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Huge list of Computer Hardware Links
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Computer Hardware Links - Links to sites on computer hardware.
- 2
Fast CPU - Hardware reviews.
- 5
Star Support - Free technical help from volunteers.
- 7
Volts - Tips on customizing your computer.
- 8
Balls Hardware - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- 8
Dimensional - Links to many hardware reviews, particularly video cards.
- A1
Electronics - News and reviews. Contains CPU and chipset info and roadmaps.
- About.com:
Computing and Tech Page - Hardware articles and numerous links to hardware
pages.
- AbsolutePC.Net
- Computer news, reviews, links, and more.
- Accelenation
- PC hardware news and reviews.
- Ace's
Hardware - Articles on the PC industry; mostly focusing on CPUs.
- Acid
Hardware - Hardware news, reviews, and guides.
- Active
Hardware - PC hardware info and reviews. (was High Performance PC Guide)
- Adrian's
Rojak Pot - Hardware news, reviews, and optimization tips.
- All
Tech Box - Hardware reviews and configuration tips.
- AMD
3D - Hardware news, reviews, and links to FAQs.
- AMD
World - Hardware news and information site.
- AnandTech
- Anand Shimpi's hardware tech page. CPU and motherboard reviews. CPU, motherboard,
and overclocking surveys. Overclocking guide.
- APU's
Hardware - PC hardware news and reviews.
- Arash's
Best Hardware Guide - Hardware reviews and guides.
- Ars
Technica - News, reviews, and good technical articles on PC hardware.
- Atlanta
OC - Hardware news, reviews, and links.
- Atomic
Geek - Hardware reviews and buyers guide.
- Azoos.com
- Search engine with links to dozens of hardware sites.
- Bench
House - Hardware news and reviews.
- Bertil
Hagnell's Interesting Links - Some good hardware links.
- Bill's
Workshop - Tech tips and reviews of PC components.
- Bit
Technologies - Hardware news, articles, and mods.
- Blarg
Site - Overclocking and everything geek.
- Blue
Screen of Deth - Hardware news, articles, and reviews.
- Blue
Smoke - Hardware news, reviews, and previews.
- Broken
Pixel - Hardware news and reviews.
- Bunker
Mentality - Hardware mods and guides.
- Burnout
PC - Hardware news and articles.
- BXBoards
- Hardware reviews and articles.
- Cheapskate
Vid Cooler - Site with a large list of hardware links and some info on
cooling video cards.
- Commongrounds
PC - Hardware news and reviews.
- A
Complete Illustrated Guide to PC Hardware - Very thorough overview of
PC hardware components.
- Computers.com
- C'Net's reviews of computer systems and new components.
- Computers
R Us - Information, reviews, and articles on PC hardware.
- Computer
Tips - Some information on hardware components.
- Computer
Information Center - Guide to computer resources on the internet.
- Cool
Hardwarez - Hardware news, reviews, and guides.
- Cool
Info - Mostly gaming information, but has daily news updates concerning
PC hardware and software.
- Core
Meltdown - Hardware news and reviews.
- CPU
3D - Hardware news and reviews.
- CPU
Burn - Hardware news and reviews.
- The
Ctrl-Alt-Del.com - Hardware news, reviews, articles, and downloads.
- CyberWorks
- PC Technical Sites - Links to many hardware and upgrading sites.
- Dangerous
Dog - Hardware news, benchmarking, and overclocking.
- Dan's
Data - PC hardware reviews and tutorials.
- DeezTech
- PC hardware reviews.
- Demo
News - Hardware reviews and optimization files.
- Designtechnica
- Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Dick
Perron's Hardware Links - Excellent links to hardware pages.
- Digit
Life - PC hardware news and reviews.
- Digital
Deities - Hardware news, reviews, and guides.
- Digital
Web 3D - PC hardware and gaming news and reviews.
- The
Dilbert Zone - Dilbert Comic Strip.
- Drivers
- Spanish site with links to numerous hardware drivers pages.
- Driver
Guide - Hardware drivers site for various operating systems.
- Drivers
Headquarters - Hardware drivers page. Comprehensive list.
- Drivers
Planet - Site with links to numerous hardware drivers.
- D-Silence
- Hardware, software, and technology news.
- Dux
Computer Digest - Commercial website with hardware reviews and installation
tips.
- Earthweb's
Hardware Central - Hardware news, articles, and reviews.
- Electic
- Hardware tech and gaming news.
- Elektrik
Sheep - Technology news and reviews.
- Epinions
- User-written product reviews.
- Exclusive
PC - Hardware and software reviews, guides, and news.
- Explosive
Hardware - Hardware news and reviews.
- Extreme
ICE - Hardware news and reviews.
- EXHardware
- Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Extreme
Tech - Hardware reviews and articles on PC technology.
- Fast
MHz - Hardware news, tweaks, and links.
- Flip
Chip.net - Hardware news and reviews.
- Firing
Squad - Reviews of various hardware and games.
- Frosty
Tech - Hardware news, reviews, and guides.
- Game
Forces - Gaming hardware reviews and news.
- Gamers
Depot - PC hardware and game reviews.
- GiBTEK
- Hardware, overclocking, cooling, gaming, and more.
- Gideon
Tech - Hardware news, reviews, and projects.
- Got
Apex - Hardware news.
- Ground
Zero - Hardware news site.
- Hard
Avenue - News and reviews from Australia.
