Tech News
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Ximeta Netdisk Review @ Ascully
Published: Monday, October 13, 2003 | By: Dennis"The Ximeta NetDisk can also be used in a sort of Raid array that Ximeta like to call "Aggregate" mode. Using the tool provided you can join NetDisk on your network up to 1.6 terabytes. Yep, that's 160 gigabytes of storage goodness. You can also use two NetDisks in mirrored mode which allows one disk to make a backup of the other useful for the extra paranoid amongst you."
This is something that we normally wouldn't post but its pretty cool; think of it as a fileserver without the server.
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Chaintech Apogee FX71 Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Monday, October 13, 2003 | By: DennisThe GeForce FX5600 would actually be a pretty impressive GPU if the memory interface were larger than 128 bits but it makes an excellent mainstream video card. For comparison check out our review of the Gainward Ultra 760XP.
"Chaintech calls their cooling solution the Gas-Turbine Technology, but despite their fancy naming scheme, it appears no different from other graphics card’s implementations. It claims to cool better than other cooling solutions, but our testing reveals otherwise. Don’t get us wrong. The Chaintech Apogee FX71’s cooling solution kept the card within reasonable operating temperatures and there are no heat concerns, but when compared to an equivalent card from another vendor (e.g. MSI), we found the Apogee FX71 a tad warmer"
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PolarFLO Waterblock Review @ GruntvillE
Published: Saturday, October 11, 2003 | By: DennisThere have been quite a few companies making CPU blocks with 3 barbs and from what I've seen the design is quite effective.
" Did you notice the 3 barbs? Good. As the Key Features state, the center barb is for the cool water to come in and the outside barbs are for the newly heated water to leave."
There is a pretty high gloss on this waterblock, almost to high.
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PSU Mod @ CreativeMods
Published: Saturday, October 11, 2003 | By: DennisThis power supply mod is rather simple but quite unique mostly due to the inherent danger rating of playing with an item such as this.
" Now let’s talk about the Dangers of Modding a PSU. First the really large capacitors in there hold a large load of power, and they can discharge in a flash right into you. This may not kill you but you will think twice about playing with a capacitor again."
"Caps" can hold a hefty charge for quite a long time so please be sure to never open a power supply unless it has been properly discharged and disconnected from a power source for a considerable amount of time. -
Thermaltake Xaser LanFire Review @ FastLaneHW
Published: Saturday, October 11, 2003 | By: DennisWatch out! LanFire in the fast lane, please pass on the right.
" There are literally hundreds of options out there for computer cases. Some are plain, some are premodded, some are cheap, and some...well...aren't. Today we'll be taking a look at a new case from Thermaltake, dubbed the Xaser LanFire. The LanFire brings together the two things that some enthusiasts want most; pre-mods up the wazoo in an easy-to-transport design."
For a pre-mod these ThermalTake cases are pretty cool to look at and have tons of space. -
Epox 4PDA2+ Review @ myWorld Hardware
Published: Saturday, October 11, 2003 | By: Dennis"Choosing a motherboard can sometimes be very hectic. With so many different companies throwing out their products for sale, users alike may find it confusing to get the board which they would really suits them well."
Confused?? ya same here but the photos are good.
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Intel P4 Extreme Edition @ LostCircuits
Published: Friday, October 10, 2003 | By: Dennis"With respect to the Extreme Edition of the P4, Cachemem is certainly the most interesting synthetic benchmark in that it should clearly show where memory traffic can be absorbed by the L3 cache rather than having to be routed all the way to the system memory. The cut-off block size is naturally expected to be 2 MB since that is all that would fit into the L3 cache. In other words, the main differences between the P4 3.2 and the P4 EE are expected with block sizes larger than 512kB and up to 2048 kBytes."
Basically this paragraph sums up the coolness with the P4EE, the problem lies with the rather high cost of the processor and that it is only available in a single speed. -
CoolJag CJC665C Heatsink Review Posted
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By: DennisThe CoolJag CJC665C is a very unique heatsink is of a simple design but comes with a great accessory and equally good performance. Not to mention cooling as good if not better than the AVC Sunflower II.
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Intel high-prices go higher, low-prices set for increased value
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By: DennisLots of good stuff in this article.
"To match these market needs, Intel plans to set the top-notch high-performance Pentium 4 3.2GHz (P4PXE, P4 Processor Extreme Edition) at the unprecedented high level of US$925. The new product is set to hit the market in early November. The price exceeds general market anticipation significantly, in previous articles, DigiTimes reported a target price of US$700 for the P4 HTEE (Hyper-Threading Technology Extreme Edition).
At the same time, Intel will enhance the 2.8GHz, 3GHz and 3.2GHz Pentium 4s’ 512K L2 cache memory to 1MB. Prices for the new version will stay the same, although Intel has not yet confirmed a transition schedule."
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MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R Review @ PCstats
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By: Dennis"When it comes to motherboards, most manufacturers were ready to go public last year with their Athlon64 products, but due to AMD having manufacturing delays, no one could release their goods. After all how successful are you going to be at selling a motherboard when the processor's are not even available?"
This is still an issue but will soon be fading, or so we hope. The board in this review is a VIA based and designed for use with the Athlon64. It only has a single channel memory controller, but the PCB is red so all is not lost.
