Tech News
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Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 Review @ 3DXtreme
Published: Friday, November 5, 2004 | By: DennisI was pretty excited to see this board come into the Ninjalane Labs and while I haven't done enough testing to confirm or deny any of the contents of this review I'm pretty sure they covered some of the basics.
"While we did hit a cap with front side bus limitation of 250 MHz. We also managed the highest overall CPU clock speed with this Motherboard. Overclocking on the AMD64 platform can be tricky. Keeping the Hyper-Transport less than 1000 MHz on the K8TPro is critical, also the memory ratio used can play a big part in overclocking success." -
MSI K8N Neo & Neo2 Platinum @ The Crucible
Published: Friday, November 5, 2004 | By: Dennis"We are going to take a look at two of the latest motherboards from Micro-Star International, better know to most of us as MSI. We chose to look at both the socket 754 and 939 platforms to give a comparison of the performance as well as the price."
This is a rather wordy review but does have some good information about how the two boards stack up. If you like to see pictures while reading this review, flip on the telli. -
Ultra Dual Channel PC3200 Memory Review @ BigBruin
Published: Friday, November 5, 2004 | By: Dennis"Ultra Products packages their ram in two different style of packages. A blister pack, and a mahogany wood box for their top of the line RAM.
The wood box is a welcome change from the usual blister pack, or white box that most RAM comes in. Does it really provide anything for the quality of the RAM? No. But it's some great packaging, along with a good place to store any extra RAM you might have laying around."
Whoa!, a wood box to store your memory in, I gotta get me some of that.
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NL: Review Block - 915 Boards
Published: Friday, November 5, 2004 | By: DennisThe Intel 915x chipset is very versatile offering for the mainstream PC market.
- Chaintech Zenith VE 915P @ OverClocker Cafe
- MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum @ PCStats
Sadly there still isn't much word on the i925 chipset though from what I've been told it is very similar to the 915 both in performance and expandability.
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A Quick Guide to AMD Processors @ Short Media
Published: Friday, November 5, 2004 | By: DennisThis guide pretty much covers all of the current processor offerings and even discusses some factors I didn't know about. (mostly cause I never owned the processor
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"Overclockability. Users have reported up to 2.4GHz out of Applebred-based Durons via air cooling. No one I'm aware of has water-cooled a Duron. Your mileage may vary. "
In most cases the AthlonXP is quite a bit cheaper. -
Modding: Single-Layer to Dual-Layer @ Legit Reviews
Published: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | By: DennisSingle to dual DVD burners that is.
"With the recent introduction of dual-layer DVD burners many consumers found that their high speed single layer DVD burners are no longer cutting edge. There is a way to update the firmware on several of the more recent single-layer DVD RW's that will essentially turn it into a dual-layer burner. If you are one of the many enthusiasts that must have the latest and greatest technology don't toss out that "old" single-layer drive just yet!" -
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum Review @ ViperLair
Published: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | By: DennisMfgs seem to be taking some liberty with their 915x boards; some include both DDR1 and DDR2, while others tend to migrate towards one or the other.
"Four colour coded DIMM slots support up to 4GB of DDR-II 400/533 ram. Dual Channel is supported of course, and unlike some 915P boards we have reviewed, this is a DDR-II only house, so don't think of placing DDR-I modules here. Just beneath the ram slots, we have one PATA port, one floppy port and a 24-pin ATX power connection. While a 24-pin PSU connector is preferred, the board will operate just fine with the more common 20-pin connector."
Power aside we found the 20-pin connector to work just fine on these boards as well though when it comes to overclocked stability the 24-pin power was preferred. -
DFI LANParty Motherboard Used to Break the Magic “Six“ (6 GHz)
Published: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | By: Dennis"DFI, maker of the award-winning LANParty and LANPartyUT series of motherboards, today joined the enthusiasts community to congratulate avid DFI user, Fugger, in his recent world record achievement. Using only phase change on an unmodified LANParty 875P-T motherboard, Fugger successfully overclocked his 3.6 GHz Pentium 4 (LGA 775) processor to stunning 6.3 GHz, or about a 75% overclock!"
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"Fugger's latest achievement puts him 300 MHz+ ahead of the next overclocker. At a core speed of 6.3 GHz, his overclocked Pentium 4 560 processor had a front bus speed (FSB) of 1800 MHz. Fugger's record-breaking system setup includes:
- DFI LANParty 875P-T motherboard (350 MHz FSB)
- Intel Pentium 4 560 (3.6GHz) processor (cooled to -121 °C)
- Centon Advanced DDR memory (Samsung TCCD)
- OCZ DDR Booster
- Chilly1 Three-Stage CPU Cascade " -
NL: Review Block - SilverStone Cases
Published: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | By: DennisWhen it comes to choosing a new case I always recommend picking a case with solid construction and a good start on adiquate cooling. This limits the overall need for extensive cooling mods and leaves the rest of the case open for windows, lights, and basic crazyness.
- Silverstone TJ-05 @ SweMOD
- Silverstone SST-TJ05-B @ 3DXtreme
Stay tuned for future Silverstone love. -
Gigabyte P4 Titan GA-8TRX330-L Review @ OCModShop
Published: Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | By: Dennis"Gigabyte is the first manufacturer maker to provide a mainboard based on ATI chipsets. This chipset is targeted to compete directly at Intel’s 865PE chipset, and offers similar features to its rival: hyper-threading technology, dual-channel DDR400, 800MHz FSB, 8x AGP and USB 2.0. Let’s take her out for a test drive… "
Does anyone find it weird that ATI is releasing a chipset to compete with an older, yet still viable, Intel chipset?? I seriously would have expected ATI to do something similar to Sis and release new hat technology before everyone else.
Speaking of Sis, what ever happened to them??
