Source: techgage.com The guys over at Techgage had some discrepancies with their benchmarking on their XMS2 review. They have corrected the numbers so go check them out.
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Source: www.overclockers.co.nz "Nvidia's 7900GT is an excellent choice for the performance seekers, offering a new level of performance, which is faster than the Nvidia's previous flagship card 7800GTX.
Source: www.hardware-review.net "Having 2GBs of RAM in your system has become the standard for people who play today’s latest PC games. Many say having this amount of memory is critical to play Battlefield 2 and F.E.A.R.
Source: www.btxformfactor.com "Hard Disk Drives store all our most valuable data, our contacts, email, family photos and the like, but increasingly space is getting cramped in drives...
Source: www.xtremecomputing.co.uk "Sensaura is a great EAX emulator but will a novice be able to activate the option without and problems I don't think so. This card could do great things with the right drivers.
Source: www.a1-electronics.net "Interesting results. Using only the small radiator as in the Thermaltake BigWater 735 system we get the same reading, obviously.
Source: www.bigbruin.com "Another great feature of the Aluminus is the removable motherboard tray. Two thumb screws on the right side of the tray hold it in place.
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Source: www.xtrmecomputing.co.uk "The light selector switch is good fun all the same, I can see someone with a multi-coloured PC having enormous Friday night fun with it.
Source: www.techpowerup.com "ASRock did it again. The 939SLI32-eSATA is the killer budget board of 2006. It comes with two PCI-Express x16 slots and supports NVIDIA's SLI. Other new features are Gigabit Ethernet and support for eSATA.
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Source: www.btxformfactor.com "The Cooler Master CM Media B260 mBTX Case is a very sharp looking unit, and as well suited to serve as a typical desktop as it is to be an HTPC.
Source: techgage.com "If you are seeking out a new DDR2 kit, then make sure it's at least 2GB! The 6400PRO from Corsair boasts the fast speed of DDR2-800 with timings of 5-5-5.
Source: www.driverheaven.net A large majority of us like to keep our PCs on the cutting edge in order to indulge in one of the world's favorite past times... gaming. Check out Driver Haven's review on Empire At War, a new Star Wars game.
Source: www.pugetsystems.com Dual Core and Dual Processor systems.... What is the difference? Which is better? The guys over at Puget Systems have written up a nice article describing the differences and even providing a few benchmarks.
Source: www.motherboards.org "There are many liquid cooling solutions out there to choose from, the good things about the 3D Galaxy are it's really good looks, its ergonomic design and its price.
Source: www.trustedreviews.com USB drives are becoming the most convenient way to move data quickly from one place to another. As a tech, I can tell you the value of having convenient drives like these goes without saying.
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Source: www.legitreviews.com "As an enthusiast and overclocker I have to say that if you were planning to upgrade or building a new system I highly recommend looking long and hard at the 7900 GT.
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Source: www.viperlair.com HTPCs are becoming more and more popular these days and so Viper Lair has reviewed a new case by Silverstone. It just may be what you're looking for in your next HTPC case.
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Source: www.hardwaresecrets.com Check out this new case from XG. It looks like something out of a Sci-Fi flick. "XG, a division of MGE, has just launched a new all-aluminum case with a cool snakehead design, hence its name, Viper 2.
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Source: www.driverhaven.net "Recently most HTPC cases have evolved to the point that many people could choose them over normal tower cases, even if they don’t really need them.
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Hello, ladies and gentleman. Insanetek would like to formally apologize for the lack of updated content and reviews. We experienced a lull in our updates due to some issues which we do not need to explain.
Source: www.benchaddix.com "The new Sapphire Blizzard X1900XTX video card will come shipped with its own self contained liquid cooling system. Sapphire has always been known as one of the best ATI graphics card manufacturers.
Source: www.benchaddix.com "ATI Technologies Inc. today announced the industry's first one gigabyte (1GB) workstation graphics accelerator, the ATI FireGLT V7350, and also a 512 megabyte configuration, the FireGLT V7300.
...Goodbye My Lover and You're Beautiful, both by James Blunt. Now I want to go out and buy his album. Is it true that the biggest reason why people love songs is because they can somehow relate to it?
I'm sitting here trying to work and my roommate's cell phone is ringing like no other. It's always his girlfriend. They should freaking break up already. If he doesn't pick up once, why the heck would he pick up 15 calls later? Uggh.
As you know, this year is the year of the dog. Since I was born in 1982, this year is "supposed" to be good for me. So how is it going so far? No good I tell you. I have no money, I'm hungry, and I'm always in need of extra time.
This might not apply to all of you, but I know there are little boys and girls who are glad when chinese new year rolls around. Red envelopes! Don't spend it all at once place.
Regarding my previous dream about the giant spider, I would like to thank the gentleman who emailed regarding his thoughts. It makes quite some sense I think. Not too shabby. Here's the one I had last night.
I have a bad case of arachnaphobia. Last night I had a dream that I had a giant spider as a pet. It was as big as my head... I dreamt that someone wanted to kill it by drowning it in a pool and I ended up crying.
One requires me to travel and one requires me to stay home. Don't worry though, InsaneTek is still my number one priority and it's not gonna go down. I'll lose sleep if I have to.
I really want to go to CeBIT this year. The problem is that I don't want to shack up with an old grandma that'll feed me sausage and cheese every morning. Can anyone help me find an open hotel? I'll give you a cookie.
I've been traveling so much for the past two weeks that I haven't had a chance to go home and do laundry. I'm running out of clothes to wear! The washer at my place just died; it won't even spin anymore.
I tell them that there's something good I wanna show and they refuse to meet up. What the heck? I know there's a curiosity, but there's no need to be so complicated. Geez.
...cleaning out a virus in my laptop. OMFG my laptop is so slow it took 45 minutes for AVG to scan, an hour or so for Norton to scan, and 20 minutes for Adaware to scan.
True that the site has been backed up for quite a while now, but everything is looking good. I've been away the past weekend to another convention, not about computers, but for my other business.
http://www.youtube.com/w/Never-kiss-the-guy-durning-a-stare-down?v=v-cbSiD66CY&search=mma Can anyone explain to me why he would do such a thing? At least I woke up to a good laugh.
Our mad-modder forum member Tech-Daddy, who has been featured in Maximum PC for his work, has just posted his worklog for his latest art. Not only does it look good, it has some pimpin hardware inside too! Mustang FX-57 Mod
As many of you know, I've been away at CES. I am so glad they host the event at Las Vegas. It was ridiculously fun. I would like to thank OCZ, Corsair, DFI, ECS, and TheTechZone for their great parties. I had a blast.
Well I'm sure all of you know that I have been slacking off recently due to my addiction to WoW. That was followed by a series of events that took me away from my desk. I celebrated New Year's Eve with my friends.
My planned 2-3 hour nap turned out to be a 12 hour sleep. I don't even know how I can sleep so much now. And to think I had problems with sleeping a few weeks ago.
I wake up today to receive the Skull and Crossbones theme from KickButtComputers.com. This case mod is awesome. I'm so speechless. I'll get pics going tonight and see if I can get the article up in the next day or two. Damn it's so nice.
Did you all get what you wished for? Lots of presents to enjoy and play with? Me? I got nothing, not a single gift. It's ok though. I spent my Christmas weekend with my parents. There's nothing I could really ask for anyway.
Have a wonderful and safe Christmas everyone. I hope you all got what you wished for. I'm still waiting for mine, but that'll never come so no worries. Don't drink too much eggnog now.
Christmas is just right around the corner, but it's also the flu season. Make sure you guys stay warm, wash your hands, and stay sanitary. TITAN G3T @ Hardware12v Compression Comparison Guide Rev.
It's the middle of the week again and that can only mean another day closer to the weekend. Hope you all have good plans for Christmas. I still have no idea what I'm going to do.
I started my WoW session only to be in town with 3 lvl 60s, a lvl 50, and a lvl 40. They slaughtered everyone in town, including NPCs. I got my revenge though.
I was persuaded to watch the movie last night and it turned out to be pretty decent. It's no excitement, but coming from someone who's never read the book, the movie is not shabby. Good story and good acting.
I'm officially nocturnal. Sorry for the lack of posting a review guys. I'm currently writing one up, but decided to take some pictures and test more goodies.
You guys finish your Christmas shopping yet? Remember not to procrastinate. I went to the local post office today to drop off something and it was packed. You know what I want for Christmas? Someone to buy my extra parts so I can pay rent!
Watching LeBron play is so entertaining. He's such an unselfish all around player. I don't understand why there are people who like Kobe more. Kobe is a hog!
Luke was nice enough to start up a CS:S server. The IP address is: insanetek.com:27030. Add it to your favorites and frag with us if you have free time. I'll head in from time to time, but no guarantees. My heart belongs to WoW. Haha.
...Especially when I'm older. I was bored and started looking in my pictures folder and realized that it has already been a year since I went to Japan. Japan is so fun and beautiful, but it was the longest two weeks I've ever lived.
Blizzard stopped all the servers for maintenance last night, but brought it back this morning. I went on and it's laggy! Uggh. I finally got Steam running again (turned out to be a router address issue).
Now that my character is finally getting somewhere, I'm playing more than I should. The game is more addicting than I imagined. Someone peel me away from the game!
This weekend was not a very good weekend for me. Just heard some news that I do not like hearing and it ruined my days. I guess I gotta work to take my mind off things.
After a rough weekend and having a wacky dream, I wake up to a wonderful small present. I got my Crash poster! Even though it's a bit smaller than usual, it's still very nice. Check it out.
The sun is shining. The sky is clear. I woke up at 8am, but got out of bed at 10am. Ahhhhh I'm in a good mood. I think I'm going to go build a computer.
I can't wait to watch it tonight. I haven't been this excited about a movie since the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Rotten Tomatoes says that the movie isn't too bad, at 75%. Someone please save me a seat.
Thermaltake Technologies delivers most solid line of 550W power supplies built to dedicate specifically towards high-end systems for utmost PC system performance.
I went on a quest and got butchered by some stupid gnolls. I hate those guys. They attack so freakin fast. I can't wait till I get to level 60 and go on a 40 man raid. That should be fun.
I keep playing WoW instead of working! This is bad. I only wanted to play for half an hour last night, but it turned out to be 3 hours! I hate finding green items that I can't use.
While the weather here in Southern California might not be as cold as some other places, it still manages to freeze my toes purple. I checked my temperature probe lying in the closet and it read 15C. My goodness gracious.
I just started playing WoW again cuz my roommate told me to join his clan. I just begun and I have 10G. I don't even know what to do with the money right now. I'm Goobest in the server Bloodscalp. Come find me.
It's so cold in my house that regular tap water is warm. My roommate was talking and you could see the smoke come out of his mouth. My goodness gracious.
I was forced to wake up early to have lunch with my roommates and I'm glad I got up. The sun is out and the sky is clear. It feels good to have the warm sunlight hit my skin. I feel like working right now. Haha.
I have no idea why I'm having this terrible case of writer's block for the past 2 weeks. A friend of mine told me to try drinking red wine while I attempt to write. I'm getting quite desperate here. Anyone else have any suggestions?
I would like to wish my good friend Ryan a happy drunken birthday. I know he started drinking since Friday night and I'm terribly sorry and regret that I missed it. May your birthday be full of joy and yack.
I spent most of my time sleeping and doing laundry. Hopefully someone will be down to go out and play at night. I need to go out and get some fresh air. Being indoors all the time is giving me writer's block.
I would like to wish my hot sexy mama friend Jessica a happy birthday. She is honestly the sexiest girl I've ever met. Even at the age of 24, she's still toasty. You make me drool.
And I really mean that. I went to a local casino with my math genius friend Huy and just wanted to have some fun. I was doing pretty well until this horrible player came to the table. In a $40 NL table, he raised pre-flop to $10.
So we were heating up frozen foods for dinner and he made 9 pieces of hot wings. It was supposed to be for three people, but Phong (the third guy) was too busy playing PokerStars. I ate 4 pieces and Huy (the second guy) ate 5.
Christmas is just around the corner and I can just feel the holiday spirit. It's always fun around Christmas no matter what you do. Last year I went to Japan and Taiwan. I have no idea what the heck I'll be doing this year.
Centon Electronics has their Counter-Strike: Source server up and running. If you're a big CS freak and want to kick some ass, make sure you get in on the action. The guys there suck!
Everyone enjoying their long weekend? I sure hope so because I'm not enjoying mine. So much work to do and no one to hang out with. I'm all alone in Irvine!
Many of you should be tired already from all that shopping early in the morning. Raise your hand if you waited outside Best Buy at 5am. Hope you got some good deals for your efforts. BTW, why is it called Black Friday again? I forgot.
ALL reviews are back online. I just finished the crapload of cooling reviews. Remember to let me know if you see an error! Thanks for being patient with us.
No news tonight. I'm taking a break from all the workload to enjoy my Thanksgiving and to wish my roommate and long time friend Phong a happy birthday.
Milton Keynes, England, 23rd November, 2005 – Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has today introduced its KN2 SLI motherboard, which can leverage NVIDIA SLI technology through two full-bandwidth 16 lane PCI Express links.
I spent too much time playing God of War that I haven't been productive this whole week. God Mode is ridiculously hard, but of course, I won with the help of Code Breakers. Muahahahahaha. Aries is damn hard, even with cheat. WTH.
I realized that my AVG is catching a lot of emails and putting them into the AVG Vault. I got over 150 just now. There are the good hackers, then there are the bad ones.
A friend just moved into the living room and he's gonna be paying partial rent. That means my rent goes down by $80 a month! Awesome. Hopefully I won't have anymore rent problems in the future.
Thermaltake Technology, the leading manufacturer of computer hardware, has released its newly designed chassis Mambo, its premier line of computer delights.
Here's a contest you can't refuse. Intel and ECS have joined together to bring us an exciting, yet easy, contest. The prizes are two Intel Pentium D 830 CPUs. I'm sure you can find great use for that thing! Intel and ECS Contest
Last night was one hell of a night. The party bus is so fun. I want to go on it again. Everyone started puking! Haha. I had the maddest craving for au jus that I walked with my friend Ashleigh to Mel's Diner and I ordered a French Dip.
Tonight is my friend's party bus night and it's time to get crunked and puke in the bus. Haha. I don't like clubs though. Oh well. Ok time to squeeze in some work while I have a couple of hours left.
...this time with a passion. It no longer lets me connect to the Steam network. It worked fine before and it just stopped all of a sudden. Ugghh. I hate this BS.
Thermaltake, the leader in thermal management industry, has released the newest addition to the TR2 lineup – the TR2-550W ATX power supply. The TR2-550W supports both Intel ATX 12V 1.3 specifications and ATX 12V 2.0 specifications.
Just spent an hour watching it and damn, the final table is exciting. "The Mouth" (if you guys know what I mean) was the only good player at the table. He just got kicked in the ass with some bad beats. What a shame.
Sunnyvale, CA -- November 15, 2005 OCZ Technology, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the release of the PC-3200 and PC-4000 Gold GX XTC 1024MB Modules.
My friend, aka Fatsutff, asked me to go to an exhibit in J-town in Downtown LA. It was about drugs. At first I thought it was gonna be weird, but it turned out to be really cool.
A night spend with Jack was quite hilarious. I yacked so much. Looks like I'm back to being weaksauce. I need to build my tolerance again. I may have hurt my jaw on the toilet... :( I don't remember a damn thing...
