PC Components, Peripherals And Gadget Reviews And News
Dig into our deep-dive product reviews and news of PC components from processors, to motherboards, graphics cards (GPUs), sound cards, and storage, along with other gadgets and peripherals that complete the computing experience. Whether you're a DIY PC enthusiast builder or just looking to read-up on what should be inside or connected to your next pre-built PC, here's where you'll find all the nuts and bolts sorted on what makes modern computer systems tick, as well some of the best user interface devices to go with them.
Preparing For a Dual-Processor PC Know what you're getting into... By, Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta 1 / 11 / 2001 Hello Folks. Today we?re doing something a little different here on H.H. We normally focus on straightforward hardware reviews but while working on my most recent project?a review of the Abit VP6?I hit a little...
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The Leadtek WinFast 5300MA All-in-one features at a stripped down price! Leadtek has been known for many years as a manufacturer of High End Graphics Cards. They have until now, stayed within the Video/Grpahics space. Like all healthy well established companies, occasionally it is time to diversify. Enter the Leadtek WinFast...
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Atek Super Mini Optical Mouse Good Things Come in Small Packages... By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta March 27, 2001 I know what you're all thinking, "This is HotHardware.Com! Why are you posting a portable mouse review?!?"...Well, I'll tell you, let me set the stage...A few weeks ago, while lounging on my couch, browsing with my...
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The CDI InWin Alaska 3 "Cool Case" Practical? Maybe Not...Worth it? You bet! By, Marco Chiappetta September 20, 2001 It's upgrade time. Picture yourself browsing all of the best on-line retailers looking for great deals on all of those high-end parts you've been dying for. Only the best of the best will...
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The Massworks ID-75 USB Touchscreen Limitless Possibilities? By, Marco Chiappetta September 5, 2001 Recently I was presented with an opportunity to test a truly unique product from a little known company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico...Massworks. Massworks has developed a compact USB Touchscreen controller for Windows...
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The Linksys PS2KVMSK - KVM Switch Control 2 PCs With One Keyboard and One Mouse By Jeff Bouton - October 23, 2000 Normally, you find us reviewing the latest and greatest motherboards, video cards and hard drives. However, today we?ll look at a product that has made quite an impression on this tester, the Linksys PS2KVMSK ...
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Intel's Pentium 4 1.8GHz. Processor Yielding additional gains in performance By, Dave Altavilla July 2, 2001 You may have heard this before but as the old saying goes, "image is everything". When it comes to microprocessors, MHz./GHz. speeds are typically what draw a consumer to a product. At this stage of the...
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PC Expo 2001 New York Coverage! Big Technology In The Big Apple By, Dave Altavilla June 29, 2001 We here at HotHardware certainly don't get a chance to go to enough of the industry's major trade shows. That's why when one is actually held in our back yard, like this year's PC Expo, we show up there with bells on. Well, OK...
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The Romtec Trios RX-910T6 IDE Hard Drive Selector Something a Little Different By Jeff Bouton 7/05/2001 Working as a hardware reviewer can be both a rewarding and exciting experience. Where else can a person get regular exposure to the latest innovations in the technology world? ...
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OK folks! Listen up! We've got some great new breaking news for you here! Today we had a little chat with Brian Burke PR-SupaFly-Man of 3dfx! Check it... Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to speak with the us. We'll let you get back to more critical tasks ASAP. We Voodoo 3 Freaks wouldn't want to take you off the...
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The VSA-100 - Voodoo4 & 5 Dispelling The Myth A discussion with 3dfx Interactive Thanks for stopping by folks. Tonight, we decided to have a little chat with our friends at 3dfx Interactive, Brian Burke P.R. Manager and Peter Wicher, Director of Product Marketing. It seems there has been some fairly serious debate...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 So how is that for fan fare?! The good folks at 3dfx invited us to their Super-Top-Secret Technology Summit on Tuesday, July 27th. Several Webmasters and Technical Writers from various web sites were invited down to this exclusive little party inside the...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 Roadmaps and Miles Stones - The history and future of 3dfx Once upon a time, this little spin off / start-up out of Silicon Graphics, invented a great new 3D only graphics chip called Voodoo. -Yesterday Without getting into too much fairy tale...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 Hooray For Hollywood! No this isn't a Broadway show, this is the real deal. Or perhaps, depending on your perspective, the digitally animated artificial deal! :-) Regardless, 3dfx will bring to your PC these new features which will take your experience...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 Soft Shadows and Reflections Let's face it, the shadows that are drawn in today's games via today's hardware, are a little lame. Nowhere in nature does any object cast a shadow that is perfectly symmetrical, sharp or even squared off and boxy. Today's...
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The Abit Siluro MX Budget Video cards come of age... By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta November 28, 2000 During the last few years, the growth of the add-in video card market has been phenomenal. The chipsets powering these boards have been flying off production lines at a dizzying pace. One company, nVidia, has consistently...
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Abit's Siluro T400 / 64MB MX400 Gaming on a budget... By, Marco Chiappetta August 30, 2001 There has never been a better time to be a gamer. The CPU war between AMD and Intel has brought processor prices way down, and a slew of excellent video chipsets are available at virtually any price point. ATi's Radeon, STM's Kyro II and...
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The All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 3D, TV and the "Kitchen Sink" 5/31/00 - By, Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta Convergence... Anyone that?s been around PC?s has been hearing this word for quite some time. Since the first CD-Quality audio was available on the PC, industry pundits have been foretelling of the day when your PC will...
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ATI's Next Generation The Radeon 8500 and Radeon 7500 Review Untapped Power By Dave Altavilla 10/22/01 Once again we find...
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3/7/00 Introducing ATI's Next Generation Technology The ATI Charisma Engine and Pixel Tapestry Architecture Things are beginning to heat up for this years Game Developer's Conference. With only a day to go before the event, manufacturers are releasing the news on their latest technology in what seems like flood level proportion. ...
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A First Look AT The ATI Xpert 2000 Pro ATI?s Entry Level Speedster There are many different kinds of 3D accelerators out there, and not every one of them is meant to be the be-all-end-all of gaming. The sub-$1000 PC market and budget gamer market are HUGE right now. Within that market you?re not going to find DDR GeForces all over...
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4/24/00 ATI's Radeon - The Rage 6 Revealed! ATI?s Radeon 256 Preview 4/24/2000 By, Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta and Dave "Davo" Altavilla Spring is upon us and with the new season, usually comes the new product announcements from the major graphics hardware players. So far, 3dfx and nVidia (sort of) have given us...
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