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[25 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]
Kingston SSDNow V+200 SSD’s launches in India

Kingston technology has launched the new range of SSD called the SSDNow V+200 series in India, if you remember I had reviewed the Kingston SSDNow V+100 series a couple of months ago these new V+200 brings to us the goodness of SATA 3.0 (6GB/s) interface and uses the SandForce controller.

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[8 Dec 2011 | 44 Comments | ]
Entry Level Gaming PC for Rs 30K

A quite a few of you have asked me for a gaming computer config for about Rs 30,000 and I go about building a entry level gaming computer for about 30K. I am assuming that you already have a Monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers and Windows 7 with you and this is the config I suggest for an entry level gaming computer.

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[14 Nov 2011 | 14 Comments | ]
Windows 7 boot up time up HyperX SSD

In this video I show how fast we can boot up Windows 7 with an Kingston HyperX Solid state disk drive (SSD) which can use the SATA 3 controller which supports for speeds upto 6 Gbs/sec.

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[9 Nov 2011 | 23 Comments | ]
Standard HDD pricing going crazy

If you recently went to buy and internal hard disk (HDD) for your computer you might have been shocked at the price quoted for the HDD, coz the HDD prices have more than doubled in a month.

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[24 Oct 2011 | 34 Comments | ]
SSD vs HDD compared on Windows 7

We all know that Solid state disk (SSD) drives are faster than traditional Hard disk (HDD) drives but how fast are they in this video I use a mid range SSD from Kingston and compare the performance of the same with a traditional 7,200 rpm HDD that we find in most modern computers to show you the difference.

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[14 Oct 2011 | 18 Comments | ]
Computer parts pricing online in India

In this video I show you some indian sites which sell computers parts online in India and it is a good way to check pricing of various computer components if you are building or upgrading your PC, you can also use these sites to cross check the pricing offered by our local dealer.

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[12 Oct 2011 | 15 Comments | ]
Good performance PC config for Rs 25,000

A user had asked me to give a config for a good performing PC based on a budget of Rs 25,000 which has to include a LCD monitor this PC is a non-gaming computer hence we would not add a dedicated graphic card to the same in this guide, but if gaming is required a mid range Rs 5-6K graphic card can be added to provide decent gaming at medium resolutions.

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[8 Oct 2011 | 11 Comments | ]
Kingston HyperX 120GB Sata 3 SSD unboxing

Unobxing video of the Kingston premium range of SSD known as HyperX which can attain insane speeds in excess of 500 MB/sec using the SandForce controller and taking advantage of SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s) interface, which is almost twice the speed when compared to normal SSD drives the model number of this120 GB HyperX SSD Upgrade Kit is SH100S3B/120G.

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[8 Oct 2011 | 27 Comments | ]
Single dual and multi core processor

Understanding the modern CPU’s that are single / dual and multi core processors and how these processors works and which is an ideal processor for your bcoz it is a common myth that if you have a quad core processor you will get 400% performance compared to a single core processor.

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[1 Oct 2011 | 27 Comments | ]
Kingston 96 GB SSD upgrade Kit unboxing

I recently received the Kingston 96 GB SSD for review from Kingston technology this particular SSD is from the SSDNow 100V+ series from Kingston the model number is SVP100S2B/96G this is a full upgrade kit that that has everything that you need to upgrade your computer from a standard HDD to a fast SSD drive.

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[21 Sep 2011 | 91 Comments | ]
intel next gen processor Ivy Bridge overview

Ivy Bridge is the code name for the next processor architecture from intel which will replace the current crop of i3, i5 and i7 processors which are based on the current Sandy bridge architecture and I show you what this Ivy Bridge brings processors bring to you and me as a end consumer.

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[13 Sep 2011 | 11 Comments | ]
Asus travel WiFi router 330N3G unboxing

The Asus WL 330N3G is a very unique product which is one of the world’s smallest 6 in 1 multifunctional Wifi N router and is a ideal device for some one who travels a lot and needs WiFi functionality, it can also act as a 3G Wifi router by using a 3G USB datacard.