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HP ZR30w
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 “The HP ZR30w is a 30-inch widescreen LCD dis play that's huge in screen space, but also has some really good performance, including great brightness. However, rather frustratingly, HP decided to leave out an onscreen display (OSD) menu with this monitor, which severely limits the adjustments that users can make.”
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Dell Inspiron One 2310 Desktop
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"On our test bench today is one of the first samples of Dell's Inspiron One range. With a 23" multi-touch screen, Core i5 CPU, Radeon graphics and Blu-Ray we have an impressive system on paper. We will be putting the Inspiron One through a selection of real world tests which include touch screen gaming (StarCraft 2), media conversion and Blu-Ray playback. Videos of the system in action will of course also be available."
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HP Pavilion dm1z
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“AMD's newest line of Fusion CPUs have landed inside one of HP's newest laptops: the Pavilion dm1z. This 11.6-inch laptop has fantastic battery life, excellent performance ratings and a really sleek design. The screen has an HD resolution and the memory is expandable to 8GB, which is huge for a laptop of this size.”
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Serenity i7 Sandy Bridge PC
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Time flies in the tech world. Blink, turn your head for a moment, and today's greatest technology is yesterday's news. So it is with the Serenity PC, SPCR Edition. The previous version turned out to be the quietest computer system we have ever reviewed or even laid our hands on, and probably quieter than any PC will ever be, short of one with no moving parts and zero electronic noise. Another 3.5 months later, the latest version of the Puget Serenity with Sandy Bridge, SPCR Edition, is here.
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Dell XPS 17
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“The Dell XPS 17 is a powerhouse of a laptop with a 17-inch display, a quad-core Intel Core i7 740QM CPU, 6GB of RAM and a discrete Nvidia graphics card with 3GB of video memory. While rather on the pricey side, you do get a lot, including a Blu-ray drive and two 500GB hard drives for lots of storage.”
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How to build a £600 Gaming PC
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Can you build a modern gaming rig for around £600? That's the question we posed, and you'll be surprised at the answer.
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Gateway One ZX4300
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“The Gateway One ZX4300 is a touch screen all-in-one PC that has a 20-inch widescreen display. It has a AMD Athlon II X2 235e CPU with 4GB of RAM. It has some great performance, but has a limited port selection.”
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Innergie mCube Mini Review
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"There's nothing more annoying than your various electrical devices running out of power when you're travelling somewhere, except having to buy a lot of different adaptors to keep everything charged. Enter the Innergie mCube Mini, it comes with adaptors for a range of device brands and a plug so you can use it on airplanes. Sounds handy right? Lets see how it does."
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Antec ISK100 Mini-ITX Desktop / HTPC Chassis
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With the recent purchase of a new Samsung TV for my living room, I took the Thermaltake Element Q and set the ZOTAC board to work on a more daily basis in my HTPC setup. As time went on, I realized I was streaming a lot of the movies from the router and had little use for the optical drive I had installed. The second thing that I came to notice was that the onboard video was more than capable of running my TV, so I could ditch the VGA and lessen the electrical draw. This left me wanting another chassis to try out in my HTPC setup that was built more to my new found needs.
Antec has developed the newer line of cases called the ISK series. There are a few chassis' in the lineup that offer various features and a range of sizes. Today we are going to take a look at the smallest chassis in that lineup, and it just so happens that this chassis is a better fit to my own personal needs as well. The chassis in question is the ISK100 and we are going to be taking a good look at it today. Join me in seeing just what the ISK offers and just how much Antec packed into this Mini-ITX chassis."
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V3 Avenger Core i7 930 Gaming Desktop PC
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"Lomita, California-based V3 Gaming is a new boutique builder on the block. Founded in 2010 by a team of industry veterans (some of whom worked at now-defunct boutique Vigor PC), the company focuses on high-performance machines for the enthusiast market using the latest and greatest hardware available.
For this review, V3 set us up with the Avenger; a full-on 3D capable machine running a trio of ZOTAC GTX 480s and using NVIDIA's 3D Vision system. Let's strap on the goggles and get gaming!"
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iBUYPOWER LAN Warrior II X58M Custom Gaming PC
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"LA based system builder iBUYPOWER has been steadily expanding its visibility in the last few years. The company began as a small, relatively obscure shop in 1999, and has grown into an international distributor able to provide support in a number of languages, including English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, and Cantonese. The company’s off-the-shelf computers are available at several national (USA) dealers such as Walmart and Sam’s Club.
iBUYPOWER set us up with a portable LAN Warrior II system for this review. This small-footprint system is essentially built around ATI’s flagship (for the moment, anyway) HD 5790 video card, which means this system is built for high-performance gaming."
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