After having only 4 hours of sleep the past two days, I knocked out last night and feel fully refreshed today. Today is a great day to get crunked! Drink up everyone.
So I had a couple of beers last night. Again, I couldn't sleep. I tried to tire myself by playing my old school Rage Racer V, but that didn't work. I freakin finished the 99 lap trial...
As I mentioned in my earlier news post, I couldn't sleep last night. I stayed up to around 10am and decided to just get in bed and hopefully knock out since my body was getting sore. I only slept for 3 hours!
I accidentally picked Lunar as the hero. At first she sucked, but I made her into a sieger at the end. I pumped her up to 43 armor. Haha. All my summons pwned!
Let's just say that I started seeing medieval knights fighting. Haha. :) Now onto my rant. Our alexa has been consistently dropping for no apparent reason. Our own statistics show that our hits and visits have been consistently increasing.
Just got some Lori Carson from my friend last night and her music is awesome. It sounds like sex musice. Hahaha. At leats it makes me concentrate and write.
...my wisdom tooth started growing again. Now my left side is sore and my gums are plump from swelling. And no I don't have to remove my wisdom teeth. My dentist made sure of that when I got my braces.
After slacking off for the past couple of days, I am back with releasing mucho reviews for you guys. I also just finished testing some memory from a Taiwanese company called TeamGroup.
I wanted to write up some reviews for you guys to read, but I ended up spending the whole night tweaking my new GeIL Xtreme PC4800 2.5-3-3-5. The highest I've gotten it is 310MHz 2.5-3-3-5 with 2.7v-2.73v.
Ok guys, the screen shot is up. That is the max I got the memory to. Although it didn't break the WR, it does show that GeIL is serious about guaranteeing DDR600 2.5-3-3-5.
I woke up late as usual and I'm still tired. Must've been the Jack last night even though it didn't even get me buzzed. Evercool Magic Cooler MAG01CA Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech Attack Of The Logitech Reviews!
I was completely out of it yesterday. I was far from the writing mode and barely squeeze out two paragraphs. I couldn't even post news! I played some DOTA in WC3 and always had idiotic n00bs on my team.
Fremont, CA (Thursday, November 3, 2005) – Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for enthusiasts and overclockers, today announced that it has became the first company in the memory catego…
Cooler Master has teamed up with InsaneTek to bring another great contest with free goodies. Hurry up and check it out before it's too late. You now only have one DAY left! Cooler Master Contest
I was sleeping along nicely and all of a sudden I hear annoying sounds outside our house. I thought it was some kid dribbling basketball, but it was freakin 6am! Then it died down and changed to hard pounding.
It's not even 12am yet and I'm already getting sleepy. Looks like I can finally live like a normal person. Here's the bit of news before I finish off a review and head to bed.
Wow. One thing when you plagiarize, be sure to not sound like you copied something. At least be smart about it. "I just received a private message from a Guru3D user.
Apparently some kids are throwing their trash out in front of our garage and making a huge mess. I see new food wrappings every day and I have to clean that crap up. They're lucky I don't catch them.
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Remember when I said there was a huge spider that looked like a tip of a plant? Well it showed itself again today. The picture was taken with me about 7 ft away (the plants were in my way). There's a fly next to it for size comparison.
I'm hoping that all of you have plans tonight, whether it be taking your kids trick-or-treating or getting crunked. I sure have nothing to do. All my friends work during the day and want to go to bed when they come back. Freakin losers.
Had my morning cigarette and just saw the second biggest spider I've ever seen. I was staring at the hummingbird and I thought the spider was a tip of a plant. That how big it was. It dropped and climbed back up. It was freakin red.
I'm desperate to find a way to get my sleeping schedule back on track so I'm staying up all night tonight. Hopefully it'll force me to bed early tomorrow night and I'll get back on track. Not seeing the sun is quite depressing.
Since my sleeping schedule is so screwed, I've decided to pull an all nighter so that I'll be sleepy by the time everyone sleeps. What am I doing the whole night? Write some more of course! Another two reviews coming for you tonight.
So I beat the level 3 boss and went through level 4 with ease. Level 5 is now the ridiculous part. There are these dragon like things that fly around and leave their body parts behind after you destroy the head.
Finally got me to Level 3 boss on R-Types II. That game is honestly ridiculous. Took a breather and beat Final Fight with my roommate. The two player mode is awesome! Remember Cody's machine gun punch?
At least it's morning for me. I completely knocked out and didn't wake up till an hour ago. Guess it'll be like that tonight again since I'm working on writing up two more reviews.
I was curious and pushed for a higher overclock. It ended up hosing my Windows with all my music and video files. Luckily for me I have it all saved on my laptop too.
Well it turned out that my Windows wasn't hosed from overclocking too high. One of my hard drives went poop on me. Of all things that break down, it had to be my hard drive. Damnit. Anyway, anyone here play R-Types II?
Are you little kids excited about Halloween? Trick or treating is fun, but Irvine is so quiet that the city is dead after 10pm. Actually, I've never seen anyone trick or treat here. WTH? Modding, Where to next? What happened to it?
There's finally a fridge in my place. That means that I can chill on beers whenever I want to! All case reviews are back online so once again, let me know if there's anything wrong with them. Bottoms up everyone. I worked enough for today.
Alright guys. The video cards and storage categories are back up. Remember to let me know if you see any errors! I'll be working on getting the cases back today. Cooling is last since it's the biggest load ever.
So who went to watch Doom last night? I sure did. Boy it sucked. Some might not like the first person view, but it was definitely innovative to use in a movie. You really wanna watch it? Wait for the rental.
It's my friend's bday today and I want to wish him a happy birthday. We were supposed to party, but he has a throat infection. How unfortunate. Hope everything goes well bud.
Finally bought a small 20" TV for my room. Now I can play all my PS RPGs without anyone bothering me. Work, games, eat, and sleep. Life is never better.
I wake up and the sun's about to go down. Haha. My sleeping schedule is so screwed. The Konfabulator 2.1.1 @ PCMech Remote Control 12V DC Relay Switch @ Extensive Mods.com BIOS Optimization Guide Rev.
Sorry about that guys. I was so out of it that I didn't post news last night. I did head over to a local casino to play some holdem. I wasn't in a good mood so I just wanted to kill some time and play some cards.
Holy moly this movie rocks. The story could be a bit stronger, but it does still gives you a good feeling what Cloud goes through. I love it! After this news bit, I'm gonna watch it again. The soundtrack kicks ass too.
Just stopping by to offload some news before I head off to work. It's funny how I work when everyone sleeps and I sleep when everyone's working. My life is screwed.
It just turned ridiculously cold all of a sudden and I don't have enough blankets to keep me warm! I slept shivering last night. Off to a hot shower now. Enjoy the news.
And today has to freakin rain. I hate the bloody rain. It's so depressing. Oh yeah for those who have a Fry's nearby, be sure to check out the X2 3800+ combo they have going on. Makes me want to get one just for the heck of it.
I put back all the motherboard and power supply reviews. Be sure to let me know if there's anything wrong with them! Why was I so productive today? Friends flaked so I had nothing else to spend my Friday night.
A whole day's of work knocked me out. I slept like a baby. Added to the great sleep was a great dream. Ahhh I love waking up on the right side of the bed. Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO @ ThinkComputers.org Pretty good memory here folks.
I haven't worked out for years, so when my cable went out for a short while, I decided to break out the dumbbell and ab roller. I feel so weak... :( And to think that I used to bench almost twice my weight. Creative WebCam Live!
I figured I might as well put up some news for those late night owls like me who stay up just for the heck of it. Ever like a song so much that you can't stop listening to it? I'm sure you have.
I thought I had finished all the news posting but as soon as I clicked "submit", a-whole-nother bunch just popped right up. Well here's more reading for you.
I apologize for the lack of news posting today. I had to go back home and ship off my camera rebate before it expires. Sorry folks, no entertainment tonight. Gonna head off to do some CS:S to get my mood back.
I was chatting with my buddy on AIM when he brought up Warcraft I and II. Boy those games were old. I remember playing it in 6th grade. I remember that archers would pwn everything in sight in Warcraft I.
I spent most of my day playing CS:S and didn't get any work done. Argh. This means another night staying up getting some work done. Here's the bit of news for tonight before you guys head off to bed.
Now that the memory section is back up, I'll be putting up the motherboards section. That is going to be quite time consuming. Remember guys, help me out here and let me know ANY errors you see ok?
Well all the memory reviews are now back online for your viewing. If you happen to find any errors, i.e. bad links, red Xs, or even different font used, please report it to me. AIM me or just PM me.
I'll be spending the day transferring our old reviews over to the new CMS so if there is a problem somewhere, i.e. a picture doesn't work, let me know ASAP!
There's so much work to be done this weekend that I'll have no time to play. For those who miss our old reviews, I'll be working on bringing them back. Have no fear.
I don't know why I should be thankful that it's Friday since I'll be working over the weekend, but I'm sure the majority of you are anxiously waiting for the next hours to be over so you can head home.
Got the binary just a couple of hours ago. I didn't feel anything. The best part is that it only took 10 min! Check it out HERE if you wanna take a look.
...is the time I head for bed. Actually it should be earlier and earlier since it's 5am. I'm going to have to wake up in less than 7 hours. That's 3 less than what I need!
Looks like ATI has heard the numerous complaints and are forced to release cards whether they like it or not. Anyway, lots of information regarding the ATI X1000 series cards.
I went to get some Del Taco last night with my roommate and boy it was ridiculously freezing. And to think that just a week ago, I was sitting here sweating like a pig. Sudden changes in weather scare me.
The computer industry has so much politics behind it that it's quite mind-boggling. I understand that companies need to market their products correctly and look for websites that will kiss ass and write "pleasing" words.
I finally learned how to upload reviews to the server. Haha. I guess it's about time huh. Anyway, you guys will start seeing more reviews pumped out now.
Anyone play this game? It's a bit old school but it is one of the best airplane shooters around. The game is ridiculously hard. My roommate and I just spent another 2 hours today trying to be it...on EASY MODE!!! It's just unbearable.
Having weird dreams, not nightmares, really creeps me out. I felt like it actually happened. It was really sad and I really wanted to cry. I hate dreams like that. It makes me ponder and boggles my mind. Anyway, on with the news.
I was dying from boredom today. I had absolutely nothing to do. I couldn't do any testing so I was forced to write when I'm not in writing mode. Good thing I squeeze one out. At least I did something...
Not much going on right now. Everyone's probably into watching football today. Enjoy the bit of news and go grab a cold one. I'm off calling around finding my tattoo artist.
I spent yesterday afternoon playing Gradius IV with my roommate. For those who know about the game, it's ridiculously hard. Took us multiple continues just to get to level 6! It was pretty much impossible to beat.
Sorry for the lack of news last night. My friend came back from dental school and we spent the night drinking. We all passed out. Here's a big load of news today. ECS KN1-SLI Extreme Motherboard Review @ PCStats RIAA vs.
Thank you for being patient with us during our time of transition. I'm personally anxious to have the site 100% back cuz I have some pimpin reviews to release. You guys will like it.
Welcome to the new site! As you can see, there are some changes. The biggest thing you will probably notice is the lack of reviews in the review section. We will be updating reviews gradually.
Can't seem to fall asleep so I'm up and posting news. The sun is about to rise soon. OCZ PC4800 Platinum Review @ neoseeker OCZ Platinum PC4800 memory is some of the best DDR available.
Does anyone know the new hit by Goo Goo Dolls? A part of the chorus goes something like this: "...cuz tonight is the night the world begins again..." Let me know! OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 2GB Gold Edition @ Phoronix More on kickass OCZ memory.
I couldn't sleep so I stayed up playing PokerStars for about 3 hours, play money of course. I don't have enough money to play with real money. Haha. That sure was fun. I kept catching my rivers, even runner runner sometimes.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (19 September, 2005) Tul., a world-leading VGA card manufacturer, today introduced the latest 2 products: PowerColor X800 GT Xtreme Edition and PowerColor X800 GT EVO, the newest member of the award winning PowerColor X800 G…
...means another long day of work. Here I go... ABIT AX8 v1 Motherboard Evaluation @ Hardocp I believe only VIA fans will be using VIA-chipset based motherboards. The Abit AX8 overclocked very well for us. You can check it out HERE.
Checked the UPS tracking number and made sure that my packages arrived today. Took a trip back home and picked up THESE babies. Although loosely rated, these babies have Micron fatbody D9s! 2GB worth of them! w00t w00t!
Taipei, Taiwan September 20th, 2005 - GIGABYTE Technology, a leader in motherboard innovation and design unveils the GA-K8N51PVMT-9, the industry's first motherboard featuring High Definition Video for the AMD64 platform.
I'm sure that many of you have seen what these guys are capable of. They make some great kickass case mods. The theme we chose is the Skull and Crossbones theme with blue LEDs. I can't wait. Can you?
I'm sure that the majority of you have watched the movie The Day After Tomorrow. I thought the movie was pretty decent, despite the lacking ending. You can't really help that part though.
Seems like the thunderstorm moved up north already. The sun is out and the crows are crowing. I can now go home safely and pick up some more memory that just arrived.
I've been sneezing for the past 2 hours and I can't stop. I'm about to rip my nose off. It's killinnnnnnnnnnngggg me!!! I'm loooosinnnnng connnnntrollllllllll. (What song is that from?).
The day started off well and I heard my current favorite songs on the radio like three times in an hour, all different radio stations of course. As soon as I finish eating with my friend, it freakin rains.
Milton Keynes, England, Sept 19th, 2005 - Elitegroup Computer Systems (UK) Ltd (ECS), has today announced its brand new platform converter card for the PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard, the A4S SIMA Card.
Remember the ginormous spider that I told you guys about? Apparently it didn't run away after I hosed it. It stayed in our garage. The very next day, my roommate woke up for work and went to his car in the garage.
Taipei, Taiwan, September 16, 2005----Info-Tek Corporation, the primary supplier for the worlds leading graphics card brand GECUBE, today announced the global release of the GECUBE RADEON® X800 GTO graphics card.
I forgot to mention that before I left for DnB last night, I encountered a ginormous spider. It was about the size of 60mm fan. I hosed it down and it didn't die. It ran away somewhere. Man that thing was ugly.
My friends are arguing in the living room over some stupid topic as usual so I went to have my usual cigarette. While outside, I looked at two trails of ants and thought of dual channel memory. Then I realized how geeky I can be...
Finally I built my game system last night. Stayed up for over two hours when I should have been sleeping. It's fully assembled. Can't wait to get on WoW again and play with my roommate.
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It's only Monday night and I'm scared of Friday night. My friend is forcing me to watch Emily Rose with her. I'm scared. I get scared listening to the freakin radio commercial!
September 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Thermaltake Technologies the leading manufacturer of heat dissipation, Following up on the demands of the market, we now have the TR2-420W, TR2-470W, and TR2-500W specifications.
Centon is not an unknown in the memory market. Their newly released Advanced memory is a new player in the enthusiast crowd. Check out how it looks. I think it's beautiful. I've just finished testing their TCCD, UTT, and 2GB kits.
Milton Keynes, England, September 12th, 2005 - Elitegroup Computer Systems (UK) Ltd (ECS), today announced availability of its PA1 Extreme and KA1 Extreme, ATI CrossFire motherboards.
