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Hardware
- 3D Hardware.net - Reviews and information on
various PC components.
- Adrenaline Vault
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reviews.
- AbsolutePC.Net - Computer news, reviews, links,
and more.
- AGN Hardware - News and reviews of various PC
hardware.
- Alien PC - News, reviews, and articles on
PC hardware.
- Anand's Hardware - Anand Shimpi's hardware
tech page. CPU and motherboard reviews. CPU,
motherboard, and overclocking surveys.
Overclocking guide.
- Ars Technica - News, reviews, and articles on
PC hardware.
- Bertil Hagnell's Interesting
Links - Some
good hardware links.
- Bill's Workshop - Tech tips and reviews of PC
components.
- Comp-Info - Hardware specs site. You give
it your criteria, and it finds all components
that match.
- 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.
- Computer Hardware Performance
Page - Lots of
benchmarks and links to hardware sites.
- Computer Heaven - News, reviews, and information
about IBM-compatible computers.
- Hardware World - A Computer Heaven affiliate
with reviews of PC hardware.
- Jeff's PC Hardware Review - A Computer Heaven affiliate
with reviews, info, and utils.
- Computers R Us - Information, reviews, and
articles on PC hardware.
- Computer Tips - Some information on hardware
components.
- Cool Info - Mostly gaming information, but
has daily news updates concerning PC hardware and
software.
- CyberWorks - PC Technical Sites - Links to many hardware and
upgrading sites.
- Dave's Tech Page - News and information on PC
hardware components.
- Dick Perron's Hardware Links - Excellent links to hardware
pages.
- Digital Sage - News and links to hardware
reviews.
- Fun's Reviews - Fun's hardware reviews.
- Hardware Central
 - General information,
buying, and installation tips on various hardware
components.
- Hardware Empire - News, reviews, and info on PC
hardware components.
- Hardware Extreme - Hardware news and reviews.
- The Hardware Group - Motherboard information,
benchmarks, and discussion forums.
- Hardware Junkies - News, reviews, and information
on a variety of PC components.
- Hardware One - News and reviews of PC
hardware components.
- HPC Hardware Guide - Computer news, benchmarks, and
commentary.
- High Performance PC Guide - PC hardware info and reviews.
- Home of Lost Circuits - Reviews and info on various
hardware components.
- Hot Hardware - Reviews of various hardware
components.
- HW Upgrade - Information and comparisons of
various PC hardware.
- Jason's Computer HQ - News, reviews, and information
on PC hardware components.
- Joe's PC Hardware Page - Information and reviews of PC
hardware.
- Make It Simple - Hardware reviews, news, and
configuration tips.
- 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 Hardware - Information on various
hardware components.
- PC Hardware Bluebook - Hardware links with some
suggestions on selecting components.
- PC Lube and Tune - Articles and tutorials on
different hardware components.
- PC Mechanic - General information on
motherboards, CPU's, memory, video, monitors, and
hard drives. Includes BIOS beep codes.
Motherboard and hard drive installation.
- PC Powerhouse - Information and reviews of PC
hardware components.
- 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 Upgrade Advice Central - Page on hardware pricing,
installation, and upgrade advice.
- PC Web Computer News - Info, tips, and how-to page.
- Peteweb PC Refurbishing Resources - Links, tips, and specs on
various hardware components.
- Planet Hardware - News, reviews, and information
on PC components.
- 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 Center - Reviews of various PC hardware
components.
- Review Finder - Find reviews on numerous types
of hardware.
- Rob's Hardware Comparison Guide - Contains side-by-side spec
comparisons of many hardware components along
with direct links to more info on that hardware.
- Sam's Repair Guides - Lots of info on repairing
various electronic devices (not just
computer-related).
- Shawn's Computer Page - Photographic overview of the
basic PC components.
- The Silicon Edge - Hardware news and information.
- Singapore Hardware Zone - News and reviews on PC
hardware components.
- Spumador's HW Page - Andrea Ricordi's hardware
page. PC diagnostic software and hardware
companies list.
- Super 7 Hardware Guide - Information on 100MHz Socket 7
motherboards and components.
- System Optimization - Scott Wainner's
hardware page. Motherboard reviews and processor
surveys. Information on motherboards, CPU's,
chipsets, BIOS, cache, and memory. System
benchmark surveys. Overclocking guide.
- Techfest - Good set of direct links to
info on various PC hardware components.
- The Techs Network - News, reviews, and previews of
PC hardware.
- Thresh's Firing Squad - Reviews of various hardware
and games.
- 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.
