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Thursday, July 31, 2008
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Dell's XPS M1730 is a powerful Desktop Replacement notebook designed with the performance enthusiast in mind. Sleek styling and custom lighting adorn this beastly, semi-portable machine that weighs in at well over 10lbs. Gaming and multimedia performance with the M1730 is top notch, with frame rates across its beautiful 17" 1920X1200 LCD holding strong in even the most demanding games and HD content. Though it's not cheap, the Dell XPS M1730 offers great performance, fantastic build quality and eye-catching good looks.
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After tabulating the results, CPU temps are kept well within very reasonable levels across the entire spectrum of testing. While standard system use is really good, at a full 1GHz overclock, we start to see the limitations of copper and heat pipes as is the case with most every air cooler. Above these frequencies, most every cooler starts to suffer simply due to physics. If you're cranking out the insane frequencies beyond this, you'll naturally want to consider water cooling. The speed and ease of the installation coupled with the performance have me considering recommending the SunbeamTech Core Contact Freezer as the ideal cooler for those who build gaming or performance systems.
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Today's article will be a complete antipode to the previous: now we are interested in Low-End processors instead of top products. These processors are manufactured for a reason, aren't they? So, we'll find out what they can do and how fast.
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Designed for enthusiasts with extreme over-clocking and gaming performance in mind, the GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS5 is based on the killer combination of the newest Intel X48 chipset plus support for the latest 45nm multi-core processors. The GA-X48-DS5 is CrossFireX enabled with true dual PCI-E 2.0 x16 connectivity for the ultimate in extreme gaming performance and has a BIOS full of overclocking features. Read on to see if this board is right for you.
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There are more than enough cables for video cards, hard drives, optical drives, and peripherals. All cables are long and there should not be an issue reaching most locations in large full tower systems. The 120mm fan is very silent, I actually looked inside the grill to see if it was spinning. Having a high efficiency power supply will save money on your electric bill, another added bonus to purchasing the OCZ Technology EliteXStream 800W unit.
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NVIDIA has just launched the new 9800 GT which is basically the old 8800 GT. So, they haven't really launched a new product, rather, a new name. The renaming of cards is becoming a bit of a pain in the ass, but really there isn't a whole lot we can do about it. The best thing we can do is help keep people educated so they don't upgrade from an 8800 GT to a 9800 GT or an 8800 GS to a 9600 GSO. The thing is, though, these new cards come with new pricing which tends to be lower than their original counterpart, which means that they become more competitive than ever and that's something we?re not going to complain about.
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iStarUSA has given HardwareLogic the opportunity to be one of the first review sites to have a first look at their newest mobile rack enclosure, the T5F-SS. Designed specifically from the ground up to provide a safe haven for hard drive operation, the T5F-SS leverages on the success of its rackmount cousin, the T-7M1. Offering solid steel construction and anti-vibration features, the T5F-SS looks to set the mobile rack industry on its ear. Or will it? Will iStarUSA's newest addition to its mobile rack lineup be met with approval? HardwareLogic is one of the first to find out!
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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We first got a glimpse at the Cooler Master CSX cases at CES. They boasted amazing and very unique paint jobs. CSX stands for "Customized Style eXperience". The CSX division at Cooler Master teamed with Smooth Creations to offer consumers some really amazing designs. Cooler Master was nice enough to send us their new Broodling CSX Case to check out. The case sells for $999.99, will the amazing paint job justify the price tag? Read on to find out!
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High resolution LCD monitors are everywhere in today's market. Seems that every PC manufacturer these days includes one with their offerings and usually has some decent upgrade offerings for better and larger models at rather reasonable extra cost. As prices are dropping, it is almost crazy to think that anyone in the market for a monitor wouldn't be looking for a nice flat panel LCD monitor like the Acer AL2002W 20" wide screen monitor. Here at Benchmark Reviews, we are going to take a look at this budget minded monitor.
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The Raidmax Iceberg case is a mid range enthusiast case. It features 3 -120mm blue LED fans and 1 - 120mm black rear exhaust fan. The case sports two unique one click easy access side panels and is setup with pre-drilled holes for water cooling. This case has a lot of great features going for it along with plenty of room for your hardware.
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The Asus Lion Square heatsink is a cylindrical tower of nickel plated aluminum fins wrapped around a 92mm PWM fan suspended in the center of it all. From the outside only the erie blue glow of the Sunon Maglev fan is visible, its noise is muffled to moderately audible levels. The edges of all fins are bent down about 10-15 degrees, with a portion of the edge punched out to improve airflow. It's a unique approach for certain.
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Spire is one of the manufacturers everyone knows. Spires products range includes everything from computer cases to computer coolers and from card readers to USB hard disk enclosures. This time we will have a look on their new SATA to USB enclosure.
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When buying a hard disk drive most users are only concerned with the drive's capacity. Should you also care about performance? We compared the performance of nine mainstream 250 GB SATA-300 hard disk drive models from Seagate, Samsung, Western Digital, Maxtor and Hitachi. Is there a big performance difference among them? Is it worthwhile to pay a little bit more and get a drive with a bigger buffer? If so, which is the fastest 250 GB in the market? Check it out!
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The new Zotac NVIDIA 9800GT (AMP Edition) arrived Technic3D. The "Single" Graphic Card with a Silent Heatsink better than a 8800GT? Technic3D will see this in the following Review with 2560x1600 up to 1280x1024 against the 9600GT and GTX280.
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NorthQ are a relatively newly formed Danish company who have a diverse range of products ranging from PC cooling solutions to power supply units. We have reviewed many NorthQ products in the past, including several power supply units which we found to be very capable. Today we will take a look at another NorthQ power supply, the Black Magic Flex 650W. This is a modular PSU selling at a very competitive price.
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