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• DFI 865PE Infinity Motherboard Review @ Bjorn3d

  Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | By: Dennis

  DFI has been targeting enthusiast market with their LanParty motherboards for quite some time now. Since today is the official launch of DFI 865PE Infinity motherboard, Bjorn3d posted a review just as we did. Though, they didn't seem to like it as much as we did in our review.
  "And they aim to do it again with a new approach to BIOS settings. While launching its new Infinity series of mainboards targeting overclockers on a budget, DFI is also bringing out CMOS Reloaded, which enables the user to select/tweak, define, save, and rename the CMOS. Currently, CMOS Reloaded allows you to save two distinct CMOS configurations."

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• Computex 2003 Day 2

  Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Day 2 at Computex 2003 was very eventful and featured a few product and technology launches. I also caught the AMD booth babes cutting loose.

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• AMD Athlon64 3200+ Processor Review @ PCStats

  Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | By: Dennis

  This is one of the first reviews on the new AMD processor which is being officialy being launched today. In fact, the event should be beginning in about 35 minutes.
  "In the late 90's AMD released several processors in hopes of stealing the spotlight away from Intel and its Pentium II and later Pentium III processor. Tired of being an "Intel clone," AMD's goal became to set market trends, instead of just following the lead of chipzilla. AMD's K6, K6-2 and K6-III processors all had a lot of promise, but with constant delays and manufacturing problems they just fizzled, ending up competing against Intel's bargain-basement budget Celeron processor, instead of the Pentium II's"

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• A Small Block-o @ Ninjalane

  Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | By: Dennis

  I have a few news that should have been posted so I decided to make another Block-o. Look through it, maybe you will find something that interests you.
  
  - Spire P4 CopperStream Cooler @ A True Review
  - Zalman Surround Sound Headphones @ Overclockers Club
  - ThermalTake Extreme Volcano 12 CPU Cooler @ Tech-Mods
  
  Yep, that's it. Well, not really... Here is one more link, to... well you already know, where.

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• DFI Infinity 865PE (Springdale) Review Posted

  Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | By: Dennis

  We have all seen PAT like BIOS patches applied to Springdale boards but none are quite like the "Super PATCH" from DFI. Combine that with the new CMOS Reloaded technology and you get a hardware enthusiasts dream board.
  
  For those that may be confused the CMOS Reloaded technology allows the end user to save their current CMOS settings and restore them at will.

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• Danger Den MAZE4 Water Cooling Kit @ Tech-Mods

  Published: Monday, September 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Danger Den has been producing one of the best performing water cooling kits on the market. They came a long way with their Maze water blocks but they still find something to improve with their every new release.
  "The Maze 4 is the newest line of cooling offered by Danger Den. Their new design differs from the Maze 3 with smaller channels, but many more of them. Performance of the Maze 3 and Maze 4 series are nearly identical. The Maze 4 outperforms slightly in cooling tests by Danger Den."

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• Possible Bandwidth Caps? @ Cnet News

  Published: Monday, September 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  This is quite an interesting article about possible bandwidth caps that may or may not be put on users. So if you're one of the "heavy" internet (ab)users, you may get a letter from your ISP asking you to limit your downloads.
  "Keith, who asked to keep his full name private, said he'd subscribed to the service for four years and never had a complaint before. Now he was being labeled a network "abuser.""

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• Computex 2003 Day 1

  Published: Monday, September 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  The following is a picture tour of some of the highlights from day 1. Don't mind the worlds tallest building in the background, its still under construction.

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• PC4000 round-up @ Nordic Hardware

  Published: Monday, September 22, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Here is another round-up of DDR500 memory. As the quote says, just a few AMD users will be able to utilize the full potential of this kind of memory. However, Intel owners should check it out.
  "First and foremost you have to be an owner of a Pentium 4-system. AMD-owners don't even have to think about it since FSB speeds around 250MHz+ on these systems are almost as common as Swedish medals in basketball championships."

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• Block-o Reviews @ Ninjalane

  Published: Sunday, September 21, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Since Isabel cut my power for about 36 hours, I've acquired quite an amount of news that should've been posted, but never had. So, behold, for I bring you another installment of Block-o-Reviews:
  
  - Zalman CNPS6000-Cu Heatsink Review @ Furioustech
  - Trust 4000P Speaker System Review @ PCReview
  - Vantec Nexus NXP-305-SL Review @ Overclockers Club
  - Thermalright SP94 (Heatpipe) Heatsink Review @ Hard-h2o
  - Xoxide Ultimate Panel 6 Knob Fan Controller Review @ Extreme Mhz
  - SilverStone Strider SST-ST360 PSU Review @ Voided Warranty
  
  Wow, that was one big mutha block-o... Just to make it even bigger, here is a link back to Ninjalane.

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