Tech News
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Battle of the i865PE, Albatron and DFI
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 | By: DennisThis is a head to head feature shootout between the DFI Infinity 865PE (that we reviewed here) and the similarly equipped Albatron 865PE Pro II.
"The performance was expected and the results received from these two boards are close to that of the i875P competition. However, performance aside these are extremely good value products. The DFI 865PE Infinity in particular offers extreme value, while the performance figures were better than expected the price tag of $110 US is hard to refuse. With loads of Serial ATA, a highly tweakable BIOS and the numbers to back it up, the DFI 865PE Infinity has scored both the Legion Hardware Performance and Value awards!"
It is good to see that Albatron is still putting the floppy connector under the last PCI slot instead of moving all of the slots down and out of the way. -
Corsair TwinX1024-4000PRO Review @ Intel Forums
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 | By: Dennis"Much like the TwinX512-4000 kit, the TwinX1024-4000PRO consists of a matched pair of memory modules, pretested to "run at DDR500 (250 MHz) on a Canterwood-based dual-channel motherboard." The aforementioned PRO series of Corsair memory modules differ from the non-PRO modules by incorporating a redesigned heatspreader and 18 activity LED's. According to Corsair's ProSeries press release: "
I have discovered that the 3200LL ProSeries memory is no slouch either providing some very good overclocking headroom while running at the SPD programmed latency settings. (2326)
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Pentium to AMD Heatsink Conversion
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 | By: DennisThis is a pretty sweet mod and a nice solution for those that may be in a pinch for a heatsink.
"It was envy at first sight! Someone (Serlv) on the forum posted a link to this beautiful Heatpipe made by Thermalright, then came the disappointment. It is "not available for AMD platforms", WTH, that's bullshyte." -
AMD and Intel renew cross-licensing agreement
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisVERY old news but I felt that I should post it since it will help explain why AMD processors look like Intel processors.
"The companies have signed four patent cross-license agreements since 1976, said John Greenagel, an AMD spokesman. "Anything that we patent they can use, and anything they patent we can use," he said." -
2 asetek WaterChill Reviews
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: Dennisasetek WaterChill KT12-L30 @ PimpRig
" Oh momma! I must have been a good little AquaPimp cuz lookie what the cooling fairy left on my doorstep! On the review bench today we have the Asetek WaterChill kit. Specifically the WaterChill CPU/VGA/Chip set cooling kit - KT12-L30, Asetek’s 2nd generation top of the line kit."
asetek WaterChill Review @ ViperLair
"Although the Swiftech solution won the majority of the benchmarks, it is really a toss-up when you look closely at the numbers. I've read other reviews where the gap was much wider, and considering that this revision of the WaterChill is the latest, Asetek did an admirable job of closing the gap."
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Is RFID Technology Easy to Foil?
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: Dennis"Many companies, including Wal-Mart, Metro, Tesco, Procter and Gamble and Gillette, have already started tagging items in stores in the United States and Europe. And the companies making RFID tags still plan to help their customers tag every shampoo bottle, soda can and milk bottle that rolls off the assembly line.
No company, however, has deployed devices that will kill the tags at checkout. "
Pretty soon aluminum foil will be one of those "behind the counter" items.
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AOpen AK79D-400 Max Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisWith all of the recent announcments of new processors and motherboards it is easy to forget about some of the old favorites like the nVidia nForce2. The chipset has been around for quite some time but I don't expect that it will go away any time soon.
"The available overclocking options are quite extensive considering that the board is from AOpen; though not as hardcore as the Chaintech motherboard, there’s still plenty to tinker with. From our overclocking trials, unlike the MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR that had problems working with certain multiplier options, this AOpen board had no such issues."
I've been trying to get some Aopen boards into the Ninjalane Labs for quite some time now but the company is very frugal with their wares. -
Cool Max Aluminum Enclosure CD-510B @ eXtremeReviews
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisThis is a very short review of an external drive enclosure quite similar to the Bytecc ME350U2 that we recently reviewed, though this one comes with a cooling fan.
"Anyone who carries around their internal drives a lot should consider an external enclosure to protect the drive against the rigors of travel." -
NL: Review Block - Early Edition
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 | By: DennisHere is another daily dose of review links from around the hardware community.
- Swiftech MCX462-V Review @ FastLaneHW
- Speeze EEA30B4 LightOwl Review @ Voided Warranty
- Clear View for XPC @ Legit Reviews
Be sure to also register for the new Ninjalane Message Forum.. -
Comdex Starts Today
Published: Monday, November 17, 2003 | By: DennisGiven the most excellent Ninjalane trip to Computex 2003 this year it was decided that the Ninjalane staff stay home for the Comdex show. Quite sad really but as they say, money talks, and mine isn’t saying much.
Any event it will be interesting to see how many people actually attend this year and I look forward to the coverage.
