November 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on November 8, 2005 · 0 comments

Laptop Logic has a look at the Lenovo Thinkpad Z60t notebook PC. The usual batch of hardware is included, Intel Centrino hardware and a 14″ widescreen display, nothing fancy hardware wise but it’s extremely well built and can handle the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 7, 2005 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has the details on nanoCooler’s plans to drop their liquid metal cooling technology. The system was attracting major attention with Sapphire working on a graphics card using the technology but with the company moving on to other endeavors…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 7, 2005 · 0 comments

bytesector has a look at the ECT Prometeia Mach II GT phase-change cooling kit. The setup is capable of cooling even the hottest of Intel processors to sub zero temperatures which opens up considerable headroom when pushing the CPU to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 7, 2005 · 0 comments

Frosty Tech has a look at the Thermaltake Polo735 AMD Athlon 64 heatsink. The cooler uses a simple slab of copper with equally simple copper fins to cool your CPU, steering clear of fancy heatpipes which add tons of bulk….

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 7, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a review of the Nvidia GeForce 6800 GS graphics chipset. The card is based on their last generation of chips paired with a lower pricetag. Its performance is still good and it offers SLI support making it a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 4, 2005 · 0 comments

Trusted Reviews puts the Alienware Aurora 5500 through its paces. The system they tested comes fitted with an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU, Nvidia nForce 4 SLI motherboard, and a single GeForce 7800GTX graphics card. No matter the brand the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 4, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has some info on AMD’s upcoming Socket M2 CPUs. The upgrade won’t allow for older 939 chips to be dropped in but they do plan on a top to bottom line-up of CPUs which feature dual channel DDR2 support….

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 4, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. The board features Nvidia’s nForce4 northbridge and southbridge combo which allows for 16 lanes on the second SLI slot. Good speed improvements in SLI, 8 phase voltage regulation, and mounds…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 3, 2005 · 0 comments

The Register has the scoop on ASUS’ upcoming silent X1600XT graphics card. The board obviously uses ATI’s Radeon X1600XT chipset but their silent cooler differs from the norm by wrapping around the back of the card. A nice setup for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 3, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at the Tyan Tiger K8WE Dual AMD Opteron motherboard. The board makes use of Nvidia’s nForce4 Pro chipset giving it PCI Express capabilities but it does not support NUMA which would’ve given it a sizable memory…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 3, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has the details on LED backlights moving into notebook PCs. Current LCDs use cold-cathod fluorescent lamps to provide light but they containt some nasty chemicals that are out of favor so the move to LEDs is on. Thinner notebooks…

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