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Vadim Fusion LQX PC - a sight to behold at £5,800

2 October 2007, 09:30

Vadim Computers' Fusion LQX PC costs £5,800. It's got fancy water-cooling, a massively overclocked quad-core processor and some saucy air-brushed artwork. But what kind of value can it be with ...

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Ultraviolet Genesis XOC system. Yours for £4,500!

25 September 2007, 08:34

If fortune smiled upon you and £5,000 magically appeared in your lap, what would you buy? How about a luxury PC base unit with all the bells and whistles - ...

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Corsair DOMINATOR TWIN3X2048-1800C7 G

14 September 2007, 14:17

Is DDR3 worth buying right now? Just how fast is cutting-edge D3? Is Corsair's TWIN3X2048-1800C7 G worth the money?

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Foxconn G33M-S

12 September 2007, 07:57

We're taking a close look at Foxconn's microATX G33M-S mainboard. This G33-based board sports Intel's latest integrated graphics processor, the GMA 3100, but can that get the better of the ...

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PC Specialist Apollo Q6600-X system - value or not?

6 September 2007, 08:57

We take a look at the well-spec'd Apollo Q6600-X mid-range PC from up-and-coming system integrator PC Specialist to see what sort of performance and value it provides.

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Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook T4215 UMTS Tablet PC

3 September 2007, 08:52

Go-anywhere broadband connectivity is a strong point of the Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook T4215 Tablet PC, thanks to an embedded UMTS card. But is that enough to justify its £1,350 price-tag ...

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Sapphire Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MiB

30 August 2007, 08:50

We take a look at Sapphire's Radeon HD 2900 XT. The company has been known to known to produce truly customised SKUs in the past, so will its R600 ...

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HIS Radeon HD 2600 XTs

24 August 2007, 09:02

We take a look at two non-reference Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics cards - the HIS Radeon HD 2600 XT Zalman Fan and IceQ Turbo - and pit them against ...

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HighPoint RocketRAID 2300 - Ready for take-off?

22 August 2007, 08:37

The HighPoint RocketRAID 2300 has got quite a few features but still relies on the CPU and operating system to do a lot of the work for it. Help or ...

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Core 2 Quad G0-stepping overclocking - Q6700 retail. How high will it go?

20 August 2007, 08:58

All around the web, everyone wants to know how well retail G0-stepping Core 2 Quad CPUs overclock. With G0-stepping Q6600s hard to find, we picked up a Core 2 Quad ...

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ASUS P5K64 WS - where 4 x 16 = 20

16 August 2007, 08:55

ASUS offers no fewer than 12 motherboards based around Intel's P35 chipset. We've already reviewed two, the P5K Deluxe and P5K3 Deluxe, and now we're checking out the P5K64 WS ...

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Cooler Master X Craft 360 3.5in

13 August 2007, 07:55

Cooler Master continues to pursue its interest in the crowded external enclosure market with the X Craft series. Today, HEXUS is taking a look at the X Craft 360. But ...

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abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi

10 August 2007, 09:14

abit has produced some of the most memorable and innovative mainboards of the past decade. But can its IN9 32X-MAX WiFi improve over the excellent NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI reference ...

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Thecus N5200 Pro - NAS with an injection of iSCSI

8 August 2007, 09:08

Thecus recently applied the "make it better" methodology to its five-disk N5200 NAS device. It's taken the original and sped it up, added some features and come up with a ...

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Corsair VX450W PSU

6 August 2007, 09:08

Power supplies rated towards 1kW and beyond are overkill for the majority of users. What they want are reliable, efficient, quiet PSUs that are able to provide ample power to ...

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Antec MX-1 SATA HDD enclosure

3 August 2007, 11:30

Antec enters the external data-storage market with the MX-1 enclosure for 3.5in SATA drives. We take a look to see just how good it is and learn that there is ...

