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Nice Looks, Cool Head: Guardian 921 with Sentry LX Fan Controller Review
Sleek and appealing, NZX's Guardian 921 case provides plenty of space for gaming hardware, but the Sentry LX fan controller might be of limited utility to all but overclockers or relative novices.
Casting a Smaller Die
In a trend that could bode well for smartphones and mobile Internet devices, chip manufacturers are in a race to the bottom in terms of die size.
Capacity and Low Noise on a Budget: Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB Review
Although the larger 1TB to 2TB hard drives are getting most of the attention, there is still a lot of value in the latest 640GB capacity range. Vendors like Western Digital and Seagate offer at least one 640GB drive, and today we're looking at the value-priced Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB to see how it stacks up.
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07/23/2010
Biweekly CPU Prices - Week of July 19, 2010
Our now-biweekly (alternating with memory prices) guide has only a handful of processor price drops to report, but one of them is by hundreds of dollars. Here's hoping that's a sign of savings yet to come.
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07/16/2010
Biweekly Memory Prices - Week of July 12, 2010
It's back! After a hiatus of more than a year, we've relaunched our guide to desktop memory prices, which will appear biweekly, alternating with our guide to CPU prices. Check out the best deals on different sizes and speeds of dual-channel DDR2 and dual- and triple-channel DDR3.
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07/09/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of July 5, 2010
A few savings can be found scattered amid otherwise stagnating prices, and one of those was even a pretty noteworthy drop. But by and large, the prices we tracked continued to hold steady in this week's guide.
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07/02/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 28, 2010
While not quite so devoid of price drops as last week's guide, this week's edition comes pretty close. Only two of the prices we track experienced any drops, and each of those fell by only $1.
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06/25/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 21, 2010
Looking for savings on PC processors? Sorry, you're out of luck. We hate to say it, but of the 35 CPUs we track, not one fell in this week's price guide.
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06/18/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 14, 2010
It's been another disappointing week for prospective CPU buyers who've been waiting for price drops before pulling the trigger. This week's processor prices held about as steady as we've seen them, with only a few falling, and those by only a few dollars.
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06/11/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 7, 2010
Our hopes of increased price competition have, we're sorry to say, continued to go unrealized. Price drops remain rarities, with only a handful of the prices we track having dropped at all since last week's guide and a few even inching upward.
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06/04/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of May 31, 2010
While processor prices have more or less continued to stagnate in this week's guide, a few did manage to inch downward. As we move toward the end of the current quarter, we're hoping to see some more price competition between the two camps.
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05/28/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of May 24, 2010
By and large, this week's tracked CPU prices continued to hold as steady as they've been for weeks. But a few price drops, at least, are scattered among the otherwise static entries.
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05/21/2010
Weekly CPU Prices - Week of May 17, 2010
Processor price drops remained small and scarce. But there were a few more, at least, in this week's guide than in some recent issues, and hopefully the coming weeks will see this develop into a trend.
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Capacity and Low Noise on a Budget: Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB Review - 02/25/2009
Although the larger 1TB to 2TB hard drives are getting most of the attention, there is still a lot of value in the latest 640GB capacity range. Vendors like Western Digital and Seagate offer at least one 640GB drive, and today we're looking at the value-priced Samsung Spinpoint F1 640GB to see how it stacks up.
Socket AM3 Arrives: AMD Joins the DDR3 Revolution - 02/17/2009
AMD has finally unveiled its Socket AM3 platform, including newly revamped Phenom II X3 and X4 models sporting a dual-mode DDR2/DDR3 memory controller, and with compatibility for both AM2+ and AM3 motherboards, this effectively puts the just-released AM2+ models out pasture.
Mainstream Liquid-Cooling for CPUs: CoolIT Domino A.L.C. Review - 02/11/2009
While most of today's processors utilize standard air coolers, there is a definite movement towards quieter, more efficient liquid cooling solutions. Their complexity, more difficult installation and higher prices are just a few of the hurdles that this technology has to overcome before it enters the mainstream, but CoolIT Systems believes it may have the answer with the all-in-one, sub-$100 Domino A.L.C. liquid-cooled system.
Western Digital and Samsung Push for Bigger, Faster, and Greener Hard Drives - 02/02/2009
The race for new capacity records is the modus operandi of the hard drive business, with Seagate often being at the forefront of any new announcements. But lately, that has changed in favor of a more segmented approach, with Western Digital and Samsung leading the way with new high-capacity, performance and eco-friendly drive lines.
The Warrior is Upgraded: Wolfking Warrior Xxtreme Review - 01/26/2009
Hardcore gamers demand specialized hardware, especially on the controller side, and several companies have emerged to serve this market. WolfKing is one, and their Warrior Xxtreme keyboard takes the popular Warrior design and adds a second keypad on the right side. But has WolfKing also doubled up on the gaming experience, or does the Warrior Xxtreme add up to less than the sum of its parts.
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