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Marco Chiappetta

Managing Editor

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com

Recent posts

AMD Barcelona Architecture Launch: Native Quad-Core

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Sep 10, 2007

It has been quite a while since AMD launched a truly new CPU core architecture. It was way back in September of 2003 that the first "K8" based desktop processors arrived in the form of the single-core Athlon 64 and Athlon 64-FX. And while the company has launched a slew of new desktop... Read more...

OCZ Introduces Rugged ATV and ATV Turbo Drives

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Sep 06, 2007

OCZ Technology Introduces Ultra Fast and Extremely Rugged ATV and ATV Turbo USB 2.0 Flash Drives Sunnyvale, CA—September 5, 2007 — OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced... Read more...

Asetek Redefines Liquid Cooling

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Sep 06, 2007

Asetek Redefines Liquid Cooling with Solution Integrated into HP Blackbird 002 Gaming PC Broenderslev, Denmark, September 6, 2007 – Asetek, the market leader of thermal management solutions for semiconductors, is proud to announce the first ever OEM adopted CPU and GPU integrated liquid cooling solution... Read more...

HP w2408 Vivid-Color 24" Widescreen LCD

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Sep 05, 2007

To coincide with the announcement of the Blackbird 002 Gaming System (evaluated here), Hewlett Packard is also unveiling a brand new LCD monitor, the w2408 Vivid-Color 24" Widescreen LCD, that we thought you'd all like to see. Hewlett Packard w2408 Vivid-Color 24" Widescreen LCD At first glance,... Read more...

Hewlett Packard Blackbird 002

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Sep 05, 2007

After HP's acquisition of Voodoo PC last year, many speculated that the company's entrance into the high-end gaming PC market was imminent. After all, why else would they have bought Voodoo, right? But since then, not much has changed. It seemed as if it was business as usual at both HP and Voodoo. HP was secretly working on their own... Read more...

HP Blackbird 002 High Performance Gaming System

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Sep 05, 2007

A short while after Dell purchased Alienware late last year, news broke that Hewlett Packard had acquired boutique system vendor Voodoo PC. Voodoo PC is best known for their high performance gaming PC's that feature custom cases, some with lavish paint jobs, unique cooling solutions, and... Read more...

HP w2207 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Sep 04, 2007

Just in case you like to skip right on down to the news, we’re writing to let you all know that we’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, accessories, and performance of Hewlett Packard’s relatively affordable w2207 22" Widescreen LCD monitor. Unlike most other 22” widescreens, the HP w2207 features... Read more...

OCZ Technology Unveils Vanquisher CPU Cooler

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Aug 30, 2007

OCZ Technology Unveils the Extremely Efficient yet Compact Vanquisher CPU Cooler Sunnyvale, CA—August 30, 2007—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today announced... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Video: The ATI R500 On Linux: Then & Now @ Phoronix Sapphire Radeon HD 2400 XT video card review @ EB Motherboards & Chipsets: MSI... Read more...

Diamond's 2GB VFX 2000 Series Pro Graphics Card

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Aug 30, 2007

We just got our hands on a few intriguing images that we thought you’d all be interested in checking out. What you see pictured below is Diamond Multimedia’s VFX 2000 Series Professional Workstation graphics card, due to be launched in the coming weeks...... Read more...

AMD Announces SSE5 Instruction Set

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Aug 30, 2007

AMD to Boost Performance for Everyday Compute-Intense Multimedia, Security and High Performance Computing Applications through New Extensions to x86 Instruction Set New instruction set “SSE5” continues tradition of AMD x86 innovation, including 3DNow!, AMD x86-64 architecture, AMD Virtualization and Light-Weight... Read more...

Super Talent Launches New Personal Media Players

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 29, 2007

Super Talent Launches New Family of Personal Media Players San Jose , California - Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of DRAM memory modules and flash storage solutions, today launched a new line of VIDEGO personal... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 29, 2007

Video: HIS 2900XT vs. BFG 8800GTX @ 3DGameMan VisionTek ATI HD 2400 Pro Review @ Ninjalane Memory & Storage: Crucial DCT2KIT12864AA53E... Read more...

Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 29, 2007

Today at HotHardware, we have one of the largest 2.5” hard drives on the market, the 250GB Western Digital Scorpio WD2500BEVS. At 5400RPM, it may not be the mobile speed king, but this 2.5" SATA hard drive offers a plethora of nice features, like an 8MB cache and WD's WhisperDrive and ShockGuard technology. Plus, the benchmarks might just... Read more...

Radeon HD 2400 Pro and XT In New Dell OptiPlex

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 28, 2007

Yesterday, Dell announced their new line of OptiPlex 755 commercial desktop systems and touted the machines as the “world’s most manageable, energy efficient commercial desktop ever.” The press release on Dell’s website draws attention to the OptiPlex 755’s Gold EPEAT Rating and Energy Star... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 28, 2007

Video: Call of Juarez DX10 Performance and Image Quality @ [H] What is HDMI? @ eCoustics.com Processors: A Look Back At The AMD Athlon Processor... Read more...

Crysis Demo Coming September 25

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 28, 2007

The year's most anticipated PC game, Crysis, is scheduled to be released on November 16, but it looks like Electronic Arts will be giving gamers a taste of the game almost two month prior to its arrival. According to a post on the official EA / Crysis website, a demo will be released on September 25 that'll let gamers play through the entire... Read more...