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by Rafael Hernandez on September 8, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech grabbed eight mid-tower PC cases and tested them in their own special way. They took a look at the cases’ respective temperature zones and noise output which is tough to manage in smaller enclosures. A nice spread of choices…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexusnet has a short write-up on their time with the fine folks at S3 graphics. Their work on a new Chrome20 chip appears to be going well as they had a chance to test out the chipset on the latest…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard. Asus’ bargain brand, ASRock, selects different chipsets and does things a bit differently. This time around they use the ULi M1695/M1567 chipsets which supports both PCIe and AGP graphics cards….

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 7, 2005 · 0 comments

Apple has announced its new digital audio player called the iPod nano. Its shuffle-like appearence includes an LCD display for track info and images you store on the device. An interesting option but with prices starting at $200 it might…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 6, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has updated their extensive CPU “decoder ring” page. They have most of the basic technical specs for AMD CPUs starting with the Athlon XP and Intel Pentium 4s on up starting with the Socket 478 versions. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 6, 2005 · 0 comments

techniz has the Akasa PowerPlus PSU 550Watt and 650Watt power supplies on their test bench. Providing reliable power to high-end workstations and, now, gaming rigs will continue to be an important factor in system stability and, it looks like, these…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 6, 2005 · 0 comments

Everything USB has a review of the Logitech G5 Laser Mouse. The mouse has been taken to a new level with a “laser” sensor, large surface area covered with slick pads, and adjustable weight cartridges for fine tuning its weight….

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 6, 2005 · 0 comments

SystemCooling has a look at the Gigabyte 3D Aurora all-aluminum PC chassis. The case has plenty of cooling potential with a trio of locations for 120MM fans and pre-cut holes for liquid-cooling rigs. Quite a nice case for the price…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 2, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report had a chat with AMD concerning their possible future CPU products. A load of interesting info on possible moves by AMD including info on their dual core Turions moving up in time frames. Plenty of options open…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 2, 2005 · 0 comments

Legion Hardware has gathered four different graphics cards based on ATI’s X8xx GPU line including the newer X800GT. A nice roundup of some low-end to mid-range graphics cards that can handle most of the current gaming titles but they won’t…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has the XFX GeForce 7800 GT Overclocked graphics card on their testbench today. The concept behind the card is simple, take the standard GeForce 7800 GT GPU and memory and push them beyond the normal clock rates. A great…

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