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Mark's PC Hardware / Reviews Blog December 2003 Archive

By Mark Kyrnin, About.com Guide to PC Hardware / Reviews since 2002

Net Reviews: Huge Video Card Comparison

Tuesday December 30, 2003
The video graphics card market has one of the largest variety of manufacturers and components available. This can make picking the right video card quite difficult. Tom's Hardware tries to ... Read More

Post Holiday Hardware Blues

Monday December 29, 2003
The holidays are winding down and a new year is about to begin. Time to start using all those new computer gifts from the holidays, but for some reason or ... Read More

Net Reviews: AMD Athlon64 3000+

Monday December 22, 2003
It has been some time since AMD released its first Athlon64 processors, but due to their high prices few people have been rushing out to buy this latest processor. To ... Read More

Net Reviews: Case Comparison

Friday December 19, 2003
The holidays are rapidly approaching and the Net is being flooded with all the last minute reviews. Tom's Hardware has a Comparison of 23 Cases. If you are in the ... Read More

Net Reviews: IBM ThinkPad T40

Wednesday December 17, 2003
Corporate notebook computers are a hugely competitive market segment for PC manufacturers. Ars Technica takes a look at the very popular IBM ThinkPad T40. This is probably one of the ... Read More

Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB

Tuesday December 16, 2003
With the release of the latest 9800XT graphics processor by ATI, prices have begun to fall on the older Radeon 9800 Pro based cards. Today I take a look at ... Read More

Net Reviews: Comparison of 8 DVD+/-RW Drives

Monday December 15, 2003
It was a very busy holiday weekend for reviews posted on the Net. The most noteworthy of them is a Comparison of Eight Multiformat DVD Recorders from Anandtech. This includes ... Read More

Crucial Holiday Crunch Sale

Friday December 12, 2003
Crucial has just started their Holiday Crunch Sale. The terms of the sale are fairly straight forward. Make any purchase of $100 or more, and receive a coupon for $10 ... Read More

Best Performance Systems

Friday December 12, 2003
Performance computing is one of the hottest segments for computer manufacturers. PC Gaming and the rise of digital video editing has pushed the limits of performance of consumer PCs. With ... Read More

Voodoo PC Doll SFF

Friday December 12, 2003
Small form factor systems are the biggest trend currently in the enthusiast market. Today we round out the performance desktop reviews with the Voodoo PC Doll SFF. This is ... Read More

Voodoo PC Rage F:1

Thursday December 11, 2003
Have lots of money? Want to show off this fact by having a very stylish and good performance computer system? If so, you will probably want to take a look ... Read More

Velocity Micro Raptor 64 Special Edition

Thursday December 11, 2003
Velocity Micro is not one of the more well known names for performance desktop computers systems. Today we look at the Velocity Micro Raptor 64 Special Edition to see just ... Read More

Promotions: $700 Savings on ThinkPad X31 Bundle

Thursday December 11, 2003
IBM's ThinkPad X31 has been rated as one of the best ultraportable laptop computers on the market by a number of sources including myself. Now shoppers have a chance to ... Read More

Gateway 700GX

Wednesday December 10, 2003
Looking just at the case of the Gateway gaming desktop computers, there is no apparent differences. Gateway has opted to modify its existing systems rather than designing new ones for ... Read More

Falcon Northwest FragBox Pro

Wednesday December 10, 2003
Small form factor PCs have become a huge trend for PC gamers attending LAN parties. More and more manufacturers are joining this market with new systems geared towards these individuals. ... Read More

Net Reviews: Sony DRU-530A 8X DVD Burner

Wednesday December 10, 2003
There has been a lot of media coverage about the Plextor PX-708A because it was the first multi-format DVD player to feature 8x recording speeds for DVD+R media. Extreme Tech ... Read More

Falcon Northwest Mach V

Tuesday December 9, 2003
Falcon Northwest has been a manufacturer of high-performance desktop PC systems for many years now. Their Mach V desktop system has been selected as one of the best systems available. ... Read More

Dell Dimension XPS

Tuesday December 9, 2003
Six months ago, Dell broke into the performance gaming desktop arena with their new Dimension XPS system. A lot has changed in the high-end computing market since that time. As ... Read More

Compaq X09 Gaming PC

Monday December 8, 2003
Compaq is new to the performance desktop market. They are following Dell's lead with the release of the Compaq X09 Gaming PC. This is really a test of the market ... Read More

Alienware Aurora Extreme

Monday December 8, 2003
This week on the PC Hardware / Reviews site, the focus will be on performance desktop computer systems. Starting off the week is a review of the Alienware Aurora Extreme. ... Read More

Net Reviews: Antec P160 Case

Monday December 8, 2003
Antec has been a big name in the PC case market for some time now. Their Sonata case was well received by many people, but there was room for improvement ... Read More

Net Reviews: Fujitsu LifeBook 5020

Friday December 5, 2003
Ultraportable computing has come a long way in the past few years. Previously, features such as optical drives had to be sacrificed in order to reduce the size and space. ... Read More

Promotions: Free Digital Camera from Gateway

Thursday December 4, 2003
A few weeks ago, Dell was giving away a free digital camera with system purchase. Well, this week Gateway has announced a Free Gateway T20 Digital Camera with purchase of ... Read More

Net Reviews: Gateway FPD19 19" LCD Monitor

Wednesday December 3, 2003
Many people who buy computer systems tend to buy monitors from the same manufacturer, but finding reviews on monitors is difficult. It is even harder when the monitor is from ... Read More

Net Reviews: Plextor PX708A DVD+/-RW

Monday December 1, 2003
DVD burners are a very popular item this holiday season. With the prices dropping rapidly, creating DVDs is now more accesible than ever. Over the long holiday weekend, Club Overclocker ... Read More

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