March 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on March 7, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has some early numbers from the Intel Developers Forum on the company’s latest CPU core code-named “Conroe”. The chip performed well (a little too well) on Intel supplied systems compared to the AMD, we’ll all just have to wait…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 6, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the DFI LANParty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert motherboard. DFI has gone with their enthusiast flair on this one providing plenty of storage options and SLI support combined with some sick tweaking on their…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 6, 2006 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a review of the ATI All-In-Wonder 2006 graphics card. The usual TV/FM tuner is there as well as the various video outputs and in. It’s tied to ATI’s X1300 graphics chip which isn’t exactly the fastest but it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 6, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Monarch Hornet Revenge and the Shuttle SN26P. The Hornet is a MicroATX rig capable of handling two SLI 7800GTX graphics boards and while the Shuttle claims it’s able to handle two similar cards the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 3, 2006 · 0 comments

MADShrimps has a look at the EVGA 7800GTX KO graphics card. The board is your run of the mill 7800GTX with a super-fancy cooler and its clock-speeds ratcheted up quite a bit. A great performer but there are newer products…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 3, 2006 · 0 comments

HardwareZone has a review of the Chaintech MK8T890 MicroATX motherboard. The board sports VIA’s K8T890 chipset with support for AMD’s 754 CPUs. A strange product but it does perform as well as any other PCIe capable motherboard out there and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 3, 2006 · 0 comments

Anandtech has a look at the AOpen MiniPC. The unit certainly looks like the Mac mini made by Apple computers and its innards aren’t all that different than the newer versions the company recently released although the AOpens are currently…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 2, 2006 · 0 comments

BigBruin has a look at the Thermaltake Rhythm liquid cooling rig. The kit is in its own external casing somewhat simplifying installation. Its slim design allows it to stack on top of most newer HTPC component-like cases although it also…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 1, 2006 · 0 comments

ATI has launched its lates motherboard chipset named the CrossFire Xpress 3200. It looks to improve on performance and enthusiast features and, by the looks of things, it’s performing very well. A nice option for the ATI faithful out there….

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