- HardCOREware
- Hardware gaming news and reviews.
- Hard
OCP - Hardware news, reviews, previews, and articles.
- Hardware
Analysis - IT-oriented news and hardware page.
- Hardware
Central - General information, buying, and installation tips on various
hardware components.
- Hardware
FAQs - ZDNet's list of vendor FAQs on various hardware components.
- The
Hardware Group - Motherboard information, benchmarks, and discussion forums.
- Hardware
Mania - Hardware news and reviews.
- Hardware
Masters - News, reviews, and previews of PC hardware.
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- Hardware
News Net - Links to various hardware reviews around the 'net.
- Hardware
One - News and reviews of PC hardware components.
- Hardware
Pacers - Hardware news, articles, and reviews.
- The
Hardware Site - Good information on various PC components.
- Hardware
Unlimited - News, reviews, and articles on PC hardware.
- Help
From Techs - Forums for discussing computer problems.
- Helpsite.com
- Links to many hardware help pages.
- Help
With PCs - Computer courses along with guides and upgrading and configurations
tips.
- Hexus
- Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Hip
Hardware - PC news and reviews.
- Hi
Tech Bits - News from around the PC hardware spectrum.
- Hi
Tech Mods - Computer mods and hardware reviews.
- Home
of Lost Circuits - Reviews and info on various hardware components.
- HoozYerMama
- Hardware reviews and CPU info.
- Hot
Hardware - Reviews of various hardware components.
- How
Stuff Works - Basic overview of how stuff works, including computers.
- Hyper
OC - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Hypothermia
- News, reviews, and many interviews.
- Hytek
Computer - Hardware news and a few reviews and articles.
- I
Am Not a Geek - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- IC
When - Chronological history of video games and computers.
- Insane
Hardware - PC news, reviews, and articles.
- Inside
Project - Hardware reviews and how-tos.
- ipKonfig
- PC hardware news.
- IT
Reviews - Hardware, software, and game reviews and editorials.
- iXBT
Hardware - Hardware news and reviews.
- Jason's
Computer HQ - News, reviews, and information on PC hardware components.
- JC's
PC News'n'Links - Collection of PC news and news updates from CPU and
other hardware-oriented sites.
- John
Sheldon's Webpages - Tips on troubleshooting SCSI and USB ports.
- jonnyGURU
- Personal web page with some good links and info on CPU installation.
- JSI
Hardware - PC news, hardware reviews, and articles.
- Kenn's
Hardware - Hardware news and reviews.
- Legion
Hardware - Hardware news and reviews.
- LiamC's
PC Website - PC hardware news and articles.
- Lightspeed
2000 - PC hardware news and reviews oriented towards 3D gaming.
- Little
White Dog - Hardware and gaming news and reviews.
- Lost
Universe - Hardware news, reviews, and guides.
- M3D
Zone - Hardware news and reviews.
- Mainboard.com
Manufacturer Links - Links to various hardware manufacturers.
- Main
Frame Tech - Hardware news and reviews.
- Make
It Simple - Hardware reviews, news, and configuration tips.
- Maximum
Hardware - News, reviews, and articles.
- Maximum
PC - Computer industry news and articles.
- Maximum
Reboot - PC news and reviews.
- Mikhail
Tech - Hardware news and articles.
- Modding
Zone - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Monster
Hardware - News, reviews, and articles.
- Mr.
Bill's Geek's Corner - PC Hardware news and links.
- Mr.
Driver - List of hardware drivers for various components.
- Mr
PC Pro - Hardware news and reviews.
- Neo
Seeker - Links to reviews of hardware and games on the net.
- Net
Express - Commercial site, but loads of info on specific components (CPU,
RAM, hard drives, etc.).
- Netkills
- Hardware news and reviews.
- Next
Dimension Hardware - Hardware reviews, guides, and links to reviews on
other sites.
- Open
Directory - Very large set of links to hardware manufacturers and hardware-oriented
websites.
- One
PC.net - Computing guides, articles, and reviews.
- Ojatek's
Laptop Tips - Various tips for laptop users.
- Oxford
PC - Commercial site with a few reviews, hardware specs, and links hardware
FAQs.
- PapaDoc
- Flight sim and hardware reviews.
- PC
911 - Tips on optimizing and configuring your computer.
- PC
Abusers - PC hardware news and articles.
- PC
Asylum Singapore - Hardware news and reviews.
- PC
AV Tech - Testing and comparisons of sound and video cards.
- PC
Critix - News and information for PC enthusiasts.
- PC
Extremes - PC news, reviews, and articles.
- PC
Extremist - News, how-to's, and hardware reviews.
- PC
Scoop - PC hardware news and reviews.
- PC
Friendly Internet Hardware Links - Tons of links to hardware pages.
- The
PC Guide - Excellent technical reference tool. Tons of details on various
hardware components. Contains a procedure guide for installing and configuring
various components as well as an extensive troubleshooting index.
- PC
Gunk - Hardware news and reviews.
- PC
Hardware Bluebook - Hardware links with some suggestions on selecting
components.
- PC
Hardware Reviews Page - PC hardware reviews, articles, and configuration
tips.
- PC
Lube and Tune - Articles and tutorials on different hardware components.
- PC
Mechanic - General information on motherboards, CPUs, memory, video, monitors,
and hard drives. Includes BIOS beep codes. Motherboard and hard drive installation.
- PC
Monkey - Hardware and gaming news and reviews.