When you eat late lunch, is it called "Dunch" or "Linner"? I use "Dunch" but I hear people say "Linner". Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR PC4000 @ Rbmods Crucial's Ballistix Tracer memory is awesome looking when you have a window.
...to a freakin cold day. I woke up early today cuz I went to bed early last night. My allergies also kept me from sleeping any longer. I wake up and it's freaking cold. I look outside and it's clear blue sky and sunny.
I finally watched The 40 Year Old Virgin. All I have to say is that Steve Carrell is the man. The movie certainly wins my vote for best movie of the year. Ahhh...Kelly Clarkson!
Two whole news emails in the news box today. Time to clear it up! Enermax Whisper II 2.0 535W SLI @ Phoronix Must Kill Teddy Bears in CPU Magazine @ CaseModGod.com Ok I'm done. Edit: One more just came in! Zalman VF-700 Review @ tekbunker
I know Fall is here, but it really is a sign when Irvine is no longer sunny. Waking up today to a gloomy sky is very depressing to me. Now I know why suicide rates are so high in Seattle.
Went out to drink with the buds tonight. It's actually been a while since I took a break from all the testing and reviewing. Jager and redbull is so sweet to the lips. Reminds me of the movie Old School.
Just pulled an all nighter building a computer and fixing a huge annoying problem. I thought it was computer hardware problem but it turned out to be the case! Freakin a.
Nobody loves free hardware like a gamer--wouldnt you agree? Crucial Technology is a sponsor at the World Cyber Games this week, but you dont have to drive to New York to claim your share of the winnings!
Hawyard, CA September 7, 2005 DFI, a world leader of motherboards and maker of the award-winning LANPARTY motherboard series, is proud to announce today that its LANParty UT nForce4 Ultra-D motherboard became the first motherboard compa…
I have this 19" CRT sitting here that replaced my LCD. It's purely for benching purposes. I'm getting dizzy from seeing the screen shake. It's so minimal but I still see it.
I had too much fun last night with the SNES emulator that I didn't get any work done. My friends and I spent hours playing WWF Raw and executing special moves. Remember the wrestler Diesel?
PC Enthusiast magazine is a good magazine that brings you lots of good reviews with some good articles. They realize the help needed for the victims after Hurrican Katrina and they've stepped up to help. Here's a quote from their EIC.
My beloved motherboard manufacturer is getting in deeper sh1t. "Due to questionable financial reports over the past three years, executives at Abit are forbidden to leave the country under Taiwanese government restrictions.
I've been playing the old school Streets of Rage 2 on my friends emulator. OMG it brings back memories. Makes me want to build a system and hook it up to the TV just for an emulator system.
"Gigabyte Technology recently introduced an AMD Opteron-based GA-2CEWH motherboard, its first product that follows the EUs Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation." Oooh. Pretty.
Vegas was so fun that I'm already planning my next one. It should be for CES. Wynn was so nice that I wanna stay there. It's time for me to save up. HAHA.
I fought myself over and over and debated whether to spend my money on the X2 3800+. I came to the conclusion to save my money and get myself the Fuji Z1 camera. I need a portable slim camera.
We're having a bit of problem with our database for the site and reviews will have to be delayed a bit until we can fix the problem. Argh I hate it when crap like this happens. I have so much ready to release too! No excitement tonight.
After driving through mucho traffic, I finally arrived at Vegas. Now it's time for me to post the bit of news and head downstairs for some poker. X800GT roundup @ bit-tech I have no clue why ATI would release a card with just 8 pipes.
I lost $200 at the poker table. It wasn't that bad of a run. It lasted me about 7 hours. I'm beat now. Time to go get dinner with some friends. BTW, good thing it wasn't my money! I still feel bad though.
In addition to our trail of ants, we also have a spider problem. There are a lot of daddy long legs that just hang at places. I mean that's no problem since they're not scary.
Everytime Summer ends and Fall rolls around, I battle allergy season. It's not as bad as before, but I rub my nose and eyes so much that my face looks like a lopsided balloon. Allergy medicine don't work for me. I've tried.
I fell asleep last night and got absolutely nothing done. I'm going to punish myself tonight by playing with my DDR 2GB memory roundup. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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I've used ant traps and cleaning the living room and both didn't work. I stopped by my local Target and picked up my last weapon. It's time to spray those suckers dead. Enough is enough.
...even if I'm working for myself. I've been testing and writing all day yesterday and slept at 5am. Gotta do the same for today. I need to finish two reviews today! No entertainment for this bit of news.
Battlefield 2 Flight Demo "We were very eager to run testing on Battlefield 2, as current user feedback indicated that this game performed much better with larger amounts of memory.
I have come to the conclusion that I live on top of an ant farm. These ants just don't seem to stop. There's a trail of them in the living room, from one end to the other. I don't even see food anywhere. What the heck man.
I still can't get over the fact that I wasted $10 watching that horrendous movie. I can't believe it made so much money too. I should've watched the 40 year old virgin.
...goes to Brothers Grimm. OMFG I still cannot believe I wasted $10 watching that stupid movie. It is utterly retarded. Save your money. There are better movies to watch.
That there's so much to do but you just don't know how to start? That's where I am right now. I think I get lazy whenever I visit my parents. I just don't feel like doing anything. Plus the heat is killing me.
Finally back in sunny Irvine. It's so warm here. I found out a horrible thing right when I got back. There are ants in the kitchen!! Damnit. OCZ 1,100 Watts Power Supply Prototype @ hardware secrets Looks very impressive if it was true.
August 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan The leader of cooling solutions Thermaltake Technology have continued onwards to make better power supplies after releasing the Silent Purepower TWV500W that swept the gamer community.
Auguest 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Thermaltake Technology announces the all new Silent Water CPU Liquid Cooling Solutions, an all new water liquid cooling kit including four uniquely designed cooling components, a Pure Copper CPU Waterblock, 1…
Auguest 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Recently ,the high-level GPU has become a trend in the IT business, such as the nVIDIAs SLI technology as well as ATis dual GPU chipsets.
Today was ECS's Editor's Event. Being my first invited event, it was quite fun. I enjoyed all the presentations given by Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and ATI. The only not so fun part was when I had to crawl out of bed at 7:30am.
Boot camp is halfway over. Met some great people and heard some interesting news and information. Sitting here in the press room providing you some reading bits. The food is smelling good right now.
The leader of cooling solutions Thermaltake Technology have continued onwards to make better power supplies after releasing the Silent Purepower TWV500W that swept the gamer community.
Todays PC consumers demand products that deliver exceptional features and values. Products that camouflages behind waves of marketing efforts will no longer thrive.
Ten minutes till I have another meeting to go to. I'm just dropping by to give you guys some news to read. As you all know, I'm currently at IDF, listening to a bunch of stuff that Patrick would go nuts for.
It's late at night and this post is something out of the ordinary. There will be news but it'd be good to hear everyone's input. Everyone seems to just love summer. The sun is out. There's no school. It's time to hit the beach.
Many of you will have already guessed it but I'm pooped. After this bit of news I'm just gonna knock out in bed. Good night everybody. Intel reveals details of new CPU design @ TR New design!!!
Till I leave for IDF and the ECS event for a week. I'm already tired from thinking about it. Sapphire's PI-A9RX480 motherboard @ TR This is the high anticipated white ATI Sapphire motherboard, aka Grouper.
I just finished up a review of the SilverStone SG01. Now I'm taking a quick break before I hermit myself into the Abit AW8. Antec Phantom 500 Power Supply Review @ XYZ Computing Wow.
Not much news today. I do have a funny story that I'll gladly share with you. I was looking through hotels on Orbitz for this coming week's IDF. The cheapest hotel was about $60 a night, and I needed two nights.
It was quite weird at my housewarming party last night. I had a Corona and got all red and buzzed. I went to pick up a friend, came back, drank some more, and actually sobered up due to more alcohol. WTH???
I woke up at freakin 5am this morning and couldn't fall back asleep. Stupid redbull kicks in 4 hours after I drink it. Anyway, it's time to load up my stomach with food. It's partay time tonight.
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Auguest 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Thermaltake Technologies, introduces Tai Chi, a super tower aluminum extrusion PC case constructed for all PC enthusiasts looking for more flexibility and mobility in a PC system.
I love eating and getting food coma. It feels so good to sleep right after. Good thing about that is I never get fat from it. For some reason, I just can't seem to gain weight.
I'm glad I went to the casino today. Had some fun but lost a hundred bucks. It was no biggie. It killed about 5 hours. Haha. At least it got me tired. I don't know when I'd go to sleep if I didn't go. DDR2 memory is showing up everywhere.
I've got some goodies to pick up! Fresh new memory!!! Can you guess who sent it? Here's a hint... OCZ EL PC3500 Gold GX Dual Channel @ Techgage If you're in town needing some good UTT based memory, the Gold PC3500 GX is great memory.
KickButtComputers.com does some amazing work on computer cases. For a sneak peak on their Signature series, check out the link below. KickButtComputers.com Signature Series Sneak Peak
I had no internet last night and it absolutely killed me. I didn't have anything to do so I headed to bed at 11pm! WTH is that... I think I'm addicted.
The growing popularity of the Home Entertainment PC has called for more intuitive information display and to bridge the gap between the users and their Home Theater PC (HTPC).
Holy crap I feel weird. I slept for freakin hours on end. GigaByte GA-8N-SLI Royal @ club overclocker The Nvidia C19 chipset may not overclock extremely well but it does pack a big performance.
I just realized yesterday that I went to DnB's three times out of four days. That's pretty damn bad. For those who don't know, DnB's is like a grown up Chuck E Cheese's. You can play all the games, eat, but with alcohol. HA.
Moving yesterday was such a workout. I haven't worked out in over 2 years. Now my muscles are sore. I think now that I'm single, I should start working out again. Living with guys should definitely encourage that.
Went out with some buds to grab a couple of drinks. Didn't get drunk or anything...not even buzzed! My tolerance is building back up and I'm on the way back to my old status.
I moved all my stuff out and into the new house today. It took my friend and I roughly 6 hours total. I'm freakin beat. I'm pretty much done cleaning my room and now I gotta clean up the living room and kitchen. OMG. I hate moving.
I've never had such a good Wednesday before. Hung out with my long time buddy Nan. We ate and drank. I got red. Went downstairs to the food court and freakin saw my whole family shopping! OMG...
Info-Tek Releases the Radeon X800GT Graphics Card TaipeiAug. 10, 2005 --Info-Tek Corporation, production supplier for the leading global graphics card brand GECUBETM, announced today the release of the GECUBE RADEON® X800GT graphics card.
Since I have no job and no school, I figured that I do a crapload of tests and bring it all back to my parents house to do some writing. Boy oh boy was that a big mistake. I didn't get any writing done. All I'd do is play some CS:Source.
I've just begun taking the plunge into my pile of hardware that I need to review. The work sure is fun but it also caused me to sleep at 4am last night, or should I say this morning.
I fell asleep at 10pm last night like an old granny. I left the AC on all night at around 73 Fahrenheit. It was definitely a good sleep. I feel all energized like a little kid on massive candy.
Sadly my break is posting news. Is that really considered a break? Anyway, I finally picked up my 1GB iPod Shuffle after I returned some stuff at Fry's. I love this small thing.
Drank on an empty stomach last night. A piece of garlic bread and a whole pitcher of beer was great. The only nasty part was waking up at night because of a splitting headache. I hate hangovers.
Don't you ever wonder how people survived without AC? How people survived without electricity? The most terrifying thing to me is how they survived without the internet!
It feels good to come home after being in the apartment all alone for a freakin week without anything to eat. Thanks for cooking me dinner Irene! Anyone want to donate to the "Help Poo" fund?
Ever get the feeling where you feel completely lost? I'm at that point right now. Perhaps it's the wee bit early morning... For G.Skill fans out there, here's a huge roundup of 7 extreme kits.
Well at least in my place. It's like a sauna in here. I can't turn on the AC cuz stupid flies come in through the air vents. I seriously think something died up on my roof. Good thing I'm outta here in less than a week.
...and I have no idea why I'm still up. American Wedding is playing on TV and it's like the millionth time. It's not even funny to me anymore. Bleah. Someone drink with me so I can pass out. Beer anyone?
Haven't touched a bowling ball since Sophomore year of high school. Hmmm, that would make it more than 6 years or so since I last bowled? I started out rough but eventually got the hang of it on my third game. Now my arm is sore...
Just in time for the gaming season, the Crucial(R) Ballistix(TM) high- performance memory line is getting an upgrade of its own--introducing Crucial Ballistix(TM) PC2-8000 (DDR2-1000) high-performance memory--the fastest Ballistix offering…
And when I mean I'm broke, I literally am broke. I have $0.10 in my checking account. Is that bad? Seems like the low end budget X2 processor from AMD is showing up.
I have to study for my final and I have to run the OCZ Platinum PC4800 EE through the test bed today. I can't wait to see the overclocks on that baby. Speaking of OCZ, here's some OCZ Gold PC3500 GX action.
And it's nearing my finals. Damnit I hate school. Upgrading a Motherboard without Reinstalling @ NGOHQ.com ...without reinstalling Windows? That'll be nice but with all the trouble you go through, isn't it just easier to do a fresh format?
Hope the weekend doesn't ruin anything! OCZ EL DDR PC-3500 Gold GX @ techPowerUp OCZ's newest Winbond UTT based memory not only overclocks great but also runs well at low voltages. You can check out our review of it HERE.
Which means that I'm step closer to seeing a hottie! Newegg's LAN party is also this weekend. I might be able to stop by and take a couple pics for your viewing pleasure. GeForce 7800 GTX cards compared @ TR Wow. Notice the plural.
Denver, CO, July 28, 2005- Mushkin announces a new heatsink for high performance DRAM memory modules. The new heatsink is designed to handle the increased thermal demands of today's high performance PCs.
Yesterday was honestly the best Tuesday ever. Met my friends that I haven't seen in years, including the cutest girl of our school. My oh my it was a fun night. I'd do it again any day. Reunions are awesome.
July 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Thermaltake Technology introduces the Symphony, the industrys FIRST Home Theater Liquid Cooling System, packed with ultimate features and benefits to ultimately cool down users PC and creating an elegant home t…
Today will be my 5 year reunion for my high school. I'm ready to get wasted once again. w00t w00t. And no I'm not an alcoholic. I'm a cheap date and get easily drunk. I've lost tolerance.
It was so hard getting up. I have no idea why. Don't you just hate it when AIM randomly plays a video at the top of your buddy list? Sound just come out of nowhere and it scares the poo out of me. Anyway, that was my rant for the day.
Scythe Co., Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) announces its latest innovative heatpipe CPU Cooler, Katana. Katana means the Japanese Swords, which is a perfect naming for CPU Cooler to cool the latest hot processors.
Another slow day. Is the summer heat driving everyone nuts and keeping them from doing their work? Sure is doing it to me... Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Rev.
Finally we have some bit of news for your reading pleasure. It's been a long weekend but I know that next weekend is going to be a blast...at least for me.
News is damn slow. No ones around. I played hours of WC3 and CS:S myself and raped everyone and got tired of it. What else is there to do? I'm not in the writing mood. Argh.
I was walking to get the mail and freakin ran into a huge spider web...with the spider on it! I guess you all don't know but I have arachnaphobia (is that how you spell it?). OMG scared the poo out of me.
