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by Rafael Hernandez on September 13, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has tested a reference motherboard featuring the SiS 756 chipset. It supports AMDs Socket 939, and, presumably, 754 processors while bringing PCIe and SATA support. A nice all-around choice but this option is a little late to the party,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 13, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the ASUS Extreme N7800 GTX TOP graphics card. The company slapped on an Arctic-Cooling like heatsink/fan/shroud cooler and pushed the GeForce 7800GTX chip to some insane speeds. One of, if not the, fastest video cards…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2005 · 0 comments

The Best Case Scenario has a review of the Altec Lansing FX6021 speaker kit. It’s the usual 2 satellite speaker, 1 subwoofer configuration in a sleek set of housings along with a control module and remote. A real looker and,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2005 · 0 comments

Club Overclocker has a look at the Gigabyte 3D Galaxy liquid cooling system. The cooling system is a good match with the company’s recently released 3D Aurora case making for a friendly pairing and, taking a look at the temperatures…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Sun SunFire X2100 server. The 1U chassis plays host to some nice hardware starting with AMD’s Opteron processor and an Nvidia nForce 4 chipset with some custom remote management hardware. The best part of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP takes a crack at the Abit AN8 Ultra motherboard. The motherboard supports Socket939 CPUs from AMD and brings in PCI Express action by using Nvidia’s capable nForce 4 Ultra chipset. Their cooling solution is interesting, a single heatpipe pulls…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 9, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at HP’s Pavilion ZE2000Z notebook PC. The AMD line has been limited to a budget role but with the proper options selected at purchase it can be a solid, and speedy, alternative to the glut of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 9, 2005 · 0 comments

The Inquirer thinks they have a pricing roadmap for Intel’s next batch of mobile chips code-named Yonah. The new chips come in single and dual-core versions and, taking a look at their chart, they’re coming in at very tempting price-points…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 9, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC tackled Creative’s SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music today. The new card promises to make your low bit-rate digital audio files sound better on top of shining your shoes and grooming the family pet. A must for the hardcore gamer with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 8, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has the VapoChill XE II PC case on their testbench. The enclosure isn’t your usual $30 all steel special, it packs in a powerful phase change cooler which can cool your CPU to sub zero temps. A dream for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 8, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 hard drive. The storage device has plenty of storage space, 500GB(pre-formatted) worth as well as the fancy Native Command Queuing and SATA-2 support. Quite a nice drive if you…

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