Although the cathode ray tube (CRT) segment is facing increasing competition from flat-panel and alternative rear-projection technologies, supply for 17- inch CRT monitors and 21" CRT TVs are now running behind demand, according to market sources. Read more
The current supply of Intel desktop-use mainstream LGA775 Pentium 4 CPUs, such as the Pentium 4 530 (3.0 GHz) and 520 (2.8 GHz), is insufficient in Taiwan, especially in the channel, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers. Read more
China-based BOE Optoelectronics Technology (BOE OT) and Info Vision Optronics (IVO) are eyeing the 19" widescreen panel market, with IVO already starting shipping 19" widescreen panels in September, according to sources. Read more
Intel has informed motherboard makers that it will definitely launch its X48 chipset in mid March, two months later than its original launch date, according to industry sources. Read more
Three dramatically different builds face off in a show of performance, defining the real value of each. Our mainstream system is designed to meet the needs of most users. Who should spend more and who can live with less? Read more
For the second to last day of our System Builder Marathon series, we add a $500 gaming PC to the mix. It's not going to be as quick as our other two builds, but we think Paul was able to get some serious value from this thing. Read more
We're following up yesterday's $4,500 behemoth with a more affordable $1,500 mid-range build. Let's see what sort of performance (and overclocking headroom) you can get when you spend one third of the money. Read more
This month's System Builder Marathon spreads the system prices out even further to $4,500, $1,500, and $500. Is today’s $4,500 system really worth three times as much as an upper-mainstream performance machine? Read more