- PC
News Center - Links to hardware reviews from around the web.
- PC
Power Zone - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- PC
Roddin - Reviews and news on hotrod computers.
- PC
Scoop - Hardware news and reviews.
- PC
Stats - Hardware news and articles.
- The
PC Technology Guide - An excellent detailed overview of all of the components
inside a personal computer. Includes a nice glossary of computer terms.
- PC
Webopaedia Hardware - Lots of links to info on all PC hardware components.
- PC
Workshop - PC projects and hardware reviews.
- Personal
Computer Reference Library - Some details on the inner workings of a PC.
- Peteweb
PC Refurbishing Resources - Links, tips, and specs on various hardware
components.
- Phear
Factory - Hardware news and reviews.
- Pimp
Rig - Hardware news, reviews, and mods.
- Planet
Hardware - News, reviews, and information on PC components.
- Plasma
Online - Listing of codenames and identifying numbers for most every CPU,
chipset, etc.
- Pro
Cooling - News, reviews, and numerous articles on cooling a PC system.
- Radeonic
- News, reviews, and resources.
- Rated
PC - Hardware news, articles, and reviews.
- Real
World Technologies - News and indepth information on various PC hardware
components.
- Red
Hill Guide to Computer Hardware - Views on CPUs, hard drives, and motherboards.
Has an excellent overall history of the evolution of the CPU.
- Review
Booth - Links to many reviews of PC hardware.
- Review
Center - Reviews of various PC hardware components.
- Review
Finder - Find reviews on numerous types of hardware.
- Review
Makers - Hardware news and reviews.
- RipNet-UK
- News, articles, and reviews.
- Risenet
- Tricked out hardware for enthusiasts.
- Romulus
2 - Hardware news, guides, and articles.
- Scotts
Hardware Site - Hardware reviews and tweaking guide.
- Serial
Addiction - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Sharky
Extreme - Hardware news, reviews, and previews.
- Shawn's
Computer Page - Photographic overview of the basic PC components.
- Silicon
News - PC hardware news.
- Singapore
Hardware Zone - News and reviews on PC hardware components.
- Slashdot.org
- News for nerds.
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- SlauTech
- PC hardware news and reviews.
- Slot
A.com - Information and reviews focusing on Athlon-compatible motherboards.
- SOS
Hardware - Info and drivers for servicing older hardware.
- Speed
Guide.Net - Tips on speeding up Windows and cable modems.
- Speedy
3D - Gaming-oriented hardware news, articles, and reviews.
- Spode's
Abode - Hardware news, reviews, and tutorials.
- Sprockets
- Links to various manufacturers as well as drivers and utilities.
- Stratics
- Online gaming news and game gear reviews.
- Sub
Zero Tech - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- System
Logic - Hardware news, reviews, and previews.
- System
Optimization - Motherboard reviews and processor surveys. Information
on motherboards, CPUs, chipsets, BIOS, cache, and memory. System benchmark
surveys. Overclocking guide.
- Taco
Nuts - PC hardware news and reviews.
- t-break
- Hardware news and reviews.
- Tec
Central - German hardware page with English and French translations. Contains
news and hardware reviews.
- Tech
Advice - Huge listing of hardware manufacturers and their products including
links to drivers.
- Tech
Angel - Hardware reviews and articles.
- Tech
Gods - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Tech
Extreme - Hardware news and reviews.
- Techfest
- Good set of direct links to info on various PC hardware components.
- Tech
Hard - Hardware news and information.
- Tech
IMO - Scott Wainner's page of news, articles, and user reviews.
- Tech
Junkie - PC hardware news and reviews.
- Technoyard
- Hardware reviews.
- Techphiles
- PC hardware news and reviews.
- Tech
Planet - PC hardware news and reviews.
- Tech
Report - The scoop on PC hardware, software, and toys.
- Tech
Republic - Hardware news and information for IT professionals.
- Tech
Reviews - Hardware and software product reviews aimed at computing and
networking professionals.
- Tech
Specs: PCs - Detailed information on computers and how they work.
- Tech
Watch - Hardware news, articles, and reviews.
- The
Computer News - Hardware news, tutorials, and links to reviews.
- The
Tech Zone - PC hardware news, articles, and reviews.
- Temple
of Technology - Hardware news and editorials.
- Templin
Tech - Hardware news, drivers, tweaks, and reviews.
- TheView
Hardware Reviews - Hardware reviews and news.
- Tom's
Hardware Guide - Tom Pabst's hardware page. Motherboard and CPU reviews.
Chipsets and RAM information. Hard drive and video card information.
- Trish's
Escape From Hardware Hell - List of links to many hardware sites.
- TULARC:
Personal Computers - The Ultimate Learn And Resource Center. Many good
links and some info on PC components.
- Tutorial
Find - Directory of how-to pages mostly focusing on software, but with
some hardware info.
- T.V.M.
Hardware and Software Resources - Many links to commercial as well as
general hardware info web pages.
- Tweak
3D - Hardware news, reviews, and tweaks.
- Tweakers
Asylum - Hardware news, reviews, articles, and downloads.
- Tweak
Town - News, reviews, and articles focused on Windows configuration and
performance.
- UGeek
- Hardware specifications, upgrading information, tips, and news concerning
PC hardware.
- Ultraportal
- File downloads and review links.
- Unlimited
Hardware - Old product reviews and hardware information.
