July 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on July 18, 2006 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at the Intel “Woodcrest” Xeon 5150/5160 CPUs. The chip is closely related to Intel’s Core 2 Duo chip for the desktop but this one is able to run in a dual CPU setup. A great set…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 18, 2006 · 0 comments

Lost Circuits has a look at the awkwardly named Foxconn C51XEM2AA motherboard. It’s put together with the latest Nvidia nForce 590 SLI chipset with support for AMD’s AM2 processors. It’s targeted at the performance crowd and with the numbers it’s…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 17, 2006 · 0 comments

Hexus.net had a chance to look into the goings-ons at the FSP Group. The company is one of the larger, quality, power supply makers for OEMs and more than a few of their designs can be found at your favorite…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 17, 2006 · 0 comments

TweakTown has a look at the Sapphire TOXIC Radeon X1900XTX graphics card. The high-end card comes with its own watercooling unit attached which should spare your ears the horrors of the usual hairblower coolers. Great performance from the card but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 17, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at a pair of motherboards based around the Nvidia nForce 590 SLI chipset. The AMD AM2 socket boards from Asus and Foxconn take different approaches in their feature sets making one a bit more…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 14, 2006 · 0 comments

Intel’s “Conroe” core, now officially the Core 2 Duo, has been making news for months before it was even released. Now with the official launch day upon us all sorts of NDAs are lifted and we can finally see what…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 13, 2006 · 0 comments

TechSpot turns the screws on a defenseless AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (AM2) CPU and pushes it to new extremes. They managed a relatively impressive 50% overclock over its stock settings which isn’t bad for a “budget” processor. A quick peek…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 13, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at Intel’s Woodcrest core CPU. The chips are destined for the server market and with their dual core goodness and much lower power consumption than past efforts along with great performance they’ll be a welcome competitor…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the ABS Ulitmate M6 Sniper gaming system and overall ownership experience. Their system came equipped with a good bit of performance hardware and after their thorough testing of the PC and its support they seem…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Super Talent 2.5″ IDE flash hard drive. The 8GB version is jam packed with flash memory and not a single data platter in sight. While it does sound like it would be…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 11, 2006 · 0 comments

OCModShop has a look at the Antec P180B mid-tower PC case. The B version forgoes the silver paneling of the P180 and turns it into the sleek all black version. It’s a slick looking case with plenty of expansion capability…

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