July 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on July 11, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has put together a few systems out of budget parts and tested their performance. It’s all about keeping the costs low without skimping too much in this one but they managed to put together a few respectable setups that…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 11, 2006 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews tackles putting together your own gaming capable notebook with the Clevo M575U/Sager 5760. The notebook is barebones, except for your choice of mobile graphics chip, you supply the Intel Core Duo CPU, memory, WiFi, and hard drive. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 10, 2006 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has a review of the PowerColor X1900 GT graphics card. The ATI GPU on this board shares many of the same features as its bigger brothers XT and XTX but it has some pared down pipes here and there…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 10, 2006 · 0 comments

Phoronix has a look at the Tyan Tiger i7520SD S5365 motherboard. The board is designed for Intel’s low voltage “Sossaman” Xeons, or rebranded core duos to you and me. It’s another solid server motherboard from Tyan with the added bonus…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 6, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the Thermaltake Toughpower 750W power supply unit. The PC of old was a simple beast that could happily live off the bundled unit that was included with your case. Today, even with power sipping…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 6, 2006 · 0 comments

DailyTech seems to believe that AMD’s AM2 socket will accept future AM3 socket CPUs. The newer CPUs are rumored to bring DDR3 memory support as well as other fancy performance enhancing technology. It’s good news for those that like to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 6, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at two ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 powered motherboards. The Abit AT8 32X and the DFI LANParty UT CFX3200-DR are prime examples of enthusiast motherboards crammed with some nifty features and that ever important CrossFire…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 5, 2006 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 2GB memory kit. With certain gaming titles and future operating systems taking up more than a bit of precious memory real estate a set like this would be a good investment….

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 5, 2006 · 0 comments

HardwareZone has a look at the Samsung Q1 UMPC. The portable computing device is based on Microsoft’s “Origami” platform which has, so far, been ignored by the masses due to some issues (pricing and battery life related). Still this Samsung…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 5, 2006 · 0 comments

TweakTown has a look at a pair of Palit GeForce 7900GT 512MB graphics cards. The amount of on-board memory is high for a 7900GT and they also deviate from the norm with a strange two slot cooler but it seems…

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