- Van's
Hardware - Hardware news and indepth reviews.
- VIA
Hardware - News, reviews, and information mostly focused on VIA products.
- Viper's
Lair - Hardware news, reviews, guides, and articles.
- Virtual
Hideout - News, reviews, and how-tos.
- VN
Roundup - PC hardware news and reviews.
- Virtual
Zone - Hardware news and reviews.
- Void
Your Warranty - Hardware news and product reviews.
- Voodoo
Extreme - Hardware news and reviews of 3D video cards.
- Water
Wheel Hardware Help Online - Loads of information and good guides on how
PCs work.
- WC
Extreme - Hardware news, reviews, tweaks, and articles.
- Webtech
Online - Tech news and hardware reviews.
- Winn L.
Rosch Hardware Bible - Online version of the Hardware Bible.
- Wolf's
Den - News and links to hardware reviews.
- x86
Server - Links to news and info on server-class hardware.
- XBit
Labs - Hardware news and reviews.
- Xtreme
Tek - PC hardware and game reviews.
- Yahoo
Hardware Links - Links to hundreds of hardware sites.
- Your
Basic Hardware Page - Overview of each of the components in a PC along
with some specific hardware recommendations.
- Your
Computer Hardware - Computer hardware links.
- Zephir
Tech - Hardware news, reviews, and how-to's.
Newsgroups
- alt.comp.hardware
- General PC hardware newsgroup.
- comp.answers
- Newsgroup where many FAQs are kept.
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
- General PC hardware newsgroup.
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international visitors, but most of these links only apply to the United States.
- 2CPU.com
- News and information on Symmetric Multi-Processing.
- The
3DNow! NOW Page - News and information on AMD's 3DNow! technology.
- 3DNow!
UK - News and info on AMD chips.
- 3DNow.org
- Organization dedicated to propagating the use of 3DNow! extensions.
- A1
Electronics - Contains CPU and chipset info as well as roadmaps.
- AlphaPowered
- Page dedicated to the Digital Alpha processor.
- Alternative
CPU - Bryan Davis' excellent pages full of information on non-Intel processors.
- AMD
5x86-133 Upgrade Info - Page with some good specifics on upgrading to
a 5x86-133.
- AMD
Appreciation Site - Site dedicated to AMD processors.
- AMD
Insider - News and info site on AMD processors.
- AMD
Official Site - AMD's processors (486, Nx586, 5x86, K5, K6,
K6-2, K6-III, Athlon, Duron).
- AMD
MB - Hardware news and reviews focusing on AMD-based motherboards.
- AMD
Power - News and reviews of AMD CPUs.
- AMD
Town - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- AMD
Xtreme - News, reviews, and information on AMD chips.
- AMD
Zone - News and info relating to AMD processors.
- AnandTech
CPU Reviews - Anand's CPU reviews.
- Athlon
MB - Reviews and information on Athlon-based motherboards.
- Athlon
Planet - News and reviews focusing on Athlon-related hardware.
- Bill's AL440LX
Slocket 2 Guide - Upgrading the Intel AL440LX motherboard.
- Centaur
Technology - Old Centaur/IDT Winchip processors (Winchip, Winchip-2,
Winchip-2A, Winchip-2B, Winchip-3).
- Chip
Architect - Some news and analysis of x86 CPUs.
- Chip
Directory - Alphabetically listed chip information. Extensive lists.
- Chip
Geek - UGeek's listing of processor specifications.
- Chip
Shots - Cool pictures of processors.
- Clive
Turvey's Homepage - Highly technical information on Intel processors.
- CPU
Central - Information on various processors. Includes CPU disassembly
page (not for the faint of heart! ;)).
- CPU
Chip List - Aad Offerman's huge list of CPUs. Did I say huge? I meant
HUGE.
- CPU
Database - Links to hardware reviews.
- The
CPU Guide - Information and recommendations on many processors.
- CPUID
- Information on Intel and AMD's x86 instruction sets.
- CPU
Information Center - History of microprocessors. Includes large chart
of CPU information.
- CPU
Review - News and information on various processors.
- CPU
Scorecard - CPU benchmarks, news, prices, and reviews.
- CPU
Site - News and information on various microprocessors.
- Cyrix
Official Site - Cyrix processors (CX-486, 486DX2, 5x86, MediaGX,
6x86, 6x86L, 6x86MX, M-II).
- Dell
Dimension Processor Upgrade FAQ - Really good info on upgrading Dell systems.
- Digital Equipment
Official Site - Digital processors (Alpha). Note: The
Alpha is not natively x86 compatible.
- Doctor
Dobb's Microprocessor Center - Robert Collins' site on x86 processors.
Data sheets, motherboard manuals and general x86 news and commentary.
- Hot
News - DDJ Microprocessor Center's links to articles
on the CPU industry.
- EPIC
Home Page - Indepth info on Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing.
- Evergreen
Official Site - CPU adapters (586, PR166, MxPro, Eclipse PCI,
Eclipse Super-7 PCI, Spectra).
- Generation
AMD - News about AMD processors.
- GBM
x86 Stuff - Grzegorz Mazur's undocumented info on the K5 and 6x86 chips.
- GiZzO's
Fans - Specs for a wide variety of CPU and case fans.
- Hardware
and Chip Fabrication - Information on non-Intel chips and CPU manufacture.
- High
Performance Microprocessors - Brief descriptions and direct links to info
on various microprocessors (not just x86).
