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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

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

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

Seagate's latest enterprise-oriented Barracuda ES.2 hard drive boasts up to a terabyte of capacity spread over 250GB platters and backed up by 32MB of cache....

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

Enthusiasts know the value of a quality power supply, but picking the best one isn't easy. We've pushed 11 PSUs between 500 and 750W...

Type: Feature article Tags: Power

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

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

I'VE EXTOLLED the virtues of quality power supplies so many times that saying...

Type: Feature article Tags: Power

IT TOOK what seemed like forever for AMD to release its Opteron processor...

Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Workstations

WORKSTATIONS HAVE always held a special place in my heart. I have a...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Systems Workstations

Hold on to your expense accounts. We've rounded up the latest workstation CPUs and...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Chipsets Workstations

I'VE SAID IT before, and I'll say it again: power supplies are continually...

Type: Feature article Tags: Power

THE MAJORITY OF attention in PC enthusiast media is dedicated to graphics cards,...

Type: Feature article Tags: Power