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  Project Systems

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HDHTS:
High-Definition Home Theater Server

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2008 Holiday Mobile Warrior Shopping Guide

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2008 Server-HTPC Systems

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IBM T22 and iMac G4 Upgrade

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Atom-based 40TB Home Server

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How to Capture Digital Cable Content

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The BRAINIAC  Workstation
   
  Motherboards

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Two Choices for the HDHTS:
  1. Asus K8N-DL
  2. Tyan Thunder K8WE

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Asus DSEB-DG

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Asus M4A79T Deluxe

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Asus NCCH-DL

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Asus PC-DL

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Asus Z8NA-D6 and Z8PE-D12X

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Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
• Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

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Iwill DH800

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Iwill DK8N

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Jetway HZ03

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Jetway JNC63-330-LF

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Jetway NF94-270-LF

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Paxville vs Clovertown vs Woodcrest
Dual Xeon Motherboards:
  1. Asus PVL-D/SCSI
  2. SuperMicro X7DAE
  3. Tyan S2692ANR
  4. Tyan S2696WA2NRF
  5. Tyan S5380G2NR
  6. Tyan S5382WAG2NRF

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MSI Computer 890FXA-GD65

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Supermicro X7DWA-N

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Supermicro X8DA3

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Supermicro X8DTH-6F

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Supermicro X8SIL

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Tyan Tempest i5400XL S5396
   
  2.5" HDDs

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5x 100GB 5400RPM HDD Roundup:
    1. Fujitsu MHU2100AT
  2. Fujitsu MHV2100AH
  3. Seagate Momentus 54.2
  4. Toshiba MK1031GAS
  5. Hitachi Travelstar 5K100

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3x 120GB 5400RPM HDD Roundup:
    1.  Fujitsu MHV2120AT
  2.  Seagate Momentus 54.2
  3.  Fujitsu MHV2120AH

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Fall 2008 2.5" HDD Roundup:
    1.  Hitachi 7K200
  2.  Hitachi 7K320
  3.  Hitachi 5K500
  4.  Samsung HM500LI
  5.  Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB

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Fujitsu MHX2300BT
300GB 4200RPM

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Hitachi Travelstar 80GB
80GB 4200RPM

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Hitachi Travelstar 5K160
160GB 5400RPM

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Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B
500GB 5400RPM

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Hitachi Travelstar 7K100
60GB 7200RPM

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Samsung HM160JC
160GB 5400RPM

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Samsung HM640JJ, HM100UI
and Western Digital WD10TPVT

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Seagate Constellation 500GB

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Seagate Momentus 5400.3 
160GB 5400RPM

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Seagate Momentus 7200.4
500GB 7200RPM

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Toshiba MK1234GAX
5400RPM 120GB

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Western Digital Scorpio 320GB 5400RPM

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Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB 5400RPM
   
  3.5" SATA/PATA HDDs

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1TB HDDs Examined
    1. Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000
  2. Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000
  3. Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1000GB
  4. Western Digital Caviar SE 16 1TB GP

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Hitachi Cinemastar 7K1000 1000GB

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Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 250GB

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Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 400GB

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Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500GB

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Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 1TB

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Maxtor DiamondMax10 300GB

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Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB

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Seagate Constellation ES 2TB

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB

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Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB

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Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

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Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB

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Western Digital RE2 500GB

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Western Digital RE2-GP 1000GB

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Western Digital Velociraptor
300GB

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Western Digital WD1500AHFD
150GB "Raptor X"

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Western Digital WD20EADS
2TB Green Power

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Western Digital WD30EZRS Caviar Green 3TB

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Western Digital WD740GD
74GB "Raptor"
   
  SAS HDDs

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Super SAS HDD Roundup:
    1.  Fujitsu MAY2073RC
  2.  Hitachi C10K147
  3.  Hitachi 15K300
  4.  Seagate Cheetah 15K.4
  5.  Seagate Cheetah 15K.5
  6.  Seagate Savvio 15K.1

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LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i +
  Hitachi C10K300,
  Seagate Cheetah 15k.7
  Seagate Cheetah NS.2
 

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Promise SuperTrak EX4650 +
  4x Fujitsu MBA3300RC  

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Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB SAS

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Seagate Cheetah 15k.6 450GB SAS

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Seagate Savvio 10k.3 300GB SAS

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Seagate Savvio 15k.2 147GB SAS
   
  3.5" U320 SCSI HDDs

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Fujitsu MAU3073 73GB with
RAID 0, 1 tests

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Fujitsu MAX3147 147GB with
RAID 0, 1 tests

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Fujitsu MBA3300NC 300GB with
LSI MegaRAID 320-2E

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Hitachi Ultrastar15K147 147GB with
RAID 0, 1 tests

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Maxtor Atlas 15KII 73GB with
RAID 0, 1 tests

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Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 147GB
with RAID 0, 1 tests

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Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 300GB
with RAID 0, 1 tests
   