- Hypertransport.org
- Hypertransport consortium website.
- HP
IA64 - Hewlett-Packard's page on IA64 (Merced, etc.).
- IBM
Official Site - IBM processors. (6x86, 6x86L, 6x86MX).
- Intel
Official Site - Intel processors (486, OverDrive, Pentium, Pentium
Pro, Pentium MMX, Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron, Xeon, Pentium 4, Itanium).
- Intel
Processor Price Chart - List of prices for Intel chips over time.
- The
Intel Roadmap - Information gathered from various news sources on upcoming
CPU, chipset, and graphics products.
- Intel
Zone - News and reviews focusing on Intel-related hardware.
- Jason's
Unofficial Celeron Page - Photos and some information on the Celeron chip.
- JC's
PC News'n'Links - Collection of PC news and news updates from CPU and
other hardware-oriented sites.
- The
K6 Quake/FPU Issue - Interesting reading concerning AMD's K6 processor
running Quake.
- Kingston
Official Site - CPU adapters (Turbochip-133, 233, and 333)
and memory.
- Kim
Noer's Electrical Stuff - Electrical specs on various Alpha, x86, and
PowerPC chips.
- MicroDesign
Resources - In-depth articles on computer processors.
- Mike's
Hardware - Roadmap info on upcoming CPUs, chipsets, and graphic cards.
- National
Semiconductor Official Site - Cyrix processors. (MediaGX, 6x86MX,
M-II).
- Net
Express CPU - Pricing, performance, and future of CPUs.
- Notes
on Pentium and Compatible CPUs - CPU voltages, bus speeds, multipliers,
and sockets.
- Paul
Hsieh's Homepage - Interesting CPU articles and other stuff.
- PC
80x86 Processors - Old (1995) but informative overview on the evolution
of the 80x86 processor.
- The
PC Guide: Processors - Very detailed look at the various x86 processors.
Includes details on voltages, multipliers, cooling requirements, sockets types,
and more.
- The
PC Technology Guide: Intel Processors - General overview of the history
of Intel procs and architecture of Pentium and later CPUs.
- The
PC Technology Guide: Non-Intel CPUs - Discussion of the architectural
differences of non-Intel processors.
- Plasma
Online - Listing of codenames and identifying numbers for most every CPU,
chipset, etc.
- PNY
Official Site - CPU adapters (Quickchip-133 and 200).
- Power
Leap Official Site - CPU adapters (PL/586-133, PL/54C, PL/OD54C,
PL/54CMMX, PL/ProMMX, PL/K6-III, PL/PII, PL/Renaissance/AT).
- Processor
Emporium - News and lots of information on various x86 processors.
- Processor
Guide - Sys Opt's processor reviews, specifications, and utilities.
- Processor
Information - Info on Intel processors including the instruction set and
opcodes.
- Processor
Upgrading FAQ - Answers to many of the frequently asked questions about
CPU upgrades.
- Red
Hill Guide to CPUs - An excellent overview of the evolution of the microprocessor.
- Rise
Official Site - Rise processors (mP6).
- Sandpile.org
- Christian Ludluff's processor site with technical information and discussion
about CPUs.
- SGS
Thomson Official Site - SGS Thomson's processors (486, 6x86).
- Shannon
Knows Compaq - Terry Shannon's newsletter dedicated to info on Compaq
(formerly DEC) enterprise systems.
- The
Silicon Zoo - Some interesting silicon doodles that were included on various
CPUs. :-)
- Techfest
Processors - Good list of direct links to info on various CPUs.
- Tech
Specs: PCs - Detailed information on computers including info on Math-Co
and OverDrive CPUs.
- Timeline
of Microcomputers - Very thorough timeline on the evolution of
computers.
- Transmeta
Official Site - Transmeta processors (Crusoe).
- Transmeta
Zone - News and information site on Transmeta processors.
- Unofficial
Case and Cooling Fetish FAQ - Lots of info and recommendations for heatsinks
and CPU/case fans.
- VIA
Official Site - Cyrix and VIA processors. (M-II, Cyrix III,
C3).
- Winchip
Official Site - Centaur/IDT processors (Winchip, Winchip-2).
- x86-64
- AMD's support site for porting Linux to x86-64.
CPU Cooling Info
- 2CoolTek
- News and in-depth cooling info and comparisons.
- Aavid
Technical Papers - Technical papers on heat transfer. Includes articles
on selecting a heatsink.
- Benchtest
- Information and articles on system cooling.
- CPU
Cooler Programs - Comparison of CPU Idle, Waterfall, and Rain programs.
- Way2Cool
- One guy's attempts to cool his processor and case.
- Celeron Cooling
- Cooling an overclocked Celeron.
- Flotherm
Examples - Interesting info about heatflow and cooling options for various
electronic devices.
- The
Heatsink Guide - Tillmann Steinbrecher's Heatsink Guide.
- How
to Select a Heatsink - Old Electronics Cooling article on the technical
aspects of heatsinks.
- Make-It-Simple
Projects - Some home-brew cooling and noise reduction projects.
- Mike's
Water-Cooled CPU - Taking CPU cooling just a bit too far. :-)
- Overclockers.com Heatsink
Reviews - Loads of heatsink reviews and cooling info.
- PC
Cooling Project - Fast Graphics' system cooling information.
- Peltier
Effect - Commercial page with info on how peltier coolers work.
