Tech News
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Abit IC7-G Max2 Review @ OCAddiction
Published: Monday, May 5, 2003 | By: DennisI was looking at Canterwood boards over the weekend and according to Pricewatch the IC7 is the least expensive one you can buy at this time. (out of the 3 listed) The only problem is that nobody seemed to have any of them in stock.
"Notice the AGP Pro 50 slot. For the majority of users out there we won't actually be utilizing the port with an AGP Pro 50 compliant video card. Therefore you'll need to leave the small plastic retention piece in place. This prevents the standard AGP Card from sliding back and forth and possibly causing some major havoc." -
Modders Mesh Review @ The TechLounge
Published: Monday, May 5, 2003 | By: DennisLounge Lizards unite! I always seem to link of Leisure Suit Larry for some reason.
" I received the Modder's Mesh in a giant, thin package. The edges if the mesh are rather sharp, and managed to cut along the sides of the package. UPS also managed to bend some corners of the mesh. They can be easily bent back in to place, so it's all good."
Personally I wouldn't ever use this stuff for fan grils but it does make for a nice window backdrop. Xoxide has the stuff in stock and currently on sale. -
ANTEC Side Window Panel Review @ VoidedWarranty
Published: Monday, May 5, 2003 | By: DennisSide window with a fan mount, sounds like something I did back in 2000. Seriously though the molded fan grill may look nice in pictures but looks pretty lame in person.
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Lian Li PC-6010 Review @ Techware Labs
Published: Sunday, May 4, 2003 | By: Dennis"The faceplate lighting in the lower portion of the case is the very first thing you will notice about this case. It is a sharp effect that sets this case off out of the box. No installation required other than plugging in the power connection. The LED effect cycles between seven colors, red, blue, green , red and blue, green and blue, red and green, then red with blue and green. The combined LED lighting creates some very nice colors."
Not bad for a "stock" case.
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Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Review @ Finclockers
Published: Sunday, May 4, 2003 | By: DennisAs you might have guessed this review is not in English but the graphs are pretty universal. The board under review is based on the new, yet to be released, Springdale chipset from Intel but doesn't seem to bench any better than the ole Granite Bay chipset. Check it out for yourself.
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Cooler Master Aero7 Review @ RadiativeNZ
Published: Sunday, May 4, 2003 | By: DennisThis is becoming a very popular heatsink.
"The fan, as earlier mentioned, is a squirrelcage/blower type. It measures in at 70mm cubed (70 x 70 x 70) and is rated for 7 to 13.8v operation. The fan voltage is controlled manually by a potentiometer, in much the same way as the Aero7's stablemate the XDream does." -
400MHz FSB Athlon in mid-May, Intel to follow
Published: Friday, May 2, 2003 | By: Dennis"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to launch its new 400MHz FSB (front-side bus) Athlon XP processors in mid-May, shortly before rival Intel adds the top-end 3.2GHz Pentium 4 processor into its product line on May 21, motherboard makers revealed."
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"Following the launch of its first 800MHz FSB-based P4, running at 3GHz, on April 14, Intel is set to introduce the 2.4, 2.6 and 2.8GHz models on May 21 along with its 865 (Springdale) series chipsets. According to motherboard sources, the chipmaker in fact will announce the 3.2GHz model together as well."
Be sure to check out the chart. -
WDigital Raptor Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Friday, May 2, 2003 | By: DennisI still want one of these drives. Better yet, make it two.
"At only 36GB, the Raptor should be suited for most serial ATA RAID setups. In the tests, the Raptor scored very well in both the Winbench 99 and HD Tach benchmarks; and the results are very convincing, to say the least. However, the real test was with IOmeter, where we managed to truly see where the WD Raptor stands in terms of high-end server storage performance. "
The Raptor isn't as fast as SCSI and doesn't have a true SATA controller but seek times are very low and the platters spin very fast!. -
Gigabyte to Intro nForce2 Boards?
Published: Friday, May 2, 2003 | By: DennisI never realized that Gigabyte was out of the nForce2 game.
"Gigabyte Technology is said to have tied up with Nvidia again with plans to launch motherboards based on the chip designer’s nForce2 chipsets, according to sources.
A former member of the Nvidia camp for graphics card production, Gigabyte switched sides to join ATI Technologies group in 2002." -
Gigabyte 7VAXP-A Ultra Review @ TweakTown
Published: Friday, May 2, 2003 | By: DennisLately just about everything has been overshadowing VIA but that doesn't mean they are out of the game. TweakTown has reviewed a KT400A enabled mobo from Gigabyte and has this to say.
"Gigabyte also colour codes the CPU socket. This tends to look good under UV lights in modded cases; even if you don’t have UV lights it still looks great. The location of the IDE connectors is well arranged behind the DIMM slots."
Personally from the pictures I'm not a big fan of the color.
