Tech News
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DFI LanParty VIA KT400a Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Monday, July 14, 2003 | By: Dennis"Here is a close-up shot of the DFI LanParty KT400a. The layout of the board looks near perfect; as the IDE, Floppy, PSU and memory slots all look to be in the right spot. I used the very large Thermal Take Volcano 11 Xaser Edition heatsink/fan during this review, and this motherboard had no problems with installing a heatsink of that size; although the top capacitors were a little close."
A little close? More like "in your face you had better have small fingers or use the onboard mounting holes" close.
Then again the Volcano 11+ does have a slightly different mounting clip compared to the Coolermaster Aero 7+
The board is very solid though and comes with a ton of features. Here is our review of the DFI LanParty KT400A for comparison purposes. -
VL System Lost In Space LCD Display Review @ TwistedMods
Published: Monday, July 14, 2003 | By: DennisBack in the day if you wanted an LCD display for your computer you actually had to break out the soldering iron and build it yourself. Those days have since passed and stuff like LCD displays and Fanbusses are commonplace at your local CompUSA.
"The first things that got me hooked on the Lost in Space LCD Indicator (LIS LCD) were the color options, as well as the fact that it comes pre-attached to a front 5.25” bay filler. Included in the shipping box of the LIS is the LCD unit attached to a front bay filler, installation CD, instructions, and a cable for hooking up the LCD to the USB/Serial ports" -
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Published: Monday, July 14, 2003 | By: Dennis- Zalman ZM400A-APF Review @ DataFuse
- Vantec ION 400W Review @ The Tech Lounge
- Seasonic Super Tornado 300w Review @ Ohls-Place
Lastly a link back to me to bring up that silly Alexa Ranking, for more info on why the Spyware Alexa tool bar is bad check out this thread in the Ninjalane Message Forums. -
Thermaltake Volcano 11+ Xaser Review @ OverClockers Portugal
Published: Monday, July 14, 2003 | By: DennisThis review isn't in English but there is a pretty cool Flash graph that relay the important benchmark info, not to mention plenty of photos to check out as well.
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Weekends are the Best
Published: Monday, July 14, 2003 | By: DennisI had a pretty productive weekend and got a couple of reviews done and succeeded in staying cool enough to survive.
Breakdown was kind enough to send me his review of the Eumax Multifunction Transfer Panel on Saturday and I finished up the content for the third and final DFI LanParty motherboard. The review is scheduled to go live sometime later tonight.
I'd also like to bring your attention to the new survey/poll along the left hand side of the site. I've been getting some feedback saying Ninjalane should review a wider range of products here at Ninjalane. Well I'd like to know what products you are most interested in seeing. You can vote once every 24 hours.
Lastly I've been making some planning progress into the next revision of Ninjalane which should bring all of the elements of the current site into one cohesive unit instead of two separate pieces. More on that later. -
Eumax Multifunction Transfer Panel Review Posted
Published: Sunday, July 13, 2003 | By: DennisWhat a long name for such a simple product.
The Eumax Multifunction Transfer Panel appears to be designed for older systems without front mounted media ports though adds the ability to monitor things like temperature and fan rotation. -
Chaintech Zenith 9CJS Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Friday, July 11, 2003 | By: Dennis"The Chaintech 9CJS Zenith motherboard comes with more than just the usual set of frills that you would so often find in other motherboards. The 9CJS Zenith is positioned as a really high-end product with very specific usage models in mind, mainly for those who might use the board to set up a high-end multimedia system, or simply for those that requires all the best connectivities built into a single platform."
This is a pretty sweet looking Canterwood board that comes with a DFI LanParty’ish set of features and included goodies like dual onboard LAN connections and included media bay. The unique thing about this motherboard is the proprietary multimedia card and expansion slot called a CMR (Chaintech Multimedia Riser).
Its good to see that Chaintech can turn a worthless expansion slot into something useful. -
Corsair TwinX PC3200 Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Friday, July 11, 2003 | By: Dennis"All TwinX memory modules are lab tested to work perfectly together before they enter the retail channel. Testing consists of match two modules that will both work together at their rated speed on a Nforce2, canterwood and springdale chipsets in dual channel configuration at 2-3-2-6-1T CAS Latency."
PC3200 TwinX modules actually have 2-2-2-6-1T timings and work perfectly on the nForce and Via AMD chipsets at those speeds. If you wish to use the modules on a Springdale or Canterwood board you need to change the tCMD from 2 to 3 otherwise they work perfectly. Here is our review of the same memory for comparison. -
Cooler Master Centurion CAC-T01 Review @ FuriousTech
Published: Friday, July 11, 2003 | By: DennisThis is the kind of case that the casemodding market has been missing for quite some time now. The case interior could use a little work but being made of a higher quality steel you wont' have to worry about vibration noise or bending.
"I would tend to think this is going to be a budget minded case. Granted this is not your typical aluminum case, I have seen a lot of steel cases out in the market and the one down side to most is the front bezel, it is plastic generally. Cooler Master has gone one better with the bezel being completely out of aluminum and stylish too with the front intake screen and the front jacks for all your peripherals." -
Heat Spreaders, The Myth @ ModFathers
Published: Friday, July 11, 2003 | By: Dennis"There is a lot of speculation as to whether or not the heatspreaders actually do anything. Are they merely a way for the manufacturer to put a shiny cover on an otherwise bland looking chip"
I have always been curious about heatspreaders and over the years I have come to the conclusion that yes, heatspreaders do something.
- Do they help overclocking? maybe.
- Do they help stability? yes.
- Do they look cool? yes.
- Do they give you a layer of handling protection of the module? yes.
- Are they really a product of a Rambus marketing stunt? The jury is still out.
