Marco Chiappetta
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Hello HotHardware Fans! We've got an announcement to make! We've teamed up with Corsair for a two-week contest, where 4 lucky participants will win a 1GB kit of Corsair Pro Series XL modules, just like the ones we reviewed here!
Win 1GB of Corsair Pro Series XL RAM!
Dates: August 9 -23
All you have to do to enter is send an e-mail
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Hello HotHardware Fans! BW here checking in to let you know that we've just posted a new review of Asetek's VapoChill LightSpeed [AC] vapor-phase cooler. Unlike the original VapoChill products, the standalone LightSpeed is compatible with almost any case and it doesn't draw any current from the system's host PSU. It's also using a more...
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Watch any episode of "This Old House", "Hometime", "The New Yankee Workshop", or any other Do-It-Yourself type program for that matter, and you're bound to hear a certain phrase repeated over and over. Carpenters, mechanics, plumbers, chefs, they all use it. This phrase has almost become a mantra for anyone who...
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Good Evening Folks! Just in case you've missed the new link at the top of the page, I wanted to let you know that we've just posted a review of Soyo's newest Socket A motherboard, the Dragon2 KT880. With this board, powered by VIA's KT880 chipset, Soyo brings some updated technology to the Socket A platform, namely native SATA RAID and Gigabit...
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Welcome back everyone! It's your friendly neighborhood Italian checking-in to let you all know that we've just posted a review of Sapphire's Toxic X800 Pro. This oversized video card sports some major cooling, ships with a utility to dynamically overclock the on-board RAM, and has one of the best bundles we've seen in quite a while....
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Good morning folks! As you've probably noticed, the bulk of the recent news has centered around the release of the Doom 3. Lots of benchmarks, screenshots, console commands and cheats have started circulating. And yes, we'll be doing a piece of our own shortly as well...
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Good morning folks! How is everyone doing today? I take it your week started out well? :) Mine is going pretty good. I've been taking a ton of pictures to prepare for a few upcoming reviews, did a little benchmarking, and did a some modding. I also found the time...
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Good evening HotHardware fans! I'm here to let you all know that we've just posted a review of Plextor's PX-712SA Dual-Format DVD+/- SATA Drive. This drive is virtually identical to the very popular PX-712A we reviewed back in June, but it sports a Serial ATA interface. Click here and take a...
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Good Evening HotHardware Fans! How's everyone doing? I hope everybody is having a good week! Mine has been going fairly well, especially now that the abysmal weather that was hitting the Northeast is gone. Today was bright and sunny...and I sat my butt right in front of the computer! Ahhh...
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Welcome back folks! If you knew what's been going on behind the scenes here at HotHardware, you'd know the kind of whirlwind the past couple of weeks have been. Luckily, we've weathered to storm and can now get back to our...
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Good Evening All! If you didn't notice the link at the top of the page, I'm here to let you know that we've just posted a review of AMD's "new" Sempron 2800+ and Sempron 3100+ processors. These new processors are AMD's answer to Intel's recently released Celeron "D". Click here and check them out!...
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Greetings All! There hasn't been a whole lot of activity today, but we were able to pull together some more goodies nonetheless. So without further ado, here's your mid-afternoon shot of hardware goodness... ATI Brings High...
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Good Morning HotHardware Fans! Just in case you missed the link at the top of the page, I'm popping in to let you know that we've just posted a preview of ATi's brand new Mobility Radeon 9800 mobile GPU. With the Mobility Radeon 9800, ATi brings all of the features of the X800 series to high-end gaming notebooks. Click here and check it out......
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The battle between NVIDIA and ATi for dominance in the desktop 3D gaming video card market has been on-going for many years. With each new product they release, both companies attempt to leap-frog the other by introducing new features and increasing performance over their previous generation. The competition has gotten so fierce,...
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Hello again! I wanted to pop in and let you all know that Microsoft has just officially released the DirectX 9.0c Redistributable... DirectX 9.0c Redistributable Overview: This download provides the DirectX 9.0c end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The redistributable license agreement...
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Good morning folks! How is everybody doing today? I take it you all had a good weekend? It was a little wet here in good ol' NY, but things have dried out nicely. It is absolutely awesome outside right now, sunny with a light breeze. Come to think of it, I should...
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Good Evening HotHardware Fans! We've just posted a review of Corsair's TWINX1024-3200XLPRO 1GB low-latency memory kit. This memory sports 18 activity LEDs, and can run with a CAS Latency of 2T, a RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD) of 2T, a Row Precharge (tRP) of 2T and an Active to Precharge Delay (tRAS) of 5T at 200MHz. In other words, 2-2-2-5 timings...
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Corsair's XMS (Xtreme Memory Speed) memory modules have long been a favorite amongst the enthusiast community. Corsair has memory kits available in many different sizes and speeds, and all of them are regarded as some of the best modules available in their respective categories...
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Hey There! It's your friendly neighborhood Italian checking in with a late night serving of hardware goodness. The news has been coming in at a fevered pace today, so we've got quite a bit to get to in this installment. Kill the boob tube, grab some munchies, and settle in...
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Good Afternoon HotHardware Fans! Our man Rob just put the finishing touches on a review of BFG's GeForce 6800 GT OC. This card is basically a reference design GeForce 6800 GT with a slightly higher core clock speed, hence the "OC" in its name. We've got a ton of benchmarks and screenshots to see. Click here to check it out!...
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I know, I know. It's Monday and I'm supposed to complain about how fast the weekend flew by, and that Monday's are the worst day of the week. But I had about as full a weekend and anyone could have, and I was actually looking forward to getting back to work this morning!...
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Good afternoon HotHardware fans! Just in case you missed the link at the top of the page, we wanted to let you know that we've just posted a shoot-out between two high-end i925X motherboards from the Abit and Asus, the AA8 DuraMAX and the P5AD2 Premium. These are some of the first enthusiast class boards to arrive that support Intel's new...
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