Anyone remember my friend Geo? Well after I got my tattoo, we went out and got drunk again. This time I was on an empty belly, no dinner. OMG I have a bad headache. Anyone wanna massage my head and feed me?
You know how easy it is to find compatible memory upgrades at Crucial.com using the Crucial Memory Advisor(TM) tool, but what about those people who have a custom-built or an older PC, whose make and model are a mystery?
Sunnyvale, CA July 21, 2005 OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the release of PC-4000 Gold Edition which will be available in 1GB modules and 2GB Dual C…
It's late. I'm tired. There's a bunch of news. Here you go. Wintec PC2-5400 DDR2 Memory @ Legit Reviews Wintec isn't really well known in the enthusiast market, but their PC2-5400 sure can run some great low latencies.
I had quite the bit of sleep last night so it's a fresh morning for me. Didn't have quite enough of news last night so I couldn't post it but it seems that everyone sends out news in the wee bit hours. Here you go.
July 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Thermaltake Heat Exchanger, a complex integration of Heat Source Block and Ambient Radiator, is an improved and more efficient form of traditional liquid cooling system.
Damnit I missed out on a drinking night. I knew I should've dropped everything and head over to my bud's house. Argh. Coolermaster Vortex TX @ Pro-Clockers While it's not Cooler Master's flagship cooler, it still looks quite promising.
Damnit mothergomo. I was supposed to wake up at 7am to write some reviews. It's now almost 10am and I'm about to be late for class. How the heck did I oversleep 3 hours???
I didn't want to wake up today because I have piles of products to review. I'll be a gomo sitting in front of my laptop writing all day. Arrrgggh. And no you guys, don't even bother asking.
I finally watched it last night. I do agree why people would think it sucks. There are parts that are corny but that's honestly just straight from the comic book and cartoons. You can't help it.
Geo is my buddy and we're both math majors. He took me out to a club last night and got me drunk...butt drunk. I have a bad hangover and I'm going to be late for work. I hate you Geo!
No you sick gomos. My midterm was a big load off my back. Now I'm just waiting for finals. Hope I pass! BFG 7800GTX OC Review @ neoseeker The 7800GTX is looking might good this evening.
For me to take my midterm. Wish me luck my fellow gomos. Mushkin 1GB XP4000 2-2-2 REDLINE Dual Pack @ OCTools.com Want high megahertz and low latencies? The Mushkin Redline will do just that. Check out our review of the PC4000 HERE.
Sunnyvale, CA July 14, 2005 OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the release of the OCZ DDR PC-4800 Platinum Elite Edition (EE) which utilizes classic Sa…
July 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Thermaltake Technology Inc, the worldwide leader in PC Thermal Management, today announced two brand new lines of External Enclosures: Muse & Max4.
amdgamer.com has been hacked. I think the last sentence from this paragraph shows what I feel about hackers. "As you might have already noticed, the amdgamer.com forums have been attacked by hackers.
God they smell... Rabbits are cute and all, but never ever have them as pets. They smell and they make so much noise. I feel like eating them. Hey I'm Chinese. I eat everything. HAHAHA.
Very hectic days are coming. Gotta unload as much as I can whenever I can. Here you go... Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 2GB dual channel memory kit review @ Xtreme Resources Everyone's moving to 2GB nowadays.
...and it's off to a bad start. I was sleeping peacefully by myself when all of a sudden I woke up out of nowhere in the middle of the night. Then I hear some noise up on the roof.
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I went to class unprepared and didn't quite finish my homework. I went to work and the system just pissed me off. Things couldn't get done right. Then I come back from work and there are just idiotic drivers everywhere.
It's already time for me to take a midterm during summer school. This week will be even more hectic for me. Have no fear. I've already written enough reviews that'll last a week.
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Just went to watch the new movie Dark Water. It's very much like The Ring and The Grudge but it's still pretty damn scary. I wanted to watch Fantastic 4 since Jessica Alba is so hot in there, but "someone" said it looked gay.
Sorry about the lack of news for today. It's been quite slow. Where did everyone run to? Anyway, I'm heading off to go watch the new comic movie with crappy ratings and reviews. As long as I see Jessica Alba naked I'll be happy.
Boy don't you just love to drink? I certainly do. Playing Source while drunk is funny. I got headshotted like crazy and got raped by random flying bullets. It's funny, but it's no fun.
Creative Technology Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital entertainment solutions for PC users and the creator of Sound Blaster®, today announced that early testing of the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor revealed that it deliver…
That's right. I'm drunk again. I have school tomorrow, a quiz, and work. Boy it's going to another long day. On with the news. Enjoy while I try to live through the day. G.
Man I woke up late. It feels nice to sleep so soundly though. Quadruple reviews from TrustedReviews. I wish hot girls came to me like how TrustedReviews send out their news.
Some might say that 5 hours is more than enough, but I'm honestly the type to need 8-10 hours of sleep a day. I'm dying here... I can't wait to sleep in during the weekends.
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Fremont CA, June 22nd, 2005 - Leadtek Research, an innovative R&D company specialized in extreme visual graphics technology development, today announced the WinFast PX7800 GTX graphics card the totally new PCI-Express graphics cards based…
Patriot Announces DDR2-1000 Memory and DDR1 600 Pre Release News Fremont, California, July 1, 2005, Patriot Memory, a manufacturer of premium quality memory modules and flash memory products, announced its plan to add DDR2 1000MHz and DDR1…
Instead of sitting at my desk doing my usual work, I was called into the warehouse to do grunt work. Freakin awesome. It was like a hot sauna in there.
News after the holidays is always a bit slow. G.Skill Extreme PC3200 2-2-2-5 1GB Kit @ OC Tools "The Winbond UTT chip based G.Skill Extreme PC3200 2-2-2-5 1GB Kit lived up to our expectations.
I didn't hear all that much fireworks today. Oh wait, it's the OC. They don't let you play fireworks here. Isn't that just stupid? As much as I love the OC, not letting people play fireworks is just retarded.
Hope everyone is having fun today BBQing and playing with some kiddie fireworks. Randy invited me to his BBQ but the thing is...it's a BYOM kinda deal. Hilarious...bring your own meat. HAHAHAHA.
I came home Friday night and what do I see... Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI Gigabyte 7800GTX Thermaltake Golden Orb II ...and a couple of coolers from npowertek. Awesome! It's a good thing it's a long weekend. Time to get crackin.
I finally had the opportunity to have a good sleep last night. Unfortunately I woke up a couple of times for some stupid reason. First time was due to a bad dream. Ok that doesn't really matter. Second time just honestly pissed me off.
June 2005 - Taipei, Taiwan Thermaltake Technologies, the leading manufacturer of cooling solutions, has launched a liquid cooling system stronger than ever BigWater SE, the newest collection of liquid cooling system is prepared to bring…
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I received my GeIL One sample a couple of days ago and my goodness gracious it's freakin awesome. Aren't you all excited to see my results???!!! I know I'm excited to post it!
I finally had some decent sleep last night but the thing is that I forgot to study for my quiz! Oh my. Guess I'll have to cram it. So you know what that means, news quickie.
This is one awesome movie. I really like it. Everyone...go out and watch it. Seagate 5GB Pocket Hard Drive @ Viperlair "Ultimately, not matter how good or bad a product is, most of us are going to be concerned about the price.
My inbox is full of contest submissions and yet, none of you guys are following the rules correctly. Boo to you. Please follow the rules. Everything is already made easy for you to enter so just please do me a favor and follow the rules.
I have about half an hour till I take my quiz. Anyone wanna let me borrow a Linear Algebra book? I left mine at home. Doh! Sapphire Radeon X800 XL 'Ultimate' vs AOpen Aeolus 6800 @ TrustedReviews I love the way the Ultimate looks.
Mushkin is proud to introduce the latest addition to our family of DDR2 products. These parts are designed to offer gamers, enthusiasts, Auto CAD users who need speed and performance at lower latency.
Just unloading some news before I head into work. It's gonna be one slow day. BTW, did I mention that I have a quiz tomorrow? And I just started school today. I love college.
Oh poo. After taking some time off from school, I'm now going back to finish it up. Summer school...oh boy is this going to be fun... Looks like it's AMD FX57 news for today.
Have you noticed that we haven't had any new reviews out for the past couple of days? That's because we're all out! It's time for me to start writing again, even if I'm not in the mood. Ah well, we'll have some goodies out for you soon.
Haha I got somewhat wasted again last night. It didn't take much but it did help ease my suffering! Oh poo. Here's the bit of news for the day. Thermaltake Tenor @ Rbmods "Today it's time to take a look at a home theater PC case.
sUrface 1030 MBA LM Edition Competition Mousing Surface review @ CyberwizardPit 64-bit Sempron now selling! @ AMDboard Yay. Budget overclockers now have a bit more power...well that's only if they use 64-bit Windows.
Thermaltake Asks, Are you Ready? ~ Launches a reborn design of ultra-silent cooling performance~ Thermaltake Technologies, the leading manufacturer for cooling solutions, created the worlds first turbine cooling component, the Golden Orb…
Due to my drunkenness (is that a word?) last night and waking up late for work, I apologize for the lack of news. Terribly sorry guys. But here you go...lots of reading for you to do.
After checking out some of the results yesterday from that long chinese review, I'm not so convinced that the 7800GTX is anything spectacular. Like I mentioned in the THREAD, does anyone smell a FX5800?
The 7800GTX has been today's highlight news. There is talk about it everywhere. My boss just told me to place an order for two. HAHA. Anyway, I'm just hoping to get my manufacturer samples in...sometime soon.
Isn't it kinda sad to know that your room is hotter than outside? Actually gives me a reason to step outside and clean up my rabbits. Anyone want one? We Announce SDMAltR @ SDMLanReview What does that new "R" mean?
Sunnyvale, CA June 20, 2005 OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the launch of the OCZ Value Pro Series with the OCZ DDR2 PC2-4200 Value Pro line.
If you're a dad, congratulations to you. Hope your day is well. If you're not, celebrate the day with your pops. Do something with each other, just not each other...
I ate so much today that my stomach is full of gas. Anyone want to hang out with me right now? Soltek SL-N4Pro-939 Review @ Club Overclocker Soltek's been releasing VIA solution Socket 939 boards and leaving Nvidia fans in the cold.
So what's everyone going to do for all the pops out there? You better start shopping for his present. There's only one day left. Just give him your computer so you have an excuse to get a new one.
Waking up refreshed and not tired feels great. Good thing I jumped in bed early last night. I still want to sleep some more though. Haha. Anyway, gonna be late for work so here's whatever we have for Friday.
I was at my desk working and all of a sudden I feel rumbling. Haha I got scared. I looked behind me and hoped that the monitor on top of the shelf stayed in place... And it sure did.
Taipei, Taiwan June 16th, 2005 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, VGA cards, PC coolers and other computing hardware solutions, today announced the 3D AURORA chassis, the company first stand alone chassis to comp…
Taipei, Taiwan June 16th, 2005 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, VGA cards, PC coolers and other computing hardware solutions, today announced the new 3D Galaxy liquid cooling system, the company's first generat…
Singapore June 15, 2005 muvee Technologies, the pioneer and global leader in Instant Personal Video, has released its new Kids stylePack, featuring 6 new styles themed for children and the young at heart.
The world of television is changing. Since it was announced in 2003 that countries are now expected to start switching from Analogue to Digital TV, AVerMedia has been working on a product to provide a pain-free switchover solution.
Mushkin XP4000 Redline @ Bytesector More news on Mushkin's latest Redline series. Our review is done and needs to be edited. It should be live sometime tomorrow if not Friday!
Today should be payday. I'm looking forward to it. Corsair XMS XPERT PC3200 @ Viperlair "Corsair XMS ram in general should be on your very short list for any enthusiast application.
Alright, time to clean out my news box. Got some good news in today for some good reading. Mushkin Redline XP4000 Memory Review @ Legit Reviews See, not all UTT can be great. It's still based on luck.
OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, is pleased to announce the release of the extremely gamer-friendly OCZ PC-3500 Gold GX series, an aggressively priced, low latency l…
Cooler Masters Annual Case Mod Competition for 2005 has begun! This year, the prizes are beyond your expectation, ranging from our soon to be released Stacker 830 to a complete set of Aquagate Liquid Cooling System, and many more!!
For all of you AGP owners out there who are dying for a good Socket 939 motherboard, DFI's solution will be on its way to us tomorrow! Stay tuned folks. U.S.
PowerColor incorporated the nice heatpipe design on their X700 and implemented on the X800 XL, but the 512MB version. I'm loving it. Introduction SCS1 system has been applied to a lot of PowerColor video card, such as Radeon X700 Bravo.
Aren't you guys excited? I'll be posting another new contest tomorrow. The prize will be the modded Thermaltake Kandalf that's shown in our Ultimate Gaming Rig. Check it out.
Work early morning and then out to dinner at night. World Premiere! ULi M1687 Chipset Specification @ AMDboard "M1697 is ULis new generation super K8 PCI Express single chipset designed for high-performance PCI Express based PC systems.
Singapore June 9, 2005 muvee Technologies, the pioneer and global leader in Instant Personal Video, has refreshed the muvee-man in its logo to reflect the fun and simplicity of its core offering.
I knew taking my nap yesterday after work was not such a good idea. I ended up not being able to fall asleep...and went to bed at 5am. Now it's 11am and I'm barely getting ready for work. Oh boy...
More like sleep time. I almost passed out at work for some reason. I got so tired all of a sudden. I think I should start drinking those Monster drinks.
Singapore (June 7, 2005) muvee Technologies, the pioneer and global leader in Instant Personal Video, has launched its new zero-click automatic video production tool, muvee quickSpin.
I overslept. Let's hurry on with the news so I can get going. Mushkin Redline XP4000 DDR ram review @ Xtreme Resources Mushkin's Redlines continue to receive high praise. We sorta fried ours...
I think I may have just exhausted myself. I could hardly sleep last night due to jetlag, and after working and staying awake for another 18 hours, my body just puked. I knocked out and couldn't wake up today.
Puget Custom Computers has added a CAD / CAM Workstation to their pre-configured systems giving CAD / CAM users an answer to their High End Computer Workstation needs.
And so after a week of Computex and 13 hour flights around the globe, I've resumed back to my regular working schedule. Oh booooo. At least you guys can check out our coverage of Computex and enjoy the weekly contests for this month.
We've moved on to our last part of our 1 year anniversary contest. It's summer so you know what that means. Time to get your ass to work and build yourself a new computer. Strapped a bit for cash?
The flight back was intensely awesome. Now I know why everyone likes to fly EVA Airlines, even though they have no TVs and crap. I got on the plane, sat down, knocked out, and woke up a little later to eat dinner.
As much as I hate it ending, I also love it. My feet are tired and I need to get some sleep. Hopefully this trip will help the site grow much faster and help pump out more reviews.
It's not always about overclocking, sometimes trying to underclock can be a bit of fun. It's just not beneficial. The Underclocking Experiment @ PCStats ATI X550 Infos @ techPowerUp Sounds like a budget card to me.
So much to do that I don't even really have time to post up the pics of all the new goodies everyone's displaying at Computex. If I don't get it up today (in Taiwan time), I'll be sure to get it out tomorrow with lots and lots of pictures.
