EPIACenter has a review of the IBASE MB860 Mini-ITX motherboard which sports the Transmeta Efficeon CPU, one of the first products to use the processor in a desktop feasible form factor. It certainly makes for an interesting mini-PC board but…
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PenStar Systems has word from NVIDIA that “SoundStorm is dead”. The integrated audio processor that was made popular by their nForce2 system chipset appears to be disliked by motherboard manufacturers. Considering the number of problems that crept up in the…
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1up has a look at the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game for the Sony PS2, which just so happens to hit store shelves today. The game needs little introduction and suffice it to say they really…
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DigiTimes has a couple of tidbits on Intel’s ICH7 southbridge which will be paired with the company’s upcoming Smithfield chipset. Five different southbridge labels with different feature sets will no doubt cause early confusion but hey it is their market…
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Mod The Box has a review of the rather funky looking Cooler Master Cavalier 2 CAV-T02. The case is aimed at the home theater PC market and has something of a retro flair with its analog sound meter. An interesting…
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Beyond3D takes their usual, in-depth, look at a pair of cards powered by ATI’s Radeon X700 XT and PRO chipsets. The new chips/cards will fit into the mid-range price point, countering NVIDIA’s similar cards which had trounced ATI’s X600 line…
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HotHardware has a look at the Epox eX5-320S, yet another entry into the small form factor market. Fully-featured and quick barebones system for the slightly older Intel Pentium 4 processors make it as good a choice as any in the…
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Legion Hardware has a look at the VIA powered MSI K8T Neo2 and the NVIDIA chipset based Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 in a psuedo fight to the finish. The boards are all around solid and both perform extremely well so it comes…
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AnandTech has a look at a somewhat late entry into the AMD Socket 939 motherboard arena, the Epox 9NDA3+. The board’s NVIDIA nForce3 Ultra chipset gives it a ton of onboard features but early BIOS problems give it a black…
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X-bit labs has some info, from AMD, which shows that the latest die-shrunk versions of their CPUs consume less power than their previous versions of the same chips. The “finding” isn’t all that surprising but it does lessen the burden…
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Bjorn3d has a review of the innovative Ultra X-Connect 500 Watt Power Supply. This particular model features hefty removable power cables which can tidy up the inside of a case considerably allowing for better airflow and a cleaner look for…
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