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36 MAXIMUM PC JUNE 2004 Is Serial ATA Faster Than SCSI? vibration controls for rack-mounted the hard drive performance crown? To ...

WHAT’S THE FASTEST RAID STRIPE SIZE? The test: When configuring a RAID array, you have the option of choosing from several diffe ...

380 MAXIMUM PC JUNE 2004  EEXPERIMENTS WITHXPERIMENTS WITH Which Is Faster: nVidia’s GeForce 6800 Ultra or ATI’s Radeon X80 ...

JUNE 2004 MAXIMUM PC 39 date, the cards run within four frames per second of each other, even with the water reflections set to ...

400 MAXIMUM PC JUNE 2004 Is More Expensive “Fast” Compact Flash Worth the Money? The test: Walk into a store to buy Compact Flas ...

Last year’s Geek Quiz provoked hysterical pleas for mercy. “It’s too difficult!” some whined. “I should have scored higher!” oth ...

 MAXIMUMPC JUNE 2004 1) Which is not true about flash memory? A It retains data without external power B It has a limited numb ...

2) What radio frequency do 802.11g wireless networks use? A 802.11MHz B 900MHz C 1.9MHz D 2.54GHz 3) Who makes the graphics acce ...

Geekus Primitivus 16) In 2003, a lawsuit erupted between hard drive manufacturers and consumers over: A Slow performance B The d ...

Geekus Erectuses don’t call IT—they are IT. Note how the diet has completely devolved into energy beverages and protein pellets ...

1) The blue-violet lasers in Blu-Ray DVD recorders operate at what wavelength? A 305nm B 350nm C 405nm D 650nm 2) Which CPU does ...

Geekus Peakuses have completely unhinged themselves from society at large. They never call IT because they don’t have jobs; inst ...

 MAXIMUMPC JUNE 2004 ELECTRO MAGNETIC INTER- FERENCE (EMI) FILTER: Found in high-end power supply units, EMI circuitry smoothe ...

JUNE 2004 MAXIMUMPC 57 The foundation of a stable and long-lasting system is a high- quality power supply. But choosing the righ ...

58 MAXIMUMPC JUNE 2004 POWER SUPPLIES What terms should I know be- fore purchasing a power supply? There are three technical ter ...

JUNE 2004 MAXIMUMPC 59 Is my 550W power supply really consuming 550W at all times? Absolutely not! First off, a power supply’s r ...

12V are entirely different. Some EPS 12V PSUs also offer an additional 6-pin SSI connector for use by mobos with an AGP Pro110 s ...

 MAXIMUMPC JUNE 2004 POWER SUPPLIES Power Consumption Field Guide Want to make sure your PSU generates enough power for your p ...

Is there a way to securely lock an individual folder in Windows XP? I want to be sure the contents are password protected, secur ...

PLAYING IT BY EAR I recently backed up all my CDs using the MP3 file format at the maximum-quality, variable- bitrate setting. T ...