by Rafael Hernandez on December 2, 2005
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Frosty Tech has a review of the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Athlon 64 heatsink. The cooler mates an interesting fan onto an even more interesting heatsink and it all manages to provide good cooling results without the ear splitting…
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by Rafael Hernandez on December 2, 2005
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AnandTech has a look at a trio of large hard drives. They start off with the meager 400GB Western Digital drive and move on to 500GB Seagate and Hitachi drives. A large amount of storage any way you look at…
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by Rafael Hernandez on December 1, 2005
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DigiTimes has the details on Asus’ planned overclocked version of the ATI Radeon X1800XT GPU. The card will feature boosted core and memory clock speeds, that are mildly higher than the norm, and toss in King Kong the game and…
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by Rafael Hernandez on December 1, 2005
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HotHardware has a look at the S3 Graphics Chrome S27 video card. S3 has been out of the spotlight in the face of over the top GPUS from Nvidia and ATI but their latest chip is putting up a bit…
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by Rafael Hernandez on December 1, 2005
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The Tech Report has a look at the DFI LANParty UT RDX200 CD-DR motherboard. DFI has been making a name for itself by creating a potent mix of hardware features and BIOS options which enthusiasts crave. This ATI CrossFire capable…
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by Rafael Hernandez on December 1, 2005
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AnandTech has a look at the Nvidia GeForce 6150 chipset which is nicely attached to the Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard. The board appears to have the same nForce 4 pedigree but the integrated GPU will make setting up your system…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 30, 2005
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The Tech Report put together a few lists on what gear to grab if you’re putting together a new PC. Mixing and matching components to get in on a budget can be time consuming and since these folks have seen…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 30, 2005
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EETimes has the skinny on TiVo and a few other companies jumping in on the Intel ViiV bandwagon. The initiative is an effort to finally bring the PC into the living room with powerful hardware and, now, software. Some nice…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 30, 2005
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AnandTech has an early look at the Intel “Yonah” dual-core CPU. The chip is based on their popular Pentium M mobile chip regularly found in Centrino notebooks but the added core gives it a nice kick in multi-threaded environments. It’s…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 29, 2005
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Phoronix has a look at 5 radiators designed with your liquid cooling needs in mind. A little light on the visuals but the numbers speak for themselves. If you want the best performance a dual 120mm fan setup will almost…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 29, 2005
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AnandTech has a look at a batch of notebook PCs in the $600 price range. The segment isn’t known for flashiness and while you can’t expect the best in performance and features there are examples of good build-quality and value…
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