Corsair TwinX 3200LL RAM; two Seagate 120 GB SATA Hard Drives; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB; Toshiba 16X DVD-ROM Drive; Mitsumi Floppy Drive; Vantec Areoflow CPU Cooler; Antec 400-Watt Power Supply; Coolermaster ATC-201B-SXK mid tower case; and we had it loaded...

by the great design of this computer. Thanks to the use of standard components, the MicroATX motherboard in particular, it is absolutely easy to exchange every piece of hardware. The ATI Rage 128 Pro is no real 3D-gaming card, but it can be replaced by a fast...

pearl and black. Additionally, the cooler draws its power from your USB port, but like any good USB-controlled device, it includes an extra port so you don't lose any USB ability on your notebook at all. The cooler is best used when your notebook is plugged...

pearl and black. Additionally, the cooler draws its power from your USB port, but like any good USB-controlled device, it includes an extra port so you don't lose any USB ability on your notebook at all. The cooler is best used when your notebook is plugged...

Test Configuration. notebook cooler pads. Do you own a hot notebook? Or is your boss forcing you to use that old, noisy laptop with a desktop chip in it? Perhaps you should consider a notebook cooler. We tested the Coolermaster Coolpad and two versions of the...

Two Mid-Level Gaming Notebooks Compared. two middle weight gaming notebooks. We look at lighter-weight, cooler running, somewhat lower priced gaming notebooks from Alienware and Eurocom. Can they perform well enough to replace your desktop?. As notebooks continue...

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retail: $99) Hard Drives 2 Samsung Spinpoint SP2004C, 200 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/300 (retail: $55 each; $110 total) Graphics eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX 640 MB (retail: $330) Power Supply Zalman ZM460-APS Silent Power Supply - 460W (retail: $100)...

be a good idea to replace the stock cooler with something a bit more capable, but still relatively compact (we're in an HTPC case, after all), such as the Zalman CNPS8000 ($52) or the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler ($30). Looking at...

gives fine control over some manual settings, including focus and white balance. The zoom is very precise, and moves gracefully in and out, but we were disappointed by the power of the otherwise good autofocus in low light. Although the SR11 can shoot in Full...