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Mark's PC Hardware / Reviews Blog July 2007 Archive

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Vista and 4GB of Memory

Monday July 30, 2007
Image Courtesy Microsoft® Vista has a number of upgrade over the previous XP operating system. One of the drawbacks to these features is the need for more memory. Where once 1GB ... Read More

Week in Reviews: 7-28-2007

Saturday July 28, 2007
Even though AMD released the Radeon 2400 and 2600 graphics processors several weeks ago, actual product available to consumers based on them have been difficult to find. Finally those products ... Read More

Voodoo's Gaming Envy

Thursday July 26, 2007
Image Courtesy Voodoo PC Voodoo PC has specialized in making high quality gaming centric computer systems for many years. What really sets them apart from other companies is their wide range ... Read More

Toshiba's New Gaming Notebook

Wednesday July 25, 2007
Image Courtesy Toshiba It wasn't that long ago that Toshiba released its Satellite P100 series gaming notebooks to the world. Just several months later, Toshiba has now release the new Satellite ... Read More

Sony's General Purpose Desktop Replacement Notebook

Tuesday July 24, 2007
Image Courtesy Sony Inc. Most companies tend to make their desktop replacement notebooks specialized in some way. This could be a system that is geared toward a mobile home theater setup, ... Read More

Hypersonic PC Aviator MT7 Gaming Notebook

Monday July 23, 2007
Image Courtesy Hypersonic PC Hypersonic PC is one of those systems integrators that specializes in making personal computers for those interested in PC gaming. PC gaming and notebooks don't go together ... Read More

Week in Reviews: 7-21-2007

Saturday July 21, 2007
The big hardware news of the week was on yet another Intel processor release. In just a couple of weeks, consumers should be able to get their hands on the ... Read More

Back to School PCs

Friday July 20, 2007
Summers seem to get shorter every year. We are not that far into the summer and already the retailers back to school specials are starting again. Some of this is ... Read More

HP's Newest Pavilion Desktop Replacement

Thursday July 19, 2007
Image Courtesy HP Inc. Many companies are rebuilding their notebook lineups because of Intel's new Centrino Duo chipset. HP has begun this process with their 17" desktop replacement notebook lineup. Side ... Read More

Falcon Northwest's Extreme Desktop Replacement

Wednesday July 18, 2007
Image Courtesy Falcon Northwest Falcon Northwest is probably best known for their Mach V desktop gaming computer system. They have made many attempts to produce gaming notebook computer systems, but they ... Read More

Dell's Colorful New Desktop Replacement

Tuesday July 17, 2007
Image Courtesy Dell Inc. Dell has experimented with color in their notebook computers in the past. This really involved a few interchangable plastic color panels that could sit in the wrist ... Read More

Alienware's Latest Gaming Notebook

Monday July 16, 2007
Image Courtesy Alienware Desktop replacement notebooks have long been the bastion of the mobile PC gamer. Their larger sizes allow them to fit in more powerful components and additional features. Alienware ... Read More

Week in Reviews 7-14-2007

Saturday July 14, 2007
Last week's reviews focused heavily on PC cooling products. This week there was a shift of coverage. Sure, there were still a good number of cooling products, but power supply ... Read More

Week in Reviews: 7-7-2007

Saturday July 7, 2007
The heat in the western part of the US is climbing to record levels and more than few friends of mine are having issues with computers because of it. Heat ... Read More

Memory Upgrades

Thursday July 5, 2007
Image Courtesy Mark Kyrnin One of the of the easiest method of upgrading an existing computer system is through increasing the amount of RAM that it has. In fact, this can ... Read More

Desktop PC Motherboards

Tuesday July 3, 2007
Image Courtesy Mark Kyrnin When putting together a desktop personal computer system, one of the most critical choices to be made is what motherboard to use. This is the backbone of ... Read More

What Type of Case Should a PC Use?

Monday July 2, 2007
Image Courtesy Mark Kyrnin These days, a computer system can reside in pretty much anything ranging from a cardboard box to one even made from duct tape. While each of those ... Read More
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