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ABIT AN8 SLI Motherboard Review @ MVKTech
Published: Monday, January 2, 2006 | By: DennisHere we have an old sk00l nF4 board from Abit with some fancy new features like the OTES cooling and removable sound board.
"What we find here is a motherboard that is packed with features with-out all the bells and whistles. Being said, the target user for this board will suite the newcomer and SLI enthusiast who seeks an entry level price with excellent features that will put SLI inside your rig for a very good purchase price."
Personally I like the overall colors but dislike the old Sk00l SLI configuration board. -
ULi Acquisition: A Killer Deal By NVIDIA @ CoolTechZone
Published: Sunday, January 1, 2006 | By: Dennis"People are apparently finding the ULi acquisition by NVIDIA surprising, but I believe it was long due and somewhat expected. Given that ULi mostly plays the value game, they make excellent southbridges. Their SATA II chips are to die for and of course, they are a major supplier to ATI."
Mergers typically take a very long time to finalize so it will be interesting to see what becomes of nVidia during the process. -
Hardware Secrets Trashed Their Corsair Voyager
Published: Sunday, January 1, 2006 | By: DennisNot sure what to say about this except to make a "L" and put it my forehead.
"Our “unbreakable” flash USB memory from Corsair, Flash Voyager, simply broke, as you can see on the pictures below. How? We hit it by accident with our chair while it was plugged to our desktop."
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"we found out that this "shock resistance" is only regarding free falls. If you push it hard enough while it is connected to your PC, it will break, as it happened to us."
You take any USB drive in existence and you will find them to have the same flaw so the fact they targeted Corsair for their errors is really un-justified.
On the flip side their solution for fixing the problem is quite ingenious. -
Overclocking and WindowsXP x64 Edition
Published: Sunday, January 1, 2006 | By: Dennis" PCStats thought it would be interesting to see how overclocking is affected on the WindowsXP x64 Edition platform by illustrating both 32-bit and 64-bit benchmarks for an AMD Athlon64 4000+ based system. Would the test platform be stable enough to overclock successfully? Would WindowsXP x64 Edition require a more stable processor than its 32-bit counterpart does?"
The results are quite surprising however the biggest drawback is the lack of 64-bit programs thus rendering the 64-bit OS for the most part useless. -
THE 100 MOST ANNOYING THINGS OF 2005
Published: Thursday, December 29, 2005 | By: DennisThis might be one of the coolest lists I have come across, no doubt there will be more.
"36 ADULT HARRY POTTER FANS
Harry Potter is a fine series to read…when you’re twelve years old! Actually I just put this here to see how much hate mail I’ll get from stupid people who just skim read the list. I actually enjoy reading the books and wish J.K. Rowling was my Sugar Mommy." -
Merry Christmas Everyone
Published: Sunday, December 25, 2005 | By: DennisMerry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Bah Humbug, or whatever you want to call this time of year. Be festive, and eat well.
BTW Spike TV is showing 8 days of 007, aka the Bond-a-thon, being that this is only day 3 be sure to check it out. (if you’re into that sort of thing) -
NL: Review Block - Super Mega Memory
Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 | By: DennisSuper mega memory reviews!
- Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT PC4000 Review @ PCStats
- Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT Review @ Tweaknews
- Corsair 2GB XMS PC4000-PT Review @ OCIA
- Corsair TwinX 2048-3500LLPRO @ Pro-Clockers
- Kingston HyperX PC7200 DDR900 1GB Kit Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
- Corsair XMS TWINX2048-4000PT 2GB @ InsaneTek
- OCZ Gold PC4000 GX XTC 2GB @ InsaneTek
- SuperTalent PC4000 C2.5 1GB kit Review @ 3DXtreme
- OCZ PC2-6400 EB Platinum Edition @ Viperlair
- OCZ PC-4000 Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Pictorial Review! @ Rojaks
- Corsair 2GB TwinX2048-4000PT Review @ Madshrimps
- OCZ PC2-5400 Gold Edition Memory Reivew @ Overclocker Coffee Shop
- Corsair XMS TWINX2048-4000PT @ Big Bruin
- G.SKILL F1-3200USU2-2GBHS PC3200 @ techPowerUp!
- G.Skill High End DDR400 @ TweakPC
- Centon Advanced A2X512S26400LL 1GB Dual Channel Kit @ InsaneTek
For more phatty memory reviews or to see our latest click the link below. -
Gigabyte GA-G1975X Motherboard Review @ Hexus
Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 | By: DennisYou totally have to check this board out!
"Just one look at the Gigabyte GA-G1975X let's you know that this is an enthusiast-orientated motherboard. The i975X chipset-based motherboards will all tend to be premium versions with high street prices, so product differentiation is absolutely key. Gigabyte's decided that overclocking should play a large part in the GA-G1975X's makeup, and a couple of plastic ducts are designed and implemented to cool the hot-running components in and around the CPU socket area. Keeping in with adding fancy names for basic technology, this board is the first of the G1 Turbo line, epitomised by the custom cooling."
I can just see the onslaught of jet theme case mods after this board hits the streets. -
MSI K8N Diamond Plus (NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16) @ Hardware Zone
Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 | By: DennisTwo things are most always true, blondes rarely make their hair darker and MSI will always get a favorable review at Hardwarezone.com.
"Feature-wise, the K8N Diamond Plus is set to wow. Besides the obvious nForce4 SLI X16 chipset, the board comes with dual Gigabit Ethernet, VIA 3-port IEEE 1394a and a total of six SATA II ports. Both additional Ethernet (Marvell 88E8053) and SATA II (Silicon Image SiI3132) controllers are PCI Express based for better throughput performance. The most touted addition to the board's repertoire of features is the embedded Sound Blaster Audigy SE, setting the board apart from all its competitors."
Yep, pretty pimp. The board also got the most overclockable Product Award, though I couldn't tell what that ment. -
Galaxy GeForce 7800GTX 512MB @ TweakTown
Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 | By: DennisYou don't see Galaxy much in the US since their primary market is in Europe and Asia however with the advent of the Internet we can sample a little bit of their goodness.
"Galaxy is a new brand for us here at TweakTown and are a Hong Kong based company that we should start seeing down here in Australia. The big thing about this card is the RRP that we have been given - at $999 Australian Dollars, this is the cheapest 512MB 7800GTX card that we have seen to date."
