MadShrimps has a look at the Clever Power VGA Booster and CPU Stabilizer. The devices take power from your power supply and attempt to smooth out the power ripples leading to a “cleaner” energy source for your hardware. The oscilloscope…
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Beyond3D seems to think that ATI may be releasing a new class of add-on card that can do some impressive things other than rendering graphics. Their current GPUs may be fitted on to boards which will run a custom API…
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AnandTech has a look at 21 graphics cards all of which feature silent cooling systems. The bulk of the cards occupy the current low-end to mid-range of the market with one higher-end 7800GT in the mix. A great batch to…
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Hexus.net has an early look at the ATI Sturgeon CrossFire Xpress 3200 Reference Board. It accepts AMD’s AM2 processors and, obviously, supports ATI’s CrossFire multi-GPU technology. It looks like a solid northbridge and southbridge combo compared to their earlier offerings….
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HotHardware has a review of the Asetek Waterchill XTernal watercooling kit. The octagon of coolness houses the radiator, pump, reservoir, and a pair of 120mm fans to grab the heat off your cooling loop. A nice looking setup but a…
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AnandTech has a look at the 802.11n technology and some hardware built on the draft spec of the “standard”. It’s a bit of a mess to wrap your head around but it promises much better transfer rates for future wireless…
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Tweaknews has a look at the Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU cooler. The heatsink supports Intel’s S478/LGA775 and AMD’s Athlon XP through to the Athlon 64. It uses its large mass and heat pipes to cool quite well, maintaining good temperatures…
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GamePC has a look at the Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. The CPU is Intel’s current top chip offering incredible performance even at stock speeds. If you want the current performance champ the Core 2 Duo line is your…
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HotHardware has a direct comparison between the Intel Core 2 Duo mobile CPU and the older Core Duo design. The chip is a bit limited with the current notebook platform but it still manages to improve performance in business and…
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LostCircuits has a look at how the Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD’s X2 CPUs handle media encoding. It’s a performance hungry category with each chip trying its best to come out on top and, surprisingly, AMD doesn’t receive as…
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Techgage has a review of the AMD AM2 4600+ Energy Efficient version. The chips run at their stock speeds with lower voltages than the norm which leads to lower temperatures and power usage, that’s great for those cramped case situations…
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