- T.V.M. Hardware and Software
Resources - Many
links to commercial as well as general hardware
info web pages.
- Tweak It - Thorough motherboard and video
card benchmark tests along with motherboard
specs.
- Ultimate PC - Reviews and info on various
hardware products (particularly cases).
- The Upgrade Center - News and reviews of hardware
products.
- Your Basic Hardware Page - Overview of each of the
components in a PC along with some specific
hardware recommendations.
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Drivers - Spanish site with
links to numerous hardware drivers pages. - Drivers Headquarters - Hardware drivers
page. Comprehensive list.
- Mr. Driver - List of hardware
drivers for various components.
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Hardware FAQs - ZDNet's list of
vendor FAQs on various hardware components. - The Hardware Group - Motherboard
information, benchmarks, and discussion forums.
- Helpsite.com - Links to many
hardware help pages.
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Computer Reseller News - Computer industry news and
articles. - c't - c't english pages. Indepth
views on the computer industry.
- c't Magazine - German magazine. Use the link
below to translate.
- Computer Shopper - Computer industry news and
articles.
- EE Times - Electronic Engineering Times.
- Hardware Group Therapy - Hardgame's informative and
sometimes humorous view of what's being discussed
in the hardware newsgroups.
- Maximum PC - Computer industry news and
articles.
- MicroDesign Resources - Articles and information
concerning computer processors.
- The Mining Company - Computer Brand Reviews general
computer industry news site.
- News.com - Computer industry news and
articles.
- PC Multimedia & Entertainment - Various hardware reviews.
- PC Watch - Links to computer industry
news and articles.
- PC Week - Computer industry news and
articles.
- Semiconductor Business News - Semi-con industry news.
- The Register - Computer industry news and
articles.
- Tech Web - Articles and news on the
technical side of the computer industry.
- TheView Hardware Reviews - Hardware reviews and news.
- Yahoo HiTech News - News updates.
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The 3DNow! Basement - Patches and drivers for
various games and hardware supporting 3DNow!.
- The 3DNow! NOW Page - News and information on AMD's
3DNow! technology.
- Unofficial 3DNow! Home Page - News and information on AMD's
3DNow! technology.
- Ace's Hardware - Articles on the PC industry;
mostly focusing on CPUs.
- AlphaPowered - Page dedicated to the Digital
Alpha processor.
- Alternative x86 Central - News, reviews, and information
concerning non-Intel processors.
- AMD 5x86-133 Upgrade Info - Page with some good specifics
on upgrading to a 5x86-133.
- Unofficial AMD Appreciation Site - Site dedicated to AMD
processors.
- AMD Official Site - AMD's processors (486, Nx586, 5x86, K5,
K6, K6-2).
- AMD Zone - News and info relating to AMD
processors.
- Anand's CPU Reviews - CPU reviews by Anand Shimpi.
- The Brotherhood of The CPU - News and information on x86
processors.
- Bugs, Baloney, and Bull - Some info on the Pentium II
processor including a fix for the Turbo Pascal
runtime error 200 'Division by Zero' (turning off the L1 and
L2 cache may also work).
- CCT Official Site - CPU Adapters (586, 686).
- Celeron Special Report - William Ball's page on
upgrading with the Celeron processor.
- The Celeron Experiment - Interesting info on upgrading
with a Celeron processor.
- Chip Directory - Alphabetically listed chip
information. Extensive lists.
- Chip Prices - Prices over time of Intel
procs.
- Chip Shots - Cool pictures of processors.
- Clive Turvey's Homepage - Highly technical information
on Pentium II processors.
- Computer Nerd Site - CPU adapters (RA3, RA4, RA5).
- Concept Manufacturing Official
Site - CPU
adapters (VA55C).
- 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.
- The CPU Guide - Information and
recommendations on many processors.
- CPU Information Center - History of microprocessors.
Includes large chart of CPU information.
- CPU Madness - Information and reviews on
various processors (not just x86).
- CPU Review - News and information on
various processors.
- CPU Site - News and information on
various microprocessors.
- Cyrix Official Site - Cyrix processors (CX-486, 486DX2, 5x86,
MediaGX, 6x86, 6x86L, 6x86MX, M-II).
- Destination AMD - News and info site on AMD
processors.
- Digital Equipment Official Site - Digital processors (Alpha). Note: The Alpha
is not natively x86 compatible.
- Ed's AMD Info Links - Links to info on AMD
processors.
- Evergreen Official Site - CPU adapters (586, PR166, MxPro,
Eclipse PCI, Eclipse Super-7 PCI, Spectra).
