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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2007 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has a batch of four Intel Core 2 capable motherboards on their testbench today. The boards are all over the price range and their feature sets aren’t exactly the same, especially when you consider the small MicroATX board, but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 CPU. The new chip series will have its own dedicated core made with 2MB of cache instead of relying on cache neutered versions of the e6600 series on up….

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2007 · 0 comments

X-bit labs seems to think that the upcoming Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU will come in at a lower price than expected. The rumor has been at a mid-$800USD price tag with a drop to the $500ish mark in…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2007 · 0 comments

LostCircuits has their usual indepth look at AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 “Brisbane” core chip. The newer version shrinks down the die size allowing for better yields per wafer which can also lower costs and has the added benefit of lower…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 4, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Digital Storm Twister custom built PC. The rig pulls together a nice collection of mid-range parts including an Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 and Nvidia 7900GT based graphics card all at a reasonable price….

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 3, 2007 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at a trio of motherboards sporting the Intel 975X Express chipset. It’s one of the older chipsets around but Intel has kept it current with added support for their Core 2 line of CPUs. A solid…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 29, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has tested three notebooks, two from Asus and one from ABS, with their usual suite of tools. Intel’s Core 2 Duo is the CPU of choice in this roundup but this trio also offers better than usual graphics options….

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 21, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the MSI P965 Platinum motherboard. It’s an Intel Core 2 party with this one offering plenty of connectivity options and it even has CrossFire support for your favorite ATI graphics cards. The board is not…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 21, 2006 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has tested a pair of XFX GeForce 8800 GTX in an SLI setup. Their monster test rig uses AMD’s X2 4800+ CPU instead of the usual Intel Core 2 offerings. Incredible performance when all sorts of image quality…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 20, 2006 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has a look at the quad-core Intel Core 2 QX6700 CPU. The chip packs a serious punch in those multi-threaded programs and in the quite a few gaming titles as well. The perfect chip for work, play, and working…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 19, 2006 · 0 comments

HardwareLogic has a look at the eVGA NVidia 680i SLI motherboard. The 680i is, currently, Nvidia’s top chipset on the Intel side of things and sports a wide array of enthusiast features designed to make it the perfect compliment to…

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