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External Hard Drive Charts
This page is updated on a regular basis and provides a unique resource for everybody who is looking for a desktop hard drive - whether it is for home or for business use. Our service allows for interactive performance comparison, real-time price/performance and costs per Gigabyte analysis.
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2.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 2.5" Hard Drive Charts compare notebook hard drives. Here you will find 2.5" UltraATA and Serial ATA hard drives manufactured by Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital.
The charts include all popular capacities starting at 40 GB as well as listing hard drives running at 4,200, 5,400 or 7,200 RPM. 15 benchmarks help to determine application perforrmance and low-level performance, giving you all the throughput, access time, interface and I/O performance results.
The 2.5" HDD Charts also include the Cost per Gigabyte calculation and our Price/Performance Index, which helps you to find the best bang for the buck. In addition, we measured power consumption of most the notebook hard drives, so you can see which models are energy efficient and which ones aren't.
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Dual & Quad VGA Charts 2008
For users who want the highest graphics performance a system can provide they need to add more cards in dual and quad configurations. In these charts we test the best configurations of AMD's CrossFire and Nvidia's SLI. We wanted to take all the guesswork out of who is best in what game. This is the ultimate graphics resource tool for hardcore gamers and power users. Each configuration is run them through a battery of eight intensive tests including 7 real world gaming applications and one synthetic benchmark.
* Battlefield 2142
* Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
* Doom 3
* Microsoft Flight Simulator X
* Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
* Prey
* Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
* 3DMark06
Our charts are interactive and regularly updated to enable you to make informed buying decisions. By clicking on a particular graphics card's performance bar you will see the test configuration. These charts are the answer to what a user needs: the best multi-video card configuration available for a particular price and application!
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Intel touts direct DC power supplies for power savings
September 28, 2006 – 11:21 AM
It should come as no surprise that server computers use a lot of electricity, but Intel's CTO Justin Rattner says much of that power is wasted. Speaking at IDF, Rattner said direct current power supply units - the ones that do not need AC power - could save an extra 14% over existing high-efficiency PSUs. A prototype DC PSU shown at the event achieved more than 90% efficiency. -
Intel looks outside the processor for further power savings
March 9, 2006 – 3:04 PM
Intel will be extending its efforts to reduce the power consumption PCs beyond the processor, chief technology officer Justin Rattner said. Speaking at the developer conference of the company he said that currently, a processor is responsible for about 48% of the power within a platform. When Woodcrest will be introduced, the processor will consume only one third of the total power - other platform components such as chipsets will swallow the remianing two thirds. -
Apple intros dual-core Power Macs, renovates Power Books
October 19, 2005 – 2:07 PM
Apple today announced what is generally considered the final major overhaul for the firm's desktop computers before the transition to an Intel platform will begin. Apple's new Power Mac desktop family dumps single-core systems in favor of dual-core machines. -
Tiny power supply cranks out 120 watts
January 27, 2006 – 2:36 PM
For some users, computer designs can't be small and quiet enough. Mini-box.com has begun offering what it claims to be the world's smallest ATX compliant power supply that uses a single 12 volt power source and puts out 120 watts. -
Dell Aims To Cut Power Consumption Of PCs By 25%
May 14, 2008 – 6:30 PM
Round Rock (TX) - Dell wants to become the "greenest technology company on the planet" and part of that goal will be to cut the power consumption of its desktops and laptops by 25% by 2010, the company said today.
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High Power For Power Users: 13 Power Supplies In The Spotlight
June 9, 2003 – 1:01 PM
The latest CPUs and graphics cards require robust power supplies. But watch out: the test candidates rarely delivered on their power claims. Efficiency, voltage and noise levels are a few of the important factors you need to consider before you make a purchase. -
Getting the Right Power: 15 PC Power Supply Units
January 22, 2004 – 12:03 PM
Many users are unaware of the role power supply units play in the stable operation of a PC. But how do you judge one over the other before learning the hard way after buying a faulty unit? THG has tested 15 PC power supply units and details the must buys and the must not buys. We also explain and clarify how to interpret manufacturers' power unit specifications. -
Twice The Power: SiS655 With Dual DDR333
March 12, 2003 – 12:01 PM
The Taiwanese manufacturer SIS follows Intel's footsteps with a Pentium 4 chipset that supports two DDR channels. The SiS655 has been developed from the Sis648, and it now has APG 8X. Unlike the Intel E7205, it not only supports DDR 266 but DDR 333 as well, finally. This gives the newcomer an edge, at least on paper. Can it live up to expectations? -
Microsoft driver bug saps Core Duo power
January 27, 2006 – 10:26 PM
Connect any USB 2.0 device to your notebook and lose more than one hour of battery time: Tom's Hardware Guide's tests of a Windows-based Intel Core Duo mobile processor platform revealed a serious power consumption issue that, according to Intel, is caused by a Microsoft driver bug - a bug that has been known by Microsoft for some time, but kept from the public eye until today.
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35 AMD CPUs Tested for Power Consumption
May 7, 2008 – 10:10 AM in AMD/ATI
We look at the power consumption and cost of running 35 AMD CPUs under varying conditions.
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Nexus 80 Plus Power Supplies
June 4, 2007 – 11:41 AM
Nexus 80 Plus Power Supplies
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VIDEO: Enermax Infiniti 720W Power Supply
March 23, 2007 – 7:14 AM
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