ECS Unveils Two NVIDIA SLI Solution Motherboards at Computex Taipei 2005 Taipei, Taiwan, June 1st, 2005 Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is showcasing two NVIDIA SLI solution motherboards, the KN1 SLI Extreme and PN1 SLI Extreme, at Compu…
If you don't like humidity, there is something wrong with you. Who doesn't like to just stand outside and start sweating in a matter of minutes? The best part is that there's no sun. It feels so goood.
I can't believe the stupid airline lost my bag. Stupid mother... They better deliver my bag tomorrow or I'll be forced to regulate. What a pisser. ATI Crossfire news is everywhere.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend fellow overclockers. Make sure you do some nice BBQing and drink lots of beers. Time to clear the box before I take off to the airport right now. See you in 17 hours...
Just got back from my trip to Vegas. Now I gotta rush and get ready to leave for Taiwan! Computex here I come. I promise I'll take lots and lots of pictures. I already promised Thermaltake!
DFI, maker of the award-winning LANParty and LANParty UT series of motherboards, and GSkill, maker of extreme performance memory modules, are glad to invite you to come GSkill booth, A908 A910, Hall 1 in 1st and 2nd June.
Do you consider yourself as a good overclocker? Do you want to compete with the power users from all over the world? Now there is an opportunity you can miss!
Yup I'm heading off to vegas today. I'm hanging out with my parents to make up for Mother's Day. Hope I don't get burned...physically and financially. Wish me luck! Totally fell asleep last night and didn't post news. Sorry about that.
aipei, Taiwan - May 26, 2005 - GeIL, a world-leading professional memory manufacturer, announced today the release of the extreme low latency version of its UltraX series DDR series, UltraX-XL PC3200 DDR400 CL 1.5-2-2-2.
Looks like today's big news for Intel Pentium D 820 Dual Core. Intel's Pentium D 820 and Pentium 4 670 processors @ TR "IT'S THE GEEKY equivalent of a conversation that most guys would have about a Maxim girl versus the Olsen twins.
Yay it's memorial day weekend. Oh wait that's just me. I have no work tomorrow! Pwned! Muahahahaha. Vegas tomorrow then off to Computex. SeaSonic S12 500W Power Supply @ Techniz SeaSonic power supplies are highly rated and recommended.
Fremont, CA (May 25, 2005) - Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for enthusiasts and overclockers, today is pleased to announce expansion of its popular flash memory products.
Thermalright XP-90C Heatsink @ Viperlair Perhaps the best aircooling heatsink available, the XP-90C is a chunk of pure copper and has zero compatibility issues. You can check out our review of it HERE.
G70 is the 7800 GTX & Specification @ PureOverclock.com Ive just been told from a very, very reliable source that the G70, Nvidias next generation card will officially be called the 7800 (we all new that, didnt we?).
OCZ Technology Platinum Edition EL PC-4800 Dual Channel DDR Kit @ OCIA.net "Not mentioned above is the fact that these modules are based on Samsung's infamous TCCD chips.
I am now 99% positive that I'm going to Computex 2005 in Taipei, Taiwan. w00t w00t!!! Anyone jealous? Massive hardware floating all around me. E3 2005 - Fatal1ty Shootout @ The Tech Zone More E3 coverage. Watch Fatal1ty getting pwned!!!
Perhaps this auction should've been up before the Winbond UTT were found but it's still good stuff. Anyone miss the good old days of Kingston BH5? They were top notch quality stuff.
Thermaltake's CPU coolers are still gettings lots of attention around the web. Here's a look at a couple of CPU coolers and their new modular power supply.
May 23, 2005GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY formally announces the release of its much-anticipated graphics accelerators, the GV-RX70256D / GV-RX70128DE / GV-R70256D.
Yup that's right. It's 100 where I am. Whew this wimpy ceiling fan is doing me no good. Maybe I should go through the carwash with my car later. Gigabyte DVD-ROM/CD-R/W Combo Drive @ Club Overclocker Pretty decent drive from Gigabyte.
Crucial Radeon X850 XT 256MB PCI Express review @ XtremeResources Crucial isn't a very popular choice for graphic cards mainly because no one really knows that they make graphic cards.
I just received good news last night that I might be able to go to Computex! For FREE!!!!! Now let's just cross fingers and hope that I'll be able to go. ATI's new AGP Radeons @ TR Isn't AGP considered to be dying???
Which means that more writing and work for me! We've had a slow last couple of weeks but that's because our in-house editor was busy with his law school finals. Let's all hope he gets good grades!
Time to go to work now. Then come back and nap. E3 Day 3 Coverage @ Primotech How'd they get Day 3 already? Friday is Day 3...unless they were the special ones that were able to go starting Monday!
Boy was that hectic. Getting stuck in traffic and having to go potty, walking around all day long, carrying bags around everywhere, but of course it's all worth it. So many games and so many cool new goodies.
Mushkin just released their amazing Redline memory featuring Winbond UTT memory...most likely BH5. Not only that, they redid their entire website. It looks really cool, but there's too much purple for me.
Yup. I'll be going to E3 tomorrow. I'll bring my camera and take lots of pics and try to load it up ASAP. OCZ PC2-5400 Platinum EB @ techPowerUp All the craze in press releases is aimed for DDR2.
Wintec Industries Expands AMP-X Product Line with DDR2-667 MHz (PC2-5300) Memory Module, Delivering Cost-Effective Solution for High-Performance Computing Los Angeles, CA (E3) and Fremont, Calif.
Info-Tek Corporation, production supplier for the leading global graphics card brand GECUBETM, announced today the release of the first GECUBE RADEON X800XL 512MB Heat Pipe Graphics Card.
So sad that the weekend is over. As much as I love going to work, I want to freakin sleep in for once! I haven't done so for the past 2 weeks... Even weekends won't allow it.
So yeah I'm not off work but I can't just sit down and relax. I gotta go pick up the Gigabyte C19 board and then start doing video card testing. And to think people think a reviewer's life is easy! Ha.
ThermalRock Technology brings you a Home Theater PC System that fits right in the comfort of your home, the Mystic, a customized package featuring an amazing classy aluminum front bezel with hydraulic doors and stereo style foot stands.
Athlon64 3800+ Venice @ techPowerUp The new "lower end" AMD A64 core Venice has been getting a lot of hype lately. It has a revamped memory controller that allows the use of 4 DIMMS without causing the use of a divider.
What a pisser. Yesterday my hamster died and today we have a server problem. Well technically not a big issue but for those new members how just recently joined and are awaiting activation emails, please be patient.
OMG it's ridiculously hot right now. It went from a gloomy day to a scorching 90+. I definitely need some kind of cooling right now. Where's my Tornado fan when I need it. Lots of news from DH this afternoon.
And to think I wasn't going to jinx myself and get bad luck. While at work, I get a phone call from my girl saying that my hamster died. WTF! I love my hamster too. She's cute and doesn't bite. Sigh...
ASUS Extreme AX800XL-2DTV @ Viperlair The X800 XL is currently the best bang for your buck, but is the Asus version any good? Their packages always tend to cost more than others so hopefully there will be a good bundle behind it.
Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for enthusiasts and overclockers, is proud to announce that the latest XMS2 5400ULTM is the first true ultra low latency memory to reach the DDR2-1066…
Creative Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: CREAF), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment solutions for PC users and the creator of Sound Blaster®, today announced two major breakthroughs in audio technology: Xtreme Fidelity, the new standard i…
Gigabyte's GV-RX80L256V graphics card @ TR This is a beautiful card. I've always liked the X800 XL mainly because of the price/performance ratio, and the big heatpipe by Zalman just makes it even better.
283000$ Turion notebook @ AMDboard "If you're looking for a cheap lady's notebook, then the Tulip E-Go Diamond sporting a low-power AMD Turion 64 is the one.
ATIFlash 3.09 & Bios collection updated @ techPowerUp Here's their BIOS collection: http://bios.techpowerup.com "If you are regularly flashing your video card, you should consider an update.
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., today released the GV-RX30HM128D, its first ATI RADEONTM X300SE HyperMemory PCI-E graphics card designed for powerful entry level PC systems.
Info-Tek Corporation, production supplier for the leading global graphics card brand GECUBETM, announced today the release of the GECUBE RADEON® X700 Professional 512MB PCI Express graphics card.
OCZ EL 1GB DC DDR400 Gold Edition @ Techniz.co.uk Winbond based low latency memory is back and OCZ has a great offering. Our review of it, HERE, didn't fair too well. Perhaps the newer revision chips will do better.
A big happy birthday goes out to my sister. She turns 33 today and puts her exactly 10 years older than me. Antec Phantom 500 "Hybrid" PSU @ SilentPCReview This Phantom 500W power supply looks so clean and beefy.
Oh yeah baby! Finally the long awaited Fatal1ty X800 XL arrives, and in 512MB! What's so special about the Abit Fatal1ty X800 XL over others? Just read below and find out. "We are pleased to announce the new lines of Fatal1ty products.
I can't believe that I got a tax return! A nice whopping $210 ain't too shabby. After this bit of news, I have to go to sleep so I can show up early at work at 8am!
AMD Vesus Intel Battle of the Dual-Core CPUs @ Motherboards.org Again, it's a no brainer that AMD's dual core wins. It's been expected that they win every department except office benchmarks.
A big happy mother's day goes out to all the mothers out there. Being a parent is already tough, and being a mom makes it even harder. I love my mom and appreciate her in every way. Remember to give your mom some flowers and a hug.
Two interesting movies came out today--House of Wax and Kingdom of Heaven. I love the medieval setting and all that heroic stuff but Elisha Cuthbert is just too damn hot. I gotta go see her.
ATI HyperMemory vs nVidia TurboCache (Updated) @ TrustedReviews TrustedReviews has an update on their comparison. I still say that both technologies suck. If it's made as a mainstream card, let it be mainstream.
Corsair XMS 3200XL Xpert Memory Review @ Ninjalane There are plenty of reviews out there for the Corsair Xpert and there shouldn't be any questions on why.
I'm soooo tired. I knew I should've gone to bed earlier last night. Doh. Guess I gotta get some Red Bulls on the way to work. Who's interested in a busty 512MB video card? Do any games really take advantage of it?
GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 1GB Dual Channel Kit Contest The GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 1GB Dual Channel Kit Contest is now officially over. The winner has been chosen and the answers announced. Make sure you get in and check if you've won!
I'll post the bit of news today and then start up another contest. I did promise to have a monthly contest going and will try to pick it back up again. Sorry about that. This time it'll be good stuff that you should want!
I DROOL! OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the release of the PC2-6400 Enhanced Bandwidth Platinum seriesan extremely high performing line of DDR2.
I was at the potty with my girl's Us Weekly magazine and noticed one extremely retarded article. Why in the world did Ryan Seacrest get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
ECS RS400-A LGA775 Motherboard Fremont, California April 26, 2005 Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the Taiwan-based leading producer of motherboards, announced the release of the ATI RS400 chipset-based (also known as the ATI Radeon X…
I'm having a couple beers right now and I'm feeling good. Thing is though I can down a can of cold beer pretty easily and I'm pretty sure that most of you can too. What I wanna know is if you can down a can of cold coke.
I went to a job interview today and think I did pretty well. I hope I get the position. It'll be great news for me. Titan Vanessa S-type CPU Heat Pipe @ Marns CDA Still getting some press, the Titan Vanessa is still a good cooler.
It's a good thing cuz I have an interview for a job today. Wouldn't want to miss that now! I'll get the news posting along and get to fixing up my resume. Some pretty interesting things to read today.
True that the Cooler Master Aquagate Mini is a nice little watercooling unit all ready to go, but it's not a full out complete watercooling kit. We liked it, but only thought that it's a good first step into watercooling.
Just came back from the movies with my girl. We watched Amityville Horror. It's one of those typical scary horror movies but without the crappy stupid ending. It's certainly creepy though.
Well I got my Venice on Friday and just got around to testing it last night. The results are great but I was a little disappointed. If you're interested, you can see a bit of my results HERE.
Sorry for inconvenience during the last couple of days. We've migrated to a new dedicated server, and since Patrick was the only one who was doing the work, it took us a bit of time. Must thank Patrick for the wonderful job!
Well you may not have guessed it, but the site is growing rather fast and we're using up our resources fast. I'm going to be overcharged this month due to exceeding bandwidth.
OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the release of the OCZ DDR2 Gold series, a particularly affordable line of high performance DDR2 for gaming enthusia…
I didn't get a chance to have my "cigarette", but I'm sure all of you enjoyed the "holiday" right? Well now that it's over, let's get back to work and endure till the weekends. We start with quite the few video card reviews today.
If Intel releases dual core processors, AMD isn't going to fall behind on that. Now that you see Opterons having dual cores, desktop CPU's will soon follow. The wait is killing me.
Finally, we really need some input on whether or not we should bring a new product, namely the Delta 120x76mm GFB1212VHW OR the Delta 120x38mm TFB1212UHE, or neither at all.
Oooo. I just got some nice juicy info on some upcoming goods. Can't wait to get it. If you know what kind of hardware I like, you should have an idea of what it might be. Oh yeah BTW, my Venice is on the way!!!
With less than one week away from North American Regional Qualifier, ACON5 Registration website is now open! ACON5 is a global gaming event held in 20 countries and territories worldwide.
Anyone up for some "relaxation"? Soltek EQ3501-300PW QBiC Mania SFF PC Review @ PCStats CoolJag JAC84MC CPU Cooler @ Phoronix Cooler Master Vortex TX Heatsink @ SystemCooling.com Combat Task Force 121 for the Xbox Review @ Futurelooks MP3Sp…
If you haven't noticed, we broke 100k on Alexa yesterday. The site has been only been up for less than a year and we've broken the 100k rating barrier. I'm proud of my staff. Great work guys!
This blows. I can't enjoy my weekend due to this bad cold, and the allergies aren't helping either. Have you ever taken some allergy medicine that's supposed to knock you out, but instead, it keeps you awake? That's what happened to me.
Every weekend feels like Christmas when I come home. I always have goodies sitting in the living room. For starters, I got my XP-90C! It's pure perfection... Anyway, let's start with the news bit. New Nvidia BIOS editor has just released.
Corsair ® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for the enthusiasts and the overclockers, today is pleased to announce launch partnerships with tier-one Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers for the…
I wake up and walk into the living room only to find this strange funky stench. I hope nothing died here... I better hurry up with the news and go clean up the place. Plenty of news today for some relaxation and enjoyment.
I didn't think it would happen but I'm getting the cough. **cough cough**. Cebit 2005: Cooling, Modding & Cases @ Madshrimps Still not too late for some Cebit news. I personally like the Cooler Master chipset cooler. Can you say behemoth?
I got one of my rabbits finally neutered. Now it's all sappy and sitting in the corner. Pwned! Sorry for the lack of prompt news posting today. It was a hectic day and I had to drive all over the place.
When the warm seasons roll around, don't you wish it's cold again? I sure do. This heat is killing me, and it's not even summer yet! SilverStone ST52F 520W PSU @ XtremeComputing A very good power supply that is highly recommended by us.
They may be cute and all, but they're so damn annoying. They bite on EVERYTHING, including edges of the wall. They thump and make a crapload of noise. Not only that, they poo everywhere!
...or is the gas price going outrageously high??? $3.00/gallon is just ridiculous. What about a good minimum wage increase? That extra dollar will help pay for gas to go to work.
Southern California weather has been strange the past couple of months. It's so sunny outside and yet so windy. Ever since I've watched The Day After Tomorrow, I'm scared of polar ice melts...
