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• Asus nForce3 w/ AMD Opteron 240 Review @ hardwarezoom

  Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "At the back of the CPU, you will find that the Opteron is completely filled up with pins. In fact, there are 940 of them! It is very important to take note of the CPU's orientation to avoid bending or breaking any of the fine pins.
  
  Both Pentium 4-3.0Ghz and Opteron 240 comes with a copper based aluminium heatsink fan. Opteron heatsink fan is still using the traditional 2 clips design, we prefer Pentium 4 heatsink because no screw driver is required during installation."
  The photos of the Opteron haven't changed much over the past year or so. I think the first time I ever saw one was over at that Anandtech site.

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• PolarFLO Water Block Review @ Techware Labs

  Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2003 | By: Dennis

  This waterblock look pretty dang sweet and used the three water port approach to circulation. One inlet and 2 Outlets.
  "It should be mentioned that the PolarFLO is one of the very few blocks on the market that is universal. This means that the holes you see in the block are drilled for both an AMD and anIntel interface. This forethought by Horse of Iron means that you don't have to buy two separate blocks, and that if you decide to change processor types your water block should fit your new board."

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• OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Review @ Legit Reviews

  Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "The "EL" stands for Enhanced Latency, which has carried over from some of their other memory products."
  Is it just me or does "Enhanced Latency" just seem like going backwards in terms of memory performance.
  
  Regardless the timings are the same as the Corsair XMS4000 Twinx Modules that we reviewed not to long ago.

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• Cooler Master Aero 7+ Review @ Overclockers Club

  Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2003 | By: Dennis

  I rather enjoyed this heatsink though the silence was almost deafening.
  "The base of the heat sink is very similar (if not identical) to that of the X-Dream SE heat sink, and as with the various models of the X-Dream, the Aero 7+ includes a much shorter mounting clip. CoolerMaster doesn't have the best lapping process that I've ever seen, however they still do a good job."
  Check out our review of the Cooler Master Aero 7+ for comparison.

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• NL: Review Block

  Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2003 | By: Dennis

  - True Silent 450w @ OCModShop
  - Speeze 5F286B @ FastLaneHW
  - Seasonic Super Silencer 400W @ BigBruin
  
  - Speeze UV CCFL Fan and Red CCFL Ring @ A True Review
  - Cooler Master Aerogate II Review @ HardwareZoom
  
  More news to come, stay tuned too...

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• Major Suppliers to Show Off High-End GPUs @ Computex

  Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "Nvidia plans to introduce two graphics processors – the NV38 for the high-end market and NV36 for the mid-range and high-end markets – at Computex 2003, according to sources.
  
  It is unclear whether ATI Technologies will display its new R360 chips during the show, but many industry observers say the company should not miss the opportunity in the competition between the world’s two largest graphics solution providers."
  I think Computex will have quite a few introductions this year.

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• Gainward Ultra 1600XP Video Card Review Posted

  Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Welcome to the Video Card debut here at Ninjalane. In an attempt to hit the ground running the first card to be posted is the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra offering from Gainward.

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• Eight new Glacialtech coolers @ radikalmod

  Published: Monday, September 1, 2003 | By: Dennis

  I had the opportunity to meet Glacialtech at Comdex last year and plan to meet with them again at Computex later this month.
  "An interesting solution: the center part of the heat sink is thicker than the external areas. A higher amount of heat coming from below will leave the heat sink on the dominant outer fins."

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• Gainward FX 5200 Powerpack Review @ ModFathers

  Published: Monday, September 1, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Are you looking for a good inexpensive card to run that second monitor with, well the FX 5200 PCI might be just what you are looking for. (even though ANY pci card will work )
  "Though this will not be why most people will get this card. For those of you who use multi-screens, you will understand when I say that it amazes me that people can function on only one."
  I agree, and until a nice 23" LCD is available for a reasonable price the dual monitor desktop is here to stay.

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• Mushkin PC3200 Level II Review @ Extreme Overclocking

  Published: Monday, September 1, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "The memory uses copper heat spreaders with the Mushkin Logo to help dissipate the heat generated by the chips. Many enthusiasts feel that heat spreaders greatly aid in overclocking, but in our experience, we have had about the same results with or without heat spreaders unless extreme voltages like 3V+ are applied. This is only from our experiences though and may differ for other users. If the heat spreaders are removed, it will void the warranty and we highly recommend not removing them unless you really want to waste a lifetime warranty."
  Yes it is official, heatspreaders don't do anything to help performance but they do look sweet and give a little sense of security when installing the modules.
  
  btw check out the ABIT IC7 MAX3 (875P) Preview photos while you are there.

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