Editor profile

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

Bioshock Inches Closer To Release

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Aug 13, 2007

According to our current poll, Bioshock is one of the more highly anticipated games scheduled to be released, with only Crysis and UT:3 receiving more votes. Well, it turns out that Bioshock fans are a little bit closer to getting their hands on the final game. As of last night, the demo for Bioshock was made available for download on the... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Aug 13, 2007

Video: Silent GeForce 8600 GT and 8600 GTS @ [H] Gigabyte 8600GTS 256MB Silent Pipe 3 Review @ Techgage Memory & Storage: Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive @ TR... Read more...

Asus Blitz Formula and Blitz Extreme

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Aug 10, 2007

Just in case you missed the new link at the top of the page, we wanted to let you all know that w e’ve just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, performance, and overclockability of Asus’ new high-end P35-based offerings for Intel processors, the Blitz Extreme (DDR3) and the Blitz Formula (DDR2). Here’s... Read more...

Asus Blitz Formula and Extreme P35 Motherboards

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Aug 10, 2007

If you're a PC hardware enthusiast - and chances are pretty good that you are if you're reading HotHardware - Asus is a company that needs no introduction. Asus' track record for building quality products targeted squarely at power users is well known and documented, so we'll forego the... Read more...

NVIDIA Smashes Visual Compute Density Record

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 08, 2007

NVIDIA SMASHES VISUAL COMPUTE DENSITY RECORD WITH NEW GPU SERVER NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS Server Combines Four Quadro GPUs in a Standard 1U Server Configuration for Remote Graphics and Offline Rendering Applications SIGGRAPH 2007 — SAN... Read more...

Quakecon 2007 Event Coverage

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 08, 2007

We’ve just posted our coverage of this year’s Quakecon at HotHardware. We’ve got plenty of pictures and information from id’s keynote address, NVIDIA’s kick-off event, tons of case mod pics – including the contest winners, and all of the vendor displays. We’ve got some pics of the lovely Frag Dolls as well, and news about a handful of yet... Read more...

AMD Validated Servers Now Certified For Suse

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 08, 2007

AMD Validated Server Platforms Now Certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell - AMD expands Validated Server Program; empowers solution providers with increased platform choice and new opportunities to engage customers - ... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Aug 08, 2007

Video: MSI NX8800 Ultra @ t-break Motherboards & Chipsets: ASUS Blitz Extreme Motherboard @ [H] ECS KN3 SLI2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Motherboard @ PCPer Abit... Read more...

OCZ Technology Announces SPD-Z

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 07, 2007

OCZ Technology Announces the Next Big Thing for Memory Optimization with their Proprietary “SPD-Z” Technology SPD-Z is a tool that allows you to “reflash” the SPD on your OCZ memory for either improved compatibility, improved performance, or in some cases BOTH! Sunnyvale, Calif.—August 7,... Read more...

Gigabyte Triton 180 Chassis

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 07, 2007

Just in case you're the type of reader who likes to jump right down to the news, we wanted to let you all know that we have just posted a new article here at HotHardware in which we evaluate the features, installation, and acoustic performance of Gigabyte’s affordably priced Triton 180 chassis. The Triton 180 offers a mostly tool free design,... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 07, 2007

Video: XFX 8400 GS 256MB @ Overclock3D Gigabyte V-Power Videocard Heatpipe Cooler @ Tweaknews.net Processors: Sun UltraSPARC T2 "Niagara 2" @ Phoronix... Read more...

TSMC Reportedly to Make GPU portio of AMD Fusion

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Aug 06, 2007

Digitimes, using information obtained from motherboard manufacturers, is reporting that TSMC will likely build the GPU portion of AMD's upcoming Fusion processors, while the CPU cores will be made by either AMD themselves or partner Chartered Semiconductor. "AMD's Fusion processor... Read more...

New Poll: Which Game Has You Most Excited?

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Aug 06, 2007

There has been a lot of news on the PC gaming front as of late, with rumors of Crysis' release in November of this year, the World in Conflict public beta, and most recently id's release of a trailer for their former super-secret project, Rage. Not to mention the much talked about Spore and... Read more...

AMD Unveils New ATI FireGL Workstation Cards

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Aug 06, 2007

AMD Unveils Innovation-Packed Series of ATI FireGL Workstation Graphics Accelerators Industry’s first 2GB frame buffer, exclusive AutoDetect software, and unified shader architecture deliver more than 300% increase in 3D performance SIGGRAPH... Read more...

Hardware Round-Up

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Aug 06, 2007

Video: Nvidia GeForce 8000 Series CPU Scaling @ Legion Hardware XtremeMac ExtremeHD HDMI Switcher @ Futurelooks Foxconn 8600GT OC Version + 8600GT SLI @ MadBoxPC Motherboards & Chipsets:... Read more...

id's Upcoming FPS Rage: Wow

by Marco Chiappetta - Sun, Aug 05, 2007

A recent addition to the HotHardware forums, CRYSJON, posted a link to an awesome trailer for id's just announced first person shooter / driving game hybrid "Rage" that you all just have to see. The game takes place in a post apocalyptic Earth decimated by a comet's impact. But Rage will not be the typical indoor id shooter. Rage is a new... Read more...

Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750GB SATA HDD

by Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Aug 03, 2007

If you are in the market for a high capacity hard drive, the Western Digital WD7500AAKS 750GB SATA HDD we’ve just evaluated here at HotHardware will be of interest. This drive is relatively affordable despite its size and it strikes a great balance between capacity and performance. Here’s a... Read more...