I honestly hate tax season. Paperwork is everywhere and no one wants to spend money. I stopped by the local mall yesterday and no one was there. I can see tumbleweed rolling around.
Corsair XPERT TWINXP1024-3200XL Review @ Madshrimps Corsair Xpert memory is showing up a lot recently. Once again, check our review of it HERE. Samsung SyncMaster 243T 24-inch LCD Display Review @ PCStats Bigger is always better.
Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for the enthusiasts and the overclockers, today unveiled the industry's first DDR2800 MHz memory modules optimized for the latest NVIDIA® nForceTM 4 S…
HIS Radeon X800XL Review @ OCC "If you're going to do a price/performance comparison this card is going to come out on top every time. Quite a bit less expensive and yet still giving out excellent performance.
Corsair ® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for the enthusiasts and the overclockers, today launched the world's first DDR2 memory that delivers a guaranteed clock speed of 675 MHz at extremely…
Corsair Memory, Inc., an industry leader in ultra-performance DDR DRAM modules for gaming and overclocking applications, is pleased to announce a partnership with NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) for the development and launch of DDR2 memo…
I'm pretty sure that all of you know Nvidia's SLI is kickass when it comes to gaming, and now that they've partnered with Intel to provide SLI for die hard Intel fans, I see Nvidia taking over the chipset market.
Finally we get to see some of Inel's dual-core processing power. We've only gotten two dual-core news but I'm sure that there are plenty more out there.
I hate it this time of year. For those who haven't done so, set your clock one hour ahead. Time to lose an hour of precious sleep time. Thermalright XP-90C P4/K8 Heatsink @ Systemcooling Wow this thing is awesome.
I picked up my copy of WoW and it just sucked me in. I played for about 8 hours last night and stayed up till 6am. There's just so many quests to do and gets more addicting each time you finish a quest.
Got a few case and accessories reviews today. OCC starts off with an exploded case! Haha April Fools. OK that was lame... A-Top XPlode Case Review @ OCC "The A-Top XPlode is offered in three basic color schemes of red, white and blue.
Intel Pentium 4 3.73GHz Extreme Edition @ Viperlair "As we've seen in our results, the gap between AMD and Intel in terms of application performance is a lot closer than it used to be, at least when we're talking about $1000 processors.
Abit AN8 "Fatal1ty" Socket 939 Motherboard review @ Marns CDA The Abit Fatal1ty AN8 is easily one of the best Socket 939 motherboards available. It's the true gaming board. HERE is our review of the Fatal1ty AN8.
Seagate's Barracuda 7200.8 hard drive @ TR "Seagate's Barracuda 7200.8 is the latest hard drive to offer 400GB of storage, but the drive offers more than just a capacity boost.
AMD64 Dual Core Physical Design Specs and Photo @ AMDboard "We are now aware that Opteron dual core is slated to appear during this semester but news from AMD has been exceptionally scarce until now.
For those how remember the old cartoon, props to you. This anime series is awesome. I loved it when I was a kid and now I'm watching it all over. Ebay does come in handy when you have to do some digging.
Corsair brings you some nice information regarding memory latency performance. "Memory modules are currently available which support a wide variety of different speeds and latency settings.
Gigabyte's GA-K8VT890-9 motherboard @ Tech Report "PCI EXPRESS IS undoubtedly the future of PC peripherals, and with even budget motherboards hopping on the PCI-E train, upgrading to support the new standard doesn't have to be an expensive…
Our news box is full today and there's plenty of news going around. I guess everyone came back from their busy weekend and was able to get some work done.
DFI LanParty UT LP nF4 Ultra-D Motherboard review @ XtremeResources " The nF4 SLI-DR is based o*n the nVidia nForce4 SLI chipset, while the nF4 Ultra-D is based on the nForce4 Ultra chipset.
AMD Dual-Core Opteron as soon as Q2 05 @ AMDboard You know what this means. FX and regular A64s will soon follow the Opteron's release. I was damn impressed by the Intel dual core and can't wait to see what AMD's is capable of.
Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V Radeon X800XL Videocard Review @ PCStats "The Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V videocard on the test bench today is a silent videocard; a unique thing for any product wearing a "Radeon" name, but there it is - not a single fan.
Corsair Xpert TWINXP1024-3200XL DDR Memory @ PCStats "Introducing the Corsair XMS Xpert TWINXP1024-3200XP dual-channel DDR kit. As you can see, it makes quite a first impression.
Thermaltake Silent Purepower 680W PSU @ Legit Reviews This is one affordable beefy power supply. It's one of the few that can provide true SLI support right out of the box! Check out Randy's review HERE.
There are disadvantages of digital photography??? I guess there must be if Tech Zone is going to tell you about it. Advantages Vs. Disadvantages of Digital Photography @ The Tech Zone "I only use digital cameras.
The DDR2 Roundup Part 2 @ Motherboards.org "The performance of all the contenders was truly outstanding. Crucial's Ballistix Tracer was the only one who could not make the cut for low latency. Does that mean that it's no good?
Tt Big Typhoon Cooler Review @ OCC "Accolades go out to Thermaltakes R&D department for this one. By employing advanced cooling features, the Big Typhoon gets the job done by more brains than brawn.
Corsair Memory, Inc., a global leader in ultra-performance DDR memory modules for PC gamers and enthusiasts, is excited to be announced as the Official Memory of ACON5.
I didn't even realize yesterday was St. Patrick's Day. Just goes to show how clueless of the real world I really am... Let's start off today with more coverage from techPowerUp. You have to check out what they say on ATI's SLI solution.
Club 3D Radeon X800XL PCI Express @ Viperlair "Performance from the X800XL was fantastic, quite happily keeping pace with our X850XT PE in many tests, although the highest resolutions and heavy AntiAliasing/Anisotropic filtering did slow it…
Tech Report has the full report of the Abit Fatal1ty AN8. The motherboard features a glowing red PCB as well as many OTES cooling fans to provide increased stable performance. So what was the grade for the board? Check it out.
BFG 6600 GT OC and ATI Radeon X700 Pro: PCIe Video Card Comparison @ XYZ Computing Of course the 6600GT should win. It already has the advantage of a slight overclock. But still a good comparison for those who can't decide on the two.
Thermaltake Purepower 680W @ Arctic Squad Thermaltake's PurePower 680W is one of the few that is considered SLI ready right out of the box. Check Randy's review of the PurePower 680W HERE.
Nintendo DS @ TrustedReviews I'm surprised Nintendo didn't want to use cartridges. heh. "After the slick, streamlined, pocket-sized GBA SP, the DS is a return to the cludgy old days of the first-generation GBA.
Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 Case Review @ MODTHEBOX.COM The Silentium series is a great idea, but there are work that needs to be done. You can check out our review of the T1 HERE.
I'm not a big fan of ATI All-in-Wonder cards mainly because I never really found a use for the TV Tuner, but this new X800 XT one is just awesome. It's all black!
Ultra Products XL PC3200 Low Latency Memory @ Systemcooling "These days it seems like every memory manufacturer is bringing out at least one PC3200 speed kit designed to run at low latencies.
Cebit Coverage Day 2 @ techPowerUp techPowerUp's Cebit coverage was nice and showed lots of pictures of upcoming hardware. I wonder what case can actually house that dual 6800s. That card is huge! I like the dual 6600gts better.
Thermaltake - Armor Super Tower Case @ MVKTech * Win: OldSkool System *, A Sega Game Gear with 4 games @ Tekbunker Wow. I remember when I had one of these. Streets of Rage was the bomb.
DFI NF4 SLI-D board has broken the barrier by MrIcee Part 2 @ XtremeResources Wow he sure has one nice Winchester to play with. Chenbro Gaming Bomb II @ BRnR This is one beautiful case. It has handles, removable mobo tray, all the works.
Tt Beetle Cooler Review @ OCC Looks like Dean also had a great run with the Thermaltake Beetle performance. What I'd like to know is how in the world he got his to fit on his Socket 478 mobo. Notice the con...
DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 Motherboard Review @ XYZ Computing This motherboard seems to be the "enemy" of the AN8 Fatal1ty. We're loving the AN8 Fatal1ty here, and we'll show you why soon.
Why Solitaire Is Better Than Half Life 2 @ The Tech Zone Hell yeah Solitaire is better. At least I can play single player (wait solitaire is a single person game...) without needing internet connection. "Ya gotta read the fine print folks.
DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR Motherboard @ Legit Reviews Hmmm. It didn't seem like they had a good overclock out of it. Randy here has one and he's gotten it over 300HTT. "The performance was everything I could have hoped for.
19 Inch LCD Display Buyer's Guide @ XYZ Computing IMO, the Viewsonic 19" with 12ms and DVI is the best you can have for the price. "If you are looking to for a new monitor, a 19" LCD could be the one for you.
Gran Turismo 4 @ TrustedReviews The Gran Tourismo 4 is one hyped game. I've had a chance to play it while at Taiwan earlier this year and was definitely impressed. Personally I like Ridge Racer a bit more.
How To - Reviving Old Computer Games @ The Tech Zone The newer games just don't have the gameplay as old games. Sure it looks better but it's not as fun anymore...
Yay. I'm going to pick up my AN8 Fatal1ty later today at Mwave. Good thing I live fairly close to them. Yeah I know it's sad we didn't get it from Abit directly. The site isn't that big...yet.
It's dark and early for me, 3:56 AM to be exact. A bit of news before I head off to bed. Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC2-5300 Memory review @ XtremeResources Cool spanking LEDs do tempt me in splurging my money.
Good morning fellow geeks. Competition - World of Warcraft - 14 Days remaining @ Tekbunker Antec NeoPower @ GuruHardware Creative Soundblaster Live 24bit USB + T5900 Speakers @ DH Drivercleaner Professional 1.1 released @ DH Doom 3 Rocket L…
Corsair Memory: New Location & PC2-5400UL @ Legit Reviews Again Corsair steps up first with high speed low latency memory. Wow 3-2-2 at PC2-5400 is freakin awesome.
I feel so refreshed after sleeping a good 12 hours. You guys should try pulling an all nighter and then crash for 12 hours. The waking up feeling is nice. Anyway, here's today's news.
I must tell you that this year's IDF wasn't very exciting. Sure the Dual Core CPU is awesome, but that's about it. I'll cover more in our IDF coverage later on. I do have a story though.
Intel 64bit processors @ TrustedReviews Intel's 64-bit Technology: Come Late, Stay Quiet @ PCStats Intel has finally announced their 64-bit CPU solution. The thing to wait for from Intel is actually the dual core CPU.
GeCube Radeon X850XT Uni-Wise Edition Review @ PCModdingMy Currently one of the biggest pimpin cards available. What's Uni-Wise? After the GeCube version, check out DH's VisionTek version.
I honestly hate SBC Yahoo. This ISP crap is annoying me. AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor Review @ amdgamer So much power. So much money. "The Athlon 64 FX-55 is the undisputable performance leader.
There are many Sunbeam contests and reviews going on. Check out these news bits and then head over to our forums and enter to win some good prizes. Sunbeam Samurai Giveaway!
XaviX Console Gaming System @ Marns CDA Saitek PC Gaming Keyboard @ BRnR Logisys Phone Smart LED Keyboard @ XYZ Computing ATI Radeon To ATI FireGL Mod Guide Rev.
A4 Tech EasyGo Notebook USB Optical Mouse Review @ Futurelooks Icemat Siberia Multi Headset @ TechTastic.ca LG Flatron L1740P @ TrustedReviews What is Bluetooth Technology?
Mushkin PC2-4200 DDR2 Low Latency Kit @ Viper Lair Low latency DDR2 is the bomb. It's the only reason why DDR2 is good. Just find a way to feed it voltage.
What the. A vacuum cleaner??? Casebuy USB Vacuum Cleaner Review @ PCmoddingmy Sunbeam Night magic, Lazerled and Led projector @ Rbmods Danger Den RBX Waterblock Review @ OCModShop Glexcess 2 forthcoming benchmark screenies @ DH Talk about p…
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI Motherboard Review @ PCStats MSI's Neo2 is considered to be the best nForce3 Socket 939 motherboard around. With the way they're going, this nForce4 SLI shouldn't be too shabby either.
Can't afford the high end XMS XL Xpert? (I just noticed the XXX...) Well Corsair has a lower end Xpert that still runs at CAS2 The new model is the TwinXP1024-3200C2, a matched pair of 512MByte DDR DIMMs.
Tt Armor Case Review @ OCC Give it to Thermaltake for releasing quality products. This Armor case looks just like the Kandalf but without the front panel.
Lots and lots of news today. Sapphire X800 PCI-E Review @ The Tech Zone "The Sapphire Radeon X800 is clocked at 391.5 MHz core and 351 (702 DDR) MHz memory. The 391.5 MHz core clock is a bit shy of the 400 MHz ATI specs.
It's been pouring forever here in "sunny" So Cal. The lightning and thunder scares me... Intel Pentium 4 6xx Series PREview @ Viper Lair New EM64T CPUs are emerging. I gotta get me one of these to play with.
Wow it sure feels good to sleep till 4PM. Where the heck did the sun go??? Scythe Arctic Silentium 2 Mid Tower Case @ Systemcooling Stay tuned for our T1 version. It doesn't look as nice, but hangs in there. I'm loving it.
Gigabyte 3D1 bundle @ TrustedReviews Gigabyte's 3D1 card sure looks impressive. What I'm wondering is...can this card run in a non-SLI board? Maybe I should actually read the review to find out.
AOpen n250a-FR Socket 754 Motherboard Review @ PCStats Despite what all of you might believe, Socket 754 will stick around for a while. This AOpen may be a good recommendation for budget builders out there.
Mushkin 1GB PC2-4200 (533) Dual Pack CL 3-2-2 @ OCTools.com If you go DDR2, there's no reason why you shouldn't go for low latency memory. It's just plain faster, and doesn't cost that much either. These Mushkins are real nice.
IBM ThinkPad T42p @ TrustedReviews Future of ATI's Overdrive @ techPowerUp TDX Block Review s478 @ GuruHardware Canon Selphy CP500 @ TrustedReviews ATI Radeon 9800 To FireGL X2 Hard Mod Guide @ ARP Microsoft Announces Volunteer Xbox Power C…
Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 @ Viper Lair Soltek isn't very big here in the states but they do make good boards. Wonder why they don't have a Nvidia Socket 939 yet?
The Sound of Silence: Building a Quiet PC @ Puget Systems We all know that having the fastest overclocked system requires lots of fans for cooling. But wouldn't it be better if it was highly overclocked AND silent?
Digital Rights Management Editorial @ The Tech Zone The State of the HTPC Address 2005 (Home Theater PC) @ HTPCnews iRiver H10 @ TrustedReviews Cobra Gaming Case Giveaway @ AMDGamer XFX 6600GT PCI-E Video Card @ Legit Reviews "17 Inch LCD D…
Corsair Ships DDR2 SO-DIMMs for Mobile Intel® 915 Express Platform Corsair Memory, Inc., a global leader in ultra-performance DDR memory modules for PC gamers and enthusiasts, today announced immediate availability of a new line of DDR2 PC2…
The following items are now back in stock at Sidewinder Computers: Black Noise Isolator Fan Controller Silver Noise Isolator Fan Controller Delta FFB0912EHE Vantec Copper Iceberq Heatspreader Evercool 45x10mm X-type Suspended Frame Video Ca…
So did anyone stay in the dog house? AOpen i915Pa-PLF mainboard review @ OCC AOpen...Now here's a brand that's been silent for quite a long time. Wonder what they're up to? Perhaps pushing LGA775 motherboards like this?