- Fast Graphics CPU Overview - Large list of x86 processors.
- FullOn 3DNow! - News, reviews, and articles on
3DNow! and related PC info.
- GBM x86 Stuff - Grzegorz Mazur's undocumented
info on the K5 and 6x86 chips.
- 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).
- IBM Official Site - IBM processors. (6x86, 6x86L, 6x86MX).
- Intel Official Site - Intel processors (486, OverDrive, Pentium,
Pentium Pro, Pentium MMX, Pentium II, Celeron,
Xeon).
- The Intel Roadmap - Information gathered from
various news sources on upcoming Intel products.
- Jason's Processor Update - News on upcoming Intel chips.
- Jason's Unofficial Celeron Page - Photos and some information on
the Celeron chip.
- JC's PC News'n'Links - Collection of updates from CPU
and other hardware-oriented sites.
- K6-2 Central - News and information about
AMD's K6-2 processor.
- 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.
- Metaflow - Another x86 startup?
- MicroDesign Resources - In-depth articles on computer
processors.
- National Semiconductor Official
Site - Cyrix
processors. (MediaGX, 6x86MX, M-II).
- Net Express CPU - Pricing, performance, and
future of CPU's.
- Notes on Pentium and Compatible
CPU's - CPU
voltages, bus speeds, multipliers, and sockets.
- Paul Hsieh's 6th Generation x86
CPU Comparisons
- Look at the differing architectures in the AMD
K6, Intel Pentium-II, and Cyrix 6x86MX.
- 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.
- 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).
- Processor Information - 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.
- Pro-Desk Inside Intell - Information on various x86
processors.
- 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
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Anti-Virus - Simtel's archive of DOS-based
virus utils. - Browsers.COM - Reviews and info on browsers.
- CACHET - Intel's cache checking
program. Intel Pentium and Overdrive processors
only.
- Canadian Mind Products Utilities - Various handy utilities
including CMOS Save, Boot Save, and many more.
- Compression Utils - Oakland's archive of
compression utils.
- Cool Tools and Other links - Some utils including a prog.
to check whether your BIOS supports Int13h
Extensions.
- CPU Performance Enhancing
Utilities -
Squeezing that last bit of performance out of
your CPU.
- CPUID - Intel's CPU identifier
program. Only for Intel processors. [English
version]
- CPU Idle - Put CPU into suspend mode when
idle (reduces power consumption and heat
dissipation).
- CRT_AT.EXE - Monitor testing utility.
- CTCM_INT - Secondary (L2) cache checker
program from c't magazine.
- CTCM 1.6N - New version of ctcm.
Now includes English translation.
- ct Directory - General directory.
[German]
- Drivers Headquarters - Hardware drivers page.
- Entech Homepage - Commercial site with utils for
monitors and video cards. Includes Powerstrip,
DDCTest and others.
- FAT-FAT - Checks on wasted disk space
due to DOS cluster size.
- Filez.com - Find any file by name or file
description.
- FTP Search - Search for specific filenames.
- Hardware Diagnostics - ComputerCraft's hardware
diagnostic tools page (Burn-In, CacheChk,
SysChk, Snooper).
- Hardware Monitor Links - Links to programs that monitor
the computer's hardware. Not CRT stuff.
- IDE Update for Intel boards. - Updated Win95 IDE .inf file
for some Intel motherboards.
- Modem Comm Port and System
Diagnostic Tools
- Numerous utilities for diagnosing modem
ailments.
- Motherboard Monitor - System monitor (temp, fan
speed, etc.).
- MXK6OPT - Optimizes the K6-2 and K6-3
with a CXT core.
- Monitor Test - Nokia's monitor test program.
- PC-Config - Hardware detection /
benchmarking / diagnosis utility.
- PC Diagnostics - A few tools for diagnosing PC
problems.
- SetK6v2 - c't's German util to turn on
features in the K6-2 chips with a CXT core.
- SciTech Software - SciTech Display Doctor.
- SiSoft Sandra - Comprehensive hardware
detection utility.
- Stuffit Expander - Stuffit compression util.
- Syschk - Hardware diagnostic tool.
- Sysinfo - Hardware diagnostic util.
- Test Your PC! - Spumador's links to benchmark
and diagnostic software.
- Tom's Hardware Programs - Various utilities available
from Tom's Hardware page.
- TweakBIOS - Cool utility for tweaking a
computer's BIOS settings.
- Waterfall - Put CPU into suspend mode when
idle (reduces power consumption and heat
dissipation).
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