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MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R Reviews
Published: Monday, November 24, 2003 | By: DennisThis is the VIA enabled K8 board for the Athlon64 3200+.
Neo-FIS2R Review @ Bjorn3D
"The motherboard sports the Via K8T800 chipset and plenty of special MSI features, such as CoreCell, Live Update, CoreCenter and Dynamic Overclocking. Let's get introduced to the board and then eventually look at some numbers comparing it to an nForce2 system with a 2500+ overclocked to 3200+ (2.2GHz)."
Neo-FIS2R Review @ ViperLair
"As with all of MSI's motherboards, the K8T Neo-FIS2R sports the trademark red PCB. Layout-wise, MSI did a fine job here, giving each area enough room where you shouldn't have any issues installing and removing components. A traditional problem spot, the AGP slot and ram slot, is nonexistent here as there is plenty of space between them."
As much as I like red PCB's I doubt I will ever have a MSI board on the test bench. -
NL: Review Block, From the Weekend
Published: Monday, November 24, 2003 | By: DennisYep thats right, no comments on this stuff.
Misc Items
- Corsair TwinX1024 XMS4000 Pro Review @ GruntvillE
- Intro to the PCI-Express Interface @ IntelForums
- AMD Athlon 64 Chipset Shootout @ Hardware Zone
- Intel Chipset Roundup @ Digital-Daily
- SIS755 Chipset Preview @ accelenation
- Crucial Gizmo! 256MB review @ Designtechnica
- Crucial Gizmo! 256MB review @ Bjorn3D
- Mad Dog 7.1 DSP Soundcard @ Madshrimps
Cases
- A+ GPB Aluminum Window Case @ A True Review
- SilverStone Lascala SST-LC01 Review @ FastLaneHW
- Aspire X-Gear ATX Case Review @ 3dXtreme
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Comdex Reports From Around the Web
Published: Monday, November 24, 2003 | By: DennisMost say that Comdex was pretty lame this year and by the look at some of the write-ups that is an understatement.
- 2003 Comdex Report @ The Tech Zone
- COMDEX 2003 Coverage @ futurelooks
- Comdex 2003 @ Legit Reviews
The Ninjalane crew stayed home this year. -
ASUS K8V Deluxe Review @ Digit-Life
Published: Friday, November 21, 2003 | By: DennisOMG! Another Asus motherboard with a black PCB! What is this world coming to?!?
"The company hasn't changed the traditional board design and hasn't moved memory sockets to CPU realigned, as seen on some prototypes."
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Prodigy 7.1 vs. Revolution 7.1 @ TechConnect
Published: Friday, November 21, 2003 | By: Dennis"The VIA Envy24 was designed for users who look into something more than listening to music, while the Envy24HT is the "consumer" edition of the Envy24. Both are excellent chips and do have exceptional value. In computer multimedia terms, the Envy24 cards are currently the best offerings as far as sound quality concerns us."
I've been pretty impressed with the current Audiotrak sound cards but they are rather difficult to get here in the US. M-Audio on the other hand is fairly common but appears to be geared more for the MAC side of things. -
Zippy EL-715 Review @ PC Abusers
Published: Friday, November 21, 2003 | By: DennisThis is basically the big brother to the Zippy EL-610 that we reviewed earlier this year.
"Maybe I was spoiled from the first Zippy lighted keyboard. This EL-715 would have been a major winner had it used the exact same keys and lighting as the EL-610. As it is, it is still easier to see than any non-lighted keyboard."
The major feature is how the keyboard lights up but for a full sized keyboard it is rather cumbersome to type on. -
Chaintech Zenith ZNF3-150 Review Posted
Published: Friday, November 21, 2003 | By: DennisChaintech has been known to build some very pretty and feature rich boards, in this review we look at a Zenith Series motherboard built with the nVidia nForce3 for the Athlon64.
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What should I do if the Internet goes down?
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2003 | By: DennisThis little parody guide should see you though the thick and thin of any Internet outage, though you will need Internet access to read it.
"4. Install A Game
In emergency situations, installing a single-player computer game can occupy your down-time. While it won't replace the adrenaline rush of intense networked multiplayer action provided by the Internet, a quick game of Sim City or Flight Simulator may distract you long enough for your connection to return." -
Chaintech ZNF3-150 Zenith Review @ Extreme Overclocking
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2003 | By: DennisI have had some time with this board and can honestly say, I'm a fan.
Look for more comments on this board in the next couple of days.
"The ZNF3-150 Zenith is based on NVIDIA's nForce3 chipset, which is on a single-chip architecture. This is much different from the typical North Bridge and South Bridge common to many types of motherboards. This allows for lower system latency and less power consumption. This is one of the major differences between nForce 3 and VIA's K8T800. The NVIDIA chipset also brings adds a lot of features to the ZNF3-150 as we will show you later." -
ABIT AI7 Review @ [H]ard|OCP:
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2003 | By: DennisI haven't posted many reviews from HardOCP in the past but that is no reason to think they are bad. Check out this little snip.
"In designing the AI7, it seems that ABIT took lessons from past mistakes to deliver a well planned out board layout. Everything on the board has adequate space so as to not get in the way of other components, as well as some unique implementation decisions as well."
The funny thing about this statement, There is no space between the AGP slot and the first PCI slot, The floppy connector is located under the last PCI slot towards the bottom of the board, and it looks like you will need to remove the video card to install or remove any of the memory. I wouldn't really call that "well planned" but oh well.
