Tech News
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NL: Review Block - MSI Stuffs
Published: Thursday, February 24, 2005 | By: DennisA couple of MSI video card reviews came in over the past few days. One seems pretty cool while the other... well you can see for yourself.
- MSI RX850XT 256MB PCI-Express Review @ Techconnect
- Dual MSI NX6600GT-TD128E SLI Review @ PCStats
Now if MSI would ever return my emails we might have something more to say. -
Soyo KT880 Dragon 2 Review @ FastLaneHW
Published: Thursday, February 24, 2005 | By: DennisDoes anyone even care about Soyo anymore?? I seem to remember that Soyo was the bomb back in the day though the products had a nasty problem of not living up to the hype.
"This board certainly has some nice features. One big feature which is not present on previous boards from Soyo is support for Dual Channel. Another big feature is the support for four SATA drives and eight IDE drives. Yes, that is twelve devices. Simply amazing."
Does anyone remember what "DRAGON" stands for?? -
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 @ Viper Lair
Published: Thursday, February 24, 2005 | By: DennisWe have been really impressed with the K8T890 Pro offering from Soltek (see our review here) and it would seem that the Viper Lair peeps feel the same way.
"One item that we've seen in a few boards is a diagnostic LED. The SL-K890Pro-939 places this LED at the edge of the board, near the last PCI slot. The manual includes the code translations, but this is a nice feature that will assist veterans and newbies alike when troubleshooting thier system."
However the quote doesn't convey that message.
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NL: Review Block - Too Much News!
Published: Thursday, February 24, 2005 | By: DennisIt’s been awhile since I posted a review block so in keeping with "I hate too much review crap in my inbox review block" tradition here is a collection of reviews that didn't get deleted.
Memory
- Mushkin PC3700 1GB DC Kit @ InsaneTek
- Swiftech and ThermalTake @ A True Review
- Corsair XPERT TWINXP1024-3200XL Review @ MVKTech
- Corsair XMS2 Twin2X1024-4300C3Pro Review @ Madshrimps
- Mushkin 1GB DC DDR PC4400 @ techniz
- Ultra Products PC3200 XL 2-2-2 DDR Memory @ Bjorn3D
- Corsair XMS4400 TwinX Memory Review @ ARP
Cooling
- Alphacool Xtreme Pro Review @ PCmoddingmy
- Cooler Master Cooldrive Lite @ Tech-Mods
- Danger Den RBX Waterblock Review @ OCModShop
Cases
- Silverstone SST-LC10 HTPC Case Review @ CoolTechZone
- Thermaltake VB1000 Soprano Review @ The Moditory
For more review news bashing click the link below.
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Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 Review Posted
Published: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 | By: DennisWe are pleased to announce the next installment in the Soltek Pro 939 series of Athlon64 motherboards, the SL-K890Pro-939. While this system is very similar to the SL-K8TPro-939 there is one major difference.
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Nvidia nForce4 SLI motherboards help boost DFI’s January revenues 28%
Published: Monday, February 21, 2005 | By: DennisYay for DFI! Keep up the good work.
"Better than expected sales of its two recently released Nvidia nForce4 AMD64 motherboards helped push DFI’s January revenues up 28% sequentially to NT$242 million, according to the company.
DFI released the two high-end motherboards – the LANParty NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D – earlier this year and expected to ship 7,000 units in January, boosting its revenues 10% on month. However, stronger than expected demand helped the company ship about 10,000 units last month, and DFI expects shipments of the two motherboards to total 17,000 units in February. About 25% of the shipments were for the SLI-based NF4 SLI-DR motherboard, sources at the company pointed out." -
ULi readies K8 solution and first dual-channel DDR2 northbridge
Published: Monday, February 21, 2005 | By: DennisThis could be really cool.
"Taiwan-based chipset vendor ULi plans to begin mass production of a new all-in-one chip solution for AMD K8 processors in the second quarter of this year and aims to begin manufacturing its first product with dual-channel DDR2 memory support at year-end, according to the company’s associate vice president Bruce Tai." -
AOpen prepares “Cube Mini” Pentium M based SFF PC
Published: Monday, February 21, 2005 | By: DennisCan you say PC Mini?, I knew you could
"On the heels of launching the EY855-II XC Cube, its first Intel Pentium M-based small-form-factor (SFF) PC, AOpen is now preparing for the March launch of its smallest XC Cube SFF PC to date, the MZ 855, according to sources at the company.
The Intel 855GME-based system, which the company has dubbed the Cube Mini, will only be 106mm tall and will support Socket 479 Pentium M or Centrino processors, a 400MHz FSB and up to 2GB of DDR333 memory. Although running a notebook CPU, the MZ 855 will still support desktop hard drives, as well as two front-panel USB ports." -
ATI Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition Review @ Tweaknews.
Published: Monday, February 21, 2005 | By: Dennis"Essentially everything is exactly the same from the 256bit memory interface, the 16 full pipelines and the 256Megs of onboard GDDR3 memory and the copper cooler. You wouldn't be able to see the difference if I handed you the two cards with no product stickers until you installed them and checked out their stock clock rates."
Take a close look, this might be the only time you see a Platinum Edition X800XT. -
The MGE Titanium @ Geekextreme
Published: Monday, February 21, 2005 | By: DennisThis is kind of funny; replace your case because an accessory died. While the logic doesn't really fit to a computer person you will look for just about any excuse to upgrade your system.
"The second issue was that my Vantec rheobus had up & died on me, & all of my fans were then blowing on full speed, making a horrendous racket. The rheobus was obviously the straw that broke the camel's back, so I started looking for a new one."
Do you think it is really made from Titanium??
