Dell Alienware X51 Benchmark

Dell Alienware X51 Benchmark ... check out how the system performs with the Windows Experience Index and a Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark test.

BBC Technology of Business: Avatars

Can avatars and hyper-real video conferencing replace business meetings? As more and more of us choose to work from home, or perhaps not venture into the office as much, the BBC have put together this very cool video about the increase in the use of video conferencing. Check out the video below.

Make time to do what you really, really love. Part 1

The Dell Small Business team have been busy producing something a little different. This video shows a young entrepreneur enjoying life out of the office and doing the things he really, really loves; in this case mountain biking down some narrow steps. As in real life, carrying out these stunts sometimes comes with a few surprises and in this case, as he cycles down, a water melon vendor appears unexpectedly from a side street and collides with our entrepreneur. Enough said, check out the video below.

Asus Eee PC 1005PE Netbook Review

Netbooks are getting better by the day and the Eee PC 1005PE is one of the latest offerings from Asus. Check out the review.


Screen: 10.1" WSVGA(1024x600)
CPU: Intel® Atom™ Pineview-M N450
Memory: 1GB, DDR2
Wireless: WiFi 802.11n
Bluetooth
Storage: 250GB HDD
Web Camera: 0.3 Mega Pixel
Built-in stereo speaker
Built-in microphone
3x USB 2.0
1x VGA
1x SD/MMC card reader(SDHC)
1x Audio in
1x Audio out
Battery: up to 11 hrs

Supplied by: Asus UK

PC Build Series - Video 10 - Motherboard & Device Connections Close-up

In this video I show you all the connections from the various peripherals to the PSU & motherboard.

Total Cost of this PC Build: £1,327.79.


Possible savings - Corsair 650W PSU, slightly slower processor, Asus HD 5850 GPU, 4GB RAM (instead of 6GB), 1 x 1TB hard drive (instead of 2), DVD Writer (instead of BluRay). This would have taken the cost down to £923.70.

Video Series Links:
Video 2  Video 3  Video 4
Video 5  Video 6  Video 7
Video 8  Video 9  Video 10

Heaven Benchmark v2.1: http://www.unigine.com/download/

Manufacturer websites:
Case: http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/
Motherboard & GPU: http://uk.asus.com/
Processor: http://www.intel.com/
Memory: http://www.crucial.com/uk
Power Supply: http://www.corsair.com/
Optical Drive: http://www.lg.com/uk/
Hard Drives: http://www.samsung.com/uk/
Operating System: http://www.microsoft.com/

PC Build Series - Video 9 - RAID set-up - Installing Windows 7 + Benchmarking

In this video I show you the RAID setup (this is not needed for a regular install). This is followed by the Windows 7 installation and then some benchmarking figures both with the Windows Performance Index and Heaven Benchmark v2.1.



There will also be three extra bonus videos on the channel over the next couple of weeks. A close-up of the wiring connections. This will be followed by a CPU Cooler Upgrade and a 256GB Crucial Solid State Drive.

Windows 7 Home Premium OEM price at time of build £77.63.

Total Cost of this PC Build: £1,327.79.

Possible savings - Corsair 650W PSU, slightly slower processor, Asus HD 5850 GPU, 4GB RAM (instead of 6GB), 1 x 1TB hard drive (instead of 2), DVD Writer (instead of BluRay). This would have taken the cost down to £923.70.

Heaven Benchmark v2.1: http://www.unigine.com/download/