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If you are looking for cold done quiet, this may be your ticket. Keep in mind though this is really really really cold though. A new vapor phase cooler with the Asetek name is on the grill.

The front of this case has a very nice look and feeling to it... With it's swing open, see through, tinted green plexi door, and brightly colored blue and red LED's, the front of of this case has very little to be desired. Match those features with the brushed aluminum bay covers and front panel, and the front of this case has to be one of the (pardon my french) sexiest cases I've ever had the pleasure of using.

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PowerStrip 3.30 provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable Matrox Millennium I to the latest SiS Xabre and Radeon 9700.

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Sapphire has recently come out with a product, called the Radeon 9700 Atlantis Pro Ultimate. It doesn't have VIVO or any enhancements, it's somewhat stock, but for one feature. The massive, extremely heavy heatpipe heatsink made by Zalman with NO FAN!

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ECS didn't decide to stop at the basics though. They've also included an integrated Serial ATA RAID 0+1 card, USB 2.0 ports, a Realtek RTL8100B network card, and an obligatory six-channel sound-card -- the C-Media 9739A.

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Due to strong demand from major PC vendors like Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard (HP), ATI Technologies recently reported a serious shortage of its Radeon 9500 PRO graphics chips. Given the massive orders from the brand-name companies, ATI’s own-brand card-manufacturing clients are experiencing difficulty acquiring the chips.

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Three quarters of the boards on test here use the older 'KT333' chipset, and despite the fact that KT400 has been available for a good while now they are still on sale, why? Well the simple answer is that KT400 brought few advantages over KT333 with it. The new chipset supports PC3200 DDR RAM 'unofficially', though the benefits of running your RAM at 200MHz DDR with the CPU slugging behind at 133/166MHz are small for most tasks..

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The power supply of a computer system is the lifeblood of the whole machine. Many PC enthusiasts fail to understand just how important power supplies are to the system. Having a power supply that does not provide "clean" power can cause system instabilities and even possibly damage components. Therefore, it is easy to see why power selection is a major choice. When overclocking, the power becomes crucial as more power is drawn due to increased voltages on the CPU and memory. TTGI has designed a power supply in hopes of providing good power; let us see how well it does.

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Many of us are familiar with the concept of using a relay to automatically power on a peripheral device e.g. pump, fan, or other A/C powered component. While there are many companies that will provide a tailored solution that will accomplish this, their devices are usually expensive and limited to powering only one component. The following guide will allow the user to power on multiple peripherals in a cost effective manner.

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As we're rolling towards the end of the year, as an "intermezzo" before the new computer technologies are unleashed on to the public market, I had the opportunity to try out one of the motherboards that uses the Intel 845PE chipset. The board that I chose for my test is the Gigabyte GA8PE667-Pro. Simply speaking, I'm going to see how well this board performs compared to my current motherboard, the ASUS P4S533, which uses the SiS645DX chipset.

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The original nForce chipset from nVidia did not turn out to be much of a success for the then new player in the chipset sector. nVidia have since learned from their mistakes and given us the nForce2 dual channel DDR-333 and DDR-400 chipset for the AMD Athlon platform. Today TweakTown gives us a full run down on Chaintech's feature-packed Zenith 7NJS nForce2 based motherboard. Have nVidia really learned from their mistakes? Read on and find out!

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