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Architecture wars
2 November 2006, 00:00
Intel’s Core 2 Duo is now slugging it out against AMD’s Socket AM2 Athlon 64s with DDR2 memory support. So what is next on the roadmap from the two chip-vending ...
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PSUs
26 October 2006, 00:00
The PSU, or Power Supply Unit, is one of several devices that one could argue is the most important component within a computer.
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Home Networking
26 October 2006, 00:00
As a growing number of homes contain more than one computer, their users must find ways to network them.
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Dual-channel memory
3 August 2006, 00:00
The amount of RAM (Random Access Memory) in a system is an important factor in its overall performance. So to is that RAM’s speed and latency. Whether the RAM is ...
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DVI: Single and dual link
26 June 2006, 10:58
Most high quality LCD monitors now feature a Digital Video Interface (DVI), negating the need for image position and geometry adjustment, because the signal being sent to the monitor is ...
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HEXUS Plasma and LCD stand guide
23 June 2006, 11:58
Our recommendations on which stand/mount to buy for your LCD/plasma TV.
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XBox 360 & Gaming consoles
7 December 2005, 00:00
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 blows the doors off other consoles on the market. For sheer power alone it towers over the likes of Sony’s Playstation 2 and Nintendo’s Gamecube. If gaming ...
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Next Generation Consoles
7 December 2005, 00:00
So what exactly is a ‘next-gen’ console? What the hell does ‘next-gen’ mean? Simply put, its tech-geek slang for ‘next generation’ and what that means is the console in question ...
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HEXUS.net - The Next Generation
27 September 2005, 15:31
No need to adjust your browser, monitor, or Internet connection, you are indeed visiting HEXUS.net. We have updated the site to look slicker, provide more features and be easier to ...
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Deciphering CPU Product Codes
27 September 2005, 13:41
AMD were the first to move away from selling processors based on clock speed, instead opting for a rating system that attempted to liken the performance of one of their ...
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Ensuring you don't need data recovery
27 September 2005, 13:41
Data recovery company Disklabs has provided HEXUS with some top tips for avoiding the need for professional data recovery, and what to do if things do go a little... wrong.
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Wireless Security
14 September 2005, 00:00
WiFi is a wonderful thing. You can take your laptop anywhere in your house and access the Internet, or access your network from the garden. However, it does introduce the ...
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Gigabytes and Gibibytes
23 August 2005, 00:00
If you've used a computer for any duration of time you'll have come across the terms “kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte” and so on. Then there's “kilobit, megabit and gigabit” to add ...
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SCAN2HEXUS - Free Shipping Guide
17 August 2005, 00:00
Struggling to get your SCAN2HEXUS free shipping setup? Use this walk through to help you get all the details you need.
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CPU Product Codes
17 August 2005, 00:00
AMD were the first to move away from selling processors based on clock speed, instead opting for a rating system that attempted to liken the performance of one of their ...
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WiFi – Wireless networking explained
15 August 2005, 00:00
Home networking lets you do great things that aren't possible with standalone PCs. Printers can be shared between PC, so there's no need to buy one for each machine; data ...
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What is Data Recovery?
9 August 2005, 00:00
Data Recovery is the process of retrieval of inaccessible or corrupt data from digital media that has become damaged or has been corrupted in some way. Data Recovery can be ...
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Mobile Phone Forensics – A Brief Introduction
7 August 2005, 00:00
These days, along with the computer, mobile phone forensics is the police officers first point of call. Where are you likely to record everything? Where are the records of wrong ...
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Gigabytes and Gibibytes - What you need to know
5 August 2005, 00:00
You might have seen Rys and I use the terms GiB, MiB and KiB around HEXUS in recent months, when talking about memory or data sizes. If you've hung around ...
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Customising Google News
3 August 2005, 00:00
Completely automated, Google News searches the top news sources around the world (HEXUS included) and then presents the latest news stories. It is capable of finding thumbnail images to go ...
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Installing Windows XP with a 3rd party SATA/RAID driver
29 July 2005, 00:00
When installing Windows XP, most of the time you'll find that it has the basic drivers it needs to intsall itself. However, sometimes you might need to intervene. This tends ...
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PATA vs. SATA
28 July 2005, 00:00
Serial ATA is the next evolutionary stage in the development of magnetic storage media, it differs from PATA not only in the speeds attainable (150MiB/s to 600MiB/s as opposed to ...
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RAID explained
28 July 2005, 00:00
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks and is used for a number of reasons including improving performance and reliability of your data storage. RAID, which can be implemented ...
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DDR and DDR2 Explained
28 July 2005, 00:00
In this article we will be exploring the differences between DDR memory and DDR2 memory and also explaining a bit about the technology behind the two.
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Port Forwarding
26 July 2005, 00:00
Let's imagine you're trying to play a game over the Internet that needs to receive a UDP connection from the other player. UDP connections aren't initiated, they're just sent in ...
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Installing Windows XP
25 July 2005, 00:00
Installing Windows from scratch for the first time can be a daunting experience. Usually you've just successfully built your first home-made PC and the last thing you need is for ...
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What is RSS?
4 July 2005, 00:00
\"RSS\" is a term you\'ve probably seen floating around various sites on the Internet, but what exactly does it mean and what is it for?
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PCI Express - technology backgrounder
28 May 2005, 00:00
Increasing numbers of motherboards carry PCI Express slots. James Morris explains why this new serial bus standard is replacing the older PCI parallel bus and how the move benefits video ...
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Serial ATA - technology backgrounder
19 February 2005, 00:00
Serial ATA is rapidly taking over from parallel ATA in desktop PCs. James Morris explains why we need this new hard-disk connection
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DDR-II - How It Works
5 February 2004, 00:00
It's about to arrive on the desktop in a big way and we'll have DDR-II modules and supporting boards to play with in the near future, to semi-evaluate performance before ...
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Streamlining your cables
8 May 2003, 00:00
Streamlining your cables!
I work in a garage OK..........lots of stuff to use for PC's there. I wanted to round off my cables long ago.......but the only thing I ...
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