January 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2005 · 0 comments

Bytesector has a review of the ThermalTake Silent PurePower 680W, a beefy choice for powering your PC. With multiple a pair of low noise fans and multiple 12volt rails this power supply should be able to handle the most demanding…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2005 · 0 comments

Microsoft has released a few patches for security vulnerabilities which affect a number of their operating systems. A quick visit to their Windows Update website is recommended as these flaws have such fun side effects as arbitrary code execution and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2005 · 0 comments

MacCentral has a some more info on the lastest products being announced at this years Macworld Expo currently being held in San Francisco. They cover Steve Job’s (Apple’s CEO) keynote and the various software titles he mentioned and offer a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2005 · 0 comments

The Macworld Expo has dropped a few exciting new products for both Apple enthusiasts and PC users to drool over. While a slew of new products are making their debut only a few are creating a huge amount of buzz:…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2005 · 0 comments

Club Overclocker tried out PDP System’s Patriot XBL PC-3200 dual channel memory kit. This particular DDR set is marketed towards enthusiast PC users as it features some highly praised Samsung TCCD memory chips which have been pulling off some amazing…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2005 · 0 comments

HardwareZone has a review of the MSI K8N Diamond motherboard which supports AMD’s Athlon 64 (Socket 939) CPUs. The board makes good use of the Nvidia nForce4 chipset and brings SLI-capable PCI Express to the party. A solid design from…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2005 · 0 comments

TrustedReviews tested out Creative Labs’ Audigy 2 ZS Notebook sound card. The device is meant to plug into an available PC Card slot and will allow you to output audio to a seperate set of speakers or headphones. Great idea…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a ton of information and photos from their visit to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. There are many new products to look forward to over the coming year although the severe lack of BTX products at the show…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has tested the DFI LanParty 875P-T which pairs an Intel supported LGA775 socket with the tried and true i875P chipset. DFI went with the good ol’ AGP slot and DDR memory to keep costs low for its customers yet…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2005 · 0 comments

MADSHRIMPS has tested a pair of video cards sporting Nvidia GeForce 6600 and 6600GT GPUs. The cards are not as snappy as their higher end brothers but they provide the same great visual quality and good performance in today’s games…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has a trio of RAID 5 solutions on the testbed today with a pair of dedicated add-on cards and a “software-based” on-board chip at their disposal. RAID 5 mixes and matches speed and fault tolerance making it a popular…

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