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bit-tech.net - 26 hours ago
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First look: MSI’s Westmere H57M-ED65 Mobo A little
bird - or possibly a mole, we’re not too
sure exactly which member of the animal kingdom it was – dropped us the first pics of one of MSI’s forthcoming micro-ATX motherboards, the H57M-ED65. This is the first board we've seen that will accept ...
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First look: MSI’s Westmere H57M-ED65 Mobo
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bit-tech.net - 4 days ago
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As probably the last Nvidia performance board we'll
ever see: this AM3, DDR3 nForce 750 chipset G55
from MSI is one of the few SLI capable motherboards for AMD out there. How does it stack up against other budget AMD chipsets? We found out.
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MSI NF750-G55 Motherboard Review
bit-tech.net - 5 days ago
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It's big, fast, power hungry and hot like
Scarlett Johansson in a sauna - what's not to
like? The size? Yes, at nearly a foot long this dual-HD 5870 beast won't even fit in the front page image box! Read on to see how the new card performs (don't call it a HD 5870 X2 though, or you'll look like ...
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AMD ATI Radeon HD 5970 Review
bit-tech.net - 6 days ago
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SilverStone has re-invented the case by rotating the
motherboard orientation. In the Raven RV02 your cards all
sit vertically, allowing air to be sucked in from under the case and blown out the top. Will this make a difference to the cooling performance of the case? We test it to find out.
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SilverStone Raven RV02 Case Review
bit-tech.net - 7 days ago
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We add Seagate's latest Barracuda XT hard disk
with new Gigabyte and Asus P55 motherboards featuring SATA
6Gbps to see what performance potential, if any, the latest SATA standard offers.
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Investigating SATA 6Gbps Performance
bit-tech.net - 10 days ago
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Intel recently launched a new range of quad-core,
Hyper-Threaded Core i7 processors for laptops. Kobalt Computers was
first to get us a laptop to test for this preview of what Core i7 in a laptop can do. Read on to see whether a 1.6GHz CPU and GeForce GTX 280M GPUs can cut it.
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Intel Core i7 Mobile 720QM Benchmarked
bit-tech.net - 11 days ago
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Finding a case that delivers solid build quality
and cooling for a low price can be tough,
but Akasa hopes to have hit the sweet spot with its latest offering, the Freedom Xone. We strap in the bit-tech testing gear and find out if it has got what it takes to house your hardware.
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Akasa Freedom Xone Case Review
bit-tech.net - 12 days ago
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Don't want a black P55 board? Gigabyte has
the answer with its desirable blue design! As a
direct, but cheaper competitor to Asus' P7P55 Deluxe, we found out if Gigabyte's GA-P55-UD5 board has everything and still offers value for money.
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Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 Review
bit-tech.net - 12 days ago
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With the release of Windows 7, we take
another look at a nettop, this time from newcomers
Viewsonic. Sporting a dualcore 1.6GHz Atom processor and Nvidia's ION chipset amidst a neat and diminutive casing, has the VOT nettop finally come good? We find out.
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Viewsonic VOT 132 Atom+Ion Nettop Review
bit-tech.net - 13 days ago
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Another month and another set of hardware recommendations
fresh from our labs. Has the AMD's latest CPUs
or Kingston's SSDs made a difference? What about memory price increases? Read on to find out!
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What Hardware Should I Buy? - Nov 2009
bit-tech.net - 15 days ago
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In a race dubbed 'the core wars', manufactures
are stuffing more and more cores into CPUs. While
more can only be a good thing, there's little point if the software they are running can't use them. Microsoft shares with us a possible piece of the puzzle to making full use of multi-core CPUs.
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Editing Memory and Multi-core Programming
bit-tech.net - 17 days ago
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Rounding out ATI's new line of DirectX 11
graphics cards comes the Sapphire Radeon HD 5750. With
1GB of GDDR5 and running on a cut down Juniper GPU, does this more affordable offering provide an attractive stepping stone to DX11? We find out.
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Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB Review
bit-tech.net - 19 days ago
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AMD updates its Deneb core on its fastest
Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, and claims the
C3 can overclock more, yield faster DDR3 memory and has even fixed the performance bug with its sleep states. Does it make a difference? We put the claims to the test.
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE C3 Review
bit-tech.net - 21 days ago
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What bodes better for Intel's new dual channel
CPU: high clock, low latency or both? We run
the numbers for both so you know what memory kit to pair with your new Lynnfield system.
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Intel Lynnfield Memory Performance Analysis
bit-tech.net - 24 days ago
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Looking for a new case but running on
a tight budget? We take a look at the
NZXT Beta, a full ATX case with features like tool-less fittings for just £40. Does the Beta punch above it's weight, or is it another disappointing addition to the bottom end of the case market? We find out.
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NZXT Beta Review
bit-tech.net - 24 days ago
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We take a gander behind the technology that
powers Seasonic's latest 80Plus Gold, fully modular power supplies:
the X-Series. We strip apart what's inside to find the details.
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First Look: Seasonic X-Series PSU
bit-tech.net - 26 days ago
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Alienware has introduced its new chassis design with
the M17x - it's all choppy angles and aluminium
outer shell. The result is one of the most attractive gaming laptops we've seen yet. With a powerful dual-core CPU and GeForce GTX 260M graphics, is this the best gaming laptop ever?
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Alienware M17x Gaming Laptop Review
bit-tech.net - 27 days ago
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Kingston has expanded its V-Series of SSDs with
the launch of a new 40GB budget concious drive.
Built around the same drive controller and NAND memory as Intel's new X25-X line of SSDs, could this drive convince you to take the SSD plunge?
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Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB: Intel X25-X
bit-tech.net - 28 days ago
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One of AMD's cheapest quad cores to date
is a further evolution of the Athlon brand: the
Athlon II X4 630 and 620. Without cache we check to see how it performs against Intel alternatives for the same money, if cache makes a difference and if it overclocks better.
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AMD Athlon II X4 620 CPU Review
