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[Quitch]

For the best 3D graphics info around, I come here. If I wanted to pick up a hard drive, I'd go to Storage Review. Yet, when it comes to soundcards, processors and motherboards, I'm at a loss. So many places review them, yet which to trust, which ones really know what they're talking about. I end up browsing around, but it's hard to compare site A's review of B against site C's review of D. Is D better, or does C simply have a love of that brand, or what?

So, when you want information on stuff outside the field of graphics, where do you go?

 

[arjan de lumens]

For sound, try http://www.hydrogenaudio.org - excellent site.

Processors? Dunno - aceshardware, lostcircuits, realworldtech, the comp.arch newsgroup are the best ones I have found so far.

Motherboards? Cannot recommend any site in particular, never found any that stand out.

 

[Blade]

www.hardocp.com
www.anandtech.com
www.sharkyextreme.com

etc.

 

[Mariner]

www.3dsoundsurge.com

 

[swaaye]

Processors
http://www.aceshardware.com/
http://www.tech-report.com/
http://www.digit-life.com/
http://www.extremetech.com/
http://www.xbitlabs.com
http://www.geek.com/procspec/procmain.htm
http://www.anandtech.com/

Sound
http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/
http://www.extremetech.com/
http://www.xbitlabs.com
http://www.digit-life.com/

Cooling
http://www.frostytech.com/

 

[Mariner]

Oh, and for those of us who like their computers small:

www.sfftech.com

 

[Tokelil]

Some of those sites is seen as biased when it comes to GPU reviews. (by some at least. Personally Im not so sure...)
Why would they be any different when it comes to CPUs? The Intel/AMD war is as heated as the ATI/Nvidia war.

Personal favorite for CPU reviews/previews are Arstechnica.com and Aceshardware.

 

[epicstruggle]

Oh, and for those of us who like their computers small:

www.sfftech.com

However it seems like it takes them longer to get items for review. Only good thing about them now is their forum content.

later,
epic

 

[mczak]

Personal favorite for CPU reviews/previews are Arstechnica.com and Aceshardware.

Definitely agree about Arstechnica. This is quite the equivalent of beyond3d in the cpu world, you won't see much shootouts but much information about the differences in the cpu microarchitectures. If you want to see some quick benchmark numbers, this is not the place to go, but if you want to understand WHY cpu A is probably faster than cpu B at some task but slower at another, it's definitely recommended.

 

[thegrommit]

In addition to arstechnica and aceshardware, add www.lostcircuits.com for motherboard reviews.

 

[Althornin]

Personal favorite for CPU reviews/previews are Arstechnica.com and Aceshardware.

agreed

 

[Martin Eddy]

For motherboards I like this one http://www.mbreview.com
Not a lot of content but they seem to be unbiased.

 

[zurich]

techreport.com is king!