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by Rafael Hernandez on January 2, 2007 · 0 comments

DailyTech writes of SideShow enabled devices popping up all over. The technology, supported by Microsoft’s Vista operating system allows for a secondary display which can show new email arrivals and other information without booting into the OS. Those snazzy remotes…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 1, 2007 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the Antec Nine Hundred PC case. The enclosure has that “either you hate it or love it” first look potential with its angular lines and all black finish but on the general usefulness side of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 1, 2007 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has a look at the asetek Waterchill Xternal Kit. The setup comes with everything you need to cool off your CPU, GPU, and motherboard chipset and sports an all enclosed and external pump/resevoir/radiator housing. An impressive selection of components…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 29, 2006 · 0 comments

bit-tech runs down their list of some of their favorite things of last year. Their favorite hardware, PC games, and console are all there and it’s hard to fault most of their choices although their console winner can be debated…

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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 21, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZE1 Champ1on Series PC case. This particular enclosure is branded with everyone’s favorite pro-gamer’s (Fatal1ty) logo and shows up with the familiar black and red color combination. An extremely nice case…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 20, 2006 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a look at the PowerColor X1950 Pro Extreme graphics card. The board sports the solid mid-range graphics chip from ATI and improves on the reference design with an Arctic Cooling GPU cooler. A nice quiet card for…

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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 20, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report does a quicky on the die shrunk version of the AMD Athlon X2 CPU. The chip(s) was(were) previously made at 90nm and with the die shrink to 65nm they can improve yields, lower prices, and the benefits…

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