PC Perspective: Alienware is the most well known name in the world of boutique system builders and they have a wide following of users consider the size of pre-built enthusiast PCs. Today we are looking a new Area-51 system configuration that sports some impressively fast components including a QX9770, VelociRaptor ...

AnandTech: So far, there has yet to be a confirmed Jasper sighting, despite a lot of false information. I don’t have a lot of new info myself, but I did want to clarify a number of things that seem to still be confusing. Some of my own suggestions from my previous article may not be as useful as I’d hoped. ... ...

bittech: Pro-modder Butterkneter delivers a simply stunning slice of African savannah with his Far Cry 2 themed PS3, featuring everything from giant ants, to a human skull! With fantastic attention to detail and brilliant craftsmanship, you’ve got to see this mod to believe it!

AnandTech: Finally we have retail Centrino 2 laptops in our labs for testing. Are these new notebooks all they’re cracked up to be, or do they leave us wanting?...

AnandTech: We’ve had some time to play with Rock Band 2 along with the new standard and premium drum kits and the new guitar. Take a look at what we think of this second installment from Harmonix....

HardwareLogic: One of the most attractive features of a bluetooth headset is its small size, with smaller obviously being better (Have you ever laughed to yourself watching some putz walking around with an enormous bluetooth device stuck to the side of their head?). What else do we find important? Features, call ...

Guru3d: A sub-$150 HD 4000 series video card that will take on NVIDIA in the shape of the Radeon HD 4830. We expect its price to settle at 119-129 USD. This card will have 640 stream processors a 256-bit memory interface and GDDR3 memory and slot in-between the Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4670. What is The HD 4830 ...

PC Perspective: Turns out the answer is yes. The new AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB graphics card competes with NVIDIA’s GeForce 9800 GT and is actually a better overall choice in my opinion. Budget and mid-range cards are getting a BIG boost in validity this fall and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down yet....

AnandTech: With AMD’s introduction of a $130 part that can handle high quality settings at decent resolutions, we also see an escalation in the price war NVIDIA is waging with it’s GeForce 9 Series parts....

PC Perspective: NVIDIA gave media a preview of all the features coming in the new 180.xx driver set known internally as ’Big Bang II’ and we have all the information for you here today. Even better, you can get a very early beta of these drivers if you are picking up Far Cry 2 as well!...