocked a Core i7 (with a blistering 3.2 g/hertz and Crossfire cards) at 516 Watts; 516 watts with this corsair serving as the backbone.

With that fact out of the way, let me explain a few other goodies. The Corsair 750-TX is designed to endure heat and even some abuse. The 80% energy rating is also on par with some of the best PSU’s out there. Why would you possibly want a unit with a lower rating that’s just going to burn-up that extra 10% of power into non-usable heat (as is with many inferior products).

Also, it has a professional-looking black and orangeish-yellow case—that isn’t especially aesthetically-pleasing—but then again, the fact that it functions so tremendously-well more than makes up for that little point.

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

Kingston HyperX RAM modules are on top of their game—and a whole lot more. Plus, if it’s coming from Kingston, I’m rest very-assured that I’ve got a good product (unless it happens to be one of those notorious Kingston counterfeits—which I had the distasteful experience of buying a “Kingston DDR2 2 gigabyte modules”, only to find out that they were phonies and would not even set-up right in BIOS!). Ok, venting aside, let’s take a glance at my friends system, its HyperX modules, and various other offerings from Kingston.

My friends system (at least the part that’s relevant to this review) is a customized HP Pavilion with an i7-920 Intel processor that boasts a 2.66 gigahertz (I love to spell it out, yes) with 1 megabyte L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache and QPI technology. It also came with 8 gigabytes of PC3-8500 DDR3 RAM modules—which, me being the power hungry-never satisfied techy, I just had to upgrade to an additional 8 gigabytes—bringing the total memory to a whopper of about 16 gigabytes (give or take a few kilobytes, I presume).

Two 4 gigabyte chips  from Kingston and designated “LoVo” (low-voltage), with the proprieatary HyperX technology embedded and in addition to my existing RAM, it makes for one helluva setup! Sometimes I even wonder if I could run an entire datacenter with this setup, haha. Added to that the frames per second(FPS) I get out of my Rampage Extreme video card quite literally—and pardon the expression—“out the frame”.

I love this product X 1,000. I can’t really say it enough; Kingston makes some of the best computer components ever—and I’m not even saying that to only benefit them, but my fellow online gamers and work associates.

Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 SDRAM Memory Module -$98.99 (after MIR) at Newegg.com, expires 7/31