•••CPU, MB, Mem, Graphics, Test Summary•••

   
  CPUs
• AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640B
• AMD Athlon 64 LE-1660B
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2350
• AMD Athlon II X2 250
• AMD Athlon II X2 260
• AMD Athlon II X2 265
• AMD Athlon II X2 640
• AMD Athlon X2 4850e
• AMD Athlon X2 7850BE
• AMD Mobile Athlon XP "Barton" 2600
• AMD Phenom 9500
• AMD Phenom 9550
• AMD Phenom 9950
• AMD Phenom II X2 550
• AMD Phenom II X4 810
• AMD Phenom II X4 840
• AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
• AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
• AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition
• AMD Opteron Dual Core 285

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Intel Core2Duo Mobile T5600
"Merom" 1.83 GHz 667 MHz FSB 2MB

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Intel Core2Duo Mobile T7200
"Merom" 2.0 GHz 667 MHz FSB 4MB

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Intel Core2Duo Mobile T9300

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Intel Xeon 2.8GHz "Paxville"

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Intel Xeon 5160 "Woodcrest"

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Intel Xeon 5320 "Clovertown"

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Intel Xeon 5450 "Harpertown"

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Intel Xeon 5482 "Harpertown"

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Intel Xeon W5580

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Intel Xeon X3460

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Intel Xeon X5677
   
  SSDs

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Crucial C300 256GB

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Crucial CT256M225

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Intel X25-E

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Intel X25-M

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Kingston 30GB

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OCZ Revo Drive 110GB

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OCZ Vertex LE 100GB

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OCZ Vertex 2 100GB

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Patriot Torqx 128GB

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Runcore 128GB

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Samsung 470-Series 256GB

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Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue 128GB
   
  Video Cards

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Gigabyte Radeon HD 2400 CrossFire

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Three Choices for the HDHTS:
  1. Asus EAX1600XT
  2. MSI NX7800GTX
  3. MSI NX7900GT

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Video Card Compilation Summary

 

  Asus 8600GTS
  ATI X1950XTX, single and CrossFire
  GeCube X1650Pro
  GeCube X1650XT
  Zogis 8400GS
  Zotac 8800GT

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DX10 Video Card Summary

 

   Foxconn 9600GT 512MB
   Zotac 8800GT 512MB
   Zotac 8800GTS Amp Edition
   
  TV Tuners

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AverTVHD MCE A180

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AutumnWave OnAir GT

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DVico FusionHDTV5 RT Gold

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DVico FusionHDTV5 RT Lite

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DVico FusionHDTV5 USB Gold

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nVidia DualTV MCE

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Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250
   
  RAID Controllers

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Adaptec ASR-51245

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Adaptec ASR-52445 vs
Areca ARC-1680ix-16

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LSI 3Ware New RAID Controllers
    1.  9650SE-16ML16-port SATA RAID
  2.  9690SA 8-port SAS RAID

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LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i +
  Hitachi C10K300,
  Seagate Cheetah 15k.7
  Seagate Cheetah NS.2
 

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6x SATA RAID Controller Roundup:
    1. LSI 3Ware 9500S-8
  2. Highpoint Technologies 1820A
  3. ICP Vortex GDT8586RZ
  4. LSI Logic MegaRAID 150-6
  5. Promise Technology
      FastTrak S150 SX4-M

  6. Pacific Digital Talon ZL-150

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SAS RAID Controller Roundup:
    1. Adaptec ASR-31605
  2. Areca ARC-1680
  3. LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP
  4. LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP

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SATA-II RAID Controller Roundup:
    1. Adaptec ASR-31605
  2. Areca ARC-1220
  3. Areca ARC-1261ML
  4. Areca ARC-1680
  5. Highpoint Technologies 1820A
  6. LSI MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP
  7. LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP
  8. Promise Technology
      SuperTrak EX16300

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Promise Low-Cost SAS RAID Controllers
    FastTrak TX2650 2-port SAS RAID and
  FastTrak TX4650 4-port SAS RAID

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Promise SuperTrak EX4650 +
  4x WD RE2-GP 1TB  

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Promise SuperTrak EX4650 +
  4x Fujitsu MBA3300RC  

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Promise SuperTrak EX8760T

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Silicon Image SiI3124

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Supermicro AOC-USAS-H8iR UIO SAS

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U320 SCSI RAID Controller Comparison:
    1. Adaptec 2230SLP
  2. LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-2
  3. LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-2E
   
  Optical Drives

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Pioneer DVR-A09XL

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Pioneer DVR-110D
   
  Input Devices

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Acton Mini Optical Mouse

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Acton MicMouse

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Adesso WKB-4000US RF Keyboard

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Adesso NuScan 1000 USB Barcode reader

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Eluminx Illuminated KB

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i-Rocks i-Mini and KR-6810
Illuminated keyboard

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Logisys Illuminated KB

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Logitech Harmony 880 Remote Control

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Logitech MX3000 Cordless Desktop

