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AMD Athlon64 FX-53 Block-o-Review
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2004 | By: DennisAMD's newest processor, which will replace the FX-51, was launched today. The reviews are coming from all over internet, so here, at Ninjalane, we're presenting you with this Block-o made out entirely from different websites' reviews of this new CPU. Enjoy.
- The Tech Report
- Hexus
- Short-Media
- Legit Reviews
- Digit-Life
Here is a link back to the site in case you get lost
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MSI K8T-Neo FIS2R Motherboard Review @ ModSynergy
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2004 | By: DennisSeems like everyone is anxious to jump on the Athlon64 bandwagon. This time it's MSI, which has been known to provide excellent software and features bundle along with their fire red PCB and usually great overclocking abilities. Is it the case with this motherboard? Read and find out.
"Micro-Star International Co., Ltd., is one of the worldwide leaders in motherboards. They have been churning out motherboards, graphics cards, optical storage devices, and much more for nearly 16 years. Nonetheless, as recently as a few years ago I had no idea who MSI was as they had not entered the North American market. I first came across MSI from a friend that built a computer using one of their motherboards. Since then it has made huge strides and is among the most popular motherboard makers for AMD and Intel chipsets." -
Corsair Memory Announces 2Gb XMS Pro Series Module Pair
Published: Thursday, March 18, 2004 | By: DennisNow that's A LOT of memory with the usual excellent performance from Corsair. If you missed our own Corsair TwinX memory review, you can check it out here.
"The TwinX2048-3200PRO consists of a matched pair of 1 Gigabyte CMX1024-3200PRO modules. This unbuffered DDR module pair is rated to operate at 400MHz (PC3200) at 3-3-3-8 latency settings. Each module includes a performance enhancing black cast aluminum XMS Pro Series high-efficiency heat spreader, and features Corsair's Activimeter with two rows of colored LEDs that show real-time memory activity. TwinX modules are tested together as a matched pair in a dual channel motherboard, and packaged together immediately after test."" -
OCZ PC4400 Dual Channel Memory Kit Review @ Madshrimps
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | By: DennisIt's the day of fast memory today with RAM reviews coming from all over internet. This time it's OCZ again with their PC4400 dual channel kit that's being reviewed by folks at Madshrimps. With so many different memory modules on the market it will all come down to your needs and, of course, your wallet
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"OCZ Technology Group, has given to us some of the fastest memory on the Planet and with their Performance Series 4400 the tradition continues. Faster then any PC4500 on the market it screams on Canterwood platforms, with the right stepping P4, and appropriate BIOS." -
Shuttle AN50R Motherboard Review @ MetkuMods
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | By: DennisYet another motherboard for your Athlon64. This time it's from Shuttle and along with overall nice to the eye looks, it also packs so nice features and great overclocking abilities. Check it out if you're on the market for one.
"Overclocking with AN50R was easy job after I found suitable memory module for overclocking. Motherboard didn't have any problems achieve over 300MHz FSBs if HyperTransport bus speed was kept close to 600MHz. So with some help of the voltage mods and Mach II cooling system motherboard was ready for serious overclocking..." -
nForce 3 250 Review @ Hexus
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | By: DennisOnce again nVidia battles VIA for the best chipset on the market for AMD systems. This time it's latest and greatest fron nVidia - nForce 3 250. Check out this article and see what chance does it have against it's rival from VIA.
"With NVIDIA giving the 250-series chips a feature upgrade, a 'fixed' HyperTransport implementation, some new disk based ability with the changed ATA and SATA controller, 1000Mbit/sec Ethernet capability to let marketroids tick a box, along with an all round spit and polish, nForce3 250 is rather good. The hardware firewall for example is a fine chipset level feature upgrade, scoring NVIDIA good brownie points." -
Albatron K8X800 Pro II Athlon64 Motherboard Review @ GruntvillE
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | By: DennisLooking for a motherboard to put that brand spanking new Athlon64 processor in? Well, Albatron might have something for you. Not only it comes with it's signature cool blue PCB, but also is loaded with features.
"The K8X800 Pro II uses the same blue PCB we liked so much in both of our past Albatron reviews. The overall layout of the board is much better than the KX18D Pro II. The ATX power connector is in the upper right hand corner of the board allowing for much better wire management but the 4-pin 12V connector is still located on the left hand side of the board. It would be nice to have both connectors on the right hand side, but no luck this time." -
OCZ PC4000EL Gold Edition Memory Review @ PCStats
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | By: DennisAnother memory review, this time it's OCZ's one of the best modules from their memory line. What do they have that others don't? Read up and find out.
"The memory market is pretty saturated right now with high speed memory modules from every corner, and in an attempt to differentiate themselves from their competitors we've noticed that OCZ have been tightening up their memory timings just a bit. After all if you're running PC2100 DDR and PC4000 DDR at stock speeds, it really doesn't make any difference to the computer.... but then if you overclock that is where speed, and memory timings really come into play." -
ASUS A9800XT Radeon 9800XT 256mb Limited Edition Review @ Digit-Life
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | By: DennisAsus decided to come up with a limited edition video card for those wanting to get the feeling of owning a limited edition product. Apart from getting a blazing fast 9800XT you also get a cool leather briefcase along with some extra goodies. Make sure you're ready to shell out a top dollar for this one though.
"Remember that the RADEON 9800 XT is the most powerful gaming accelerator for today. The price is tremendously high and doesn't correspond to the real competition of R360 vs NV38. But it's the market. Price is formed by demand. It turned out that such cards can be in demand. That's wonderful." -
Corsair TwinX1024-3200LLPro 1Gig DDR400 Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | By: DennisHere is one for those looking for a lots of memory and performance in one package.
"The version of the DDR400 standard boasts low latency timings of 2-6-3-2, but what really separates it from the pack is the inclusion of activity LEDs which would be a great addition to a windowed case. Although this memory is meant to be used in its stock speed, we wouldn't be called tweakers if we didn't try to see what extra free performance we could squeeze out of this unique purchase."
For comparison purposes, you can read our own Ninjalane review on this memory here.