- System
Cooling - Anand's cooling guide.
- Tweakit
CPU Cooling - Some hard numbers on heatsink effectiveness.
Benchmark Comparisons
- Ace's
Hardware: The Best CPU for Your Software - Various CPUs. [Jun 99]
- AnandTech
- Various. [Index of reviews]
- Ars
Technica - Various. [Index of reviews]
- Benchmarks: Fact,
Fiction, or Fantasy? - A critical look at benchmarking practices.
[Mar 98]
- Berkley
- Most chips. [Continuous]
- c't
Magazine - Pentium vs. Pentium MMX vs. Pentium
Pro vs. Pentium II. [Feb 97]
- c't
Magazine - K6 vs. Pentium MMX vs. Pentium Pro
vs. Pentium II. [Apr 97]
- Chris'
Lightwave Benchmark - Various chips. [Continuous]
- CPU
Review - Various. [Index of reviews]
- The
CPU Site - K6 vs. K6-2 vs. MII vs. Pentium
MMX vs. Pentium II. [Jul 98]
- HW
Upgrade CPU Comparison - K6-2 vs. 6x86MX vs. C6
vs. Pentium MMX vs. Pentium II vs. Celeron. [Dec 98]
- InQuest
Market Research - Bert McComas' benchmark analyses.
- JC's
Athlon Reviews - Index of Athlon (K7) reviews from different websites.
[Index of reviews]
- John
Howland Specialty Tech - K6 vs. K6-2 vs. 6x86
vs. 6x86MX vs. Pentium MMX vs. Celeron vs. Pentium
II vs. mP6. [Continuous]
- Linux
Benchmarking HOWTO - Some good tips for benchmarking (particularly
Linux).
- Maximum
Hardware 3D Bench Center - Various gaming benchmarks. [Index of
reviews]
- Olaf
Corten's Pro/Engineer CAD Benchmarks - Various CPUs.
- Passmark
CPU Evaluation - K6 vs. K6-2 vs. Athlon vs.
486 vs. Pentium vs. Pentium MMX vs. Celeron vs.
Pentium II vs. Pentium III. [Continuous]
- PC
Techware
- Performance
Database Server - Collection of benchmark results for various CPUs.
[Continuous]
- POV
Bench - POVRay raytracing benchmark.
- The
Redhill Guide
- Sharky
Extreme - Various. [Index of reviews]
- SPEC
Benchmark Results - Various chips. [Continuous]
- SysOpt
K6 - K6 vs. Pentium vs. Pentium MMX vs. Pentium
Pro vs. Pentium II. [May 97]
- Tom's
Hardware - Various. [Index of reviews]
Overclocking
- Athlon
Overclocking - Reviews and articles focusing on getting the most out of
an Athlon system.
- Athlon
Overclocking FAQ - Tech Report's Athlon overclocking FAQ.
- BXBoards
- Much dealing with overclocking Pentium II and Celeron systems.
- Celeron
Overclocking FAQ - Info on overclocking a Celeron.
- Club
Overclocker - Hardware news and reviews.
- Disabled
Multipliers on Intel CPUs - List of Intel processors that have disabled
multipliers.
- DOA
(Degenerate Overclockers Anonymous) - Humorous view of some extreme overclocking.
- Extreme
Overclocking - Overclocking articles and links to product reviews.
- Hard
OCP - Much overclocking info.
- Mike's
Water Cooled CPU - Overclocking run amok!
- OC
Addiction - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- OC
AthlonXP - Overclocking info (including explanation of Athlon bridges)
on AMD CPUs.
- OC
Power - Overclocking Athlon processors.
- OC
Prices - Hardware news, reviews, and prices.
- OC
Shoot - Hardware news and guides.
- OC
Tools - Overclocking resources.
- Overclock
Intelligence Agency - Overclocking news, reviews, mods, and articles.
- Overclockable
- News and reviews oriented towards overclocking hardware.
- Overclocked
Cafe - News and reviews.
- Overclocker
Cafe - PC hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Overclocked
Inside - Articles on overclocking as well as downloadable utilities.
- Overclockers.com
- Very good indepth articles on overclocking a PC along with news and general
hardware reviews.
- Overclockers
Australia - Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- Overclocker's
Club - Hardware, tech news, reviews, benchmarks, and overclocking.
- Overclockers
Online - PC hardware news and articles.
- Overclockers
RIP - Links to reviews on other hardware sites.
- Overclockers
Online - PC hardware news and articles.
- Overclocker's
Workbench - Site with tips on getting the most out of overclocking.
- Overclockin'.com
- Information and tips on overclocking your PC.
- Overclocking
FAQ - Anand's general guide to overclocking a CPU.
- The
Overclocking Guide - Tom Pabst's aging guide to overclocking. Discusses
heat and reliability issues as well as system performance benefits. Includes
an extensive survey.
- Overclocking
Information - System Optimization's guide to overclocking. Includes overclocking
FAQ.
- Overclocking
Survey - Listing of overclocking successes.
- Overclocking:
A Dissenting Opinion - Overclocking isn't all peaches and cream.
- TweakMax
- Overclocking and optimizing performance. Includes an overclocked database
as well as hardware news.
- United
Overclockers - News, forums, and information on overclocking.
Newsgroups
- alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird
- AMD Thunderbird (Athlon) newsgroup.
- alt.comp.hardware.overclocking
- Overclocking newsgroup.
- alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd
- AMD Overclocking newsgroup.
- comp.arch
- Computer architecture newsgroup.
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
- Processors newsgroup.
- comp.sys.intel
- General CPU industry discussion newsgroup.
- cs.amd
- General discussion group about AMD products.
- ALi
Chipsets - Chipset manufacturer.
- Anand's
Reviews - Reviews of motherboards from Anand's Hardware tech page.
- ATI
- Chipset manufacturer.
- Bus
Mastering Drivers - Site on bus mastering drivers for various chipsets.
Includes tips on installing and uninstalling.
- Chipsets:
The Most Important Components - Excellent discussion of motherboard chipsets.
- Dick
Perron's Motherboard Web List - Links to many motherboard manufacturer
websites.
- Hardware/Software
Technical links - Tips on identifying and upgrading a motherboard. Many
links to motherboard manuals.
- Identify
Intel Chipsets - Listing of existing and upcoming Intel Chipsets
- Intel's
Motherboard Pages
- Intel
Motherboard Specs - Specs on numerous Intel-made motherboards.
- Intel
Motherboard Manuals - x86.org's list of Intel motherboard manuals.
- Intel
PCI Motherboard Chipsets - Details on the various Intel chipsets.
- The
Mainboard Guide - Tom's Motherboard evaluations, specifications, and recommendations.
- Motherboard
Database - Large listing of motherboards including jumper settings.
- Motherboard
Sites - Unofficial sites on one motherboard.
- Motherboard
Homeworld - Billy Newsom's motherboard page. CPU and chipset information.
Assembling a PC. Motherboard search engine.
- Motherboard
Information - SysOpt's Motherboard manuals, specifications, and reviews.
- The
Motherboard Proxy - Kevin Speaks' motherboard comparison database. Find
and compare a variety of motherboards based on it's features.
- Net
Express Motherboards - Commercial site with info on compatibility and
chipsets.
- The
PC Guide: Motherboards - Very thorough overview of the single most important
component inside a computer. Form factors, chipsets, L2 cache, IRQ's, BIOS
configurations, etc.
- PCI
Chipset List - List of PCI-compliant chipsets (486, 586, and 686 compatibles).
- The
PC Technology Guide: Motherboards - Overview of the components that make
up a motherboard. Including mobo form factors.
- Pentium
CPU Sockets - PowerLeap's overview of the capabilities of Sockets 4, 5,
and 7.
- Server
Works - Chipset manufacturer.
- SiS
Chipsets - Chipset manufacturer.
- Slot
A.com - Information and reviews focusing on Athlon-compatible motherboards.
- SMP
Motherboards - List of dual-capable motherboards.
- Super
7 Hardware Guide - Information on 100MHz Socket 7 motherboards and components.
- Super 7
Motherboard Specs - Motherboard specs for many Super 7 boards.
- Tweak
It - Antiquated, yet thorough, motherboard benchmark tests along with
motherboard specs.
- Upgrading
with the AMD K6 - c't article on the AMD K6. Contains a list of K6-compatible
motherboards. Also has info on typical clock frequencies, voltages, and BF
jumpers for Pentium MMX (P55C) and K6.
- VIA
Chipsets - Chipset/CPU manufacturer.
Newsgroups
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit
- ABit newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.aopen
- AOpen newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
- Asus newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.chaintech
- Chaintech newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.elitegroup
- Elitegroup newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.epox
- Epox newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.fic
- FIC newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte
- Giga-Byte newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar
- MSI newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.m-tech
- M-Tech newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.octek
- Octek newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.qdi
- QDI newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.shuttle
- Shuttle newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.soyo
- Soyo newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.supermicro
- Super Micro newsgroup.
- alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan
- Tyan newsgroup.
- ATA-ATAPI.com
- Hale's how it works documents on the ATA standard.
- Dave's
SCSI School - Information on the inner workings of SCSI systems.
- Device
Bay Official Page - Device Bay storage platform.
- Firmware
Support Documents - Mostly BIOS upgrades, but some commentary on cable
select jumpers, cluster size, Disk Manager and EZ Drive, LBA, drives bigger
than 4GB, and the new partition type.
- Gibson
Research - Spinrite home and some info on the Iomega Zip and Jaz Click-of
DeathTM.
- GSI
Cable Select - Information on cable select feature for ATA/IDE drives.
- Hard
Drive Related Terms and Tricks - Erik van Straten's hard drive info page.
Lots of issues concerning hard drives (LBA, DMA, PIO, FAT32, partitions, and
much much more).
- Hard
Drive Related Tools - Erik van Straten's list of diagnostic and benchmark
tools for hard drives.
- Hard
Drive Search - Search for info on hundreds of hard drives.
- Hard
Disk Partitioning: Why and How? - Stan Brown's page on partitioning a
hard drive.
- Installing
a Hard Drive - ComputerCraft's guide to installing a hard drive.
- Jan's
PC Upgrade Problems Page - Some good info on common hard drive problems.
Includes util to detect BIOS Int13h Extensions for hard drives greater than
8.4GB.
- Net
Express Hard Drives - Commercial site with some technical info (including
SCSI).
- OSR2
FAQ - Sean Erwin's excellent OSR2 (Win95b) FAQ. Includes lengthy discussion
on FAT32.
- PC
Disk - Specs on thousands of hard drives.
- The
PC Guide: Floppy Disk Drives - Info on floppy drive construction as well
as disk capacities.
