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HP Pavilion Dv2699. At its heart is an Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, which runs at a brisk 2.2GHz with 4MB L2 Cache and an 800MHz Front Side Bus. This is a very able processor and though one might be cautious with new 45nm Penryn CPUs around the corner, this will still be more than capable a year or more down of the line.For support there's the now obligatory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM, configured in dual-channel mode using two 1GB modules. You also get a capacious 250GB 5400rpm SATA HDD, while graphics are provided by an admittedly superfluous 64MB nVidia 8400M GS. We wouldn't expect a machine of this type to be gaming capable and it certainly isn't, but if anything it seems unnecessary to bother with discrete graphics at all since Intel's X3100 integrated graphics are more than capable when it comes to video processing. That said, nVidia's Pure Video suite will give a slight edge when it comes to HD playback, so maybe the inclusion of the 8400 GS isn't as frivolous as it first seems.

The PNY GeForce 8800 GTS 512 comes in a tame (by today's standards) black box with green and blue highlights.  A large red badge at one corner clearly states that this card is made for PCI Express compliant motherboards, a warning that probably is a bit outdated in that almost all enthusiast-class cards released in the past few years have been PCI-e based.  What is missing from the note is that the 8800 GTS 512 (and 8800 GT) are both PCI-E 2.0 compliant boards.  The 8800 GTS 512 will run in PCI Express 1.0 slots as well, however, so don't throw out those older motherboards just yet.

Nexus unviels two new processor coolers : the XiR-2300 and the copper XiR-3500. Both coolers combine some of the most advanced technologies in the market used for CPU coolers. Heat pipes, SkiveTek and ultra-thin fins combined with a real silent  temperature controlled fan delivers ultimate performance which has never been this quiet before.

OCZ today unveiled the OCZ PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB, one the fastest high density kits in the world. Incorporating all the features that make the Reaper HPC series the top choice among gamers and overclockers, this ultra high-speed DDR2 is designed to meet the growing demand for faster high density memory for both productivity and gaming applications. With the price of top-speed DDR2 more affordable to a wide range of consumers, the Reaper HPC 4GB kits offer incredible performance at an attractive price.