Tech News
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Asetek WaterChill Xtreme 12V Pump-Reservoir Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
Published: Friday, January 13, 2006 | By: DennisHere we have a rockin pump, be sure to check out our review of the same product for comparison.
" As we know Asetek is famous in computer cooling; with their WaterChill and VapoChill products. Today we’ll have a look on their latest pump; WaterChill 12V Xtreme pump. Asetek WaterChill 12V Xtreme pump is a fully integrated pump and reservoir. One of the unique features of WaterChill 12V Xtreme pump is the software monitoring and controlling feature. We’ll see this interesting pump more in this review. " -
Neoseeker Cooler Master Stacker 830 Review
Published: Friday, January 13, 2006 | By: Dennis"The original Stacker was unique in a few ways. It was one of the first mass market BTX compatible cases, and it only contained 5.25 inch bays for installation. Sure it had an adaptor to convert some of those 5 inch bays to 3.5 inch hard drive bays, but on the outside it sure looked like a CD duplication unit."
I would tend to agree, while the Stacker did have a ton of places for drives and such it didn't offer much in the way of original design. However with that being said I can count at least 3 companies that copied the design shortly after its release. -
The Western Digital Raptor X HDD @ Legit Reviews
Published: Friday, January 13, 2006 | By: DennisNow this is the hot shite!
"As you can see from the image above the drive is perfect for anyone with a clear case or those with a case window showing the hard drive bay. The clear window does flex when pressed on and it was advised not to press hard on the window as it might break the seal. During use the Raptor X looked great when at idle on the desktop since you can see the arm inside the drive jitter while the platter is spinning. "
Being that I like to think I'm rich I'll be putting these on my must have list, however I am a little disappointed in that nothing was said about these drives being SATA2. -
Albatron K8SLi Motherboard @ Viperlair
Published: Friday, January 13, 2006 | By: DennisCrappy photos are back in this Viperlair exclusive (for the time frame).
"The first thing I noticed about the board was its size. The board was less wide than a standard ATx board by about 2 inches. To give a good idea how much thinner this board is compared to a standard ATx board I placed it on top of a Winfast board I had laying around. This made me think that Albatron should have simply cut off a few of the PCI slots and made it a mATx board."
Its kind of amazing how some sites can get away with poor quality control when it comes to images, I mean its easy to fix just drop the image into Photoshop and run a couple of color and contrast plugins.
I've generally been displeased with Albatron board layouts but this one is actually pretty good in terms of component placement. -
DFI NF4 SLI Infinity motherboard @ Pro-Clockers
Published: Friday, January 13, 2006 | By: Dennis"Everyone knows that DFi is the king of the hill when it comes to AMD 64 overclocking. There is no other motherboard out there that offers you the controls over the voltages and timings. When DFi brought the LanParty line of boards to the market, it offered all the goodies that would make the inside of your case look as good as it would run. But some of us enthusiasts don't need all that added flare, so DFI gave us the Infinity line."
15 pieces is the minimum and if you are content with the minimum that's fine but, some people choose to wear more and we encourage that.
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How To Correctly Apply Thermal Grease
Published: Friday, January 13, 2006 | By: DennisEveryone has a different method for installing thermal paste, some guys love to be anal and use a razor blade to make sure there is an even and extremely thin layer of paste covering the entire processor. Others, like me, follow the 5 dot rule that involves 5 tiny dabs of thermal paste in certain locations that will eventually flatten and cover the entire processor.
Whatever method you use the trick is to only use enough to cover the processor without having any spill out over the edges. Oh and make sure the heatsink is installed properly since even the most perfect application of thermal paste will do you no good if the heat doesn't transfer to the heatsink.
"Everything you need to know about thermal grease: learn how to correctly apply it in order to prevent your CPU from overheating. A complete guide full of pictures."
The guide is all photos but does cover the basics.
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NL: Review Block - More Memory
Published: Monday, January 2, 2006 | By: DennisEveryone needs memory and the more the better. Funny thing is I've seen reviews for just about every module out there except from Patriot. This is funny because Patriot is very similar to Corsair both in marketing and product offerings; the only difference is that Patriot has a better website.
- Mushkin XP4000 eXtreme Performance @ BRnR
- OCZ Gold pc3200 XTC GX Review @ EclipseOC
Looks like I might have to contact Patriot and see what they can offer. -
ECS PF88 Extreme @ techPowerUp!
Published: Monday, January 2, 2006 | By: DennisThis might be one of the coolest multi-cpu boards on the market, but with everything designed with flexibility in mind you run into a few fundamental flaws.
"When you first look at the slot setup you can easily get confused by all the slots and the stickers.
The top orange slot will be used when using the CPU socket on the motherboard with a PCI-E x16 video card.
The purple slot (2nd down) is used with the SIMA CPU add-in cards which are available for Intel Socket 479, AMD Socket 754 and AMD Socket 939. When the CPU card is installed, the top orange slot will be blocked by the CPU cooler, so you have to use the orange slot below the SIMA slot." -
Swiftech MC14 BGA Memory Ramsinks Review @ OCIA
Published: Monday, January 2, 2006 | By: DennisWhile these ramsinks look rather cool I've heard the included thermal tape doesn't stick very well and in most watercooling applications they are too tall to fit under the hose barbs.
"Seeing as there isn't a real good way to monitor the temperature of video ram, I decided to run maximum ram overclocks on the video memory to test the MC14 ramsinks and see if they are doing their job. Using my X800XL and ATI Tool, I left the GPU core at stock speed and then ran ATI Tool to get the highest clean video ram overclock." -
Logitech G5 Corded Laser Mouse @ TheTechLounge
Published: Monday, January 2, 2006 | By: DennisI gotta get me one of these mice!, don't get me wrong the mx510 and the like are great mice but they are so light even pressure from the cord will move them around. The weight pack is exactly what these mice are missing.
"Where the G7 had a slot for inserting a Lithium-ion pack, the G5 uses the same space for mounting the custom weight pack. The pack is held in place by a spring-loaded clip and ejected via the small recessed eject button. Logitech has included enough small weights with the G5 to allow for multiple combinations of user-preferred weight. They even include a handsome weight carrying case…for when you want to show off your weights at that next LAN party."
