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    which one I should buy? between Ivy Bridge and Trinity

    Hello Thank you very much everyone. My intention is I'm going to play offline games with the highest graphic but resolution might be only 1280 x 800 or 1920 x 1080 and fsaa off. So, I'm thinking about 1. Core i5 3570k ($250) + Radeon HD 7850, total500 - 510usd 2. Trinity (roughly $120) +...
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    which one I should buy? between Ivy Bridge and Trinity

    Hi, I want to buy a new desktop. Mostly I will use it for surf internet and play game. I notice that Trinity will be out somewhere during August. My question is if I have budget about 500usd for cpu + vga. Which one has better performance between Core i5 3770 (250usd and 250usd for vga)...
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    What's the best micro A75 mobo?

    Hello, anybody know where I can find the round up review the best of A 75 mobo? as far as I knew GA-A75M-UD2H is interesting. But I do not sure Asrock and Asus or MSI offer better value / performance or not. Any suggestion please.
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    Sapphire Announces the First Fusion APU Motherboard

    Asus board seems to be the best. However, we do not know exactly how much is it. Currently, INTEL ATOM D510MO BOX around ~$80. Even it look good and have a lot of cool feature but if it is expensive, I will looking for something else instead. I hope Asus board price less than $120.
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    Sharkoon Introduces 3.5-inch SATA Enclosure with USB 3.0 Interface

    It is possible to have an enclosure with both e-SATA III and usb3.0 together? I never see any enclosure support both interface.
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    Thermaltake Announces BlacX 5G USB 3.0 HDD/SSD Dock

    I used Thermaltake Blax 1st gen and yes it compatible both 2.5" and 3.5" hard disk. for me, I do not like this new one because I certainly sure that Thermaltake will release the new Blax usb3.0 dual slot definitely somewhere in maybe a few month. moreover, this model does not support e-SATA...
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    Which brands will you (never) buy again?

    iCute - Stay away from this brand!!. No support at all. All response is.. "we are busy for Computex 2009..." what's that ?? I understand Computex is important but iCute should have someone to support customers. I purchase iCute iBox and iCute PSU (Titanium). iCute iBox is a small mini-ATX...
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    Acer Launches Aspire easyStore Home Server

    what's the mainboard of this platform? As far as I knew, atom 230 on D945GCLF packed with a ICH7 and ICH7 do not support eSATA. Next, there are only 2 sATA on D945GCLF as well. I'm so curious what is this platform?
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    What's the most shortest 80+ PSU?

    Hello I want to know are there any 80+ certified PSU which shorter than 15cm? (PC Power and Cooling, iCute Titanium are 15cm). The problem is I just purchased use iCute iBox case last two weeks. Unfortunately, it was bad designed and it incompatible with.. mostly PSU in the market. I mean if...
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    Help me choose PSU for Intel Atom330

    Thank you very much for every reply. However, I cannot found any good low watt efficient PSU (300 - 350watt) for my new Atom330 yet. I research for a while and pick good PSU I like. Please see below; 1. PC Power and Cooling: Silencer 370 ATX -- $61.47...
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    Help me choose PSU for Intel Atom330

    I want to build a new pc. Main objective is surf internet, chat and p2p. Maybe leave it operate 24x7 for upload a file. So, I want a lightweight, energy saving machine. As far as I research the rough specification is below; Mainboard: Intel D945GCLF2 (Micro ATX) CPU: Intel Atom330 Ram: DDR2...
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    NVIDIA Ion Platform Energizes Atom Into A Premium PC Experience

    Will Nvidia make it by themselves or sold as a reference board/chipset like their own GPU?
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    NVIDIA's Atom Chipset Supports SLI

    I do not care about SLI much but I like the idea that Atom support more than 1 harddisk. I expect to replace my desktop in nearly future and Atom is very fit my need. Currently, Intel Atom mobo support only 1 harddisk which it is not sufficient for me.
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    Seagate Lowers Warranty Period from 5 to 3 Years on Some Desktop Hard Drives

    I think Seagate maybe face some problem for now. I notice that Seagate had not been release new Barracuda harddisk for a while. (There are only 15k enterprise harddisk and new FreeAgent model out there in 2008.) I still waiting for Seagate ES.3 (which should have anything improve i.e. faster...
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    XFX Releases Intel G31-based XG31i Motherboard

    which CPU fit for G31? Is it for Atom330 ?? I think my next pc is Atom330. It can handle everything I need.
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