The latest computer hardware reviews and news gathered from various points across he iternet. http://www.hi-techreviews.com 2008-09-07T21:06:13+01:00 http://www.hi-techreviews.com http://www.hi-techreviews.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-09-05T11:42:27+01:00 http://www.hi-techreviews.com http://www.hi-techreviews.com/news/latest/western-digitals-caviar-black-hard-drive.html The Tech Report (http://techreport.com/articles.x/15363) - While Seagate grabs headlines as the market share leader in the hard drive world, lately we've been more impressed with Western Digital's portfolio. The company's Black and Blue Scorpios fared... text/html 2008-09-05T11:40:30+01:00 http://www.hi-techreviews.com http://www.hi-techreviews.com/news/latest/gigabyte-ga-eg45m-ds2h.html OC Workbench (http://my.ocworkbench.com/2008/gigabyte/GA-EG45M-DS2H/g1.htm) - Gigabyte is quick to launch the new generation Intel G45 integrated graphics chipset for the Intel LGA775 processors. 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