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Mark's PC Hardware / Reviews Blog July 2003 Archive

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Promotions: IBM ThinkPad T40 Deal

Thursday July 31, 2003
IBM has a great offer running on their popular ThinkPad T40. From now until August 4th, IBM is offering $300 off the price of a new IBM ThinkPad T40 system. ... Read More

Net Reviews: Antec Sonata

Thursday July 31, 2003
Noise has become a fact of life for desktop computer systems. With all the heat generated by the computers, a wide range of fans are needed to properly cool it ... Read More

Net Reviews: Shuttle SN45G XPC Review

Wednesday July 30, 2003
Shuttle has been the leader in small form factor PCs. Today, HardOCP has a review of the latest Shuttle SN45G XPC SFF. This is a small form factor system based ... Read More

Net Reviews: Comparison of 8 i875P Boards

Monday July 28, 2003
It was a very busy weekend for PC hardware reviews from around the net. ExtremeTech posted a very comprehensive Comparison of 8 Intel i875P Boards. Of course, the only real ... Read More

Optimal Memory Configurations for i875P/i865PE

Monday July 28, 2003
Anadtech has put together a very well written article entitled Searching for the Memory Holy Grail.. The article examines all the various possible memory configurations using single channel, dual channel, ... Read More

Back to School PCs

Saturday July 26, 2003
The summer is more than half over and in less than a month, many students will be returning back to their schools. Regardless of where they are going, computers are ... Read More

Net Reviews: Three GeForceFX 5900 Ultras

Friday July 25, 2003
Shortly after the release of the ill-fated GeForceFX 5800 product, NVIDIA announced its replacement 5900 that corrected many of the problems. Only several months after the announcement have actual products ... Read More

Net Reviews: Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro

Thursday July 24, 2003
Many people know Crucial as a company that sells computer memory products, but they have also become a big ATI OEM video card supplier. PC Stats has a review of ... Read More

Promotions: Gateway Deals

Thursday July 24, 2003
Gateway has begun its push for the back to school specials by discounting two of its low cost computer systems. First up, they are offering a $200 discount on ... Read More

Net Reviews: Ahanix Iceberg II Water Cooling Kit

Wednesday July 23, 2003
Water cooling is beginning to gain more acceptence in the PC hardware market, but many people are still reluctant to use it. Gruntville today has a review of the Ahanix ... Read More

Net Reviews: Ultimate Thermal Compounds Comparison

Tuesday July 22, 2003
Recently I wrote an article about thermal compounds and a review of the Arctic Silver Ceramique thermal paste. It seems that thermal compounds are a fairly big topic right now. ... Read More

Net Reviews: Comparison of 17" LCD Monitors

Monday July 21, 2003
LCD monitors are really starting to become popular over the traditional CRT displays. But finding the right monitor is difficult because the companies report the specifications in very different ways. ... Read More

Updated Desktop Replacement Top Picks

Sunday July 20, 2003
Over the past week I have been posting a series of reviews for desktop replacement portable computers. Now that I've completed all the reviews for the category, I've updated my ... Read More

WinBook J4 Review

Saturday July 19, 2003
The final review to round out this week's focus on desktop replacements is the WinBook J4. This is the versatile configuration desktop replacement system from WinBook. System prices range from ... Read More

Voodoo Envy M:600 Review

Saturday July 19, 2003
Voodoo PC is a Canadian manufacturing company that specializes in systems for the PC gaming enthusiast market. The Voodoo Envy M:600 is not their top of the line notebook system, ... Read More

Net Reviews: Lian-Li Aquarium Side Panel

Friday July 18, 2003
Lian-Li aluminum cases have been very popular over the last few years with enthusiasts. Unfortunately, their cases tend to have a very static and plain brushed aluminum finish look which ... Read More

Toshiba Satellite P25-S507 Review

Friday July 18, 2003
Apple may have been the first company to release a laptop computer with a 17" LCD display, but Toshiba is the first to release one based on the PC platform. ... Read More

Sony VAIO PCG-GRT170 Review

Friday July 18, 2003
Sony has become one of the big players in the laptop computer industry with their VAIO line of portables. Today we look at the Sony VAIO PCG-GRT170 desktop replacement notebook ... Read More

Net Reviews: Falcon Northwest Fragbox

Thursday July 17, 2003
Small form factor PCs have become very popular in the enthusiast market. Now some of the top PC ethusiast manufacturers are starting to incorporate the small form factor systems into ... Read More

MPC TransPort X1000 Review

Thursday July 17, 2003
Today's second desktop replacement review is the MPC TransPort X1000. Formerly known as Micron Computers, it has new ownership and has been renamed to MPC. The specifications on the TransPort ... Read More

IBM ThinkPad G40 Review

Thursday July 17, 2003
Today's first desktop replacement notebook review is of the new IBM ThinkPad G40. The system was designed as a replacement for the venerable A30 line of notebooks. It ... Read More

Winbook Manager's Special

Thursday July 17, 2003
WinBook is a manufacturer that has been known for its notebook computer systems for some time, but they have started building desktop computer systems. They have recently announced some Manager's ... Read More

Net Reviews: Voodoo PC Envy M:355

Wednesday July 16, 2003
Have lots of money to spare? Want a great portable notebook computer that can play all the latest 3D video games? If so, you probably will want to check out ... Read More

