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A Ninjalane History
Published: Thursday, September 13, 2007 | By: DennisThere is a new section at Ninjalane that is so far Part 1 in a 3 part series on the history of Ninjalane. Read forth and enjoy
During a recent social event at one of the largest computer shows inthe world it became apparent that nobody really knows anything aboutNinjalane. While I would like to blame the liberal media, tabloids, andphoto crazy paparazzi I have to step back and blame myself. I have beenpretty elusive when it comes to talking about Ninjalane and even moreelusive when it comes to talking about me. Well that is the purpose ofthis article; I'm going to tell you about Ninjalane, what it is, whereit came from, what we do, and most importantly why you should care. -
Nvidia to end Designed by Nvidia motherboard standardization scheme
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisThis could be good
Although Nvidia was expected by motherboard makers to cutinto the motherboard market with its "Designed by Nvidia" scheme, DrewHenry, general manager of MCP business at Nvidia recently came toTaiwan to clear the speculation in the market, while promoting thecompany's upcoming MCP 73 chipsets.
Nvidia pushed thestandardized motherboard specification to assist makers in savingcosts, pointed out Henry. It could help makers with fewer researchresources to launch products quicker, while the more capable makerswould be able to add their own exclusive functions to differentiatethemselves in the market. However, many makers were confused by thescheme, and therefore Nvidia has decided to stop using it, but thestrategy of pushing standardized motherboard and graphics cards willcontinue. -
NL: Review Block - Misc Stuffs
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisJust some misc items to wrap up the day
- Neoseeker Publishes a Look at Barcelona
- AMD Barcelona Launched - Previewed at HotHardware
- ASRock 4Core Intel P31 Motherboard Review @ Madshrimps
- Gigabyte 3D Mercury Water Cooling Case @ Hi-Tech Reviews
- ASUS P5E3 Deluxe X38 with an air-cooled QX6850 sets a new memory bandwidth record @ NordicHardware
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CoolIT Systems Freezone Thermoelectric CPU Cooler Review @ Bigbruin
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisWe've been trying to get one of these systems here in the Ninjalane Labs for awhile but nothing ever materialized. Never the less these remain one of the best liquid type coolers on the market.
The CoolIT SystemsFreezone CPU Cooler is designed to be totally self-contained andrequires no maintenance. This makes the Freezone unique because mostliquid coolers require constant care due to water in the systemevaporating. Evaporation can become a serious issue if the water leveldrops too low because the cooling capability of the cooler can degradebelow air-cooled heatsink performance levels. -
Gainward 8800 Ultra review - XSReviews
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisOut with Sexy Red and in with Bad Ass Black. Yep Gainward has finally stopped doing what they have been known to do best and started following the crowd. It almost makes me want to start buying them again.
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Hitachi Deskstar 7k1000 1TB Hard Drive Review @ HardwareLogi
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisWe have been planning a server upgrade here in the Ninjalane Labs to replace the aging systems that have been running pretty much non-stop since 2000. You see most "home" servers are northing more than reclaimed workstations and the reclaimed nature goes hand in hand with "old". Needless to say we need more storage space and they have pretty much reached their capacity.
The plan is for a multi-disk TB system but with single TB disks on the market, why stop at one.
It wasn't that long ago that Hitachi was the first the reach the 500GBsingle hard drive milestone, and with the release of the 7k1000,Hitachi retains the capacity crown, also becoming the first to pack1000 gigabytes into a single drive. But it's not always about finishingfirst (ask any woman), the performance has to be there too. JoinHardwareLogic as we throw the 7k1000 into our testbed and see if itperforms as big as it's capacity. -
A-DATA Extreme Edition 1200+ 1GB Kit @ techPowerUp
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisFor the longest time A-Data was hardly ever seen here in the US but things are a changing. Be sure to keep an eye on their high end product line.
A-DATA is joining the band wagon of 1200MHz memory with their Extreme Edition memory. Many manufacturers havedisplayed memory at these speeds at Computex this year. The kits areavailable in 1 or 2 GB variants and come with the new, cleanerheatspreader. This Extreme Edition memory is the first to manage 1200MHz at default voltage with no problems at all. -
Abit IP35 Pro and IP35-E Review @ InsideHW.com
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisSome P35 goodness over at insidehw.com
As far as IP35 Pro Snake is concerned, all electrolytes aremetal-plated, whereas the IP35-E has this kind of solution only aroundthe socket. Generally, this is where they are needed the most, so thismove of ABIT's engineers is a smart way to further reduce the price ofthe final product while maintaining the quality level. Besides thePower and Reset microswitches, the IP35 Pro Snake also has amicroswitch for clearing the BIOS on the back panel, so that you don'thave to open the case if you wish to clear the BIOS anymore. All inall, the boards look promising, but that is quite irrelevant if notpaired with good BIOS, so let's move on to that part of the story. -
Gigabyte P35-DQ6 Motherboard Review @ HardwareLogic
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisThe new 3 series chipsets were all the rage at this years Computex though you have to wonder if the fuss is really worth it. I mean feature wise you get support for 1333Mhz processors (that are about a grand each) and DDR3.
Then again there is the overclocking aspect.
When INTEL released the P35 chipset, many people were wondering what the big deal was. In all honesty, its a marginal upgrade form the immensely popular P965 chipset it replaced, at least in many instances. But for those who overclock, the P35 chipset provides a pretty significant upgrade over its predecessor. -
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude review @ Elite Bastards
Published: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | By: DennisWe have never liked Sound Blaster stuff here at Ninjalane, oh there was a time when Sound Blaster was the bomb but they got slopply around the time of the Live! card and since then lost face in our eyes. The only other alternative was onboard audio (which suxX0red even worse) and stuff based on the Cirrus Logic C-Meda chip. Auzentech embraced the C-Media and made some really great products.
Oh how times have changed.
o, here it is - The first ever third-party board to sport CreativeLabs' X-Fi chip. Quite a busy looking thing, isn't she? Interestingly, we can see that the X-Fi chip itself is outfitted with aheatsink, unlike most of Creative's SoundBlaster X-Fi offerings. Thataside, the board features a standard connector for front panel audio aswell as an analogue CD audio connector.
