Tech News
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Thermaltake Volcano 11 Review @ TweakTown
Published: Friday, April 4, 2003 | By: Dennis"While the newest Volcano model hasn't beaten out all contenders, it does a very good job of holding its own. With results that are just a shade warmer than the Cooler Master X-Dream SE cooler, it makes a fair standing for itself. Also remember that I have used a Palomino processor for these tests since they tend to get hotter than the newer Thoroughbreds with their lower voltage requirements."
It even looks like an x-Dream.
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TT-300ss Silent PSU Review @ The Tech Lounge
Published: Friday, April 4, 2003 | By: Dennis"This power supply is extremely quiet even with two fans. It is a generally solid performer, although it is merely average in most other places such as the quality of work, and features."
The RMS voltage scores look pretty impressive as well.
Don't mind the deja vu it's just a glitch in the Matrix.
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Kingwin KWI-450 Review @ Techware Labs
Published: Friday, April 4, 2003 | By: DennisTechware Labs is reviewing a new 450watt powersupply.
"As discussed earlier, the KWI-450 features three fans: two intake fans mounted inside the case, and one exhaust fan. While an intake fan is being seen more commonly on third-party power supplies than earlier models, virtually no stock power supplies feature a single intake fan--muchless two."
Case temps are a little lower over a "stock" PSU though the thing I'd look at is RMS voltage. -
Bubble Light Review @ Modfathers
Published: Friday, April 4, 2003 | By: DennisThe modding offer you cannot refuse.
"To start with, I have a confession to make. I love lighting. On my open test bed I have two LED cluster spots, 3 cold cathodes and a cold cathode fan. Naturally there is always a bit of room for more, however I now am only on the lookout for something just that bit different."
It's just a onepage so don't be scared. -
ATI Increasing Orders to TSMC and UMC
Published: Thursday, April 3, 2003 | By: Dennis"The Toronto-based graphics chipmaker said the company will not seek any alliance with other chipmakers such as IBM. Its orders to the Taiwanese chip-making duo will increase significantly this year compared to 2002, Ho said in a telephone interview with the media."
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"Nvidia, TSMC’s largest client, signed a deal with IBM last week to manufacture its new generation GeForce FX graphics chips. It is believed that Nvidia hopes to use the new NV35 chip, to be introduced in May, to enhance its competitive edge in the high-end market against the Radeon 9800 (R350) from ATI Technologies." -
ECS Giving Up on Apple Products
Published: Thursday, April 3, 2003 | By: Dennis"According to sources, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has given up on developing Apple Computer products. It decided to spin off its third business division, the portable product division, several months ago and announced the sale of its Chungli, Taoyuan County (Taiwan) notebook factory last Friday."
In another story it would seem that Asustek might be buying up all of the ECS "spin offs". -
Mushkin PC3500 DDR Review @ TweakTown
Published: Wednesday, April 2, 2003 | By: Dennis"Mushkin has always produced good modules for the PC overclockers, and this is no exception. Designed for overclockers, Mushkin has won my praise on their design and performance.
Overclocking wise, OCZ and Mushkin were on just about equal terms with only 9MHz difference in the maximum speeds at CL2.5. Cost wise it's on par with most other high performance/hand picked modules on the market."
The SPD timings on these modules are 2.5-4-4 (with a number missing) making them a little on the slow side but they bench at CAS2 so that isn’t not too bad. -
Spire HD05040B FlowCooler Review @ myGamer
Published: Wednesday, April 2, 2003 | By: DennisPersonally I rather like the underdrive coolers, they are quiet and work well. Though lately I've noticed that most of them have started using smaller fans so my opinions have changed slightly.
" Before I installed the FlowCooler, I took the temperature my “baby” after having about 3 hours of intense gaming (Unreal 2 and Raven Shield). Now my method of testing was extremely accurate and such testing may not be possible at home. How did I test the temperature? Well, I used a standard LCD thermometer…. I know, but it worked! " -
PcToys Green Dual Cold Cathode Review @ Comp-Shop
Published: Tuesday, April 1, 2003 | By: DennisI'd say don't bother going of you are using a Mozilla based browser the text is black on black. Anyhow I've actually used these PC Toys cathodes before and the red ones are more orange and the UV light kit was broken (only one cathode would light up, the other just kind of glowed.
Needless to say I wasn't impressed.
"We received the Dual Cold Cathode kit shortly after pcToys sent it and it was in perfect condition. It had been well packaged so that nothing was broken from going through the mail."
I got mine at CompUSA, it's going back this weekend. -
LianLi PC-70 Chassis Review @ Twisted Mods
Published: Tuesday, April 1, 2003 | By: DennisHere is an old favorite in the full tower format." When we first received this package I was overwhelmed at the shear size. I knew this was a big case, but you just can’t appreciate the PC70’s size until you see it first hand. Dimension for the case are: 23.5” high x 23.25” deep (wow) x 8.25” wide. You would think a case this size would have some serious weight issues, but due to its aluminum construction the PC70 comes in at only 11lbs."
I wish I could say that for my Antec mid tower.
