Cage Match: Four Open-Air ATX Chassis |
| While lab technicians and competitive overclockers often use no case at all, a few companies produce test racks that look good enough to win over even the showiest LAN party participants. Today we consider four non-enclosed ATX chassis. more |
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Blu-ray Done Right: How Does Your Integrated GPU Stack Up? |
| Today we're looking at Asus motherboards armed with integrated graphics processors from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to see which core logic vendor can offer the best Blu-ray playback quality, features, and value for a high-definition HTPC. more |
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New Enterprise Hard Drives: 6 Gb/s SAS And 200 MB/s |
| Everyone talks about SSDs, but conventional hard drives continue to make lot of progress, especially in the enterprise space, where established technology is as important as performance. We review six 2.5” and two 3.5” SAS 6 Gb/s drives and compare. more |
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Stealthy HTPC: Two Cases To Hide Your Inner-Geek |
| If you've shied away from the home theater PC idea for fear of introducing an ugly box to your svelte component rack, then it's time to take another look at the options. We went looking for unique enclosures and came away with two interesting choices. more |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620: Quad Core For The Masses At $100 |
| AMD introduces the Propus core, an entry-level Athlon II X4 with a $100 price point. We looked at the first model, the 2.6 GHz 620, and put its performance and efficiency to task. It appears that this chip could become a great upgrade option. more |
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