Tech News
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Corsair TWINX1024-3700 Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: Dennis" Our set of Corsair XMS3700 ran flawlessly up to 255 mhz fsb. A 255 mhz front side bus equates to DDR510. Running Memtest at 2.85v anything above a 250 mhz front side bus generated 2 errors in test 5 however we experienced no problems throughout our real world testing. Having the ability to run DDR510 3-4-4-8 puts Corsair’s XMS3700 performance above the spec of their new XMS4000 even. The only issue that really bothererd us was that the XMS3700 had to be run at 3-4-4-8 even if you are running it at DDR400."
Not a bad overclock though the memory voltage seems to be a little high for normally running, but to each his own. Seeing these scores I can't wait to get my hands on some of that Corsair TwinX XMS4000.
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FX5900 vs Radeon9800Pro @ Digital-Daily
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: DennisWith these two cards on the market you may wonder which one will give you the most bang for your buck. Unfortunately I don't think this review will help you all that much they still provide a little insight into each of the two video cards. "The inquisitive reader might easily point to the lack of NV35 on sale, while Radeon9800Pro has been on sale for a month. That's true, but let's be indulgent. If NV35 has been sent out to testers, it means the video card does exist and let's hope it will not suffer the fate of its predecessor, and the production in sufficient quantities will be arranged anyway."
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Thermalright SLK 900U Review @ PC Abusers
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: DennisNow here is a heatsink that can take a fare amount of abuse and accommodate a rather large variety of high and low speed fans including some at 92mm.
"Other than the missing instructions, which can be found here, the whole package was as complete as can be. Including two mounting options for P4 users and featuring a very well thought out method for mounting through the motherboard, eliminating the annoyance of having to deal with bolts and nuts. Just screw the standoffs in with the right washers and you're set!" -
Gigabyte GA-7VT600-L (KT600) Review @ Techseekers
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: Dennis"This is our first look at the KT600 and I do not wish to take it lightly. Unfortunately my choice of board was not great and is lacking some of the more interesting features that the new VIA chipset brings. Such as SATA and Vinyl Audio. In time we will get to test those also but for now we are just going to concentrate on the pure performance aspect of the KT600. The board we chose as our first representation of the KT600 chipset is the newly released Gigabyte GA-7VT6000-L."
KT600 motherboard solutions have been hitting retail channels lately though I'm wondering if if they will even put a dent into nForce2 sales epically with the Athlon64 right around the corner. -
ThermalTake XView Review @ RipNet-UK
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: Dennis"As stated already the XView is a backlit 5.25" drive bay unit. It is a simple metal design which screws into the bay and has a clear plastic panel attached to the front. In between the panel and the metal unit sits a piece of EL sheet with its wires running through the unit into the case to provide power."
Is it just me or does this seem like a dumb idea? Then again if we made some Ninjalane design plate thingies it might be pretty cool. -
Woman Dumps Man for his Online Alter Ego
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: DennisThis is pretty sad really though I can't help but wonder if the guy got the idea from an h-Anime movie. I seem to remember a similar storyline.
"Hoping to find out if Hsiao Lan really loved him, Huang dated Hsiao Lan on the Internet, posing as "Mr J" while continuing to date her in real life." -
PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption - WTF?
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: DennisHaving been developing websites for quite a great number of years now and have seen just about every way possible to publish content to the web, some good and most bad. One of the more common “good” ways is in PDF format. The PDF is a printable file that provides a uniform and standardized way to send content to another person that when printed will look exactly the way the author intended. The PDF offers a certain degree of "copy protection" to the file since when using the free Adobe Reader you cannot readily select text and plagiarize it in your Word documents.
" Users Hate PDF
I hate Adobe Acrobat. If I bring up PDF, I can't take a section and copy it and move it to Word. There could be stuff like graphics I don't want. I prefer documents in HTML format so that it's editable."
As Microsoft would say this is a "Feature" not a bug to complain about, get over it.
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Any event the author of this article seems to think that the PDF is the devil though he cleverly dodges what is really bothering him. It’s not the PDF but the browser plug-in that will load the PDF into your browser window.
Despite the few good issues that he brings up about how a PDF file should be setup (given the available options in Adobe Acrobat) I think I can safely say that the author of this article has no idea what he is talking about.
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Thermaltake Hardcano 5 Review @ Ohls Place
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: DennisI am glad that someone finally addressed how these sorts of harddrive coolers do not work.
"Ok this is where the rubber meets the road and I hate to say it but the Hardcano slid off the road pretty fast. As a matter of fact I will spare you the details and tell you that the Hardcano made .6 of degree difference in temp on on my 7200 rpm hard drive."
I have noticed a similar heat issue with the CoolerMaster Cool Drive 3. Basically the fan helps cool the front of the drive but basically moves all of the heat to the back of the drive thus actually making it hotter than if the drive was without the cooler at all.
Makes me wonder if I should post that review after all. humm -
Spire Cold Cathode Review @ CyberCPU
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: Dennis"This kit was your average CCFL kit. I loved the wiring harness but the CCFL tube itself looked cheap because of the florescent being loose inside instead of stationary. Even though I didn't like the CCFL itself I would recommend this kit just because of the wiring harness."
The crappy thing about cold cathode tubes is that the quality and color rendering vary so much you can never tell exactly what you are going to get. Case in point, for the AntecMod project I bought a high quality cathode from PC Mods. The color rendering was great, instantly turned on, and was super bright.
Fast forward to a few months ago while at CompUSA I noticed a PC Toys dual light cold cathode kit and decided to buy it. When I got home I compared the two lights to each other. The one from PC Mods was brighter and more vivid whereas the PC Toys kit was very dull, orange'ish in color and took a good 5 minutes to warm up enough to resemble anything close to bright.
Needless to say be careful what you buy and stay away from the PC Toys CCL kits, they uber suxX0r. -
Lian Li Aquarium Side Panel Review @ PimpRig
Published: Friday, July 18, 2003 | By: Dennis"As you know here at PimpRig I think I have modded almost everything I own. I was telling you that I felt this thing was designed a little off to me personally. I wanted to see the tank more flush looking and less umm like a huge tank bolted to the side of my case. Upon further study I found that if I drilled the rivets out this panel would fit the other way and thus allow a few things to happen."
I remember a mod a few years ago that was called a water wall. Basically the same concept though it wasn't nearly as deep, nor did it include plastic fish.