HP Pavilion ze5470us Review

Wednesday July 16, 2003
Since the merger of HP and Compaq, their lines of computer systems still remain seperated rather than combining them. Today we have posted the review of the HP Pavilion ze5470us ... Read More

Gateway 600S Review

Wednesday July 16, 2003
Gateway has recently started to expand their business into the world of consumer electronics, but that doesn't mean they have stopped producing computers. Today we have a review of the ... Read More

Fujitsu LifeBook N3010 Review

Tuesday July 15, 2003
The second desktop replacement system review for today is the Fujitsu LifeBook N3010. Fujitsu is not a very well known name in the US market for laptop computers, but that ... Read More

Dell Inspiron 8500 Review

Tuesday July 15, 2003
The first of today's desktop replacement reviews is the Dell Inspiron 8500. This is a very unique system because it offers a wide-aspect ratio LCD display. Of course the large ... Read More

Net Reviews: Exotic Woods Cases

Tuesday July 15, 2003
For those of you looking for a truly unique case for your computer PC, have you every considered getting a case made of wood? Virtual-Hideout has a review of the ... Read More

Net Reviews: Dell Dimension 2400

Monday July 14, 2003
With the back to school shopping season starting to kick off, all of the computer manufacturers start to trot out deals on low cost systems. CNet has a review of ... Read More

Compaq/HP Presario 3070us Review

Monday July 14, 2003
Rounding out today's desktop replacement reviews is the Compaq/HP Presario 3070us laptop computer system. This system features a very large 16" LCD display system and a large 80 GB hard ... Read More

Alienware Area-51m Review

Monday July 14, 2003
The second review for this week on desktop replacements is the Alienware Area-51m mobile gaming system. This is one large and hefty desktop replacement system at 9.6 pounds but it ... Read More

Acer TravelMate 653LCi Review

Monday July 14, 2003
All this week I will be focusing on various desktop replacement notebook systems culminating in my updated list of top desktop replacement systems. The first review for this is on ... Read More

Arctic Silver Ceramique Review

Sunday July 13, 2003
Arctic Silver is one of the best known brands for high performance thermal compounds in the PC market. Their Silver III compound is widely used by many overclockers and considered ... Read More

Thermal Compounds

Sunday July 13, 2003
Heat is a tremendous problem for computer systems these days. While many people may be aware of things such as a processor heatsink exists to try and cool down a ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/11/03)

Friday July 11, 2003
It is hard to find many reviews of monitors on the net, so I think it is important to try and highlight them when they do show up. NewsWare ... Read More

HP Back to School Rebate

Thursday July 10, 2003
HP is the first of the companies to target the back to school sales with their new rebate program. This offer provides $50 mail-in rebate with the purchase of a ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/10/03)

Thursday July 10, 2003
Yesterday a review of a very expensive 23" Sony LCD monitor was posted on the net, but today a review of the more reasonably priced Sony SDM-HS73 17" LCD can ... Read More

PC Magazine Annual Satisfaction Survey

Thursday July 10, 2003
PC Magazine has released the results of their latestest customer service and reliability survey. Every year they send a survey out to their subscribers to rate the computer systems ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/9/03)

Wednesday July 9, 2003
If you are looking for a new desktop and have a lot of money to spare, check out the review of the Alienware Area-51 from PC Magazine. This system has ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/8/03)

Tuesday July 8, 2003
The big review of the day has to be the Comparison of 24 i865/i875 Motherboards by Tom's Hardware. This very detailed review looks at all the major boards available ... Read More

Updated Intel Pentium 4 Motherboards Top Picks

Monday July 7, 2003
Since the release of the Caterwood (i875) and Springdale (i865) chipsets for the Intel Pentium 4 processors, there has been a lot of confusion. In particular the aspect of the ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/7/03)

Monday July 7, 2003
It seems that the reviewers around the net used the 4th holiday weekend to catch up on hardware reviews, particularly motherboard reviews. The most interesting of the motherboard reviews ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/3/03)

Thursday July 3, 2003
Lots of reviews for a mid-week posting. It's likely the result of the upcoming holiday weekend though. Are you possibly looking at getting an ultraportable system but don't want to ... Read More

Updated Promotions

Thursday July 3, 2003
July marks a new fiscal quarter for the computer manufacturers and a large number of offers have expired. A number of new offers is available to fill the void of ... Read More

Updated SFF Top Picks

Wednesday July 2, 2003
My original posting of the top 5 small form factor barebone kits was over 6 months old and a lot has changed in the market. As a result, I ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/2/03)

Wednesday July 2, 2003
Sound card innovations and sales have been steadily declining in the PC market. A lot of that has to do with the inclusion of audio solutions on the motherboard. ... Read More

GeForceFX 5900 Available July 4th

Wednesday July 2, 2003
NVIDIA has proclaimed on their front page that their latest GeForceFX 5900 based video cards will be available beginning on July 4th. Interesting way to announce it as they ... Read More

Latest Net Reviews (7/1/03)

Tuesday July 1, 2003
Cases, cooling and motherboards dominate the list of reviews from the net today. Anandtech has posted the first known review on the net of a VIA KT600 based motherboard. ... Read More
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