Marco Chiappetta
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Greetings HotHardware fans! How is everyone doing today? I sure hope you're all doing well! All of the members of the H.H. crew are working with some tasty new hardware at the moment, so we should have quite a bit of fresh content for you in the coming days. Rob's got a...
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Good Evening Folks! Just in case you missed it, we've just posted a review of Asetek's new Antarctica WaterChill water cooling kit. We ran the WaterChill with its fans operating in both 12V (high-performance) and 7V (low-noise) modes, and compared its performance to Intel's stock P4 cooler and...
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Good morning folks! I know Jay was just here a little while ago, but the news is piling up today, so I thought I'd hammer out another shot of the good stuff! We've got some more interesting tid-bits from around the web right now, and a little later we'll be back with some fresh...
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Good afternoon, and welcome back HotHardware fans! We've just posted a review of the Asus DRW-0804P 8X DVD+/-R Burner. While there are quite a few 8X DVD burners already on the market, there aren't many others that boast 8X burning capabilities on both +R and –R media. Asus' drive, however, is able to do just that. We've compared the...
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Hello again HotHardware Fans! ATi is taking the wraps off of their PCI Express offerings today, and we've got some of the details posted for all to see. We've got information regarding the PCI Express X800 XT, and the lesser known X600 and X300 product lines. Click here to check them out... ATi's Official Press Release: ATI...
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Since we last took a look at their Athlon 64 FX-53 back in March, AMD has remained relatively quiet. There was a low profile release of the mid-range Athlon 64 2800+ into the channel, but nothing really new has come from CPU lines at AMD for almost 3 months, which is an eternity...
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Good Morning Folks! BW here to let you all know that we've just posted a review of AMD's brand new 939-pin Athlon 64 FX-53 and Athlon 64 3800 processors. With these new CPUs, the flagship FX no longer requires registered memory and the 3800 is built using a new core dubbed "Newcastle" that loses 512K of cache, but gains a 128-bit...
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Good afternoon folks! For those of you that may have missed it, we just posted a review of ATi's Mobility Radeon 9700. There is a link at the top of the page, or you can just click here to check it out......
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The PC has undergone quite a metamorphosis recently. Over the past few years, we've seen the boring beige boxes of yesterday, transform into the multi-colored, windowed and lighted works of art of today. We've also seen (or should we say heard?) the community move away from multi-fan, super-loud cooling techniques, to more...
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Good afternoon folks! How is everybody doing today? I hope those of you in the northeast are enjoying the awesome weather we're having. All I can say is thank God for WiFi! :) There's been some more activity the last few hours, so I figured I'd pop back in serve up...
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Good afternoon folks! Those of you that jump right to the news may not have noticed that we've just posted a new review of Diamond's value priced Stealth S100 (Radeon 9600SE) and S100 (Radeon 9200) video cards. Here's the link for those that are interested. The news has also been...
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Welcome back HotHardware fans! Today's announcement by NVIDIA regarding their new MXM (Mobile PCI eXpress Module) initiative has generated quite a bit of interest. So much interest that we were able to get a statement from ATi on the topic. Here's a direct...
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Good evening folks! The news has been coming in at a steady pace today, so I figured I'd pop in with a quick update before the in-box get's overloaded! Here are some more of today's interesting happenings... Alienware's Dual PCI-E Graphics System Uncovered @ PCPer.Com:...
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Good morning HotHardware fans! Just in case you missed it, we've just posted a short article outlining some of the features and benefits of NVIDIA's newly announced MXM, or Mobile PCI eXpress Module. Click here, or check out the cool picture at the top of the page for details...
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We recently had a chance to talk with representatives from NVIDIA regarding a new initiative they've spearheaded, with the goal of bringing a consistent graphics interface to PCI Express equipped notebooks. Historically, the graphics processors used in laptops / notebooks have been impossible, or prohibitively expensive, to upgrade....
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Good afternoon folks! I apologize if I come across a bit somber today. All of our regulars probably know that I'm a huge boxing fan, and that I especially like Roy Jones, Jr. Well, last night Antonio Tarver landed a wicked left hand in the second round of their rematch...
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Greetings and Salutations loyal HotHardware fans! This is your favorite oversized Italian hardware geek, checking in with a mid-afternoon helping of hardware goodness. I'm fighting off a cold (or allergies - I'm not sure yet), and need to get back to benchmarking, so I'll...
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Good Evening HotHardware Fans! Just in case you missed it, we've just posted a new review of Foxconn's 755A01-6EKRS - a SiS755 powered, Socket 754 motherboard for the Athlon 64. You can click the picture at the top of the page, or save a few seconds and click this link... We've also got some fresh news for you as well... NVIDIA...
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Good afternoon HotHardware fans! How is everyone doing today? I take it you all took care of Mom yesterday, and spent some time with the family! With my nephew's confirmation last Friday and Mother's Day this past Sunday, you know this guy spent some serious time around the dinner table this weekend! I also put some...
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Good morning folks! We've just posted a preview of NVIDIA's new nForce2 Ultra 400Gb chipset for the Athlon XP. This new chipset sports all of the features of the very popular nForce2 Ultra 400, along with Gigabit Ethernet, SATA, RAID and it even has a built-in hardware optimized firewall. Click the link and check it out......
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Good morning HotHardware fans! What a crazy couple of weeks, huh? First the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra hits, and then just over two weeks later ATi plays their hand and unveils the X800 XT and X800 Pro. On top of that, Rob got back from his honeymoon, Jeff moved to NC, we...
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Good afternoon folks! Jeff is all packed up and is enroute to his new home in North Carolina, so he won't be around for the next few days to cover his normal news shift. Don't fret though! I will be here to make sure you get your daily dose of hardware goodness! So far...
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