Tech News
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Pentium 4 1.6a GHz
Published: Monday, March 11, 2002 | By: DennisThese people overclocked a variety of 1.6GHz P4's and found an average speed for each. From the look of the graph the older ones seem to ov3rclock better.
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Ninjalane Broken Though the Night
Published: Sunday, March 10, 2002 | By: DennisLast night around 10 o'clock local time the server that ninjalane is hosted on started to experience problems and was taken offline. Sometime during the night a faulty RAID controller was replaced so we are back up and running. Yay!
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120GXP Comments @ Storage Review
Published: Friday, March 8, 2002 | By: DennisHere is some more information about the 8-hour run time recommendation for GXP IBM drives.
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8-Hour Limits on IBM Hard Drives
Published: Friday, March 8, 2002 | By: DennisThe once cool GXP drives from IBM should not be run for more than 8 hours at a time. I'm not exactly sure the reason behind this but the limit puts a major dent in the usability of the super fast drive.
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Price on Blue LED's Falling?
Published: Thursday, March 7, 2002 | By: DennisThe price on Blue LED's is falling but only due to an oversupply. I suspect this will be the case for some time, other than in case mods the blue color isn't much accepted as an "action" color. For instance Green = good, Red = bad, Blue = sky?
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Acer Desktop With Via P4 Chipset
Published: Thursday, March 7, 2002 | By: DennisDigiTimes reports a win for Via in the chipset acceptance race when Acer announced that their new desktop computer will feature the Via P4X series of chipsets. I think Intel had better put some pressure on the legal battle if they wish to win else it might be too little too late.
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P4 Heatsinks Debut
Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2002 | By: DennisAkiba is once again showing us some new and exciting stuff for the P4. First the ThermalTake P4 Dragon, a while ago I posted some info about this heatsink and I still say it looks like an AVC Sunflower. Next we have an Alpha cooler for the P4, finally
. I downloaded the install sheet to see how it mounted. The heatsink uses a spring and pin combo similar to the Athlon version, not sure I like that much. -
Antex SX635 Case Review
Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2002 | By: DennisWe have another exciting review this time of the Antec SX635. This case has an amazing set of features all tucked into a tiny little case.
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Gainward Ultra/750XP Review @ t-break.
Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2002 | By: DennisI have no idea how much this card will cost but looking at the line of accessories the card comes with the $399 Ti4600 price tag seems a little low. One thing is for sure the Ultra/750XP will eventually make it into a computer near me.
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Intel Prestonia Xeon 2.2GHz Review @ GamePC
Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2002 | By: DennisWhen you first see a Xeon processor you almost think old school P4 though in fact it is far from that. The Xeon line is aimed at the highest of high-end has more pins (603), a larger pin footprint, and supports SMP. Actually from a spec standpoint the Xeon P$ (<- spendy P4) is quite similar to the Northwood.
