Tech News
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Koolance PC3-720 Watercooled Case Review @ Hardware Hell
Published: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 | By: DennisThe only proper way to watercool your system is to install the gear yourself, however some may lack the skillz to make that happen. For those people items like this Koolance case can come in handy.
"The case itself has a lot of features. It has a lot of thumbscrews instead of your standard screws. Everyone knows that thumbscrews are much easier to work with. It also has a motherboard cradle that holds the motherboard in place." -
Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 Review @ Neoseeker
Published: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 | By: Dennis"Soltek has struck a very good balance between affordability and features. Don't get us wrong, though - this board certainly does not lack features. Expansion will never be a problem with the SL-K8TPro-939, nor will CPU or RAM upgrades: four SATA ports, three IDE ports, two Firewire ports, eight USB ports, five PCI slots, and four DIMM slots are about as much as anyone can possibly need."
We reviewed the Soltek SL-K8TPro not to long ago and while I could agree that the SL-K8TPro is a good board it didn't provide us much in terms of overclocking performance. -
Corsair Flash Voyager Review Posted
Published: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 | By: DennisThe big issue many users have with flash drives is the typically the device itself since they tend to fall apart with minimal use. Corsair has tried to solve this by wrapping the entire drive in a durable rubber shell.
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Morphing nForce4 Ultra into nForce4 SLI @ Anandtech
Published: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 | By: DennisYou know it had to be done, the cracking of the nForce4 SLI.
"If you look closely at the pictures of the SLI and Ultra, you will see that the chipset themselves appear identical. However, a closer look at the resistors and pads surrounding the chip shows some differences. The resistors appear the same on both, but there are 3 sets of resistor pads that are closed on the SLI chipset while just two sets are closed on Ultra."
They used a DFI nForce4 Ultra and modded the chipset to full SLI capability. There’s nothing like a motherboard mod to ring in the New Year.
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BTX Form Factor Exposed @ PCStats
Published: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 | By: Dennis"Weren't we all supposed to be using BTX by now? When this radical form-factor change for motherboards and PC cases was first proposed by Intel in 2003, its introduction was supposed to coincide with the birth of the 'Alderwood' and 'Grantsdale' chipsets we now know as the Intel 915P and 925X."
I think having the BTX out along with the other changes would have just delayed everyone from moving to the new Intel platform. -
NL: Review Block - Flash Tyme
Published: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 | By: DennisThe Corsair Flash Voyager has become pretty popular with the hardware crowd and as you will soon see I have become a fan as well.
- Corsair Flash Voyager @ Bjorn3D
- Corsair Voyager USB Flash Drive @ VelocityReviews
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Soltek 3901A SFF Review @ Neoseeker
Published: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 | By: Dennis"The current generation of QBics, at least aesthetically, are still identical to the previous ones. Perhaps the only real difference (read: the ONLY difference) is in the motherboard. Since the first generation, there has been practically no change in the Soltek design. While it has that industrial look about it, I would look kindly on a case redesign."
I'm just going to have to go ahead and disagree with the above statement in terms of the Qbic needing a redesign. The super clean design complements the case and actually goes with just about everything. One thing that people are quick to forget here in the Americas is that the European and Asian markets are the primary buyers of Soltek stuff and the last thing they need is a computer case that doesn't match anything in their house and/or apartment. -
Glued on Titan
Published: Monday, January 17, 2005 | By: DennisIf I said that I didn't post any news due to the Titan Lander event last week I would be lying. In fact I've been hella busy up in here playing carpenter in my new house.
Its still under construction but we're at the point now where the doors are being installed and the trim is going up. Yep its true there might finally be closure to this year-long building process.
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XFX GeForce 6600GT PCIe Review @ VR-Zone
Published: Thursday, January 13, 2005 | By: Dennis"XFX has lost a little steam when it comes to their bundle, outfitting their GeForce 6600GT with three mediocre gaming titles that are already showing their age. In addition to their bundle, they do include two DVI to VGA adapters, and the standard RCA and S-Video cables so you can output to your television."
However what you do get is a gamer tweaked video card designed for speed, and a shiny blue PCB.
We're actually looking forward to getting one or two of these cards in the near future so stay tuned. -
EN6600GT Dual GPU from ASUS - Info @ Digit-Life
Published: Thursday, January 13, 2005 | By: DennisThese guys crack me up from time to time.
"I wonder, is it possible to install 2 x EN6600GT Dual card to get yourself a whole 4 GPUs? Perhaps, it is, because the novelty from ASUS has two 14-pin connectors, one in the place of SLI interface, so if you take a couple of cables..."
They do have a point though. The nForce4 comes with 20x lanes of PCIe. 16x go to video leaving 4x for expansion cards and onboard items. By changing the SLI daughterboard that makes SLI happen (on the ASUS board) you "could" get the second 16x PCIe slot to run in 4x mode.
The theory is there but I'm thinking 4x/2 lanes of PCIe for 2 GPUs and 16x/2 for the other 2 GPUs would be impractical and hinder performance.
