These are a few Must have applications which every user needs to have for his Hardware monitoring needs -

CPU-Z – This is the only software you will ever need to get all the information of your Processor. CPU-Z is made by CPUID and is one of the most popular CPU monitoring software out in the market. The best thing about CPU-Z is that it’s a freeware. CPU-Z offers a very vivid detail of your Processor, including the Core Voltage, Stepping and Revision. Besides providing information about your Processor, CPU-Z also provides information about your Motherboard, RAM and the CPU cache. There is also an option to validate your CPU which will helps in online forums. The Version 1.52 of CPU-Z which is still under development is also going to provide you information about your Graphics Card.

OCZ has been one of the few SSD manufacturer’s who have been extremely successful with their Vertex SSD series of line-up. Today OCZ launched another new series of Solid State Drive called “Agility” which uses Indilinx Controller which is made from a little known Korean based company. The Controller offers superb Value for Money and provides superb read/write, random read/write speed which is not provided by any other Controller present in the market.

Here are some updates and news from our Gadgets Buzz blog where we cover the latest hardware and gadgets news, don’t forget to subscribe to the Gadgets Buzz RSS feed to get regular updates, it is separate from the regular Techie Buzz feed.

AMD is expected to announce a price cut next month on the HD 48xx Graphics Card series line-up. The price cut is expected to be upto 50$, thanks to the lower manufacturing costs. The Price cuts arrives before AMD is expected to launch their new Dx11 series of Graphics Card line up during the coming Summer.

Asus during CeBIT 2009 showcased the motherboard P6X58 which had SATA-600 interface. Reports says that the same motherboard i.e. Asus P6X58 which is based on the Intel X58 Chipset was equipped with a USB 3.0 Controller manufactured by NEC. Gigabyte also demonstrated a motherboard having SATA-600 and USB 3.0 interface equipped with Intel P55 Chipset.

AMD today launched 2 new Dual Core CPU’s, the Athlon II X2 250 and the Phenom II X2 550. The former runs at 3GHz while the latter runs at 3.1GHz and features an unlocked multiplier. Both the processors are compatible with the AM2+ and AM3 sockets, but AM2+ Motherboard owners need to upgrade their BIOS before they can use these processors. The Processors have a TDP of 65W and 70W respectively and both are made using the 45nm fabrication process.

AMD’s ATI Radeon E4690 will be the fastest Integrated GPU when launched. The Integrated GPU has 512Mb of GDDR3 memory running at 700 MHz, and supports Dx 10.1, Shader Model 4.0, UVD 2.0 and OpenGL 3.0. ATI’s E4690 is the first integrated GPU to support Dx10.1.

AMD today launched their new high end server Class 6-Core Processor “Istanbul” which is based on the same architecture used by AMD 45nm ‘Shangai’ Processor’s. The new Processor from AMD also has a new technology called ‘HT Assist’ which helps in reducing the traffic which occurs when the Processor searches for the shortest path to the data. AMD also states that the new “Istanbul” Processors are 30% faster in Performance per watt category, and overall are 40% to 50% faster than their predecessor.

Last Year when Dell acquired Alienware it said that it won’t be killing the XPS line-up, but contradictory to their statement, Dell today finally killed the XPS line-up as far its related to powerful gaming notebooks, and also announced the “All Powerful” Alienware M17x laptop which lives up to its tagline of “All Powerful”.

Dell today launched the Studio 14z series of Notebook. This notebook is decently priced and offers nice value for money. The notebook has a 14.1 inch CCF/LED screen, a Nvidia 9400M along with a 1.3MP Cam and Wi-Fi. Card Reader, Bluetooth and an External Blu-Ray drives are optional though.

Sometime back we had introduced readers to iPhone PC Suite, a alternative manager for the iPhone. But if you are looking for a alternative manager for your iPod, a freeware called Floola is one of the best you can get. Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone [...]

Our blog friend DJFlush from Sizlopedia has posted some leaked pictures of the iPod Nano 4th Generation model doing the rounds of the Internet these days. No one can beat Apple at generating hype of any new product they launch, and this is a very good example of it. Check out the images below, if [...]