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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 look!...
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Back in mid-June we took a look at the latest offering from Plextor, the PX-712A. This drive boasted 12X DVD+R write speeds and maintained the same level of quality we've come to expect from Plextor. For years, Plextor has been in the optical drive business and for most of that time they've been the one company all others can be...
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Good evening friends, welcome to HH. The news trend from this morning has continued throughout the afternoon and we have quite a variety on tap for you tonight. Whether you want hardware suitable for Doom3 or info on an entry level upgrade, we have you covered. Pull up a chair and settle in, here is...
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A few years back, if you wanted the best of DVD playback and CD burning, you had to buy separate drives for each task. With the advent of combo drives hitting the mainstream market, however, users can now get top-notch CD and DVD performance from a single optical device. MSI's XA52P for example, reads DVD-ROM discs at 16x, writes...
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Good evening friends, glad to see you are back. My buddy and I decided to hit the local computer store after work to pickup a few totally unneeded accessories. Personally, I was on the hunt for a new CPU Cooler for my AMD rig. In the end I decided upon Zalman's CNPS7000-Cu. Though it is not the best for overclocking,...
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Greetings HotHardware Fans! Can you believe it's already Wednesday? Those long weekends really throw me for a loop! They make it seem like the week is just flying by. Then again, when you've got a pile of hardware to test, stacked from floor to ceiling, there never seems to be enough hours in the day! But that's...
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Good evening folks! Thankfully, I have completely recovered from this weekend's festivities (my girl threw me an awesome surprise party for my birthday), and decided to stop in for a quick shot of news. Most of the action today was dominated by NVIDIA's SLI announcement and Intel's Nacona news, but there were some other goodies...
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Greetings HotHardware fans! We've just posted a review of Plextor's latest DVD / CD burner, the PX-712A. This drive is capable of burning DVDs at speeds up to 12X and it can burn CDs at speeds up to 48X. It's got some other unique features as well, click here and check it out......
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For years Plextor has set the standard for optical drives in both quality and features, being the first to bring major innovations to market on a number of occasions. These days, the competition fierce, with cheaper offerings available that can compete on the same performance level as slightly more expensive Plextor products. However, what...
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Good morning all. Time for some morning reading courtesy of your good friends at HotHardware. JeffB checkin' in with the latest news floating around the hardware world. Got a decent selection waiting for me in my mailbox this AM, so let's not waste any time! Aristec Accent HT-400b HTPC Case Review at htpcnews.com: "As...
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Good morning friends, how is everyone doing? Things around the Canadian portion of the HH labs have been fairly mundane so far today. Between applying a few Ghost Images and taking a few pictures for a review, I think the coffee machine has been doing the brunt of the work ;) Nonetheless, let's take...
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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 couple of new 5900 XTs on the bench, Jeff's been...
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We've taken a look at quite a few dual format DVD burners over the last few months, and found some to be better than others for various reasons. Most, if not all, of the drives we've reviewed shined in one area, but were lacking in another. Whether it be slower CD-R burning speeds, lack of options, or slow access times, we keep pressing...
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Good morning gang. There is some good happening going on with some news out of Computex and DVD and Athlon64 lovin. So without further delay, here is your morning news: The Guys at Hardwarezoom.com got the chance to tour the ABIT manufacturing facility in Taiwan: "Wonder how Abit did their motherboard testing? Want to know...
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Good morning friends, I am glad to see you are back :) Sorry about the late start this morning, I had to make a quick run to the local computer store for some supplies. Last night my GF decided she wanted to rearrange the bedroom, and of course the Ethernet cable that was hooked up her computer fell about...
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Good morning all. It's that time again where we bring you some morning news from the PC hardware world. The weekend is fast approaching, so let's get to it and then let the relaxing begin! Foxconn 755A01-6EKRS Athlon64 Motherboard (SiS 755) review @ hardCOREware.net: "If you have owned a computer in...
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Good morning all. It looks like this week has shaped up to be quite a busy one. The hardware news has been developing all week long and today is no different. There's good stuff going on, so let's get down to business: VIA Reveals Details of Next Generation C5J Esther Processor Core With...
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Good morning gang, JeffB stopping by with your morning news update. While Marco is fighting off a bug, or possibly an overdose of pollen, I have a dilemma of a different kind. I took a ride to Top Sail Island off the coast of NC yesterday and didn't bring the sunblock. After walking along the beach for several hours without...
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Good morning everyone :) I am going to have to cut the banter to a minimum this AM, things in my life have turned out to be a lot crazier then I had expected. Nevertheless, here is some juice... Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATA HDD @ Bytesector "Seagate is the lesser known of the three major companies...
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The Artec Dual DVD±R/RW DriveA Quality DVD±R/RW for Less By,Jeff BoutonMarch 17, 2004 When it comes to CD and DVD writers, the market is filled with quality models from a wide array...
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ASUS DRW-0402P/D DVD±R/RW Drive Review High Capacity on a Budget By Chris Angelini January 28, 2004 It's hard to believe that the very first DVD writers were priced in the neighborhood of $16,000, especially considering the current landscape of low-cost optical hardware. There's still a market...
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The Plextor PX-708A 8x DVD±R/RW Drive Plextor fulfills the need for speed! By Robert Maloney December 28th, 2003 When it comes to optical drives, one brand that folks have turned to time and time again, for reliability and performance, would be Plextor. We have had our looks at many a CD-RW drive and even a few 4X DVD burners...
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