General News

by Rafael Hernandez on September 2, 2004 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has some details on a new standard for hard drives in consumer devices targeted towards portable audio and video players but could, presumably, be used in digital video recorders and the like. Interesting concept and surely will be a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 1, 2004 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a peek at some high performance memory from PQI (yep never heard of them either). While they might not be a large player in the memory market their 1GB memory kit seems to perform well compared to other…

Read more Low Latency DDR Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on September 1, 2004 · 0 comments

PC World has details on a new line of Hitachi 1.8″ hard drives which are more energy efficient than their competitors (or so they claim). Most drives this size are used in portable devices such as digital audio players and…

Read more Hitachi Launches Energy Efficient Drives

by Rafael Hernandez on September 1, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has some news concerning a new line of chips Intel is preparing for launch early next year. The Pentium 4 600-line will supposedly contain 2MB of cache, which is quite a jump from the current 1MB, and will have…

Read more Intel Prepping 600 Series

by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2004 · 0 comments

The fine folks at PowerVR will be showing off the advanced features of its PowerVR MBX 3D graphics core at the Khronos Developer University Show starting tommorrow. Their technology has gotten quite a bit of attention from some of the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2004 · 0 comments

TweakTown has a look at 12 motherboards which all support the recently released Intel LGA 775 CPUs. The boards feature either the Intel 925 or the 915 chipset which gives manufacturers tons of options for connectivity and features they can…

Read more i925/i915 Motherboard Roundup

by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2004 · 0 comments

Apple has done a nice job in their latest all-in-one iMac creation which melds the usual computer guts with a nice widescreen display. The system boasts decent specs for its price range although more standard memory is necessary these days….

Read more Apple Unveils new iMac Line

by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has taken a liking to the feature-rich Asus A8V Deluxe motherboard for the Socket 939 variety of AMD Athlon 64s. They pack in a ton of features into the board including a WiFi card all for a…

Read more Asus A8V Deluxe Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Pioneer DVR-108D, a 16X DVD writer capable of burning to dual layer discs. This is the fastest burn speed for a DVD writer so far and should shave quite a bit of time from…

Read more Pioneer 16X DVD Burner Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has reason to believe that AMD will be demonstrating a HP server with four samples of its upcoming dual core Opterons. It will be the first public showing of their new chips which promise new levels of performance…

Read more AMD to Show-off Dual Core Opterons

by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2004 · 0 comments

The Crucible takes a good long look at the OCZ PowerStream Adjustable Power Supply. They have a look at the 420watt version of this rather substantial device which appears to perform admirably under somewhat stressful conditions. Impressive showing from a…

Read more OCZ PowerStream PSU Reviewed