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by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2006 · 0 comments

Hot Hardware has a go at the Lenovo Thinkpad Z61p notebook computer. The system sports the Intel Core Duo CPU (not Core 2 Duo), and ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200, and up to 4GB of system memory. It’s a slick one…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Puget Systems Quiet Gaming PC. The two system approaches usually don’t go well together but they took a shot at it with some larger slower spinning fans and a passively cooled graphics card. Their…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech does the ol’ graphics card roundup, early in the game, on Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 series. It might be early but there are some strange cooling designs out of the gate in this batch. Some nice early results when pushing…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2006 · 0 comments

Big Bruin has a look at the Tagan Turbo Jet 1100 Watt powersupply. It’s now clear that graphics card manufacturers are planning for/have released power hungry products that they want you to run in multi-card configurations. This is a monster…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2006 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at the Abit AW9D-MAX motherboard. It sports Intel’s 975X chipset with support for their Core 2 lineup including the newest Quad Core version. There’s plenty of high end features on this one with good performance when…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 10, 2006 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews goes for the current dream machine build. Their system features an Nvidia nForce 680i chipset based motherboard fitted with a Quad Core Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 a healthy dose of fast memory and topped it off with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has their own thoughts on the Nvidia nForce 680i chipset. It does its duty for the Intel Core 2 platform with support for SLI graphics and plenty of expansion options. An enthusiast’s dream board they were able to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2006 · 0 comments

EPIACenter dives into territory they know well with their review of the Liantec ITX-6900 mini-ITX motherboard. The board is a bit different than the norm as it supports the Intel Pentium M CPU versus most of the weak CPU choices…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2006 · 0 comments

OCModShop has a look at the Silverstone LC16M home theater PC case. The chassis is another in a long line of slick designs from Silverstone, offering good looks and useful features such as full ATX motherboard support, a snazzy VFD,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 8, 2006 · 0 comments

BetaNews writes of Microsoft’s gold stamp on their Windows Vista operating system. The often delayed OS has seen its fair share of criticism due to feature removal and increased system hardware requirements but, at the same time, it’s expected to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 8, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Nvidia nForce 680i SLI system chipset. It’s designed for Intel’s latest CPUs which haven’t had much in the way of porper SLI support. It’s a feature packed chipset with some early good…

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