Tech News
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DFI LANParty KT400A Motherboard review @ Bjorn3D
Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | By: Dennis"Opening the LANParty box is like having a mini-birthday party all to yourself.You get a bunch of great stuff, all tucked away in small boxes just begging to be opened up. The only thing missing was the wrapping paper and those stupid party hats!"
The LanParty series is one of the most complete motherboard packages around and it looks great under the blacklight. Be sure to check out our review for comparison. -
Crossover WS-5 Mission II Water Cooling Kit review @ PimpRig
Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | By: Dennis"This kit is pretty swanky. The main drawback I see are the feet of the pump. There needs to be a more secure method to mount this pump. The Crossover WS-5 Mission II Kit installs like a dream, performs like a champ, and is a friend to my wallet."
This is easily one of the smallest watercooling kits around and it seems to hold its own against a high quality air cooler. We are still trying to get one of these kits in house but have yet to hear back from the company.
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PC Toys CaseMaxx @ MonkeyReview
Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | By: Dennis"I like this case in the sense that it’s a good starting block for building your own rig, and also has the bells and whistles that more experienced enthusiasts will appreciate."
The design of this case was one of the most popular ones that ever hit the market and probably still is. -
CoolerMaster Aero 7+ review @ The Tech Lounge
Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | By: Dennis"Overall this is an outstanding CPU cooler. It performs better than the roaring Volcano 11 and looks cooler, sporting an innovative blower design. The 3.5" mount simply won't mount, but CoolerMaster is working on a solution."
This is the same cooler that has been just reviewed by Ninjalane. You can check it out here. -
Inno3D Tornado Geforce FX 5200 review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 | By: Dennis"After all is said and done, the Inno3D Tornado Geforce FX 5200 graphics card is a value oriented card that owners of the Geforce 4 Ti line will want to pass on. For owners of older nVidia and ATi 7X00 series cards, the FX 5200 is a cheap upgrade with some attractive features."
Well, that pretty much sums it up. Decent performance for a low price. -
PowerColor Radeon 9800 Pro review @ Tweaktown
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: Dennis"Spending the extra $100 US or so on the other brands results in either a better looking card or upgraded cooling - a lot of people this wont bother as extra cooling can come quite cheaply and is a very easy job and as a result makes the PowerColor product a much more cost effective solution for people. "
Even at $100 less, the 9800 is still a really expensive card but at least made affordable by most, except me. -
SkyHawk PSR4638 Chassis Review @ TwistedMods
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: Dennis"There is so much unnecessary stuff, I mean if they would just bind the USB and firewire connections into one plug it’d be great! Hey, at least they work though right? Also, if you look close enough you can see that they spelled motherboard wrong on the directions, so who knows if they’re accurate anyhow? "
Well, spelling is important but who reads directions these days anyways?
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ITotals - May `2003 @ Digital-Daily
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: Dennis"Analysis of most remarkable events that took place
on the IT market in May. New processors, motherboards, video cards, HDDs and memory modules announced last month"
I just love to see all the new stuff coming out. That means lower prices for current products which is always good thing. -
Antec Sonata review @ Datafuse
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: Dennis"As the market shifts from playing games to sitting back and watching some divx'es or dvd's people tend to want smaller and quieter casing. Antec didn't really wait to long to see this, and launched their Sonata. Nothing flashy, just a very nice looking discrete case."
Nothing flashy?! I thought the times when cases looked simple and plain were gone... -
Abit IC7-G Review @ UK Gamer
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: DennisWe have reviewed the Springdale version of this board and if you compare the two you will notice quite a few differences in the layout of each board that was dictated by the targeted usage. (Springdale = mainstream/gamer, Canterwood = Workstation/high-end).
" The board comes in a fetching shade of black, which contrasts violently against the blue and purple DIMM sockets and the white PCI and CPU slots. It's not a bad colour scheme, and Abit have avoided the somewhat lame attempt by other manufacturers to jazz up their board through the use of horrible colours."
Do you think he is talking about the Gigabyte boards?
