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Intel's Xeon X7560 and Dell's R810 server by Scott Wasson — 10:41 AM on April 25, 2011 Intel's eight-core Nehalem-EX processor and Dell's R810 chassis combine to form a new class of 2P server, with huge memory capacity at a lower... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Systems Servers	28
Exploring the impact of memory speed on Sandy Bridge performance by Geoff Gasior — 10:09 AM on February 9, 2011 K-Series Sandy Bridge CPUs have unlocked memory multipliers that make it easy to take advantage of faster memory modules. We explore performance with... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Memory	124
Western Digital's VelociRaptor VR200M hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 6, 2010 Every time WD has released a new Raptor, the performance bar for desktop hard drives has been raised. But the new 600GB VelociRaptor VR200M enters... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	132
Four killer PSUs go head to head by Geoff Gasior — 9:22 PM on January 14, 2010 Although not a particularly titillating PC component, the PSU is arguably one of the most important. We've pitted four fresh enthusiast-focused units from Corsair, Enermax,... Type: Feature article Tags: Power	74
ACard's ANS-9010 Serial ATA RAM disk by Geoff Gasior — 11:08 PM on January 20, 2009 We haven't heard much about RAM disks since Gigabyte's i-RAM, but now ACard has one that supports up to 64GB of DDR2 memory, has dual... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	124
Hitachi's Deskstar E7K1000 hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 2:13 PM on January 2, 2009 Hitachi has updated its terabyte Deskstar with a new model that packs 334GB per platter. The E7K1000 is optimized for enterprise, promising solid performance with... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	36
Intel's X25-E Extreme solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 10:25 PM on November 23, 2008 Intel's new X25-E Extreme SSD reads at 250MB/s, writes at 170MB/s, has near-instantaneous seek times, and may very well be the fastest drive you can... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	121
The Beast chews through seven new PSUs by Geoff Gasior — 10:52 PM on August 4, 2008 PC Power & Cooling's Silencer has reigned as our enthusiast PSU of choice for ten months now, but how does it stack up against the... Type: Feature article Tags: Power	82
Western Digital's VelociRaptor VR150 hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 21, 2008 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	106
Overclocking Intel's Xeon X3320 processor by Geoff Gasior — 12:52 AM on April 16, 2008 The Xeon X3320 shares the same 45nm Penryn core as the Core 2 Quad Q9300, but with a lower operating voltage that hints at greater... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Servers Workstations	36
Eight power supply units encounter The Beast by Geoff Gasior — 11:30 PM on February 6, 2008 Enthusiasts know there's much more to a PSU than wattage; we're looking for consistent DC voltages, minimal AC ripple, high efficiency, low noise, and effective... Type: Feature article Tags: Power	38

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NeelyCam

Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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mcnabney

I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

willmore

You're right, dell paid the SEC $100 Million in fines (but admitted no wrong doi... +36

codedivine

Well, the 200W barrier has been broken. Now onto 500W! +35

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