April 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2005 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has a look at the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard. The board comes equipped with the versatile Nvidia nForce 4 Ultra chipset (no SLI here) and a solid BIOS setup which allows for some moderate tweaking without going overboard…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2005 · 0 comments

Corsair has been pushing the feature sets of its DDR memory for a while now, first with its activity LEDs and now their recently released memory with its own status display. Bjorn3D has a review of the Corsair XMS Xpert…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2005 · 0 comments

TrustedReviews has a look at the Toshiba SDR-5372 16X DVD burner. The drive is your plain-ol’ ATA interfaced drive but it is capable of burning to all sorts of discs including dual-layer. A speedy drive and a good alternative to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC takes a pair of workstation oriented PNY QuadroFX 4400s and has some fun. The 512MB GeForce 6800 derived monsters do very well in the various 3D modelling applications (and the like) but it also makes for some interesting results…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at a batch of memory sticks, from various manufacturers that falls into the “value” category. DDR memory prices have been extremely low as of late allowing you to top out your system for very little. The…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has tested the EPoX EP-5LWA+, i925XE based, motherboard. The board can contently handle most LGA775 Intel Pentium 4s and integrates all sorts of great expansion options. The board is not dual-core capable though so if that’s in your future…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the GigaByte GV-RX80256D graphics board. The card uses the plain-ol’ ATI Radeon X800 PCI Express chipset and a passive cooler using all sorts of heatpipes to keep it cool and silent. A nice looking board…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has the dirt on Intel’s move to bring its dual-core CPUs to the market earlier than expected. The dual-core Pentium Extreme Edition will require a new motherboard and comes in at a steep price for a consumer chip but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2005 · 0 comments

Hot Hardware has a review of the Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 motherboard. The board uses VIA’s K8T890 chipset which is PCI Express capable although not as feature rich as other chipsets on the market. Good performance and a solid platform, a fine…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2005 · 0 comments

Beyond3D does their usual in-depth thing on an Abit RX700Pro graphics card. The PCI Express board has some interesting traits, namely the Abit (enthusiast friendly) name and some very fast on-board memory. Expectations run high when those two things occur…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Shuttle XPC ST20G5 SFF system. The mini-system features the ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset for AMD Athlon 64s (s939) giving it some integrated, although slow, video capabilities. A sleek, space-saving design that…

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