Microsoft has dropped its plan to use the name “Windows XP Reduced Media Edition” for the media player-less version of their OS which will make its debut in the European Union. New names they’re considering and a release time-frame aren’t…
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Extreme MHz has a look at the Arctic Cooling Freezer 4 heatsink. The cooler can handle most s478 Intel Pentium 4 processors and going by their readings it was capable of keeping a Prescott core P4 at very sane temperatures…
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Overclocker Cafe has a review of the Lian Li PC-7 Plus computer enclosure. The case is built out of aluminum and features a straight-forward interior making use of a pair of large 120mm fans and an exhaust at the top…
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HotHardware tests out VIA’s PT894 and PT880 Pro chipsets for Intel’s Pentium 4 processors. The new parts update their chipset offerings with PCi-e, DDR2, and HD-Audio support making them comparable, feature-wise, with Intel’s i9xx line. Early numbers are sub-par but…
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Legion Hardware has a comparison between the AMD Sempron 3100+ processor and the Athlon 64 3200+ CPU. The Sempron comes in at half the cache of an Athlon 64, which cripples it quite a bit, and no 64-bit support. As…
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AnandTech has a look at the ATI FireGL V5000 graphics card designed for use in workstations for 3D applications. The FireGL line pairs their consumer level chips with special drivers and firmware which boost the card’s performance in 3D modelling…
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Hi-Tech Reviews has a look at he the Scythe Arctic (Cooling) Silentium PC enclosure. The case looks to improve airflow while keeping down noise using a number of different (some strange) techniques. It seems to work well although a lighter…
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DigiTimes writes of ASRock’s, Asus’ cost concious arm, plan to manufacture a few lines of graphics cards later this year. They will, no doubt, create a number of low-end to mid-range cards which will be using both AMD and Nvidia…
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Tech Mods has a look at the Evercool WC-202 Watercooling Kit designed to mount in any 5 1/2″ external drive bay. The device crams almost everything ( second radiator handles some of the heat load) into one of the smallest…
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HotHardware has put together a small buyer’s guide for anyone about to dive into a notebook PC purchase. There are a ton of different features on laptops now and many a good deal to be had but few may be…
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X-bit labs has written up a piece on AMD’s planned new socket named M2. The socket is set to launch next year which will bring along with it dual-channel DDR2 memory support and CPUs that support virtualization among other features….
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