Tech News
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Soltek SL-75FRN-L Review Posted
Published: Wednesday, February 5, 2003 | By: DennisThe SL-75FRN is the first board released by Soltek using the new limited edition "Golden Flame" PCB. The motherboard is powered by the nVidia nForce2 chipset supporting Dual Channel DDR400 memory.
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Corsair TwinX Memory Review @ ClubOC
Published: Tuesday, February 4, 2003 | By: DennisNot to long ago Corsair announced that they will be providing pared low latency memory modules for usage in dual channel memory applications. This would currently include the nForce2, SiS655 and Granite Bay chipsets. ClubOC guys got some pretty good numbers out of them and I have yet to be disappointed.
The guy that runs this site lives only an hour away from the Ninjalane Corporate offices so I figured that I’d post small bit of news
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Epox 4PEA+ Review @ Digital-Daily
Published: Monday, February 3, 2003 | By: Dennis"Despite evident flaws in the overclocking, the board did appeal to me with its multifunctionality. The expansivity options set is pretty powerful and allows assembling systems of practically any configuration. The board features a RAID controller and supports SerialATA, 6-channel audio and integrated LAN. There is also support for USB2.0 and Firewire. What is more, the board is produced in a make having support for flash card readers. "
I found a little tidbit of information in the review that I never thought of before.
"To prevent the card from falling out of the slot, it is equipped with a latch. Also, it's Epox who first invented a fastener for the AGP video card. "
So do you think it really was Epox that created the latch? Or do you think it was something left over from the original spec and was never implemented? -
Gainward GeForceFX Press Release
Published: Monday, February 3, 2003 | By: Dennis"All of Gainward’s FX PowerPack! products feature a radical new design of cooling system delivering maximum performance and incredibly low noise levels. Owing to Gainward’s advanced R&D skills the maximum noise is reduced to only 7db, the same as a human heartbeat. Competetive products maximum noise levels can be rated as high as 70db the same level as a domestic vacuum cleaner."
There is nothing like telling the chip mfg "Umm, We can do this stuff better than you".
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AMD CPU Identification
Published: Monday, February 3, 2003 | By: DennisFor those of you that what to know everything about your AMD processor AMDboard.com has something for you.
"Since the good ol' K5, decyphering an AMD CPU has always been tricky and AMDboard has setup a Special Identification page where all the codes are explained along with examples of every chip (Athlon, Duron, XP, etc.). It's simple and efficient and will save you time and energy." -
Space Shuttle Disaster
Published: Saturday, February 1, 2003 | By: DennisAll 7 Astronauts die, as the space shuttle Columbia breaks apart while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.
"The catastrophe occurred 39 miles above the Earth, in the last 16 minutes of the 16-day mission as the spaceship glided in for a landing in Florida. In its horror and in its backdrop of a crystal blue sky, the day echoed one almost exactly 17 years before, when the Challenger exploded."
I remember watching the Challenger explode during my lunchtime in school. Not a good time for all.
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Slow News Day - Chinese New Year
Published: Friday, January 31, 2003 | By: DennisIts holiday in the East, Chinese New Year! So as expected tech news is a little hard to come by. To pick up some of the slack our associate editor Justin aka Breakdown has posted a couple short and sweet accessory reviews so be sure to check them out. (hint: they are posted in the top story section of the site, just look up ^)
This next week should be really exciting, we have 2 nForce2 boards on the schedule along with a few other things for review in the following weeks. I will announce more when I can, until then take care.
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CoolerMaster RamSink Review Posted
Published: Friday, January 31, 2003 | By: DennisThese little guys are quite interesting, and much to our surprise stick very well for just using thermally conductive two-sided tape. If you have a need for a small and very versatile set of heatsinks CoolerMaster has your solution.
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CoolerMaster Alloy Bezel Review Posted
Published: Friday, January 31, 2003 | By: DennisSo what do you do with those ugly plastic bezels that show on your slick new Aluminum case? Aside from the stealth drive mod that has become quite popular lately you could simply cover them up and this product from CoolerMaster could be just the ticket.
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Springdale Chipset Shipments in March?
Published: Thursday, January 30, 2003 | By: DennisDigitimes is reporting that Springdale, and Canterwood chipsets could be shipping as early as March of this year with offical launches sometime after that. Digitimes has also posted possible processor prices due to Intel price drops in February and March.
"For the new platform, Intel is said to plan to release both 533MHz and 800MHz FSB versions for processors running at clock speeds of 2.66GHz and above. Its chipset offerings also include both RAID-enabled and disabled editions for each chipset in the 865 and 875 lines. Chipsets with RAID are priced US$3 higher than the non-RAID products."
The price chart shows 2.4Ghz 800Mhz versions of the P4 at only 178 bux.
