Published October 2, 2007 · 0 comments

AMDZone has a look at the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition processor. The chip isn’t much different than the previous X2 chips AMD has been pumping out for its AM2 platform but its key difference, unlocked multiplier, is…

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Published October 2, 2007 · 0 comments

The word on the street is that Microsoft is getting ready to launch its newest Zune digital audio player models at some point tomorrow. Although a solid product the Zune has gotten its fair share of ribbing from other DAP…

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Published October 2, 2007 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at 11 power supplies in their PSU roundup. They range in claimed wattage from 500 to 750 watts and some are modular while others are regrettably not. A nice snapshot directed at the mid-range…

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Published October 1, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the MSI RX2600XT Diamond graphics card. MSI has slightly factory overclocked this version and given it a two slot cooler to keep things from getting too toasty. Decent performance in the mid-range but don’t expect…

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Published September 26, 2007 · 0 comments

digit-life has a look at the Infrasonic Quartet sound card. The card has all of the makings of a professional level card although it comes in at a price tag that should be doable by the home user and some…

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Published September 26, 2007 · 0 comments

TweakTown has a look at the ASUS BC-1205PT Blu-ray ROM drive. The product will allow you to read(playback) your Blu-ray discs on your PC and it includes playback software. A nice enough product for the price which is a must…

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Published September 26, 2007 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the XFX GeForce 8600 GT Fatal1ty graphics card. As with any Fatal1ty labeled product you can expect some form of extra added incentive for that added gaming edge, in thise case it’s a silent cooler…

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Published September 24, 2007 · 0 comments

OCIA has a look at the Arctic Cooling MX-2 thermal compound. The company has had its own thermal paste pre-applied on most of the heatsinks they sell and as the enthusiast community has found it performed very well. This new…

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Published September 24, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition device. The unit can be used to split a high resolution signal and divide it between three seperate displays. It allows for some flexibility compared to a single large display…

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Published September 24, 2007 · 0 comments

HArdwareCanucks has a look at the Thermalright HR-11 VGA backside cooler. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of placing a finger on the rear of a GPU while it’s running you’d notice the large amount of heat and probable burns…

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Published September 20, 2007 · 0 comments

Macworld writes of Stanford University’s Folding@Home project reaching an important milestone in number crunching. The project has hit 1petaflop of processing power for their protein folding simulations, most of which was provided by the PlayStation 3’s Cell CPU. Impressive numbers…

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