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Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

Few hard drives are iconic as Western Digital's Raptor, and now there's a new one: the VelociRaptor VR150. Read on to see if a...

Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

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Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Servers Workstations

When I set out to build a new family PC, it needed to be small, attractive and quiet.  No need for anything crazy like Mini-ITX,...

Type: Blog post Tags: Cooling Miscellaneous

In July of 2006, Sun added an interesting new machine to their lineup of Opteron-based x86 servers. It was codenamed 'Thumper' during...

Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Systems Linux-Unix Servers

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Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

Western Digital has massaged its latest power-efficient GreenPower hard drive into an RE2 model aimed at enterprise environments. Keep reading to see how...

Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

Ever since we laid eyes on Shuttle's first cube, we've been enamored with the concept of small, quiet, yet capable PCs. AMD's proposed DTX...

Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Cases Cooling

Western Digital's Caviar SE16 750GB hard drive is arguably the best 7,200-RPM desktop drive on the market. Can an RE2 version extend that...

Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

SCSI HAS LONG RULED the enterprise world, but Serial ATA is slowly creeping...

Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

WESTERN DIGITAL'S RAPTORS have long set the performance standard for desktop Serial ATA...

Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

FOR YEARS, WATER COOLING has been reserved for the most committed overclocking and...

Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling

ALTHOUGH WESTERN DIGITAL'S 10K-RPM Raptor Serial ATA hard drives were originally intended for...

Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

WHILE MICROPROCESSORS HAVE enjoyed rapid performance increases thanks to new chip fabrication technologies,...

Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

IT'S RARE THAT WE review CPU coolers at TR, but every so often...

Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling

ENTHUSIASTS HAVE ALWAYS sought to improve performance. Traditionally, we've measured these improvements in...

Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling

WE DON'T COVER cooling products much here at TR, but every once in...

Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling

LIKE DAMAGE AND DISSONANCE, I TOO find myself turning into an...

Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Cooling Miscellaneous