Tech News
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ABIT Siluro FX5900 OTES Review @ myWORLD Hardware
Published: Monday, September 29, 2003 | By: DennisThe original Abit OTES system was highly known for their original, effective and... loud cooling. It looks like Abit improved the cooling and now it's effective, but silent, though you still have to sacrifice one PCI slot.
"On 18th November 2002, NVIDIA announces their highly anticipated top of the line product, GeForce FX5800Ultra. It was touted to be the first ever graphic chip to be made under 0.13micron process with incredible core and memory speed, featuring DDR II memory that runs at 1GHz. Although NVIDIA was heavily promoting it, getting hands on one of them is sure hard enough which were mainly contributed by delay productions and high priced tag. Choice wise, it was the only DirectX 9.0 card by NVIDIA at that time." -
Corsair TwinX 4000 vs OCZ Gold 4000 @ Madshrimps
Published: Sunday, September 28, 2003 | By: DennisWhen it comes to buying one of the fastest memory on the market, it usually comes down to stability and performance, and, sometimes, price. Which brand to go with, it's only up to you. Check this review out to make a better decision.
"And in that respect, Corsair performed exactly as it was designed to. I've always seen Corsair as more of a "system" memory, and it's always been stable. Don't get me wrong, Corsair has released some the best overclocking memory on the market. Corsair offers many different memories, to meet the needs of many systems. I find their memory to be more versatile, in its application. My verdict therefore is a dead tie. Both are excellent products, both did what they were designed to do, and far surpassed that design. Overclockers might think, 266FSB isn't that interesting, because we’ve been spoiled." -
DFI LanParty NForce II Ultra @ The Tech Lounge
Published: Sunday, September 28, 2003 | By: DennisThe Tech Lounge takes a look at DFI's latest motherboard for AMD processors. The board looks great, and already proved itself to be a great performer in our own review.
"If you are looking for style, this board is a winner. If you are looking for lots of extras, this board is a winner. If you are looking for performance, this board is a winner. If you are looking for some crazy overclocking, this board is a winner. If you want to mount a heatsink with screws, you're screwed. That pretty much sums it up." -
A few reviews in a Block-o @ Ninjalane
Published: Friday, September 26, 2003 | By: DennisWhoa... It's pretty calm today in the hardware world after a crazy week with news from Computex and some major releases from AMD and other companies. Well, Computex is over and everything is back to normal. Here is a few news that you might want to take a look at:
- BeanTech BT-9023 Memory Reader Review @ Furioustech
- Speeze HawkStream Socket A Cooler Review @ A True Review
- Steelpad 4S Review @ HardwareZoom
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SwiftTech MCX462-VT Review @ PC Abusers
Published: Friday, September 26, 2003 | By: DennisSwiftTech has changed their heatsink's design a little since their last MCX462+ heatsink, and I must admit it looks pretty impressive...
"We'll be comparing the SwiftTech MCX462-V against an all-copper Thermalright SLK900-A. Of all the many heatsinks that have come across the PCA testing board, that SLK900-A is the best. So no slack will be cut here. We'll soon find out if this SwiftTech is a contender, or another pretender."" -
Computex 2003 Day 4 - Booth Babe Edition
Published: Thursday, September 25, 2003 | By: DennisThis will be the forth and final update from Computex 2003 with only a few minor updates to report. This edition is a little special in that it has a rather large gallery of Booth Babes. Enjoy!
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AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 vs. Intel Pentium 4 EE @ Hardware Zone
Published: Thursday, September 25, 2003 | By: DennisHardware Zone takes a look at the Battle of the Titans - the brand spanking new Athlon64 FX-51, and a little upgraded, not-so-new Pentium4. Who wins? Take a look and find out.
"The new Athlon 64 FX-51 and Pentium 4 Extreme Edition are two of today's fastest processors for the desktop market. There are several key differences between each of them, but the main selling point for the Athlon 64 FX-51 is its revolutionary 64-bit core which promises to deliver more computing power to the masses while still retaining excellent 32-bit compatibility with current applications and operating systems." -
Block-o @ Ninjalane
Published: Thursday, September 25, 2003 | By: DennisOur Block-o became a tradition here, at Ninjalane. I like it because it helps us to post the news that otherwise would have been ignored and, probably, are ignored by a lot of sites. Without much further talk, I present you Block-o:
- Crucial Hi-Speed USB 7-in-1 Card Reader @ Bjorn3D
- The Antec Notebook Cooler @ PCA Reviews
- Zalman ZM-WB2 Water Block @ The Tech Lounge
- Extreme Volcano 12 Review @ PC Abusers
Sorry if your news got delayed. I usually wait for a little bit just to get more news and put them in a Block-o. Better later than never.
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Epia CL10000 Review @ Epiacenter
Published: Thursday, September 25, 2003 | By: DennisWhile the performance of this motherboard might not be enough for a super small LAN Party machine, it can be a good choice for all those wanting to make some crazy mod.
"If you need the features the CL10000 offers, such as 2 NICs, 4 COM ports, 6 USB ports, all in such a small low power package, then this is a very good choice as I don't know of any other system that offers all of these features in such a small package. But if you don't need these extra features, then you are probably much better off with the cheaper M10000, especially as it has it's own appealing features, such as 5.1 sound, Firewire, TV out etc. It all depends upon the market you are in - are you looking for a compact reliable network machine, or a multimedia home entertainment machine?" -
Albatron PX865PE Lite PRO Review @ TechConnect
Published: Thursday, September 25, 2003 | By: DennisTechConnect takes a look at the new Albatron motherboard and they seem to like it. I don't know much about Albatron motherboards but you gotta love the ocean-blue PCB.
"The Albatron PX865PE Lite PRO mainboard has great offerings and is well priced. The mainboard is a budget solution for mainstream or value market. It has great performance for the money, as well as features. Besides being a single channel DDR chip, the i848P is just an ordinary i865PE chip in another shell."
