Tech News
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Thermaltake Volcano 11+ and X-Blower Review @ FastLaneHW
Published: Monday, August 25, 2003 | By: DennisThe X-Blower is basically the ThermalTake version of the Aero fan by Coolermaster. No complaints here the blower motor idea and works great. The fan will produce less noise and cools more consistently when compared to conventional fans.
" As a bonus, Thermaltake was also nice enough to send me their new X-Blower kit. This basically consists of one Thermaltake SF2 and an additional X-Blower fan controlled by a two-channel fan adjuster that fits in a 5.25 bay. The fan works on a similar premise as the Coolermaster Aero fan; it virtually has no dead spot, and of course has the necessary quality of being funny looking."
Check out our review of the Aero 7+ and Volcano 11+ for reference.
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Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Review @ OCModShop
Published: Monday, August 25, 2003 | By: DennisThis heatsink has been around for quite some time now and it is one heavy mamma jamma.
" But less noise means less airflow, and less airflow means less performance. Despite Zalman's success, they haven't quite been able to really crack the high-end enthusiast/overclocker market dominated by Thermalright heatsinks combined with Delta or Vantec high CFM fans. With the CNPS7000A-Cu Zalman seems to be trying to take their low-noise philosophy to the high-performance arena. Let's see if they succeed. The thin-fins look deceptively light, but they add up! The 7000A-Cu really surprised me with its weight." -
Coolermaster Aero 7+ Review @ 3dxtreme
Published: Monday, August 25, 2003 | By: Dennis" I have never been a fan of the squirrel cage design but this just may change your mind as it did mine. With a squirrel cage design if offers more air pressure, thus lower RPM's and less noise. The heat sink itself is made of pure copper with a nice finish straight from the factory. The fins are very thin and numerous providing an ample amount of surface area for good heat disipation. "
Check out our review of the Aero 7+ for comparison purposes. -
The WallComp @ Blynk
Published: Monday, August 25, 2003 | By: DennisThis is actually a pretty sweet looking mod that could add a little spice to any geek room.
"For a while I had wanted to do something different. I wanted to make a new type of computer case unlike any I have seen, but I didn?t even know what to make it with. I thought of working with fiberglass (car-stereo style), real glass, or even modifying a glass desk. Then I found the Soldam Prism (now Prism II). This one desk/case really inspired me. A few seconds after I laid eyes on it, I was already imagining it sideways on my wall. Of course the $750 price tag to get it to my door quickly eliminated that idea. It was time to take drastic measures... it was time to mod" -
Thermaltake Ducting Mod Review @ CyberCPU
Published: Monday, August 25, 2003 | By: DennisI think this paragraph sums it all up.
" was a little let down when I ran all my tests and the Ducting mod didn't do anything to help cooling at all. I was hoping for at least a small improvement but it didn't improve cooling at all. It did however do one thing that I am happy with, the sound level was lower, not a huge difference but a noticeable one."
Not to mention the mod changing the center of gravity on your heatsink making it more prone to cracking the fragile Athlon core. -
GeForce FX71 5600 Ultra Review @ ipKonfig
Published: Friday, August 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"Exclusive implement of technology incorporated in modern supersonic jet engines. With maximum air flow and pressure, the heat dissipation created by GT Technology is up to 30% more than other existing cooling fans under the same operating condition.
The fan pulls in air and pushes it through the enclosed shroud design, and then out through vents located in various parts of the video card--which imparts a Gas Turbine circulation throughout the video card."
The cooling on this card is quite amazing and in a way reminds me of the massive FX5800 copper cooler, just reversed. -
Crucial explains chip density, compatibility, and pricing
Published: Friday, August 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"Memory manufacturers are constantly striving to reduce their cost-per-bit while they migrate production to chips with greater densities. Today, we are capable of producing chips with densities of 256Mb and 512Mb. Crucial's parent company, Micron, is in a leading position in providing a 1 Gb chip. As manufacturers get more density (storage) per chip and migrate to newer processes, the production cost per megabit decreases."
So there you have it, put more in a smaller package and make tons of them.
Thats how you make money in the mfg business. -
Review Links, phj34r the List
Published: Friday, August 22, 2003 | By: Dennisphj34r me missing a day of n3ws, it wasn't my fault though, really.
- IOGEAR Wireless Mouse & Laser Pointer @ Ohls-Place
- Spire CopperStream P4 Cooler Review @ 3dXtreme
- Mirrored Applique @ Modfathers
- MouseRug Review @ Comp-Shop
- A+GPB HSS168 Virtual 3D Headphone Review @ Modsynergy
- P4 Cooler Duel @ GamersDepot
- Coolermaster Musketeer Review @ ExtremeMhz
- Galaxy Tech Cold Cathode Fan @ A True Review
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IOSS RD2 Pro PC Geiger Review @ Rojak Pot
Published: Friday, August 22, 2003 | By: DennisHaving your PCI clock be a limiting factor is pretty rare now days though if you just have to know what your computer is doing at all times this product might be something to check out.
"Why is determining the exact PCI bus speed important? Well, some PCI devices are extremely sensitive towards any bus speed changes, like most SCSI cards. In this case, monitoring the exact PCI speed allows you to pin-point the maximum stable PCI speed for sensitive PCI devices." -
Palit Daytona GeForce FX5200 Ultra Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 | By: Dennis"Seeing that the memory is stock clocked 50Mhz lower than its theoretical maximum, I set off to see if I could push it any farther. Using a utility called Rivatuner, I was able to push the core speed from the stock 250Mhz to 370Mhz and the memory from 650Mhz to 710Mhz. One thing that interested me was the fact that the FX5200 core is supposed to be stock clocked at 325Mhz. I do not know why Palit underclocked it so much. Thankfully, through overclocking, I was able to push it through the 325Mhz barrier and 45Mhz more.
Overall, a fantastic overclock for a budget card."
Nothing wrong with a budget card having good quality hardware.
