Tech News
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Soltek SL-86SPE-L Review @ HardOCP
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2003 | By: DennisThe HardOCP gang has posted their review of the Violet Eyes Springdale board from Soltek. The general feel for the review is that they liked the board and found it to be very stable and overclockable.
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iPC Mod @ HiTechMods
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2003 | By: DennisTalon is going to get a kick out of this mod.
"I received a dead iMac for free and I could not get it working, could such a nice computer go to waste? no way! I decided to build a PC inside of the iMac case. My goal was to not make any modifications to the outside shell, and keep it looking stock as much as I could. The only hardware from the iMac that I used in the new computer was the 15 GB hard drive, and the cd-rom drive. Everything else I bought or already had. Enough talking, lets get onto the mod!" -
K7 Volcano 11+ Xaser Edition @ ohls-place
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2003 | By: DennisI actually have one of these heatsinks in the Ninjalane Labs fitted with the funky elbow extender thing and a huge 80x80x35mm Delta fan. Clearly an insane heatsink setup, though I question how effective it will be.
"Gives us our first good look at the Volcano 11+. Of note is the attractive die cast aluminum fan guard placed atop the Smart Fan II. You can also see that Thermaltake has even gone so far as to brand the name 'Volcano' onto the side of fan shroud so you don't forget what kind of heat sink you have when you're installing it."
If I didn't know any better I'd think that Ohl is mocking the fan shroud.
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Vantec NXP205 reviewed @ DataFuse
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2003 | By: Dennis"Anyways, there's not a lot of difference between the 5.25" device and it's smaller brother the 3.5". The only real difference is that the smaller device has a larger depth.
Although another thing I "felt" when I was holding it, it didn't really feel as solid as other fanbusses I had looked at."
Can't say I have ever wanted a fanbus but the variable speed aspect might be rather attractive for a modder that went crazy installing case fans.
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Hulk w/ Shlong Enabled
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2003 | By: Dennis"Curious Leah noticed a lump after winning the monster, catchphrase "You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry," at a seaside fair.
And when she peeled off the green comic-book character’s ripped purple shorts, she found the two-inch manhood beneath them."
Sorry for straying from the hardcore tech stuff but this is just to good of a story to pass up.
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Altec Lansing XA3051 Review @ TweakNews
Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 | By: Dennis"Today, I will be looking at their six speaker system, the XA3051 that is not only targeted at the computer market, but more so to the console gaming consumers owning a PS2 or an XBOX."
These speakers will send you back to the 50's in style but don't use them as microphones. -
MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 | By: DennisThe HardwareZone seems to really like/favor MSI products since the last time I saw a 5 of 5 from them was with the Canterwood version of the same board.
"Overall, we were very impressed with the MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R. Performance was great, stability was good while features were very well-rounded. Overclockers would probably want to get this board for its overclocking features while beginners getting this board will benefit with its innovative D.O.T. feature."
D.O.T. being what they are calling the optimized memory path to give PAT like performance from the Springdale chipset. -
Ninjalane Block-0-Linx
Published: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 | By: DennisToo much news and not enough time.
- Griffin Powermate Black Limited Edition @ ExtremeMhz
- Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80gb Review @ TwistedMods.com
- CooloDrive 3 Review @ PC Abusers
- QuietPC QuietFeet Review @ BigBruin
- Vantec UV fan Review @ Furioustech
- HeatlaneZen NCU-1000 Fanless CPU Radiator @ MonkeyReview
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Albatron PX865PE Pro II Review @ Extreme Overclocking
Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2003 | By: Dennis"We would highly recommend this board if you are looking for a nice performer with lots of other functionality. If you are looking for something a little cheaper, Albatron has other boards that use the 865PE chipset but don't quite have all the features of the Pro II."
The Springdale chipset is an amazing little device though it still doesn't excuse having the floppy connector under the last PCI slot. Strangely enough it seems to be a typical layout decision on most Albatron boards. -
DFI LanParty PRO875 Review @ TweakNews
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: DennisI've spent some time with this board and it hasn't let me down yet. Expect a write-up here pretty soon.
"Rounding out the endless accessories are the included orange, rounded, UV reactive floppy and ATA-133/100/66 cables. I thought they looked sweet in normal lighting, but switching off the room lighting and switching on a UV cold cathode lamp and the true aesthetic potential of these cables lights up the room.
Oh wait, did I say "UV reactive"? The cables aren't the only part of this motherboard that glows, but you will have to wait till I bring this motherboards unique characteristic to the limelight or should I say "orangelight" ;)."
It appears that more and more people are taking advantage of the UV reactive nature of the LanParty series motherboards.
