Tech News
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New 800Mhz FSB Pentium Processors
Published: Thursday, May 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"Intel on May 21 added three more 800MHz FSB (front-side bus)-based Pentium 4 processors with clock speeds running at 2.4, 2.6 and 2.8GHz, following the launch of its first 3GHz, 800MHz FSB-supporting P4 on April 14.
Besides the 800MHz FSB standard, the three new processors also support Intel’s Hyper-Threading Technology, which allows one processor to work as a dual-processor set.
Meanwhile, contrary to market rumors, Intel did not introduce a 3.2GHz, 800MHz FSB model together during the launch."
Finally a sub 3.0Ghz P4 that supports Hyperthreading.
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Intel to Cut Springdale Prices
Published: Thursday, May 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"Despite its plan to boost demand by cutting prices, Intel will only cut prices by US$1-2 on June 29, suggesting little pricing pressure in the current market. However, motherboard manufacturers believe that the chip giant may announce larger price cuts by the end of the third quarter if Taiwanese chipset designers introduce 800MHz FSB (front-side bus), dual-channel DDR400 products on time in that quarter and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) launches its K8-core Athlon 64 processors in September as scheduled."
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Chix and Casemods
Published: Thursday, May 22, 2003 | By: DennisNormally they don't always go together but this guy has made it happen. He has done a few other mods of similar caliber, they can been seen here.
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Coolermaster Cooldrive 3 Review @ DataFuse
Published: Thursday, May 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"It looks sweet, nobody can deny the fact an alu cover with blue led's doesn't cut it, but besides from that, buying yourself a 5$ fan will do the same and even more. Other people might see this as a 5 star product, but I wouldn't spend my money on it, it doesn't really add any value to your system. But if you are going for the looks, you gotta go with the cooldrive 3."
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Criticool PowerPlant Review
Published: Thursday, May 22, 2003 | By: DennisA couple of sites sent this item in. It's a relay card that will control your watercooling pump. Not a bad idea though I'm not to keen on having 120v running on a card across my PCI bus.
"So far simple, now for the problem on the one I received. Look at those soldier points and tracers. One touch and you have a new hair style."
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AOpen AX4SG Max Review @ Techware Labs
Published: Thursday, May 22, 2003 | By: DennisHere is another Springdale motherboard review.
"The first thing that caught my eye was the shiny detachable aluminum AOpen chipset heatsink located at the middle of the motherboard. I won't lie, style is definitely a major factor when it comes to consumers."
We all like the style.
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Springdale Launch Day
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 | By: DennisThis was announced some time ago but due to the war in Iraq Intel decided to delay the Springdale launch by a couple of weeks to allow for shipping delays. Well time has passed and despite some companies having products already on the shelf they are officially acknowledging that they exist.
Case in point, the link below goes to the Abit press release for the IS7 (Springdale) motherboard series. The funny thing is that this board has been available in retail channels for the past couple of weeks.
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Gigabyte 8PENXP Review @ Digital-Daily
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 | By: DennisThe Intel i865 (Springdale) chipset was officially released today despite many companies already having boards on the market. Digital-Daily takes a look at the Gigabyte i865PE offering.
"All these features and specifications are given a detailed focus in the review on i875P "Canterwood", so we won't dwell on them. Let's better take a look at the overclocking options offered by the i865PE chipset. "
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MSI Releases a Line of Springdale Motherboards
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 | By: Dennis"For the product line using Intel’s 865PE discrete chipset, MSI offers a total of six models with different features. The Neo series consists of the 865PE Neo and 865PE Neo-L. Paired with Intel’s ICH4 south bridge chips, the new boards support six USB 2.0 ports and feature one AGP 8x graphics port and six PCI slots. With two DDR SIMM slots, the Neo series boards offer a memory capacity of 2GB. The 865PE Neo-L, built with Realtek’s 8101L chip, also supports 10/100 Ethernet."
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Overclocking the ATi 9500 Pro @ hardfind
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 | By: DennisAs some of you may know the 9500 Pro series video card from ATI is built pretty much just like the 9700 Pro with only a few minor differences. Basically the core and memory clocks are slower and the card is clock locked from the factory meaning that you’re going to have a hard time overclocking it. Well as with most things related to the computer industry this problem is pretty easy to get around and hardfind has a guide showing you how to do it.
