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by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2005 · 0 comments

CNET News has the details on a Microsoft Update program which can take care of far more than just your OS. The reworked Windows Update-like service can update Microsoft software not usually covered by their older system. Added functionality is…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has tested the ECS 915-A motherboard. The board supports Intel’s LGA-775 Pentium 4 processors and it includes integrated graphics along side an “AGP Express” slot and a PCI Express 16X slot. Tons of engineering magic went into this setup,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2005 · 0 comments

Gamers Depot has a look at four motherboards which support Nvidia’s SLI technology. All four boards use the nForce 4 SLI chipset which supports the AMD Athlon 4 (s939) CPU line. The boards cram many great features in and the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2005 · 0 comments

MadShrimps has a review of the Cooler Master Aquagate mini water cooling unit. The gadget comes pre-assembled/pre-filled and just requires installation on your CPU. Impressive kit that managed good temperatures but fan noise levels could be a problem….

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has the Tyan Thunder K8WE nForce 4 Pro based board on the test bench today. The motherboard supports two AMD Opteron processors and uses a pair of nForce 4 Pro chipsets which enables it to offer a pair of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 21, 2005 · 0 comments

CNET News writes of the various possible functions of Sony’s PSP portable gaming console which is to launch in North America this Thursday. It’s capable of quite a number of entertainment functions but several other gadgets perform them much better…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 21, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the HIS IceQ II Radeon X850XT and X800XL graphics cards. The two cards represent, respectively, the high-end and mid-range of ATI’s graphics chip offerings. The snazzy cooler strapped on to each board allows for some…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 21, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the DFI 855GME motherboard paired with an Intel Pentium M 1.7GHz processor. The performance and thermal properties of the chip are well known which help it keep up with faster competitors while pumping out very…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 21, 2005 · 0 comments

HardwareZone has a review of the slim MSI S250 notebook computer. The laptop features a 12.1″ LCD screen and uses the Intel Celeron M CPU coupled with a SiS system chipset. The combo has some shortcomings in power consumption and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 21, 2005 · 0 comments

AMDGamer has the details on the Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400GB hard drive. Besides its obvious massive storage size the drive uses the much more widely adopted (now) SerialATA connection with native command queuing thrown in. A solid drive mixing good…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 18, 2005 · 0 comments

PC World has the details on Sony’s moves to make its PSP portable gaming system a popular movie player. The company has seven titles lined up for their gaming device, besides the Spiderman 2 movie it shipped with early models,…

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