PC Components, Peripherals And Gadget Reviews And News
Dig into our deep-dive product reviews and news of PC components from processors, to motherboards, graphics cards (GPUs), sound cards, and storage, along with other gadgets and peripherals that complete the computing experience. Whether you're a DIY PC enthusiast builder or just looking to read-up on what should be inside or connected to your next pre-built PC, here's where you'll find all the nuts and bolts sorted on what makes modern computer systems tick, as well some of the best user interface devices to go with them.
MSI 850Pro MSI's P4 Board Driven By the i850 By Dave Altavilla 2/12/01 MSI - Micro-Star International, has long been known for top quality motherboards designed with the Performance or Power User in mind. In addition, they are typically one of the first few vendors out of the gate with a new technology or motherboard...
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MSI's 694T Pro Motherboard Let's Shed Some Light on the Subject By, Jeff Bouton September 6th, 2001 When one thinks of quality motherboards, several manufacturers come to mind, one of which has to be MSI. For over 15 years, MSI has been producing some of the finest computer products on the market and today we've...
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Asus P4T Pentium 4 i850 Motherboard Beyond Intel's Reference Design By Dave Altavilla 12/19/00 The maturation process has begun with respect to Pentium 4 Motherboard offerings. The first wave of product from various major manufacturers is beginning to hit the streets. The designs are improving and with them the performance...
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Pentium 4 - Adventures In Over-clocking Pushing the limits with the help of Asus' P4T i850 Motherboard By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 12/11/00 Once in a while we get a product into the lab here at HotHardware that is just plain fun to work with. As a result, we like to take our time with a full review of...
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The Elitegroup P6BXT-A+ It's two boards in one! The poeple at ECS really decided to do something different this time. They put their Marketing Hats on and decided to bring the Reseller/Custom Configurers and the End User community a board with a great deal of flexibility! They let go of conventional design practices and really thought...
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Abit's SA6R - i815E With Highpoint ATA100 RAID Controller The i815E board with an attitude and a 1GHz. Flip Chip to back it up By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 11/1/00 Motherboards mature, like fine wine as the months go on, after a new chipset is released. Intel has had the highly anticipated i815E integrated chipset out for...
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Abit's SE6 and BX133-RAID The Intel PC133 BX versus i815 - Where the rubber meets the road. By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 7/30/00 As the saying goes, "old habits die hard". In this case, power users have turned the Intel BX chipset platform time and time again, for no compromise high end PC performance. As...
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Shuttle's AV30 VIA Apollo Pro 266 DDR Motherboard With a Dash of Crucial PC1600 DDR RAM... By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta 2/8/2001 The motherboard market is about to go through yet another large transition...maybe. In the year 2000 we saw the once omni-present, dominant Intel take a few too many punches on the chin, and they...
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The Shuttle Spacewalker AE23 i815EP Motherboard A Diamond in the Rough... By Jeff Bouton May 9, 2001 Since 1990, the Taiwan based Shuttle Computer Group Inc. has been producing high quality computer components. Providing a wide variety of products ranging from Video cards, motherboards, memory modules, and accessories has allowed Shuttle...
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Shuttle AV14 Socket 370 Motherboard It's does everything right...but nothing great. By, Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta 10 / 12 / 2000 My first assignment when I initially joined the Hot Hardware team was to review a VIA Apollo Pro 133 based board, the AV61 from Shuttle Inc. I was very excited to get my hands on this product, because...
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Shuttle's AE25R Motherboard Twice The Fun By, Jeff Bouton September 25th, 2001 It seems like it was just yesterday when I was running a state of the art 486 processor at 33MHz. and a whopping 16MB of RAM. A hot new game called Doom had everyone talking and I had just installed a brand new 2X CD-ROM drive in my rig. ...
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The past couple of days I?ve had a chance to get familiar with Shuttle?s new AV61 motherboard based on the VIA 133 chipset. I hit a few speed bumps along the way, but ended up pleased. This board has a strong list of features, at a fantastic price point, so if your itching to replace your BX mobo, and the i820/RAMBUS combo is too...
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The Shuttle AK11 KT133A Based Motherboard Too bad this isn't a DDR board! By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta July 19, 2001 The VIA KT133A has long been the darling of the Athlon overclocking community. With excellent performance, compatibility and stability, at a great price point, is there any question why? With the recent reduction...
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Sono International's 1008S Newcomers to the PC Motherboard arena? Not really! When Sono contacted me about reviewing their new Slot 1 Motherboard, I have to admit I was a little in the dark. At first I thought... Sono? Who? Then I received the eval unit. I was pleasantly surprised. This board seemed to be designed well. I also liked...
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Soyo's SY-TISU Motherboard All Overclockers Welcome By, Jeff Bouton August 20, 2001 With the July release of Intel's new Tualatin processor, we are seeing an ever increasing number motherboard manufacturers incorporating support for the new processor into their designs. And why not? The PIII Tualatin CPU, based on a 0.13-micron...
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Soyo's K7ADA ALi DDR Socket A Mobo... With some Crucial PC2100 RAM and a WBK38 thrown in! By Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta April 18, 2001 It seems that regardless of which PC component we speak of today the subject of bandwidth, and more specifically memory bandwidth, seems to take center stage. Recent discussions in the...
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SOYO ANNOUNCES 10 NEW MOTHERBOARDS FOR CAMINO, ATHLON, PENTIUM II/III and SOCKET 370 CPUs New Designs Support Leading Edge 750/800MHz CPUs/Chipset Technology, Consumer-based PCs with Integrated Multimedia, and "Designer" Internet Appliances FREMONT, CA (January 3, 2000) - Soyo, Inc. rings in the new year with 10 new motherboards...
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Soyo's SY-6VCA Slot 1 Motherboard Is there a new Sheriff in town? By, Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta June 16, 2000 Soyo has been making quite a name for themselves as of late. When Intel?s very popular BX chipset was prevalent, Soyo arguably produced a few of the very best boards available. Time goes by and new products...
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Soyo's New SY-6BA+III The third time is a charm Well now... It seems as if there is quite a stir about the new round of motherboards that have been released lately. The marketing focus and design efforts of today's Motherboard Manufacturers have shifted to embrace the needs of the serious "overclocker"....
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The Soyo's SY-6BA+IV The immortal motherboard! You know this 6BA+ name thing is getting to be like a movie seqoul for Soyo! Just when you thought it was safe to buy that new motherboard with all those new cool features, wait... IT'S BACK!!! This time around Soyo gave us only a few months between the release of the 6BA+III...
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The Soyo Computer SY-6BE+ Stability for the conservative @ heart! Soyo Copmputer is one of the larger Motherboard Manufacturers in the business. Established in the Mid 1980s, they have grown to be a force in the industry and have garnered many awards for their products from major publications. The SY-6BE+ is Soyo's answer to...
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The Soyo SY-6ICA Motherboard Soyo's RAMBUS Driven i820 Offering By, Dave "Davo" Altavilla - 5/17/00 Here we are again with yet another look at a motherboard from a top notch supplier based on Intel's controversial chipset, the i820. Whether you are interested in SDRAM supported designs with Intel's infamous MTH (memory transfer...
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