HotHardware has a look at HP’s Pavilion ZE2000Z notebook PC. The AMD line has been limited to a budget role but with the proper options selected at purchase it can be a solid, and speedy, alternative to the glut of…
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September 2005
The Inquirer thinks they have a pricing roadmap for Intel’s next batch of mobile chips code-named Yonah. The new chips come in single and dual-core versions and, taking a look at their chart, they’re coming in at very tempting price-points…
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GamePC tackled Creative’s SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music today. The new card promises to make your low bit-rate digital audio files sound better on top of shining your shoes and grooming the family pet. A must for the hardcore gamer with…
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HotHardware has the VapoChill XE II PC case on their testbench. The enclosure isn’t your usual $30 all steel special, it packs in a powerful phase change cooler which can cool your CPU to sub zero temps. A dream for…
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The Tech Report has a look at the Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 hard drive. The storage device has plenty of storage space, 500GB(pre-formatted) worth as well as the fancy Native Command Queuing and SATA-2 support. Quite a nice drive if you…
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AnandTech grabbed eight mid-tower PC cases and tested them in their own special way. They took a look at the cases’ respective temperature zones and noise output which is tough to manage in smaller enclosures. A nice spread of choices…
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Hexusnet has a short write-up on their time with the fine folks at S3 graphics. Their work on a new Chrome20 chip appears to be going well as they had a chance to test out the chipset on the latest…
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AnandTech has a look at the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard. Asus’ bargain brand, ASRock, selects different chipsets and does things a bit differently. This time around they use the ULi M1695/M1567 chipsets which supports both PCIe and AGP graphics cards….
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Apple has announced its new digital audio player called the iPod nano. Its shuffle-like appearence includes an LCD display for track info and images you store on the device. An interesting option but with prices starting at $200 it might…
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The Tech Report has updated their extensive CPU “decoder ring” page. They have most of the basic technical specs for AMD CPUs starting with the Athlon XP and Intel Pentium 4s on up starting with the Socket 478 versions. A…
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techniz has the Akasa PowerPlus PSU 550Watt and 650Watt power supplies on their test bench. Providing reliable power to high-end workstations and, now, gaming rigs will continue to be an important factor in system stability and, it looks like, these…
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