It's Valentine's Day. Although I do enjoy spending time with my girlfriend and celebrating a romantic day that ends up with great "pleasure", I find that this day is rather overrated.
The Gigabyte 3D1 Review @ Motherboards.org "The Gigabyte 3D1 and NVIDIA's SLI are interesting concepts in video cards. When it works, it works great and is a very cool concept for a video card.
My laptop started acting up and needed a good defrag and spyware killing. Sorry for the late bit of news. Mushkin PC3700 1GB Hi-Perf Memory Dual Pack Review @ XYZ Computing Stephen is done with our review of the new Mushkin PC3700.
Here we go again. Seems like ClubOC wasn't the only ones being robbed. We just received word from ThinkComputers.org that their material was stolen. Hardware Central and A True Review were also victims.
Crap like this sucks a$$. We should all go to that newbie place where they don't have the decency to write something of their own and flame them to hell.
NEC ND-3520A DVD Writer @ TrustedReviews Here's a good burner for the price. I have one and it's awesome. For those who don't own DVD burners, go get one. You'll kick yourself in the a$$ that you didn't buy it earlier.
Are Samsung TCCD IC's Dead? @ Legit Reviews "From what we found out today from Corsair, Kingston, and Mushkin is that the memory industry is not worried about the recent concerns dealing with Samsung ending production on the TCCD IC's.
MSI K8N Diamond SLi @ TrustedReviews "What really makes the K8N Diamond stand out from the crowd is the onboard SoundBlaster Live! 24bit 7.1-channel audio chip.
Pentium M desktop boards by AOpen and DFI @ SilentPCReview "It is a tome about the merits of the Pentium M 2.0 Dothan with 855-chipset desktop boards by AOpen and DFI for silent, powerful computing.
Interview with Intel about Cell technology @ TrustedReviews "Speaking to TrustedReviews, Intel UK representative Nick Knupffer was quick to make this point and explained that, "Until actual products come to market we can only speculate on t…
Beginners Guides: WindowsXP Command Prompt @ PCStats "Back in the heyday of text-based operating systems like Unix and DOS, the command prompt was the operating system, and not knowing how to use it meant that you could not really use your…
ABIT RX600 Pro-Guru @ Viper Lair "If you are looking to build a HTPC on the PCIe format, look no further, the RX600 is easy to use and gives a picture you would be proud of.
Time to hang out with friends and cheer over beer. Sucks though, forums are dead and not much news to post... "SL Why? : A Short Discourse on Scalable Link Interface" @ XYZ Computing Danger Den Giveaway!!
AOpen Silent Power AO400-12AHN Power Supply Review @ PCStats "Additional features and frills such as pretty lights, UV reflective coating, fan controllers, etc. are nice, but beside the point.
Leadtek PX6600GT Extreme Version 6600GT PCI-E VGA Review @ Overclockers New Zealand "In our lab, it hits a landmark speed of 582MHz core and 1240MHz memory. This simply is a phenomenal score.
Albatron Trinity 6600GT PCI Express @ Viper Lair "For a mid range card with 128mb, I was expecting Doom 3 and Far Cry to require an 800x600 resolution for acceptable frame rates, but this wasn't the case; all the games tested ran at 1024x76…
HIS X700Pro IceQ Turbo VIVO @ Viper Lair "3D performance was very good in most of the games tested. This card can play any current game at 1024*768 without any real problems, especially when overclocked.
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1GB PC4000 DDR Memory Kit Review @ EOC "The Ballistix line of memory encompasses both DDR & DDR2 products, and emphasizes performance while still maintaining Crucial's high standards of quality.
Gigabyte 3D1 GeForce 6600GT SLI @ Hardocp "In DOOM 3, we saw the largest improvements in performance with the Gigabyte 3D1 6600 GT SLI versus a single GeForce 6600 GT.
VIA PT Series Chipset PRE-View @ Hardocp "Obviously looking at the technology from an enthusiast perspective, we see the PT880 Pro as being a beacon for the DIY and System Integrator sectors.
Value Versus Performance Notebook Memory @ Legit Reviews "Now that building your own notebook has become a trend among enthusiasts, the hardware industry is starting to offer more options for consumers.
Danger Den MCT-5 and MCT-40 Liquid Review @ Madshrimps "Danger Den has partnered with Midwest Cooling Technologies to bring two non-conductive cooling liquids for the H20 Enthusiast: MCT-5 and MCT-40 are premixed, non-conductive, and with s…
Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) @ TrustedReviews "The fascia of the PSP is dominated by the 4.3in TFT screen and I can pretty much guarantee that youve never seen a display like this on a hand-held device before.
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe - SLI Part 1 @ OCModShop "Asus was kind enough to send us their brand new AMD flagship, the nForce4 A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard and two EN6600GTs so we could review a full-blown Asus SLI setup.
Enermax CS-718 Server Case Review @ OCC "With the Enermax CS-718 having the mainboard mounted in an inverted fashion, this means you get in via the opposite side panel as normal.
Corsair XMS PC4400 CL2,5 @ XtremeNews "We have analyzed the fastest DDR memory from Corsair Memory; it´s the XMS PC4400 CL2,5, that it works at 550MHz frecuency and has a very fit latencies (2,5-4-4-8).
Nforce 4 Pro Tech Overview @ Viperlair "Compared to what was previously offered for the professional market in terms of the Opteron workstation and server side of things, the nForce Professional is a vast improvement.
1A-Cooling SET Blacklord 240 Water Cooling Kit Review @ MODTHEBOX "The SET Blacklord 240 Water Cooling Kit represents the best of breed in terms of components that are both brand name and of high quality.
Kingston shows off PC2-6000 @ Legit Reviews "Today Kingston showed off samples of their PC2-6000 memory, which is the fastest DDR2 memory that we have seen to date. For those that don't know PC2-6000 is running at 750MHz DDR2!
HIS X600 XT VIVO Edition @ Legit Reviews "With the release of numerous new Gaming titles like Doom III and Half-Life 2, we return to our video card stock pile, find the HIS X600 XT and decide to take it through our gauntlet of benchmarks.
HCT DH-720G Surround Headphones @ TrustedReviews "The sound processor is well designed, and has pretty much everything you need crammed into a very small box.
Class Action Lawsuit Against ABIT for Bursting Capacitors @ PCStats "The Class Representative alleges in this Action that Abit Computer (USA) Corporation ("Abit") manufactured, marketed, and sold select models of its motherboards containing…
OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU @ Legit Reviews "This time around OCZ has provided me something worth my fanaticism. For your tech pleasure I present the OCZ PowerStream 520.
Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu LED CPU Cooler Review @ MVKTech "Zalman introduced the CNPS7000-Cu series CPU Coolers at COMDEX 2002 in Las Vegas Nevada and took the crowd by storm.
Zoom ZoomTel X5v 5565 @ TrustedReviews "The most impressive aspect of this Zoom is the quality of the VoIP calls, although I only made a few VoIP calls - this was due to the fact that I only had one other person to call, and that was thanks…
Ultra High Performance Memory Roundup A64 Socket 939 @ Madshrimps "Socket 939 has established itself as THE gaming platform. To extract the utmost in performance from a 939 platform, some very good memory is needed.
Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP Videocard @ PCStats "The Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP is only compatible with 1.5V 4x/8x AGP motherboards and it's physically impossible to insert this videocard into a 2x only AGP slot.
Crucial Radeon X800 Pro @ XtremeResources "Enthusiasts and gamers alike always want to have a high end gaming system. The heart of any gaming system as you can imagine is the VGA card.
Sapphire Radeon X850 XT PE @ TrustedReviews "Just to recap briefly, the X850 XT PE, codenamed R480, is a 16 pixel-pipeline and six vertex pipeline VPU, backed up by 256MB of GDDR3 memory.
Travla C158 - mini-ITX Case @ TrustedReviews "Assembly of the Travla was simple enough, as the top of the case slides backwards and then lifts away, revealing the innards.
DDR2 Roundup @ Motherboards.org "As much as enthusiasts loathe the "slow" performance of DDR2 over standard DDR, nothing can stop DDR2 from taking over. Why do I say this? The reason is that DDR is coming to an end.
XG Viper Case @ ThinkComputers "Computer cases have evolved from just the plain beige box. Most people want a case that is visually appealing, so that they can show it off. They also want many features inside of the case.
The RAIDMAX Scorpio @ Gamepyre "Im impressed by the RAIDMAX Scorpio 868 gaming case. If it was black, I would probably use it in one of my main systems.
CES 2005 - Lunch @ Piero's @ TheTechLounge "On Thursday, the opening of the CES show-floor, we attended the Lunch @ Pieros press event at Pieros restaurant (what a coincidence).
Evercool WC-202 Water Cooling Kit Review @ Overclocker Cafe "The Evercool WC-202 has a lot going for it to include universal CPU application, almost universal VGA application, trim clean looks on the exposed bezel, lots of copper pipes and…
SMC Gigabit Equipment Review @ OCModShop "Until recently gigabit was too expensive for the average home user who wanted to setup a small LAN. However because of the technology improving the cost to the consumer has slowly been dropping.
Soltek EQ3901-300P SFF PC @ Viper Lair "In the end, what we're really concerned about are the features, performance and stability. Feature-wise, the Soltek EQ3901-300P SFF has it all.
Danger Den TDX for Socket-775 @ Legit Reviews "While the TDX has been reviewed many times, there has not been very many instances featuring this block with its fairly recent Socket-775 hardware.
Samsung CLP-550 Color Laser Printer @ TechTasic "Today we take a look at a color laser printer that's perfectly suited towards small and medium sized businesses.The printer in question is the Samsung CLP-550 capable of fast printing and fea…
Abit RX300 SE-Guru @ TrustedReviews "The card running in Turbo mode which clocks it up from a default speed of 325MHz core and 200MHz DDR for the memory (effectively 400MHz) to a fairly impressive overclock of 405MHz core and 256MHz memory…
Samsung Q30 Exclusive review @ TrustedReviews "The Q30 isn't quite as light as the Sony X505, weighing 1.1kg as opposed to 822g, but the Samsung can hardly be described as heavy.
PQI Turbo 1GB PC4200 DDR2 Memory @ Systemcooling "A few months ago, PQI knocked our socks off with their PC3200 DDR RAM, which performed so well that it shamed not only every other PC3200 RAM we tested it against, but every other DDR RAM we…
Asetek WaterChill KT03A-L30 CPU Power Kit w/ Triple Radiator Review @ OCTools "Armed with an unlocked Intel 3.6GHz Prescott LGA775 processor and the latest LGA775 board from ABIT, the FATAL1TY i925XE board, we managed to overclock the proce…
Raidmax Samurai 908 Gaming Case @ OCIA "The case is tool-less. And, though there is no window in the case, Raidmax thoughtfully used black tool-less hardware instead of beige. The interior is sturdy steel, sprayed with a dull gray finish.
FIC P4M-RS350 Motherboard @ Viper Lair "The P4M-RS350 itself is a complete package that gives you the ability to upgrade the graphics when you have the money to do so.
DFI LANParty UT 915P-T12 LGA775 Motherboard @ Systemcooling "Some people are laboring under the assumption that DFI is a relatively new company. In fact, that couldn't be further from the truth.
Logitech z680 Surround Sound Speakers @ TechTastic "Today's computers have become more and more multimedia capable then they have in the past. Users can enjoy watching TV, DVD movies, and listening to CDs on their computers.
Zalman CNPS7700-Cu 120mm CPU Cooler @ TheTechLounge "Founded in 1999, Zalman is a relative newcomer to the computer industry. However, in the short time they have been around, they have built up quite a reputation.
Da Blue - Lian Li PC-V1000 & Koolance EXOS Mod @ SystemCooling "In today's article I'll be pimping out my Lian Li PC-V1000 case and the Koolance EXOS watercooling system, two items that even when stock already look great.
Thermalright SI-97 Heatsink Review @ OCIA "Definitely nothing to block the airflow through the fins. The SI-97 is fairly large, but with its design, it will fit nearly all Athlon XP based motherboards.
The Radeon 9800 Pro To Radeon 9800XT Mod Guide Rev. 6 @ ARP "Even with the introduction of a new class of GPUs from ATI and NVIDIA, your Radeon 9800 Pro card is still something to be reckoned with!
PCI-Express Roundup: Mainstream Video Card Mania! @ MadShrimps "PCI-Express if firmly upon us, Intel has seen to this and AMD will be joining the fray shortly.
3R Systems Poseidon WCL-03 120cu WaterCooling Kit @ SystemCooling "Ever since I got my first water cooling kit I have been hooked on it, air cooling is just no longer an option for me.
PowerColor X700 PRO Videocard Review @ PCStats "In this review PCSTATS is testing out the PowerColor X700 PRO videocard, which is obviously based around the Radeon X700 Pro VPU.
Matrix Orbital MX212 LCD Panel Review @ PCmoddingmy "Matrix Orbital MX2 was designed for PC enthusiasts and it is a great product especially for case modders.
NZXT Nemesis Elite Case @ Aftermath Reviews "More and more companys are making computer cases due to there popularity, NZXT has jumped on board and produced some awesome gaming cases out there!" Corsair TwinX1024-4400C25PT Memory Review…
Gigabyte GM-W9C Wireless Optical Mouse Review @ PCstats "Gigabyte's new wireless rechargeable optical mouse, the GM-W9C, is an RF device that is scaled for portability, and includes a rechargeable battery that can be charged within the mous…
Samsung 730MP LCD TV/Monitor @ TrustedReviews "Round the back youll find a raft of connection options that would make the average TV green with envy. For the PC you get a choice of analogue D-Sub or DVI connections.
ASUS P5GDC Deluxe @ Viper Lair "With the ability to upgrade yet maintain your current DDR, this motherboard provides enough flexibility to make it well worth a look.
Acer TravelMate 3201XMi @ TrustedReviews "Theres a capacious 80GB hard disk to store all your data, while Acer has been kind enough to include a DVD writer in case you want to backup or transfer important files.
ATI Radeon X700 Pro @ Systemcooling "Video card manufacturers may hype the bejesus out of their top end offerings, but they are not stupid, and they know for every buyer of a top end card, there are numerous consumers who have no desire to…
n-Bench V3.0 Special @ AMDboard "AMD quietly released 3rd Version of its Benchmark wonder n-Bench and this puppy offers an interesting range of benchmarks for integer or floating computation and gaming performance.
Evesham Axis Nforce R @ TrustedReviews "The GA-K8NXP motherboard seen here is not the full retail version, so if you find this board on Gigabyte's website it will have some extra features.
Four Socket 939 Motherboards Shootout @ Overclockers New Zealand "After taking margin of error into consideration, all boards performed similarly at stock speed.
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D GeForce 6600GT Videocard @ PCStats "Built on IBM's 0.11 micron manufacturing process, the nVidia GeForce 6600 has eight pixel rendering pipelines and the 'GT' model has a core clock speed of 500 MHz.
Crucial Ballistix Review @ The Moditory "Crucial, a long time maker of computer memory has recently been causing a bit of a stir with a new brand of high end memory called Crucial Ballistix.
