Published April 1, 2005 · 0 comments

Yahoo News has the details on Google’s upgrade of its Gmail service which will bump storage space up to 2 gigabytes. The move is probably there to outshine its competitors but if they want to play host as an email…

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Published April 1, 2005 · 0 comments

HardwareZone has complete its testing of five motherboards based on VIA’s K8T800 Pro chipset. The chipset is designed for AMD’s Athlon 64 processor line and implements older forms of expansions slots such as AGP and plain-old PCI. A good batch…

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Published March 31, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report takes a crack at a mass storage harddrive from Seagate. The Barracuda 7200.8 has all of the features you’d expect from a new SerialATA drive including large storage space and native command queuing support. Decent speed and…

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Published March 31, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has their own set of tests for the ASUS Pentium M to Socket 478 adapter. The gadget allows you to connect Intel’s mobile friendly chip to a supporting Pentium 4 motherboard bringing the cost of entry down a bit….

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Published March 31, 2005 · 0 comments

Microsoft has wrapped up work on its Service Pack #1 for their Server 2003 operating system. Updated versions of their OS are no doubt heading to their presses but they do offer a download link for the update. Weighing in…

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Published March 31, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a trio of SLI capable motherboards on the test bench today. DFI, Gigabyte, and MSI Nvidia nForce 4 SLI boards make an appearance each with their own distinct features and options. A few frames per second seperate the…

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Published March 30, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has the details on Sparkle Computer’s upcoming Nvidia powered graphics card line. At the top is the company’s 6800Ultra video card with 512MB of speedy GDDR3 RAM on board. Its cost is rather high, hopefully other manufacturers have lower…

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Published March 30, 2005 · 0 comments

Overclockers Australia has a selection of 13 power supply units they take a crack at. The supplies range from bland and underpowered to bold and server ready. Interesting testing methods they employ, perhaps better than dedicated tools as they’re used…

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Published March 30, 2005 · 0 comments

neoseeker has an in-depth look at the various settings one can change on an AMD Athlon 64 platform and how it affects performance. Each setting, by itself, has little to do performance wise but by mixing and matching enthusiasts have…

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Published March 30, 2005 · 0 comments

3D Velocity has a look at the Enermax CS-718 Server Class Case. The enclosure uses a “flipped” motherboard configuration and wind tunnel design to cool system CPUs well. It doesn’t look like much of a server option though as this…

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Published March 29, 2005 · 0 comments

SilentPCReview has a look at the guts of a Shuttle XPC SB81P barebones PC. The SFF cube accepts Intel’s Pentium 4 (775) CPUs and uses a BTX formfactor in order to maintain cooler temperatures in such a confined space. Their…

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