Tech News
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Intel to Launch Two New Chipsets
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: Dennis"Intel plans to release two new Pentium 4 chipsets supporting single-channel DDR400 and an 800Mhz FSB (front-side bus), Taiwanese motherboard sources said. The 848P, formerly rumored as the 865PL, will be marketed for the value-line end-user market, while the 865GV will target OEM customers.
Intel’s 848P will share the same core and technologies as the existing 865P chipset, and only minor revisions will be needed to lower the 865P’s memory bandwidth from dual-channel to single-channel and increase its FSB speed to 800Mhz."
Low bandwidth versions.
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Press Release from Soltek (SL-KT600-RL)
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: DennisHere is part of the latest press release from Soltek
"Soltek officially launched today its KT600-based mainboard, the SL-KT600-RL.
Adopting the VIA KT600 and VT8237 chipset, the SL-KT600-RL combines the native support for AMD Athlon Processors with 400MHz FSB, and Serial ATA/RAID technology.
The incorporated VIA FastStream64 Memory Controller, AGP 8X technology, and 400MHz Front Side Bus deliver blistering performance to Socket-A platform. The VIA VT8237 SouthBridge adopted by SL-KT600-RL enables multiple drive connectivity options and the support for Serial ATA and Serial RAID (RAID 0 or RAID 1). The SL-KT600-RL also offers eight high-speed USB 2.0 ports and six-channel AC'97 Audio function."
The included photos show this board having the VIA standard Purple Ray PCB. Think it will change before it goes retail??
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Two Digital Daily Reviews
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: DennisI figured that I'd bunch these two reviews together.
Gigabyte 7NNXP (nVidia nForce II 400 Ultra) Motherboard Review
"During the tests, the board showed excellent stability and performance. Also, its overclocking options are very powerful, and at overclocking results the board is second to none of the competitors' products."
ASRock K7S8XE versus Soltek 75FRN2L ("Golden Flame")
"If I faced a dilemma as to which board is better, I would give preference to a system based on the Soltek SL-75FRN2-L motherboard and an Athlon XP1700+ (almost all processors of this type can be configured as 10?200 = 2000MHz under the nominal voltage). Such a combination would have been cheaper than that with ASRock K7S8XE + Barton (200MHz bus) processor under practically the same performance."
Soltek wins again!, good show.
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Project Blue Ice @ ReviewNation
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: DennisI don't post case mods very often but every once in awhile something comes along that just needs a mention.
"Well I had a little bit different plans of mounting this window than it would appear, and what is most common among modders. I taped around the edge of the window again, and measured out 4 holes (evenly spaced) along the top and bottom, and 3 holes (evenly spaced) along the sides. I then took my plexi window and mounted it on the back of the panel with double sided sticky tape. After the plexi was mounted, I drilled holes where I had previously marked, so it would go through both the panel and the window. "
This sounds more like a OEM/Pre-modded solution than a common modders solution. I think you will understand once you see the completed window. I will say that they did a nice job with the detailing. -
Sunbeam Tech's 4" Cold Cathode Review @ VoidedWarranty
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: Dennis"I couldn't find any flaws in this product. In fact, it is the best thought out kit i've seen so far. From the dual inverter to the extra long power splitter, this 4" cold cathode kit is quite nice. I have seen allot of cathode kits from different companies and this one is by far the best."
I think a few warranties were voided in this review but they look good doing it. -
Pentium 2.4C Overclocking @ Extreme Overclocking
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: DennisGiven the name of this website anything short of extreme would be uncivilized
. Grab your gloves they put this 2.4C baby under dryice.
"4GHz with a 2.4C is amazing. This is a 1.6GHz overclock and puts the FSB at 334! This is an incredible speed and it was running fine. We tried to run some benchmarks but the AGP/PCI issues got us one more time. Because of the extreme FSB, we lost a hard drive because the PCI bus was out of specification."
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Kingston HyperX PC3200 Review @ Furioustech
Published: Monday, July 7, 2003 | By: DennisWith dual channel memory controllers hitting retail shelves it is pretty important that you have some good memory to go with it. Personally I like the Corsair brand but others abound like Muskin, Geil and Kingston. Furioustech has a short review up on the HyperX PC3200 memory. This memory has the same timings as the Corsair TwinX that we recently reviewed and features a fancy blue heatspreader.
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Happy 4th of July
Published: Friday, July 4, 2003 | By: DennisHello Everyone I just popped in to say have a happy 4th and don't blow yourself up.
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Pentium 4 3.0C 800FSB Processor Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Thursday, July 3, 2003 | By: DennisWhen I was ramping up to do the Abit IS7 Review there was only a single option in the 800Mhz FSB world and it wasn't cheap. The sad part is that shortly after I dropped 500 bones on a 3.0Ghz the cheaper 2.4-2.8Ghz models came out.
The moral of the story, I paid too much and donations are nice. hint hint -
Flash Guide: Motion Tween (Part 2: Effects) @ KEPTech
Published: Thursday, July 3, 2003 | By: DennisHonestly I haven't really used flash since the days of Ninjalane v1.0 but I can say the program is really cool and the movies are only limited by your imagination.