- The
PC Guide: Hard Disk Drives - Overview of the history of hard drives and
their construction. Discussion on drive geometries and the many problems with
BIOS limitations and large hard drives.
- The
PC Technology Guide: Storage - Good detailed info on various types of
data storage.
- Peter
den Haan's EIDE Storage Page - Lots of information about IDE storage devices
including the EIDE FAQ.
Also has links to basic storage information, the 504MB barrier, Ultra ATA,
and FAT32.
- Ranish's
Partitioning Primer - Good info and links on partitioning a hard drive.
- SCSI
Support - Adaptec's page on SCSI peripherals. Installation, general issues
with cables, etc.
- Storage
Review - Indepth information and reviews on storage products.
- Storage
Search - Links to many different manufacturers of storage devices.
- The
Ref - Huge resource of specs and info on hard drives, floppy
drives, other storage devices and their adapters.
- The
Tech Page Hard Drives - Huge listing
of old and new hard drives with specs and jumper settings.
- Tom's
Hardware: Storage Guide - General information about hard drives. Includes
Intel Triton Bus Master drivers.
- US
Byte - Loads of information about hard drives and other storage devices.
- Western
Digital Software Library - WD's downloadable drivers and utilities (EZ-Drive,
WDBench, etc.).
Newsgroups
- alt.comp.periphs.hdd
- Hard disk drive newsgroup.
- alt.iomega.zip.jazz
- Iomega Zip and Jaz drives newsgroup.
- comp.arch.storage
- Storage devices newsgroup.
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
- Fixed and removable storage devices newsgroup.
- comp.periphs.scsi
- SCSI peripherals newsgroup.
- 3D
Accelerated Gaming - News and some hardware reviews.
- 3D
Alpha - PC hardware reviews and articles.
- 3D
Chipset - Web site dedicated to 3D video accelerators.
- 3D
Gameman - Hardware news and reviews.
- 3DGPU.com
- News and info on NVidia GeForce256-based video cards.
- 3D
Graphics Card and OpenGL - Explanations of what goes into making up a
3D scene.
- 3D
Hardware.net - Reviews and information on various PC components.
- 3D
Power.net - News, reviews, and editorials on PC hardware.
- 3D
Spotlight - News and reviews on 3D hardware and games.
- 3D
Unlimited - Gaming-oriented hardware news and reviews.
- 3D
Velocity - Gaming-oriented hardware news and reviews.
- 3dXtreme
- Hardware news, reviews, and articles.
- 8
Dimensional - Links to many hardware reviews, particularly video cards.
- Anand's
Video Card Reviews - Various reviews of video cards.
- AVS
Forum - Site with loads of informative posts about home audio and video.
- Beyond
3D - News, reviews, and previews of PC hardware focusing on video cards.
- Bjorn's
3D World - News and information on NVidia and Rendition-based video cards.
- Carl's
Graphics Primer - Some good information on how 3D graphics cards work.
- Digital
Television - Site with HDTV news and info.
- Dimension
128 - Riva 128 and TNT news and information.
- DTV
Web - Site with info and news on HDTV.
- Fast
Graphics Site - Video card hardware reviews. Includes FastVid stuff.
- Fixed
Frequency Video FAQ - Short FAQ on fixed frequency monitors and video
cards.
- FPS
3D - Gaming hardware news site.
- G256
- Hardware news and review news mostly concerning NVidia-based cards.
- GeForce
FAQ - FAQ for NVidia GeForce-based cards.
- Guru
3D - Gaming hardware and software site.
- Jon
Peddie Associates - Video industry weekly journal.
- Mac
Monitor Database - Extensive information on tons of monitors. Including
many PC monitors.
- Matrox
Users - Lots of news, information, and drivers for Matrox video cards.
- Maximum3D
- Video card news and hardware reviews.
- Modifying
NVidia Video Cards - Increasing picture quality on NVidia cards and other
serious mods.
- Monitor
Reviews
- Monitors
Direct Monitor Analysis Toolkit - Online CRT/LCD quality analysis tool.
- MPEG.org
- MPEG pointers and resources.
- Multi-Monitor
- Information on using two monitors on one PC.
- Net
Express Video - Commercial site with video card terms and definitions.
- NV
News - News on NVidia-based video cards.
- ParaKnowYa
- 3D hardware news and articles.
- The
PC Guide: Monitors - Overview of the inner workings of a monitor. Discusses
refresh rates, image quality, CRT sizes, etc.
- The
PC Guide: Video Cards - Various info on the workings of graphics adapters.
Video modes, memory types, and display standards are covered.
- The
PC Technology Guide: Multimedia - Detailed info on graphics cards and
monitors.
- Planet
GeForce - News, reviews, and articles mostly focusing on NVidia's GeForce.
- Plasma
Online - Listing of codenames and identifying numbers for most every CPU,
chipset, etc.
- PowerVR
Network - Website for Power VR boards.
- Rage
3D - News, reviews, and articles on ATI-based video cards.
- Rage
Underground - News, drivers, and info on ATI-based video cards.
- Reactor
Critical - Loads of info and analysis on video chipsets. Includes up-to-date
drivers for most every card.
- Reducing
Eyestrain - Instructions on adjusting your monitor to reduce eyestrain.
- Reverend's
3D Pulpit - 3D hardware news and very indepth articles.
- Riva
3D - GeForce-related news, drivers, a
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