Elias Plastiras - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 20/12/2006 Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C2100

Fuji Xerox's DocuPrint C2100 is a colour laser printer that has a retail price well under $1000, yet our tests show that it makes no compromises when ...

Article | 18/12/2006 Intel Core 2 Duo

The Core 2 Duo family of dual core processors was introduced in July 2006 to supersede the aging Pentium 4 and Pentium D models. The Pentium 4 was las...

Article | 18/12/2006 Intel Core 2 Extreme

Primarily aimed at the enthusiast market, the Core 2 Extreme range of CPUs is based on the Core 2 microarchitecture. There are two models currently in...

Article | 18/12/2006 AMD Athlon 64 (single-core)

The Athlon 64 has been around since [date] and was the first processor with 64-bit instructions to hit the consumer market. It's still around, and it'...

Article | 18/12/2006 AMD Athlon 64 FX

In the high-end PC segment, the FX range of dual-core CPUs is AMD's flagship. It uses the same K8 microarchitecture as the Athlon 64 X2 CPUs, but is c...

Article | 18/12/2006 AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual-core)

When AMD brought out its dual-core version of the Athlon 64 in June 2005, it dominated Intel's equivalent offerings of the time, the dual-core Pentium...

Article | 13/12/2006 Compro VideoMate U500

A digital TV tuner for a PC offers greater convenience than a dedicated set-top box when it comes to recording and archiving shows, mainly because som...

Article | 31/10/2006 Altech Nano Box-VX mini PC

Altech's Nano Box-VX harnesses AOpen's MP945-VX Mini PC Duo enclosure to provide a PC that's not only small, but also capable of doling out plenty of ...

Article | 30/10/2006 QNAP TS-101

QNAP's TS-101 is a network attached storage (NAS) device that can house any Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. It's capable of serving files over your home...

Article | 25/10/2006 Western Digital My Book Premium Edition 500GB

Western Digital's My Book Premium Edition is designed to make the storage and archival of music, videos, photos and documents, quick and easy. It prov...

Article | 23/10/2006 PC West Elite

PC West's first submission to the PC World Test Centre is a solid dual-core PC that would suit a home or business user with basic computing needs.

Article | 18/10/2006 HP Laserjet 2605dtn

HP's latest 2605dtn colour laser printer is slightly tall, which means you don't need a very deep desk to accommodate it, but definitely a sturdy one,...

Article | 18/10/2006 Update for popular burner adds speed

Replacing the ever-popular GSA-4167B is LG's GSA-H10A Super Multi DVD burner, which can burn to the majority of media that are available on the market...

Article | 1/09/2006 Asus P5W DH Deluxe

Based on the Intel 975X chipset, the ASUS P5W DH Deluxe is the company's first motherboard to support the latest Core 2 Duo processors. Its LGA775 CPU...

Article | 1/09/2006 TP-Link-WR541G

For a router that you can probably buy for around $60 from your preferred reseller, TP-Link's WR541G is amazingly simple to setup and us