Tech News
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Coolermaster Aero 7 Review @ True Review
Published: Thursday, May 1, 2003 | By: DennisIts true, another true review from A True Review this time of the elusive Coolermaster Aero 7. This heatsink is basically a XDream SE with a huge blower on top.
"When air cooling a heat sink, the center hub of the fan does not push air toward the heatsink. Therefore, the center of the heatsink is not receiving as much air flow as the out edges. Cooler Master has made the leap to the next generation of coolers by eliminating this problem. Using a blower and mounting it vertical, the Aero 7 blows air equally over all the heatsink's fins. "
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Zippy EL-715 Electro-luminescent keyboard
Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 | By: DennisOne of the most common comments I get about the Zippy EL-610 Review is how cool the keyboard looks but is way too small for normal usage.
Well Zippy has addressed this issue by releasing a full sized version called the Zippy EL-715. The keys are like that of a laptop but are full sized for easy typing.
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Watercooling Megatokyo Style
Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 | By: DennisInsulate your CPU using cereal and cool it down using beer, ya know its just so crazy it might just work.
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ABIT SI7-G R658 Motherboard Review @ TweakTown
Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 | By: DennisYou don't see many P4 motherboards supporting RDRAM anymore since Intel gave Rambus the boot but that doesn't mean that other companies have to follow their lead.
"For an RDRAM based board, overclocking was beyond fantastic, 800MHz FSB CPU’s ran without a single problem, in fact performance was fantastic with 1200 RDRAM and 800MHz FSB. While not being able to match the I875P Canterwood but ABIT’s SI7-G is still a great candidate for the value end of the 800MHz FSB section."
If anything check out the unique turn to the CPU socket and reddish orange PCB color.
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ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis is one of them fugly brown boards but comes from Asus with the Canterwood chipset so all is not completely lost.
"Similar to a lot of Canterwood boards we've recently reviewed, the ASUS P4C800 Deluxe also comes with a lot of on-board features and peripherals. On top of that, you'll find the familiar five PCI slots for added expandability. Unlike some of the other 875P board, ASUS has always catered their boards for high-end workstations and that's why the P4C800 came with an AGP Pro slot."
It has been awhile since we've seen a board with an APG Pro slot! Good job w00t! -
Soltek SL-75FRN-L Review @ TwistedMods
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis review looks familiar for some reason, oh ya, check out our review of the same board here. This isn't a bad review and covers just about everything and then some.
"Splat, protein stains in the pants. I think it’s a nice board don’t you?"
Not much in the way of overclocking, but they did notice that the FRN doesn't unlock lower multipliers on the TBred processors without a little help. -
EPoX 4PEA800 Review @ TweakTown
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: Dennis"Intel introduced the I875P chipset to officially support the 800MHz Pentium 4 CPU. This new chipset brings many great features, but at a rather high price. While it is still some time till Springdale makes it way onto the market, there has to be a medium that can handle the current CPU without costing an arm and a leg - well there is.
A few brave companies such as EPoX, Abit and Albatron are three who have taken up the challenge of supporting this new CPU without changing too much. These three companies have taken Intel’s last I845 chipset to be made, the I845PE, and ramped up the speed to 800MHz FSB."
You can add Soltek to that list too; they have released a new bios flash that will support the 800Mhz P4 processors through overclocking. -
Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Review @ BoogleTech
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis is a pretty good review of the new "budget" card from the FX line. The list below should be helpful too.
"Before we go any further, lets break down the product line compared to the 'old' GeForce4 line:
FX 5800 Ultra - Ti4800 (Ti4600)
FX 5800 - Ti4800SE (Ti4400)
FX 5600 Ultra - Ti4200
FX 5600 - MX460
FX 5200 Ultra - MX440
FX 5200 - MX420
So you can see this FX 5200 being reviewed here is extreme budget, and should be very slow! Also of interest is that the closest ATI has to this card is the Radeon 9000, basically DX8 rather than DX9." -
Chenbro SR-104 Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: Dennis"The SR-104 is an entry level server tower case that is available in black or white."
Server cases don't make for good modding but generally have better airflow off the shelf. -
Coolermaster Aero Review @ DataFuse
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis is basically a XDream SE with a variable speed blower motor on it.
"At top speed this fan is incredibly loud, and when I say loud I really mean screaming LOUD. If you put this cooler at topspeed you will have a real performance king."
