November 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2006 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has a look at the Thermaltake Silent Water II liquid cooling kit. The unit comes all set up out of the box with the radiator, pump, and water block with mounting hardware for the most popular of current CPUs….

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Sapphire RADEON X1650 XT graphics card. The board makes use of the latest in mid-range/low-end die shrunk chips that “should” run cooler and perform better than the previous generation. The X1650 XT seems to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2006 · 0 comments

Trusted Reviews has a look at the Antec Nine Hundred PC Case. The chassis has a very angular design which leads to many love/hate feelings for it but it can’t be denied that the case offers quite a bit of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 14, 2006 · 0 comments

2CPU does its thing with a dual CPU, quad-core powered Intel Xeon “Clovertown” system. It’s a whole lot of power to be found in a single machine but rest assured it can handle most tasks with ease. Its memory bandwidth…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 14, 2006 · 0 comments

Futurelooks has a review of the Thermaltake Mozart SX slim home theater case. The enclosure’s design sticks out a bit given that it’s home theater focused and your component selection must be spot on as there’s not much room in…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 14, 2006 · 0 comments

SilentPCReview has a look at a large batch of 80mm case fans. Something as mundane as fans never attracted much attention but with silent systems becoming a larger sales driving force it’s something to take a look at. A good…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2006 · 0 comments

Hot Hardware has a go at the Lenovo Thinkpad Z61p notebook computer. The system sports the Intel Core Duo CPU (not Core 2 Duo), and ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200, and up to 4GB of system memory. It’s a slick one…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Puget Systems Quiet Gaming PC. The two system approaches usually don’t go well together but they took a shot at it with some larger slower spinning fans and a passively cooled graphics card. Their…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech does the ol’ graphics card roundup, early in the game, on Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 series. It might be early but there are some strange cooling designs out of the gate in this batch. Some nice early results when pushing…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2006 · 0 comments

Big Bruin has a look at the Tagan Turbo Jet 1100 Watt powersupply. It’s now clear that graphics card manufacturers are planning for/have released power hungry products that they want you to run in multi-card configurations. This is a monster…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2006 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at the Abit AW9D-MAX motherboard. It sports Intel’s 975X chipset with support for their Core 2 lineup including the newest Quad Core version. There’s plenty of high end features on this one with good performance when…

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