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Nice Looks, Cool Head: Guardian 921 with Sentry LX Fan Controller Review


Casting a Smaller Die

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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08/27/2010 Biweekly Memory Prices - Week of August 23, 2010
RAM is like a rollercoaster this week, with double-digit price drops found in all three of our charts -- dual-channel DDR2 and dual- and triple-channel DDR3 -- but a few price increases to trap the unwary.

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08/20/2010 Biweekly CPU Prices - Week of August 16, 2010
This issue of the CPU Price Guide contains a number of modest price drops. But with more holding steady than dropping, and none falling by particularly huge amounts, this week's guide is unlikely to spur any sort of buying frenzy.

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08/13/2010 Biweekly Memory Prices - Week of August 9, 2010
The memory market is sending out mixed signals this week, with some significant savings balanced by a handful of pesky price increases. Our dual-channel DDR2 and dual- and triple-channel DDR3 listings have the scoop.

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08/06/2010 Biweekly CPU Prices - Week of August 2, 2010
Alas, the lone triple-digit drop we saw last time wasn't the start of a downward trend -- there are some scattered savings, but desktop processor prices this week proved to be about as steady as we've seen them in recent months.

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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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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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Apple Drops to Third in PC Reliability Report - 06/04/2010
Electronista: Apple has fallen to the third position in Rescuecom's latest computer reliability report, after maintaining the highest overall score in 2009.

Gateway Gets Snazzy: Glowing Touchpads on EC39C & ID49C08u Laptop PCs - 06/04/2010
Engadget: Gateway's newest 13.3-inch EC339C and 14-inch ID49C08u notebook PCs sport glowing blue touchpads.

Intel Delays USB 3.0 Chipset Until 2012 - 06/04/2010
The Register: Intel is holding up USB 3.0 adoption by delaying its motherboard chipset until 2012.

Dell Considered Buyout - 06/04/2010
CNET: At a financial conference, Michael Dell says he had considered taking his computer hardware company private--but doesn't explain why.

Hitachi LG Develops Blu-ray Drive With Built-in SSD - 06/04/2010
PC World: Hitachi LG Data Storage Korea present first-of-its-kind product at Computex, a Blu-ray Disc optical drive that combines a solid-state drive.

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