PCSTATS has an informative article on what RAID is and how to go about setting up an array in your system. RAID is a simple way to improve overall system performance since hard drives are usually the bottleneck in computers….
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March 2004
Madshrimps has reviewed a nice selection of aftermarket coolers for video cards. With modern GPUs pumping out almost as much heat as processors, card makers are resorting to obnoxiously loud and inefficient cooling solutions straight out of the factory. This…
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AnandTech managed to snag an Albatron LWX-30-AMS LCD TV and has a review up for our convenience. It’s a rather large display with a terrific specification sheet but a nagging flaw could sway many potential customers away from it. You’ll…
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The Tech Report ran a Western Digital Raptor 74GB, a 10K RPM hard drive, against a good lineup of other drive alternatives which includes SCSI drives and even a RAID array of drives. The Raptor had a rather impressive run…
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ExtremeMHz has a review on an interesting motherboard package, the Soyo SY-P4VAL Version M. This Pentium 4 board is geared to a more multimedia minded bunch with its integrated video and slow front side bus speeds which won’t be winning…
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InfoWorld has news on a United Nations University study that tries to detail the amount of resources it takes to create one functional computer and average monitor and suggests that upgrading PCs to extend their usefulness is a possible solution…
Read more Save the Planet! Upgrade your PC?
Hexus.net got busy with the Athlon 64 3000+, AMD’s “bargain” 64-bit processor. They take a look at the retail version of the chip and show you what you can expect out of it when compared to AMD’s other 64-bit offerings…
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Digital Daily grabbed four new heatsinks out on the market for the Socket A (AMD Athlon non-64bit) and put them through some rigorous testing. There’s nothing fancy about these ‘sinks but they all seem to do a competent job which…
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Yahoo News has spent some time with SnapStream Media’s Beyond TV 3 and offers up a favorable review for this personal video recorder software. It functions similar to a Tivo and requires a TV tuner card in your PC but…
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X-bit labs gathered up five of Samsung’s latest LCD models and compared them visually. They take a look at a few of their TV/Monitor offerings as well as the company’s newest, fast refresh rate, 12ms LCD screens which are quite…
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Microsoft will make quite a number of security changes to their XP operating system with their upcoming Service Pack but those changes could break applications you depend on. Computerworld has the rest of the story….
Read more XP SP2 May Cause Compatibilty Issues
