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Explosive Labs has completed a review on the, Plextor External USB 2.0 PlexWriter 40/12/40U.

Typically, there has been a race to introduce the best and most advanced computing solutions. CD-RW drives are no exception. Based in Silicon Valley, Plextor has made a name for itself in performance and CD solutions. While there are quite a few companies offering CD-RW drives, Plextor is definitely one of the big boys in the game, being in the top five if not top three. At the time of this review, Plextor's external 48x (PX-W4824TU) had just come out. This leads me to expect full maturity. Hopefully, the companies specializing in CD technology will shift more to the DVD area. Though the DVD solution is still in its early stage, it shows great promise and probably will be used as much as CD-RW, as soon as it becomes cheaper.
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Reviews 52637 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Explosive Labs has completed a VIA KT333 motherboard roundup review featuring motherboards from Soltek, Gigabyte, AOpen, Biostar, and Jetway.

I'll start off with a quick run through of the general aspects that this particular chipset offers. The VIA KT333 chipset obviously supports DDR333 (PC2700) memory and can reach a peak bandwidth of 2.7GB/sec, 25% greater than the KT266A. Other key features include AGP4X, ATA-100 (ATA-133 in the VT8233A), integrated six channel advanced audio through the C-Media 8738 chip, six USB ports, LPC bus, and integrated 10/100Mbps ethernet and home PNA, AC-97 audio.
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