February 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on February 10, 2005 · 0 comments

Arctic Squad has a review of the Sharkoon Silvation ATX PC chassis. The case makes use of a WTX-like design which places the CPU closer to the bottom of the case where slightly cooler air enters. A nice layout which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 9, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a review of the Asetek VapoChill XE-II. The barebones case straps a powerful phase-change cooling rig to a rather bulbous enclosure. The design isn’t all that endearing but for those looking for insane cooling with a low noise…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 9, 2005 · 0 comments

ATI has launched its latest set of drivers for their RADEON line of graphics cards. The new version bumps them up to 5.2 and includes a number of fixes and performance enhancements for various gaming titles. The Windows version of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 9, 2005 · 0 comments

Yahoo! News has an AP piece on the Olympus M:robe 500i portable MP3 player. The gadget, featured in that dancing Superbowl commercial, throws in a color LCD screen and a 1.2Mpixel camera into a stylish little package. The concept is…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 9, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC takes another look at the Intel Pentium M CPU in a desktop role and pits it against the AMD Athlon 64 90nm chips. A very competitive showing by the little mobile chip once again although pricing on the top…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 9, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a review of the Gigabyte G-Max N411 laptop computer. The notebook makes use of the Intel Pentium M processor and comes in a stylish pearl white chassis. Despite its good looks the product’s price range and features are…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 9, 2005 · 0 comments

GamesIndustry reports on a possible showing of Sony’s highly-anticipated PlayStation 3 as early as March. The three major console makers are set to display their new gaming gadgets at E3 in May so an early reveal by Sony would get…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 8, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech ponders the sudden usage of Intel’s popular Pentium M processors (usually found in notebook computers) on the desktop. A 21 page in-depth look at what the CPU is good for and where it lags behind. The initial attraction to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 8, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP stress-tested the Koolance PC3-720BK case with water cooling capabilities built in. The rig has several improvements over their previous water cooling products although the whole package doesn’t perform as well in its stock form. Some minor modifications could make…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 8, 2005 · 0 comments

AMDZone has a look at a Hitachi Travelstar 60GB hard drive. The drive has a 7200RPM spin speed as well as an 8MB cache which makes it faster than the ordinary drives shipped in most laptops today. A sensible upgrade…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 8, 2005 · 0 comments

Trusted Reviews sees how 19 different power supplies stack up using some professional testing tools. A wide range of PSUs from flashy gold trimmed to serious server products were on their testbench many of which did not pass muster, some…

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