Published December 7, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech takes a trip to Taiwan to visit with some hardware manufacturers to find out the latest in gear that’ll be stocking store shelves next year. There’s plenty in the way for performance gear planned and it seems that Shuttle…

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Published December 7, 2006 · 0 comments

VR-Zone had a bit of an accident with a Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX graphics card while attempting to push its clock rates using dry ice to cool it down. Their loss means a gain for the enthusiast crowd that now knows…

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Published December 6, 2006 · 0 comments

ThinkComputers has a look at the Alienware Area-51 m5550 notebook PC. Its looks are rather tame compared to the company’s desktop models but its components are exceptional offering up plenty of power as a multimedia machine and can handle a…

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Published December 6, 2006 · 0 comments

Hot Hardware has a look at the EVGA 7950 GX2 graphics card. The two graphics cards mounted on one slot concept is Nvidia’s way of getting a Quad SLI setup going but in single card form it’s still a powerful…

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Published December 6, 2006 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has tested the MSI P965 Platinum motherboard. When you see that P965 you know you’re getting Intel Core 2 Duo support but they’ve also managed to squeeze ATI CrossFire support on it as well. A nice enough board with…

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Published December 5, 2006 · 0 comments

Bona Fide Reviews has a look at the HIS X1650 XT IceQ Turbo graphics card. The board uses AMD’s latest low-end/mid-range RV560 GPU which offers up some great image quality and passable gaming speed. A nice quiet card with fairly…

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Published December 5, 2006 · 0 comments

Tweaknews has a look at the Zalman FATAL1TY FC-ZV9 video card cooler. Heat pipes and a ton of fins are this cooler’s key to success and its sleek all nickel plated look adds a bit of flair. A great option…

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Published December 5, 2006 · 0 comments

Boot Daily gathered up five motherboards each using some version of Intel’s 965 or 975 chipsets. The boards support Intel’s Core 2 Duo CPUs, of course, and provide good performance although at stock settings there’s one real standout in this…

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Published December 4, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has some info on a batch of products making their way to store shelves soon. This time around they cover a number of motherboards for Intel and AMD processors and a rather beefy power supply. Quite a few nice…

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Published December 4, 2006 · 0 comments

SilentPCReview and EndPCNoise have teamed up on a line of quiet computers. The site has had its hands on all manner of quiet gear so they have a good ear on what works and what doesn’t. An impressive initial lineup…

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Published December 4, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the ECS PX1 Extreme motherboard. The board sports the Intel 965P chipset with ATI CrossFire support as well as the ICH8DH southbridge which offers up VIIV compliance. A nice enough product but it…

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