Published February 6, 2006 · 0 comments

Hardware Review has a look at the Antec P150 Silent case. This mid-tower enclosure is a bit of a departure from recent designs for Antec with a stark white chassis and an aluminum-like facade it’s a simple and slick looking…

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Published February 6, 2006 · 0 comments

GamePC pits the top of the heap, graphics card wise, against each other in their comparison of the Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX 512MB in an SLI configuration and ATI’s X1900XT CrossFire setup. The two camps come up pretty much tied but…

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Published February 6, 2006 · 0 comments

X-bit labs ran some tests to find out if 2GB of memory is better than 1. The extra RAM is great in high end applications but, in most gaming situations and in general purpose apps increased performance only showed up…

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Published February 6, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has an early look at the AMD AM2 socket layout. The new socket will bring DDR2 support for newer AMD CPUs and a new heatsink mounting method which could make older designs very obsolete. It isn’t earth-shattering news but…

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Published February 3, 2006 · 0 comments

Viper Lair has a review of the Foxconn WinFast 6150K8MA-8EKRS MicroATX motherboard. The focus has been on full sized PCIe capable motherboards for quite a while leaving those with a need for smaller PCs in a bit of a bind….

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Published February 3, 2006 · 0 comments

OCIA has a look at the Thermalright HR-01 “High-Riser” heatsink. They’ve gone considerably vertical with this one, so much so that any fans mounted on your side panel might interfere with it. A bit over the top but its performance…

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Published February 2, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a review of the BFG GeForce 7800 GS AGP graphics board. There haven’t been many additions to the AGP graphics card landscape over the past year, what with every company busy pushing its customers along to…

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Published February 2, 2006 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the ASUS W1 Carbon Fibre notebook PC. Its chassis isn’t completely made out of carbon fiber, just its lid, but its base makes use of the light-weight metal aluminum. A nice setup but with Intel…

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Published February 2, 2006 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has tested out how much power modern graphics cards are sucking down. The power draw has steadily been increasing in GPU land, requiring much more capable power supplies. A nice set of charts but feature sets and performance,…

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Published February 1, 2006 · 0 comments

AMDZone has a look at the Coolermaster Aquagate Mini R80 liquid-cooling kit. The cooler comes preassembled with all of the tubing attached and coolant filled making it an easy install process for the novice. A great little kit that’s surprisingly…

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Published February 1, 2006 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews takes a closer look at the ATI Radeon X1900 graphics chip. The cards are their current top-end product so they saw it fit to compare it in CrossFire form with Nvidia’s 7800GTX 512 in SLI mode. Quite a…

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