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  1. Rob Williams

    ASUS EeeTop PC ET1602 Touchscreen PC

    All-in-one PCs aren't new, but an affordable one equipped with a touchscreen is. That's exactly what ASUS delivers with their EeeTop PC, a 15.6-inch offering designed to give you a new way to use your computer, while living up to the standards that the Eee brand has become for. While it lacks...
  2. Rob Williams

    HUE HD Webcam

    I'd recommend testing the borked ones on another PC, to see if it's a driver issue or if they are really dead. There might be a reason the company no longer exists, though.
  3. Rob Williams

    ATI Radeon HD 4890 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

    Bogeyman: If you have the room, I REALLY recommend a 24" monitor, since gaming is totally sweet on them. They aren't even that expensive anymore. I helped a friend build a PC this past November and he scored a nice Samsung for around $300... and trust me, the extra money is worth it. Also, if...
  4. Rob Williams

    Ratpadz XT

    Whoa, eight years is impressive :-) I'm still using mine as well on our benchmarking PC... it still looks new!
  5. Rob Williams

    Should we consider RAM content?

    When DDR and DDR2 were at their prime, we posted reviews around memory kits often. The real meat of those articles focused on overclocking, because back then, faster memory could actually be utilized to some extent. Then with the advent of DDR3, frequencies have hit unbelievable heights and...
  6. Rob Williams

    Mac OSX can't handle the speed of high-end SSDs?

    That article was kind of difficult to follow... I wasn't sure whether it was the Journaled file system to blame for the S-ATA driver, but it seems to be more the latter than the former. I'd assume that a Journaled FS would have some sort of performance hit, but I'd be doubtful that it'd be...
  7. Rob Williams

    Tip: Don't review leaked movies...

    I disagree. Imagine the flack that Fox would be facing had they NOT fired him. It's their movie, so if they just let it slide, they'd essentially be saying that it's fine to download it pre-release, and who knows, maybe they'd feel the same about all of their other movies. Obviously that's not...
  8. Rob Williams

    Cooler Master Storm Scout Mid-Tower

    Ugh, man. There WAS a rating graphic, but it looks like I wiped it out with that issue of overwriting it. Guess I didn't actually save that in there. I'll add it, thanks. I agree though, I like the style of the Sniper better, but if I was a huge LAN gamer, the Scout is an amazing chassis.
  9. Rob Williams

    Cooler Master Storm Scout Mid-Tower

    Oh boy... hopefully this is easy to fix. Edit: Simple mistake, but a dumb one. Thanks guys :o
  10. Rob Williams

    Gaming PC - on a Budget!

    I agree with Kougar on his choices... both would be solid replacements. Note that the CPU you linked to is actually the Q8200, but it's still a fine CPU. If you don't mind overclocking, you could hit 3.0GHz on it no problem, without any real risk. Chassis' aren't a good one for me. It's really...
  11. Rob Williams

    Cooler Master Storm Scout Mid-Tower

    Cooler Master impressed us greatly with their first "Storm" chassis, the Sniper, and we're happy to report that their follow-up, the mid-tower Scout, is yet another winner. Like the Sniper, the Scout has features directly targeted towards LAN gamers, has great cooling abilities, runs quiet, and...
  12. Rob Williams

    ATI Catalyst 9.4 Brings Bug Fixes, Improved OverDrive Tool

    From our front-page news: It hasn't even been a full month since we saw the release of the Catalyst 9.3 driver, but here we are with 9.4. Given the short time-frame between each release, this one isn't filled to the brim with new features, but there are a few things to point out. First is the...
  13. Rob Williams

    Fusion-io scores new round of funding

    In case you were wondering if Fusion-io was going to be around for a while... the answer is yes. The company has just scored a new round of funding, and also a new CEO. They plan to use the Series B funding to amp up production and also to focus on upcoming products...
  14. Rob Williams

    AMD disses Nehalem

    With a title like "AMD hits back at Intel's Nehalem", how could I resist reading? Given that Nehalem has proved not only successful, but faster than AMD's top processors, it's a little strange to see AMD talking down about it, rather than creating a product that does more than force a pricing...
  15. Rob Williams

    Tip: Don't review leaked movies...

    You hear that the Wolverine movie has been leaked to pirate networks... and you go and download it. You write for the popular news site FoxNews.com. What do you do? Well, you review what you downloaded, of course. I mean, what repercussions could there possibly be...
  16. Rob Williams

    Intel Celebrates 1-Year of Atom, Announces New Models

    From our front-page news: During Intel's one-day Developer Forum in Beijing, the company celebrated the one-year anniversary of their Atom processor, while also announcing new models and other products. In a keynote given by Anand Chandrasekher, the Senior VP and General Manager of the Ultra...
  17. Rob Williams

    Cooler Master Storm Sniper Mid-Tower

    Cooler Master is well-known for their creation of high-quality products, but things are taken to the next level with their new CM Storm brand. Their first product here is the mid-tower Sniper, and what a chassis this is! In addition to offering features specific to LAN gamers, the overall...
  18. Rob Williams

    Acer Announces First ION-based System, AspireRevo

    From our front-page news:At January's CES, NVIDIA impressed us so much with their ION platform, that we awarded it one of our Best of awards. Since that time though, the company has been rather quiet with regards to how ION was progressing, and the excitement was beginning to fade as no...
  19. Rob Williams

    Even With Windows 7, Consumers Can Downgrade to XP

    From our front-page news: When Microsoft launched Windows Vista, it became clear fairly quickly that it wasn't going to unseat Windows XP as the dominate OS. Over two years later, that's still the case, and nothing's going to change. Because of how things have played out, Microsoft has extended...
  20. Rob Williams

    ASUS Xonar Essence STX

    I agree... I loved this review. I'll let Rory speak for any follow-up content though, because his time is of the "essence" (see what I did there?) lately, so he might be unable to take a look at another card in the near-future.
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