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Sony VAIO VGN-S4M @ TrustedReviews

"Inside the spec is more than adequate for a slim and light notebook. There’s a 1.6GHz Pentium M CPU backed up by 512MB of memory and a 60GB hard disk. There’s an nVidia GeForce 6200 TurboCache graphics chipset, which can allocate up to 128MB of system memory for graphics duty. You’re not going to be able to play the latest 3D games at native resolution, but to be honest, that’s not what it’s built for."

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Evesham Technology SilverSTOR XS @ TrustedReviews

"Evesham Technology’s latest SilverSTOR XS aims to deliver a simple NAS (network attached storage) solution to small businesses along with a good range of RAID options and a price tag just on the right side of four figures. This compact cube is based on a Thecus N4100 appliance and the model on review is equipped with four 250GB Western Digital WD2500 Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks to provide a full 1TB of raw capacity."

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Leadtek 7800 GTX SLI @ Bjorn3D

"NVIDIA’s new GeForce 7800 GTX clearly has been received very well by the hardware sites on the Internet. It is a very fast card. In fact, in some cases, it is as fast as having two GeForce 6800 Ultras in your machine. Considering how fast the card is alone, I was very curious how fast it would be in SLI-mode. I’ve spent one month playing games just to get a feel for what two GeForce 7800 GTX´s in SLI-mode can do. For our testing, I used two Leadtek GeForce 7800 GTX cards. This article should give you an idea if it’s currently worth going with two GeForce 7800 GTX cards or not."

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ATI Theater 550 PRO Review @ Beyond3D

"With the PC’s ever broadening capabilities, one function that has seen increased interest is that of the PC Media Device. With concepts such a Home Theater PC’s or Microsoft’s Media Center software and initiatives PC’s are increasingly being tasked to PVR (Personal Video Recorder) functionalities meaning the analogue to digital video encode quality and performance is very important for such operation. Earlier this year ATI introduced the Theater 550 PRO chip, a full MPEG encode solution, in an effort to address the needs of this market. Here Beyond3D takes a look at a typical TV Tuner board solution using the Theater 550 PRO, looking at the quality of digital encode, as well as taking a look at the CPU overhead under various scenarios."

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Abit AW8 @ InsaneTek

"Abit´s flagship Intel motherboard is based on the 955X chipset. This non-MAX version doesn´t come with too many fancy features but it does have a great passive heatpipe cooler for the Northbridge."

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Sound Blaster X-Fi Coverage: Interview with Steve Erickson @ HWZ

"At the launch of Creative´s X-Fi sound cards, we managed to meet up with Steve Erickson, General Manager and Vice President for Creative Audio products, where we discussed the potential of the new series, dispelled some myths and the near future plans of Creative Technology."

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HEXUS.review :: SAPPHIRE PURE Innovation A9RX480 S939 Mainboard

"ATI´s Xpress 200P seemed like a strange choice, as previous partners´ motherboards fell short in almost every department when compared to the established duo. However, with the mix of RX480 northbridge and SB450 southbridge, SAPPHIRE has added its own mix of design flair and an enthusiast-friendly BIOS to create a motherboard which is strong in most areas. PI-A9RX480´s subjectively stunning looks are complemented by a decent layout and reasonable feature-set, and general performance is good, whilst overclocking performance is just stellar."

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Microsoft leaked new Nike mouse & ergonomic keyboards @ Everything USB

"Microsoft has apparently leaked info about some of their new laser mice and cool-looking ergonomic USB keyboard. We gathered as much info as possible and discussed what we think are the coolest. They are the Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, Notebook Optical (1000-dpi) Mouse 3000 and Laser (2000-dpi) Mouse 6000. Personally, we liked the Notebook Optical Mouse 3000, b/c it looks more like a Nike shoe than a mouse. And the Ergonomic 4000 Keyboard maybe able to help our news guy´s repetitive stress injury. Otherwise, he may need new arms."

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Maxtor ULTRA 16 — 300GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Review @ Madshrimps

"Maxtor is a name synonymous with reliable data storage and with their recent release of the first ever 500GB Hard Drive, an innovator to boot (pun intended). In the PC-world data integrity is tantamount to success or failure regardless of application. Whether you´re a Corporation storing millions in client stock-portfolios or a desktop user saving your Sister In-Laws Wedding photos, Maxtor does not differentiate. In the Server and Business markets redundancy is at the heart of storage matters. Most of us, however; rely on a single device for all our needs, placing all our proverbial eggs in one basket. Today we will entrust our Grade-A´s in Maxtor´s ULTRA 16 300GB SATA HDD, stay with us to see if we get egg on our face (or feet)."

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Legion Hardware — (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT vs GeForce 7800 GTX)

"Not only is the GeForce 7800 GT a much more affordable product, it is also far more suitable for most gaming systems. Although the GPU does feature a few less pixel and vertex pipelines and a slightly slower core and memory clock, the GeForce 7800 GT still provides plenty of power. Even with a Pentium 4 660 processor clocked at 4GHz using 2GB of DDR2 memory on the latest Intel platform, there was always a hint of the processor bottlenecking."

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Gamer´s Audio @ Tech-Hounds

"Last week, we´ve completed a round up and comparison of socket 939 motherboards. The MSI K8N SLI Platinum is one of the first boards to offer Creative´s Live! 24 bit as integrated audio. Infact, it is this very reason that made us recommend this motherboard. However, we didn´t have time to really examine it. Today, we´re going to see just how much better the Creative Live! 24 bit is to the competition — the ALC 850 codec and NVIDIA NForce 4 Sonata audio controller."

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HIS X800 GT IceQ II Turbo Review @ MVKTech

"The HIS X800 GT IceQ II Turbo is powered by ATI Radeon® X800 GT VPU — operating at a core speed of 500MHz. The HIS X800GT IceQ II Turbo comes fully equipped with 256MB-256bit quad-channel GDDR3 memory clocked at 1GHz. The mainstream card packs 8 parallel pixel pipelines and 6 vertex shader process engines. Supporting PCI-Express, the HIS X800 GT IceQ II Turbo radical new architecture ensures explosive high definition gaming and video processing experience."

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I4U: Roadwired Podzilla Gadget Bag Review

"I packed my video glasses, CD player, PMP, MP3 player, three USB cables, four Lithium ION batteries, USB thumb drive, 80 GB pocket HDD, digital camera, HD video camera, smart phone, some cash, change and almost the kitchen sink. It all fit and I don’t need to pack around my entire car when I go somewhere. Best damn gadget bag I’ve tested and seen yet. Strap this bad boy on and let the monster do the work for you."

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Intel’s Next Generation Hardware and Viiv—Centrino for the Home @ Designtechnica

"We saw the next generation of Intel hardware during this week at Intel’s developer forum. This hardware promises vastly greater performance or vastly less power consumption in what could be a completely new class of devices. Since the beginning of the PC, we have measured performance by MHz; Intel is signaling that is about to end, however, as they focus on adding cores rather than just speed to increase performance. They are currently selling two core products and indicated they have four core products in the development process, with more and more cores likely to follow."

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DH Review: Alienware Area 51 5300 SFF

"Small Form Factor systems are continuing to grow in popularity, and rightly so, a well built SFF should in theory be more than capable in fulfilling all your computer needs with the minimum of noise and deskspace. We even published an editorial showing you how to create your own, however we know some of you don´t either have time or the skills to do this and want a high end prebuilt system to your specifications..."

Read more at Driverheaven.