Intel

by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2004 · 0 comments

MadShrimps has a comparison of 13 different heatsinks for Intel’s “old” Socket 478 Pentium 4 processors. Tons of different cooling methods are represented with heatsinks of all shapes and sizes. Impressive results from some of the lesser known brands proving…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has a couple of tidbits on Intel’s ICH7 southbridge which will be paired with the company’s upcoming Smithfield chipset. Five different southbridge labels with different feature sets will no doubt cause early confusion but hey it is their market…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 25, 2004 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the Epox eX5-320S, yet another entry into the small form factor market. Fully-featured and quick barebones system for the slightly older Intel Pentium 4 processors make it as good a choice as any in the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at the somewhat strange Asus NCCH-DL motherboard which sports support for dual Intel Xeon processors but forgoes the usual server chipsets and places the desktop friendly i875p chipset in the mix. Surprising performance and price for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 19, 2004 · 0 comments

A potential licensing and pricing nightmare may be over for companies who were waiting on Microsoft’s word on whether or not upcoming dual-core processors, from both AMD and Intel, would count as two seperate CPUs in their licensing terms, which…

Read more MS Says: Two Cores = One Chip

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004 · 0 comments

InsaneTek has a look at the Thermalright XP-90 Intel Pentium4/AMD Athlon64 heatsink. This little-brother to the XP-120 features a ton of surface area, heatpipes, and an anti-corrosive nickel plating as well as a mounting surface for 92mm fans, all of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2004 · 0 comments

Designtechnica has a review of the sleek and well-rounded Gateway M320XL notebook computer. The system features the ubiquitous Intel Centrino setup and uses the onboard video instead of an add-on chip which leads to some horrible 3D performance, but as…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2004 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at a pair of Intel Pentium 4 based motherboards sporting the powerful 925X chipset. The MSI 925X Neo Platinum-54G and DFI LANParty 925X-T2 come from two companies focused on releasing quality products with a bit of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at one of the more compact, dual processor Intel Xeon based boards on the market. The ASUS NCT-D E7525 has a smaller feature set compared to the other Xeon boards but still maintains great performace and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2004 · 0 comments

Business Week has a look at some of the future challenges Intel has ahead of them from obvious competitors and their own stumbling over the past few years. Lots of missteps and pressure from many sides has bruised them up…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2004 · 0 comments

Hardware Analysis has a short guide on how they went about bringing down their Intel “Prescott” based PC overall system temperature. The Prescott core is a 90-nanometer version (with some enhancements) of Intel’s classic Pentium 4 CPU which runs a…

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