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Kingston sent word of their new triple-channel DDR3 kits designed for Nehalem’s stringent 1.65v requirements. They’re touting high speeds and low latencies. Kits will be available under both their ValueRAM and HyperX product lines. Here’s the breakdown of what will be available, along with the suggested MSRP in the US. 3GB 2000MHz (CL9-9-9-27 @ 1.65v) […] Add comment
One of the things that makes the Icrontic community unique is that we’re not just “Internet friends.” We try to get together as often as our geography and schedules allow. This weekend is our second annual Oktoberfest celebration in Warren, Michigan (US), and it’s already well under way. Guests have arrived from California, Oregon, […] Add comment
Benchmarking Fedora 7 through 10. Add comment
The The Vidabox Premium Wireless HTPC Keyboard with Laser Trackball. Long name for a small keyboard. Add comment
TechReport tours the Gigabyte factory and learns that motherboards don’t come from storks. Add comment
Patriot Extreme Performance Viper Series DDR2 modules are designed to operate at 1066mhz with 5-5-5-15 timings. Add comment
TweakTown has a new guide to water cooling. Add comment
The Scythe Musashi VGA cooler uses dual 100mm fans to cool a wide range of video cards. Add comment
Kudos to OCZ on its latest product announcement. Their ever-expanding product range now will include a 15″ build-it-yourself notebook that support Intel’s various Centrino 2 processors and come with an ATI Radeon HD 3650 with 512MB of GDDR3. The full spec sheet is here (.pdf). Add your choice of processor, storage, and RAM and you’re […] Add comment
Firefox is meticulous about using the right application to display a MIME type, almost to a fault. Rather than displaying documents and movies in the browser when it would save time, it loves to launch Office or a media player. Sometimes we just want to see whatever we’re downloading directly in the browser. Not only […] Add comment
Today’s download of the day is the very first beta for Windows Vista Service Pack 2. In traditional fashion, the new service pack will contain the updates previously provided by SP1 in addition to subsequent fixes. The Microsoft Windows development blog has outlined some new features that debut with today’s beta: Windows Vista SP2 adds […] Add comment
It’s been a little more than 36 hours since the first semi-private pre-beta of Windows 7 has been in the wild. Luckily for users everywhere, the reviews are positive across the board. Performance, usability and stability are all reported to be top notch, indicating a product that is further along than anyone believed. Let’s take […] Add comment
Talk about a major coup. Apple couldn’t score the Beatles catalog for iTunes, but apparently MTV/Viacom could, and did. While no details have been announced yet (An all-Beatles Rock Band game, like Aerosmith/Guitar Hero? A multitude of Track Packs?) the exclusivity war just got really hot. According to reports, this deal has been in the […] Add comment
The OCZ Gladiator Max heatsink is good but hindered by what Virtual-Hideout calls a poor mounting system. Add comment
Futurelooks bravely tests the Antec Skeleton open air ATX case… if you can really call it that. Add comment
Guru3d puts the HIS Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB video card, a re-badged reference model, through the paces. Add comment
The Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB Overclock Edition uses an underclocked 4670 GPU. Add comment
AMDZone tests Sapphire’s Radeon HD 4650 and 4550 overclocked video cards. Add comment
The Thecus N4100 Pro NAS offers upgraded internals and an additional hard drive bay over their previous offerings. Add comment
The iBuyPower Australia FragBox is a mATX system built on the sweet new DFI Lanparty JR P45 motherboard that packs some top-spec components. Add comment
TheInquirer, ever a hotbed of salacious tidbits, has run a story indicating that NVIDIA is accusing ATI of cheating in Far Cry 2 by speeding up rendering through the elimination of minute scene details. NVIDIA alleges that ATI has cheated benchmarks by tinkering with the zbuffer, a rendering technique that assures certain objects appear in […] Add comment
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