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Yeong=20 Yang Cetus YY-5601 Mid ATX Tower Case

Today we're reviewing the 5601 from Yeong Yang; yet = another=20 long-time OEM oriented company in Taiwan looking to make a = splash in=20 the retail market.

The 5601 is a mid-tower ATX case, sporting a nice = aesthetic, and=20 some neat features (check out that louvred front fan = intake!). We'll=20 take you through the features on this case, and you can = decide if=20 Yeong Yang is another company to add to your list of brands = to check=20 out in the future...

Check=20 out the full review!

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Intel=20 925x Platform - LGA 775 and Pentium 4 560

Today Intel is releasing a barrage of technologies and = features=20 based around the Grantsdale and Alderwood chipsets. At the = same=20 time, they are introducing us to a new naming scheme for = their=20 processors, and have stepped up the speed of the Prescott = core to=20 3.6 GHz.

This is a huge release, so be sure to read the full = review=20 carefully! At the same time, we see what kind of benefit the = new=20 technologies give us today, and consider what it will do for = us in=20 the future.

Check=20 out the full review!

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Albatron=20 GFFX 5700P Turbo

Today we're reviewing another one of those budget cards = based on=20 a chipset that NVIDIA pretty much killed themselves...

The "5700P Turbo" is a 128MB version of the 5700 = non-Ultra by=20 Albatron. It has a nice swanky heatsink, but is missing = things we=20 would normally see in a decent midrange bundle. No, this is = a pure=20 budget card.

But there are other cards we can buy for the $140 price = range of=20 the 5700P Turbo; is this one at all worth picking up?

Read on=20 to find out...

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The= =20 Making of a Motherboard - Gigabyte Factory = Tour

While in Taipei for Computex 2004, we took = the opportunity=20 to visit a factory of one of the largest motherboard makers = in the=20 world. Gigabyte was happy to invite us for a tour of their = Nan-Ping=20 factory, 30 minutes from Taipei. They gave us what I think = is=20 unprecedented access to photos of the ENTIRE assemby = process! No=20 holds barred!

So we have for you a photographic tour of the = manufacturing=20 process of Gigabyte's motherboards, from beginning to end. = Keep your=20 eyes open for some goodies that you may not see officially = for a=20 couple of weeks ;)

Check it=20 out!

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Gigabyte=20 3D Cooler Ultra GT Edition

Last week, we saw an established PC company release = their=20 first batch of motherboards. Today, we have one of the = biggest=20 motherboard manufacturers releasing their first batch of CPU = coolers!

The Ultra GT Edition is the top line product - a full = copper=20 multi-platform CPU with a side mounted blower fan and 4 = heatpipes -=20 yum!

Check=20 out the full review!

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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB	$206
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB	$163

AMD = CPUs!
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Intel = CPUs!
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Pentium 4 3.2C GHz	$275
Pentium 4 2.8C GHz	$175
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Gigabyte=20 K8NNXP	$173
Shuttle=20 AN50R	$129
Chaintech=20 ZNF3-150	$152
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Asus=20 K8V-SE	$120

P4 = Mobos!
Lanparty= =20 Pro 875B	$169
Abit = IC7	$117
Abit=20 AI7	$97
Gigabyte=20 8IPE1000	$92
Asus=20 P4P800SE	$93

Dual = Channel=20 Performance Memory
OCZ PC3200 512MB	$140
Corsair PC3200 512MB	$134

OCZ PC3500 512MB	$140
Kingston PC3500 512MB	$159
PNY PC3500 512MB	$130

OCZ PC4000 512MB	$145
Kingmax=20 PC4000 512MB	$108
Corsair = PRO PC4000 512MB	$129
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