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• Canterwood(875P) memory recommendations from Corsair

  Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "There has been some confusion on which memory is best for new motherboards based on the Intel Canterwood (875P) chip set. At this point, Corsair is recommending that people use pairs of either XMS3200C2 or XMS3500C2 modules. They do, however, not recommend the use of XMS3200LL modules, including TwinX 'LL'. This recommendation is based on results they have received in their motherboard lab."
  I haven't posted much on the Canterwood release but we are still early in the product cycle, considering that we are early I'd expect these Corsair recommendations to change as Canterwood matures in the marketplace.

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• Color Change Rheobus Review @ Twisted Mods

  Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: Dennis

  " The front of the unit disappointed me; it was so raw, it was unattractive. It was pretty much just a sheet of half polished metal with some writing and a really half-assed design on it in blue ink. The writing consists of Fan1, Fan2, Fan3, Fan4, and the voltages printed beside each knob. The look of the front is not exactly exciting to the modder who strives for perfection."
  Never really liked these things, drive bays should have drives in them . Besides I'd much rather have a thermally controlled fan system over one with a dial.

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• Zippy EL-610 Luminescent Keyboard Review @ 3dxtreme

  Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Our review of the same product can be located here and in a way I would have to agree with Dean on his comments.
  "I thought long and hard about this....who would be interested in this keyboard? Lan Party goers, maybe someone that uses a laptop frequently and prefers a smaller keyboard, folks with smaller hands. I'm not really sure what type of users this keyboard was geared towards and feel it's more of a novelty item really."
  Oh an did I mention that this keyboard is supa small?

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• Zippy Electron Luminescence Keyboard Review Posted

  Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  This keyboard is a very unique product that doesn’t appear to have a lot of real world usage. However, it does fill the need for a usable keyboard in low light conditions quite well.
  
  Not to mention an endless supply of modding possibilities.

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• Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Canterwood Review @ HardwareZone

  Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "The new GA-8KNXP Ultra is Gigabyte's latest motherboard to hit town with a full array of features that's simply quite breathtaking. Packed with a lot of interesting and useful features, the GA-8KNXP Ultra's design is simply targeted for the super power user as those thinking to purchase this board would have probably planned to built their ultimate dream system."
  Any overclocking??.. Nope. The board does have onboard SCSI so I guess its not a total loss.

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• Gainward GeForce FX 5800 Ultra Review @ NordicHardware

  Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  You may remember a press release from Gainward stating how they upgraded the cooling to run quieter than the stock solution. Here is what NH has to say about the new fan.
  " Despite the noise reduction the cards fan still makes a lot of sound. More than any graphic card and CPU cooler we ever tried. Though this is only when we use it in 3D mode. When in 2D mode the card underclocks itself and the fan slows down. While doing that, the card is silent, so silent that I can't separate it from my CPU fan (~20dB), which is more than OK."
  Gainward also has a GeForceFX water-cooling solution in the works that should help reduce the fan noise as well.

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• BeanTech BT-82 Acrylic case Review @ CyberCPU

  Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "Today we will be looking at the BeanTech BT-82 acrylic case. I have wanted an acrylic case ever since I saw one for the first time at a computer trade show in the bay area a few years ago. I was ecstatic when BeanTech told me they where sending me one. Everyday I was waiting impatiently for the UPS guy to bring me my ultimate case window."
  The all around window mod,

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• FrontX Port Solution @ The ModFathers

  Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "In conclusion the Frontx breakout box won't make any difference to the performance of your computer, but will add greatly enhanced connectivity and more. If you play games and have 2 or 3 joysticks you can easily swap them round without reaching round the rear of your case to change them around. "
  Not a bad little product.

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• Matrix Orbital MX212 Review @ MonkeyReview

  Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Remember those bulky parallel port LCD displays that were quite popular a year or so ago? Well Matrix Orbital has come up with a USB version and bundled it complete with configuration software. The monkies at MonkeyReview have the full scoop.

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• Canterwood Reviews Abound

  Published: Monday, April 14, 2003 | By: Dennis

  I'm not going to list them all but here are a few that you can cut your teeth into.
  [H]ard|OCP
  The Tech-Report
  The HardwareZone

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