October 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2005 · 0 comments

A1 Electronics tortures a PrimeCooler HyperPipe PC-HP1 heatsink in their review. This suprising aircooler moves heat away from the CPU with the help of 4 heatpipes to a set of aluminum fins. A great performer for most CPUs that don’t…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2005 · 0 comments

Adrian’s Rojak Pot has a review of the Seagate 120GB Momentus hard drive. The drive spins at about 5,400RPM and includes a healthy amount of on-board cache which is unheard of for a drive that’s usually found in a notebook…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2005 · 0 comments

Silent PC Review has a look at the Shuttle XPC SD11G5 barebons SFF. Shuttle is now well known for allowing the use of desktop processors in cramped spaces. They’ve now taken Intel’s mobile chips and put them to good use…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a review of the DFI LANParty UT RDX200 motherboard. The board is based on ATI’s CrossFire chipset for AMD CPUs which allows for some two video card action with a compatible master card. A fantastic board with plenty…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 17, 2005 · 0 comments

TweakTown has a review of the Sapphire Radeon X1800XL graphics cards. Sapphire is one of the first card makers to bring their flavor of the x1800XL to market and, not surprisingly, it has good image quality and performance but it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 17, 2005 · 0 comments

VIAArena has put together a guide on most of the terms used when talking about PC memory. Things can get a little confusing when looking at the newer RAM and trying to figure out how to upgrade an older PC…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 17, 2005 · 0 comments

Overclockers Online have some thoughts on the Cooler Master Ammo 533 PC case. The chassis has a distinctive look and is designed to be a tough PC case meant for LAN parties or other similarly demanding environments. It looks like…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 17, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Shuttle XPC M1000 home theater PC. Shuttle has gone a bit more horizontal with their latest model making it a better match with A/V equipment. Their choice of “laptop” components may seem odd but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2005 · 0 comments

Think Computers has a review of the Thermaltake Swing PC case. The enclosure has some of those TT touches like the orange bladed fans but, for the most part, it’s quite a bit toned down from their usual products. The…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the low-end of the pre-built PC market in their review of PC Club’s Enpower Fuzion 4. AMD’s 3000+ Sempron and built-in video and audio round out this PC and while it isn’t the fastest product…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2005 · 0 comments

Viper Lair has a short review of the Corsair TWINX2048-4400 PRO dual channel memory kit. The pair of DDR 1GB sticks have their fancy LED activity lights on their heatspreader for those that enjoy shiney things. Another nice set of…

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