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

2 August 2007, 09:12

With 1.5GiB of framebuffer, support for two 9.2 megapixel digital displays if you've got them, and G80 at the helm, the Quadro FX 5600 is at the top of 'ultra ...

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AMD 690G motherboard showdown - ASUS v Sapphire

1 August 2007, 16:25

The AMD 690G chipset offers class-leading integrated graphics with certification for Windows Vista Premium, plus AVIVO video acceleration, multi-display support and HDCP-protected DVI and HDMI output. We put the latest ...

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Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC LCD monitor - 5 months on.

27 July 2007, 08:39

Dell raised the ante with its high-colour 30in LCD monitor. Is it really as good as it sounds? Let me spill the beans after using it for 5 months.

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Patriot PDC22G9200ELK high-speed DDR2 memory

25 July 2007, 08:49

Patriot tips its hat into the high-speed DDR2 ring and challenges the likes of Corsair, OCZ and Kingston.

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Lord of the NAS: QNAP Turbo Station TS-109 Pro

23 July 2007, 08:55

Regular HEXITES will be no strangers to suitable home storage products; we've reviewed a number of NAS products now, but today is the first time we've presented to you a ...

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MSI P35 Platinum - all thrills and no spills?

20 July 2007, 09:06

MSI has added its Platinum treatment to a Intel P35 DDR2-based board that features a rollercoaster heatpipe. Is it all thrills and no spills?

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ASUS vs ASUS: GeForce 8800 Ultra vs. Radeon HD 2900 XT.

18 July 2007, 08:34

We take a look at two ASUS graphics cards that represent the pinnacle of AMD and NVIDIA's engineering. It's XT vs. Ultra, and we duly focus on performance and price.

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Intel Core 2 CPU refresh - QX6850 and E6750

16 July 2007, 05:02

Today, Intel is launching a revised range of mid-market-to-high-end Core 2 processors, still 65nm but with a faster front-side bus. Are they fast enough to get CPU lovers everywhere reaching ...

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GeCube Radeon X1650 XT Dual 512MB

12 July 2007, 11:24

Some makers of graphics cards tear up the reference design, stamp on it, burn it, throw it out of the window and start all over again. One such is GeCube ...

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ASUS EN8600GTS and Foxconn 8600GT-256

10 July 2007, 09:33

Can the latest graphics cards to pass through our labs finally win us over to NVIDIA new mid-range family? Or will the ASUS EN8600GTS and Foxconn 8600GT-256 turn out to ...

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Cooler Master COSMOS

6 July 2007, 08:46

We were the first to break the news from CeBIT of Cooler Master's forthcoming steel-based Cosmos chassis and now we have the first European review. But just how much of ...

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Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256MB - pre-overclocked

5 July 2007, 10:47

We take a look at Sapphire's pre-overclocked and attractively-priced Radeon HD 2600 PRO and tell you whether it's worth £65 of your money.

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Thermaltake Soprano DX

4 July 2007, 08:34

We're taking a look at a new all-aluminium chassis from Thermaltake, the £85 Soprano DX. Apart from the front door, it looks just like the previous Soprano model. So is ...

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ASUS P5K3 Deluxe - high-bandwidth mobo

2 July 2007, 09:08

Is it worth the £15 price premium over its DDR2-equipped stable-mate? Lets' find out!

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AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT and Radeon HD 2400 XT - saviours or sinners

1 July 2007, 18:22

Bottom line: there's a heap of promise in the Radeon HD 2400/2600 series. That promise is severely compromised by lacklustre performance and instability caused by the test drivers. We await ...

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XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX Edition - hardcore and expensive!

27 June 2007, 19:06

XFX GeForce 8600 GTS XXX Edition - hardcore and expensive!

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Inno3D iChiLL 8600GTS XStriker3

27 June 2007, 08:54

Inno3D joins the 8600GTS fray with the first non-reference board we've seen so far. But can it offer enough to help it stand out from the crowd, or will it ...

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