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Hardware 10/15/2008 Daily Hardware Reviews
Brandon Hill (Blog) - October 15, 2008 4:30 PM
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Lenovo Thinkpad W700 Mobile Workstation @ HotHardware.com
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday

Notebooks
Lenovo Thinkpad W700 Mobile Workstation @ HotHardware.com
Asus Eee 1000H @ OCC

Desktops
YoYoTech Warbird Gaming System @ CPU3D

Motherboards
Zotac GeForce 9300 (MCP7a) Motherboard @ bit-tech
NVIDIA GF9300 (ECS GF9300TA) Mainboard @ Guru3D
ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Express Motherboard (OC Palm Edition) @ Tech ARP
EVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM Motherboard @ Legit Reviews

Memory
Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1333 4GB Dual Channel Memory Kit @ ThinkComputers.org
OCZ Reaper HPC PC3-10666 @ PureOverclock

Video
PowerColor HD 4870 @ TechwareLabs
ATI RADEON HD 4670 512MB Graphics Card @ Digit Life
ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra SLI Video Card Kit @ Legit Reviews
Gigabyte GV-R487X2-2GH-B @ CPU3D
MSI N9800GT @ OCC
Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic @ bit-tech
Palit HD4850 Sonic @ OCC
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Toxic Vapor-X @ Phoronix
Palit GeForce 9800 GT Super+ 1GB Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews

Storage
Norco DS-500 eSata RAID Storage Array @ Tweaknews.net
Kingwin EZ-Dock HDD Dock @ Overclocker Cafe
QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS @ Ninjalane
ICY BOX IB-390 Series @ TechwareLabs
Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" 7200 RPM Hard Disk @ TweakTown
Pioneer Blu Ray / DVDRW (BDC-202BK) @ XtremeComputing
Corsair Flash Voyager mini Flash Drive @ Everything USB

Cases
Apevia X-Qboii Micro ATX Case @ ThinkComputers.org
Apevia X-Sniper G Type Case @ HardwareLogic
Coolermaster HAF932 Full Tower @ Pro-Clockers
Thermaltake V9 Gaming Case @ Tweaknews.net

Cooling
Thermalright T-Rad² Video Card Cooler @ Hardware Canucks
Thermaltake V14Pro CPU Cooler CL-P0471 @ Benchmark Reviews
Cooler Master GeminII S @ OCC
Thermalright Ultra Extreme Socket 1366 CPU Cooler Preview @ Madshrimps
Vantec Aeroflow FX92/FX120 HDT CPU Coolers @ Virtual-Hideout

Power Supplies
XSpice Kira 530w @ XSReviews
Thermaltake Toughpower 850 Watt ESA Power Supply @ Bjorn3D
Antec Signature Series SG-850 850 Watt Power Supply @ Tech Addicts

Peripherals
PureAudio USB-SA Sound Card @ I4U
Altec Lansing Soundbar @ ThinkComputers.org
Microsoft SideWinder X5 Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
Razer Salmosa Gaming Mouse @ DriverHeaven.net
Microsoft Explorer Mini Mouse with BlueTrack @ TweakTown

Consumer Electronics
Monster Beats Headphones by Dr. Dre @ TheTechLounge
Sony Bravia KDL-52W4500 52in LCD TV @ Trusted Reviews
Samsung LE55A956 55in LCD TV @ Trusted Reviews

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ASUS Rampage II Extreme
By BruceLeet on 10/15/2008 5:48:56 PM , Rating: 2
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3428

Did anyone catch the #'s they edited out?




RE: ASUS Rampage II Extreme
By SanLC504 on 10/15/2008 7:09:05 PM , Rating: 1
Yes, it's X.XGHz (Ed: Haha, I'm a bastard, aren't I?)


RE: ASUS Rampage II Extreme
By BruceLeet on 10/15/2008 7:46:53 PM , Rating: 3
Yes, yes you are :)


RE: ASUS Rampage II Extreme
By plonk420 on 10/15/2008 7:52:59 PM , Rating: 2
more i7 sleuthing...

from Tech ARP "ASUS already has full retail units of this motherboard ready for sale more than a month before the actual launch of the Intel X58 Express chipset and the Intel Core i7 processor ."

i wonder what the average amount of time is to "benchmark" a motherboard, with and without bios updates and communication time (if needed)? (at first i even read that as "for a month" .. so i thought we could get closer to a date)

sadly, launch dates don't seem to help. Core 2 launched on a Thur; Pentium 4 on a Monday. (for reference Athlon 64 launched on a Tuesday; Phenom on a Monday)


RE: ASUS Rampage II Extreme
By Cyron5 on 10/16/2008 4:36:10 PM , Rating: 2
Nov 17th is the day du jour around the web for i7 release. This date is also corroborated by the evidence you present. About a month to go folks and since my mobo just dropped dead last week, I'm going to wait it out.


By whiskerwill on 10/16/2008 10:39:25 AM , Rating: 2
That W700 looks nice, but I've been leery of Thinkpads since Lenovo took over. Are people having good luck with them?




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