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Sunbeamtech Acrylic Lite-Up Slim KB

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Sunbeamtech BlueFlame Mouse

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Sunbeamtech Solar Illuminated KB
   
  Notebooks, Other Portables,
and Accessories

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2008 Holiday Mobile Warrior Shopping Guide:
  Lenovo X61 7675-A48
  Lenovo 90W AC/DC Power Adapter
  Kensington 120W Slim AC/DC Power Adapter
  Crucial DDR2-800
  HP dvd555s
  Kensington Ci25m mouse
  Targus Stow-N-Go mouse
  Logitech MX Air mouse
  Logitech QuickCam Ultra Vision
  Lenovo X61 7675-A48
  Linksys WTR54GS
  ZipLinq CAT6 and other cables
  Logitech Kinetik Backpack
  Kensington Contour Balance Notebook Roller 

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iBook G4 HDD and Memory Upgrade

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Kensington FlyLight 2.0

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Kensington Notebook Accessories:
90W AC/DC Power Adapter w/ USB
LiftOff Notebook Cooling Stand
Pocket Speaker
WiFi Finder Plus

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Logitech Quickcam Pro for Notebooks

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MSI MS-1057 barebones
"whitebook"

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Samsung S1 Portable USB 2.0 120GB HDD

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Samsung SE-S084B portable DVD burner

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Sony Vaio broken laptop repair and upgrade

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SparkLAN WPEA-124N mPCIe 802.11abgn

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Toshiba M200 2.0GHz Dothan
CPU Upgrade
   
  Memory Modules
and Accessories

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Apacer PC2-3200 ECC Reg

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Apacer PC2-5300 ECC FB-DIMM

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CompactFlash card and
USB Flash disk Comparison:

    1.  Kingston CF/512
  2.  Kingston Data Traveler Elite 2GB
  3.  SanDisk Shoot&Store 128MB
  4.  SanDisk Cruzer mini 128MB
  5.  SanDisk Ultra II Compact Flash 2GB
  6.  Crucial Compact Flash 4GB

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Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800

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Crucial DDR2-667
PC2-5300 SODIMM

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Crucial DDR400 ECC Reg

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Edge Tech DiskGO 32GB USB 2.0

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GeIL PC3200 DDR400

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Kingston PC2-4200 ECC FB-DIMM

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Qimonda / Aeneon DDR2-1066

• Micron DDR3 XMS3-1600

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SimpleTech DDR2-667 FB-DIMMs

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SimpleTech PC133 SDRAM 

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Y-E Data YD-8V07 Combo FDD
and Flash Reader
   
  Networking

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Airlink101 AGIGA8SW

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Airlink101 Gigabit CardBus

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Airlink101 Print Server

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Airlink101 USB 2.0 802.11g

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Airlink101 USB 2.0 Gigabit

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Airlink101 Wireless 1-Port
USB 2.0 Print Server

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Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200

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SparkLAN MPEA-124N mPCIe 802.11abgn
   
  Miscellaneous

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6x KVM Switch Shootout:
    1.  Belkin F1DD102U
  2.  Belkin F1DS104T
  3.  IOGear GCS1764
  4.  Linkskey LDV-002SK
  5.  Raritan SwitchMan USB
  6. TRENDnet TK-404KR

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Addonics External 5.25"
Drive Enclosure

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Avocent SwitchView DVI 4-port KVM

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Linkskey 2-port DVI USB
KVM switch with Audio

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Oyen Digital EB2 2.5" Enclosure

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Oyen Digital EN2 2.5" Enclosure

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Syba USB 2.0 PCI Express x1 HBA
   
  Cooling Devices and Accessories

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CoolerMaster White LED Fans

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CoolIt Systems Domino ALC

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DangerDen Watercooling

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Innovatek Watercooling

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Logisys Remote Front Panel

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Spire Verticool

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Sunbeam 20-in-1 Panel

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Sunbeam 3.5" Front Panel

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Sunbeam Tech Chromatic Windmill

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Thermalright SI-97

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Thermalright XP-120

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Thermaltake Hardcano 13

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Thermaltake Big Typhoon

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Vantec Vortex

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Verax X21 Copper Heatpipes

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Zalman Reserator 1 Plus
   
  Printers and Scanners

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Konica Minolta Magicolor 2500W

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HP C7180
   
  Power Supplies and Accessories

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Dual PSUs How-To

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PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W

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Silverstone ST65ZF 650W

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Seasonic Power Angel

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Seasonic S12 600W

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Seasonic X650 80Plus Gold
   
  PC Audio

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Auzen X-Meridian 7.1

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Bluegears b-Enspirer

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Logitech Z4-i Speakers

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PlusDeck II PC TapeDeck
   
  Cases

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JustPC Gazelle Cases

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Lian Li PC-V2000B

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Norco RPC-4020 4U 20x 3.5"

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Silverstone TJ05

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Silverstone LaScala LC03V-B

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Thermaltake Armor
   
   

 



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