PowerColor X600 XT @ XtremeNews "We has published a review about PowerColor Radeon X600 XT; This card is PCI Express Native, full compatible with directx 9 and It´s focused to standars users.
AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754 Motherboard Roundup @ Madshrimps "While the s754 platform might seem to lose its appeal with cheap s939 based A64 processors around the corner, the s754 platform is still good for a budget friendly overclocking thri…
Nu 16x Dual layer DDW-163 dvd burner @ Rbmods P4 3.2 Complete computer system @ Aftermath Reviews Last Day: Waffer Technology PC AirCon Cooling Unit Giveaway @ Systemcooling Notebook Fiasco Episode II : The Loss Of Joy @ ARP Crucial Ballist…
Epox 8KDA3+ @ OC-Zone "In all the benchmarks that we done the 8KDA3+ was always very stable and better than that, it was very regular, making a contrast with the 8HDA that had some bugs.
Antec NeoPower 480 @ Viper Lair "Antec have released another great power supply. The NeoPower 480 provided solid voltages across the board, dual 12v rails and a 120mm temperature controlled fan for quieter cooling.
XSPC R120-D Dual Fan Copper Radiator @ ViperLair "Being of a size to accommodate two 120mm fans speaks to the cooling performance on its own, but the design with its 2 rows of 12 tubes and plenty of fins between provides a lot of surface ar…
Tt Silent LGA775 Cooler Review @ OCC "Cooling the Intel's LGA775 CPU presents quite a challenge due to it's high operating temperatures, and while the ideal solution would be to use water, not all of us are ready to make the jump, nor are t…
TYAN Tomcat i915 S5120 @ Hardware12v "With this motherboard TYAN it takes a step ahead in the industry to reach to the medio/avanzado user whom it requires of a great reliability in the product with exquisite specifications, in addition to…
Thermaltake 350w PurePower Fanless PSU review @ OCModShop "As you should know by now if you have read other articles by me I love a quiet system. Computer noise today in my opinion is unnecessary.
Silverstone's Flagship: Temjin TJ06 PC case @ SilentPCReview "The flagship model from Silverstone is a tall mid-tower aluminum-steel hybrid with a host of unique features: Upside down mounting of the motherboard, a "wind tunnel" duct that d…
Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000 Memory Review @ PCStats "Along to top edge of each stick of the brand-spanking-new Crucial Ballistix Tracer memory are sixteen red & green activity LED's, and an additional eight blue LED's along the bottom o…
SilverStone Temjin TJ04 Review @ Ninjalane "The front panel is really the key design element on the SilverStone TJ04 and defines the entire case as a modern piece of computer hardware.
EPoX EP-9NDA3+ @ Hardware12v "The 9NDA3+ is to the height of which it would be possible to wait for of a EPoX product, good overclock and considerable benefits: 300MHz of FSB with total stability, a number that is not habitual in many mothe…
Logisys Silver Phantom Case Review @ BigBruin "With the computer case market becoming saturated with cases in hundreds of designs, the Logisys Phantom gives you enough of a unique look without going overboard.
ATI Radeon X800 XT PCI-Express 256MB @ TheTechLounge "Today we will be taking a look at the Radeon X800 XT from ATI. The main differences that seperate the X800 XT from the X800 Pro are the clock speeds and pipelines.
DFI 875P-T Motherboard @ Legit Reviews "A few motherboard makers have released boards that bridge this gap in the 865 chipset, these "budget boards" allow users to upgrade their CPU to the new LGA 775 while continuing to use their AGP and P…
Sunbeam Samurai ATX Case @ LAN Addict "So, after having gone through all of this, what do I think of the Sunbeam Samurai case? Well, I certainly think you could do a lot worse than to buy this case.
Gigabyte GA-8TRX330-L Motherboard Review @ PCStats "The new ATI RX330 chipset looks to be full of potential, its memory compatibility is even being validated by the company.
Mushkin 1Gb P2c4200 DDR2 @ Rbmods "Time for some sweet memory again. We have a new sample from Mushkin on the test bench. We will look at their latest DDR2 memory called P2C4200 and the sample we got is a 1024 mb one.
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE @ TrustedReviews "Starting with the X850 XT PE, you get a VPU with 16 pixel pipelines, six vertex pipelines and 256MB of GDDR3 memory.
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Crucial Announces Tracer Memory @ Crucial "Ballistix Tracer memory features two rows of eight "chasing" red and green LEDs atop the module, circulating at varying speeds proportional to usage.
OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Gold VX Review @ XtremeResources "OCZ Technology has just released an extremist series of memory modules aimed directly at the high end overclocking community.
Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V X700 PRO Silent Videocard @ PCStats "Sporting the ATi Radeon X700 PRO GPU and 256MB of memory, the GV-RX70P256V's most obvious feature is the complete absence of any sort of noisy active cooling solution.
Inno3D GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E Review @ OCC "All I can say is that the graphs speak for themselves. While the X600XT performed adequately, it was outdone handedly by the Inno3D 6600GT.
Asetek Vapochill LS @ OC-Zone "Today we review the ultimate cooling system, the VapoChill LighSpeed cooling unid, nicely built, and great performance, as you can check in our overclock to the 2.4c / 3.0 / 3500+ CPU's." Passive Power Supplie…
Galaxy GeForce 6600 256 MB PCI Express @ Overclockers Online "The Galaxy GeForce 6600 is a great card for those on a tight budget, but still looking for a good PC gaming experience.
Sapphire Hybrid X700 Pro @ TrustedReviews "Sapphire has used the X700 Pro in a very conventional graphics card with one D-SUB port, one DVI-I and a TV-Out, while the box contains the usual DVI-to-D-SUB adapter, an S-Video extension cable, a…
Corsair TwinX1024-3200XL Memory Review @ PCStats "Over the next few pages PCstats will be testing out a set of Corsair TwinX 1024-3200XL DDR 512MB memory modules, using the above-mentioned 2-2-2-5 memory timings at 200MHz.
Logisys Special Edition Dracula Case Review @ OCC "As we have always said, 120mm case fans are the way to go; they move high volumes of air at a lower decibel level than their 92 or 80mm counterparts.
Creative Webcam Live! Pro @ Rbmods "This is kind of an odd review today but we do actually have a webcamera from Creative that we will be testing today.
PQI PC4000-1024DBL TURBOmemory Review @ EOC "PQI makes a wide range of DDR / DDR2 / Flash memory products that fit everyone from the budget consumer to the performance enthusiast.
NVIDIA SLI Upgrade Guide @ Hardocp "While the 6800 GT SLI and 6800 Ultra SL will likely get most of the glory today with performance that is unstoppable, the GeForce 6600 GT SLI is what really shines like a beacon in the night." VIA K8T890…
Swiftech H20-8600 AMD A64 water cooling kit review @ Madshrimps "Today we are taking a closer look at one of Swiftech's all-in-one water cooling kits. Aimed at the novice user out there it promises easy installation and decent performance.
Coolermaster Hyper48 @ Rbmods "Today we have something interesting (to me at least) on the test bench. I just converted over to a socket 775 rig and I'm very curious if there are any coolers out there that can cool this thing down.
Asus eXtreme EAX600XT Videocard Review @ PCStats "When it comes to videocards, a souped-up deluxe version that caters towards enthusiasts is usually the best bet.
SilverStone Temjin SST-TJ06 Case Review @ MODTHEBOX "The SST-TJ06 can handle motherboards in mATX, ATX and Extended ATX format with a maximum size of 14" in width.
Visiontek Xtasy X800XT review @ DH "There has been quite a poor showing of higher clocked Platinum Edition's (PE) from the ATI stable over the last few months and with that in mind today we are looking at the vanilla XT model from Visiontek…
OCZ REV 2 533mhz DDR2 hits 800mhz (DDR800) @ DH "We reviewed the excellent new OCZ DDR2 533mhz a few weeks ago and as some of you may remember we hit 730mhz.
hp Pavilion dv1000 @ TrustedReviews "This is not the first time we have seen a similar piece of software but what sets the dv1000 apart is the remote control that comes bundled with the laptop.
Epox 9NDA3+ Motherboard Review @ PCStats "Based on the nForce3 Ultra chipset, the Epox 9NDA3+ Socket 939 motherboard comes with onboard IEEE 1394a Firewire, Gigabit Ethernet, 8 USB2.0 jacks, an additional 2-channel SATA controller, a 7.1-ch…
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E @ Viper Lair "The card bundle is one of the better ones out there, though it's a shame ATI (and as a consequence, MSI) no longer bundles a Half-Life 2 voucher which could have made the software package worth getting exci…
MV Ixius GeForce Go 6800 notebook @ TrustedReviews "To be honest, it would have been hard for MV to come up with a better set of supporting components for the GO 6800 chipset.
Half-Life 2 Graphical Performance Evaluation @ TheTechLounge "Just over one year ago, on September 30th, 2003, one of the greatest games of all time was to be released.
ABIT Computer and Micro Center join forces to Give Away Twenty $2,700 Half-Life II Super Gaming PCs @ Abit-USA "Micro Center today announced that it is celebrating the launch of Vivendi Games Half-Life II by joining forces with ABIT Comput…
GeForce 6600 GT AGP @ TrustedReviews "The test card was clocked at 500MHz for the core and 450MHz for the memory, resulting in an effective speed of 900MHz.
E-Power Warrior Case Review @ OCC "The side panel is definitely one of the best features of the case with its multiple colors dissolving into one another in a constantly changing light show.
To our readers, I must apologize for the lack of reviews published recently. I was hit with an extremely bad flu last week and had the worst sore throat I've ever had. Now that I'm all better, I promise to keep you guys happy and informed.
Ultra Products X-Connect 500W Modular PSU @ Systemcooling "In the recent year weve seen more and more power supply manufacturers deliver modified units with wrapped wires, coloured connectors and fancy finishes.
Niob NB110 mp3 player @ Rbmods "Today we have an exciting review for you as we have a new pretty cool looking mp3 player from a new Swedish company called Niob.
Kingston Hyper-X Ultra Low Latency PC3200 1GB @ Systemcooling "PC3200 memory has experienced a resurgence of late with the introduction of ultra low latency modules from a variety of manufacturers.
Albatron GeForce PC6600 Videocard Review @ PCStats "PCstats will be putting the Albatron's new GeForce PC6600 PCI Express videocard though its paces in this review, so let's get started.
Crucial Technology Ballistix PC4000 @ Xtreme Resources "There are many modules to choose from for every purpose; however are there any modules versatile enough to cover as many market aspects as possible?
ABIT AV8 Motherboard @ Legit Reviews "This board brought me a lot of satisfaction! Once I got the ABIT AV8 set up and running, it was fast and enjoyable to work with. ABIT has built another quality board that is a great performer!
Raidmax Samurai Case @ OCC "On first taking the Samurai out of the box, the quality of the paint job is almost breathtaking. Raidmax bills the painting as "show car" quality which is a perfect description.
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 @ Hardocp "The GeForce Go 6800 is truly a solution that shows NVIDIA has gained the needed ground on their competition to not only match their performance but also surpass them." ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Chipset Preview…
G.Skill PC3200-PC4400 Memory tested on A64 S939 @ Madshrimps "The results and benchmarks speak volumes for the potential performance to be had with high HTT and memory speeds on a Socket 939 Athlon64 setup.
asetek Hard Drive Water Cooler @ Viper Lair "A solid offering from asetek, that can make a huge difference in extending the longevity and reliability of your hard drive.
Pentium 4-3.46 GHz EE and i925XE Review @ SharkyExtreme "Pentium 4-3.46 GHz EE and i925XE Review November 1, 2004 AMD has really been putting the pressure on Intel, but now it's time for the chip giant to respond in kind.
Low Latency Memory Round-Up @ Motherboards.org "For enthusiasts looking to push the system to its highest potential, there is no doubt that the Mushkin wins the crown.
DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb Motherboard Review @ PCmoddingmy "Overclockers and enthusiasts should be familiar with the nForce chipsets that changed the way users look at AMD platforms.
EM64T Server Round Up @ TrustedReviews "Battle looks set for the enterprise server market as AMD has had a full year head start over Intel and hasnt been idle either.
EPoX EP-8KDA3+ @ Hardware12v "EPoX gained very good reputation with its motherboards for socket To, later it would acquire it with plates for socket 478 and now we see how it has offered a product of first quality with the 8KDA3+.
MSI 915P Neo2 Platinum Motherboard Review @ PCStats "In this article, PCstats will be reviewing MSI Computer's brand new 915P Neo2 Platinum motherboard which is built with the performance user in mind!
Mushkin 1Gb PC3200 LII V2 @ Rbmods "Today we will look at some memory again. We got in touch with Mushkin and they sent us a really nice 1gb dual memory kit for testing.
Processor Fabrication: How a CPU is Built @ Sudhian Cooler Master Hyper48 @ SilentPCReview Six Low Latency PC-3200 1GB Kits @ Legit Reviews Revoltec Chromus Star 450w @ XtremeNews Virtual Memory Optimization Guide Rev.
DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb Motherboard Review @ Overclockers New Zealand "DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb is the best socket754 board that we've tested, with amazing overclock potential (reaching 297MHz with a SATA drive) and an abundant settings…
AMD Sempron 3100+ Review @ DevHardware My bud D'Mos takes a look at the new budget processor from AMD. Like those pictures ? "So, you want to buy a regular processor and do it at a budget price, right?
RaidMax Cobra Gaming Case @ Viper Lair "Cooling is very well done, but we think they could have substituted the sheer number of 80mm fan options with fewer larger fans.
Intel 925XE and P4 EE 3.46GHz @ TrustedReviews "The main upshot of the increased Front Side Bus is that it stops processor clock multipliers spiralling out of control.
Intel's 3.46EE with 1066 FSB and 925XE @ Hardocp "This 3.46EE and 925XE launch can be summed up rather quickly, and I think Intel knows that they are not going to get a lot of kind press today.
Saitek PZ09A - Notebook Subwoofer @ TrustedReviews "The device itself is the size of a CD in diameter but it stands about 4cm tall and looks like a classic flying saucer the kind you see in 50's Sci-Fi movies.
Mushkin 1GB PC2-4200 DDR-2 Memory Review @ PCStats "In this review, PCStats will be testing a set of new 512MB Mushkin PC2-4200 DDR-2 RAM modules, for a total of 1GB.
Raidmax Samurai ATX Gaming Case Review @ BigBruin "In essence what Raidmax did was to take a plain square case and screw plastic panels and shells to it to obtain the unusual shape and contours of this case.
Gigabyte GA-8I915P-D Pro @ OC-Zone "Today we present the Gigabyte Ga-8i915p-d Pro with this, is the third motherboard with chipset 915 that we have tested.This is total different of the previous models that we presented, in contrast of the…
Enermax Noisetaker EG475P-VE SFMA 2.0 470W PSU Review @ BigBruin "The Enermax Noisetaker 470W power supply is one of the few products that works as good it is looks.
FarCry Patch 1.3 & Shader Model 3.0 @ Hardocp "This HDR feature is something to get excited about. It can simply make for a much more immersive and realistic gaming experience if used properly.
[H]ard|OCP 1500 Q4-04 - System Building/Buying Guide @ Hardocp "If you are looking to build a new system, this guide will certainly lay out most everything you need or at least give you a good head start on what can be a confusing journey."…
NVIDIA NFORCE4 SPECIAL @ AMDboard All NVIDIA nForce4 motherboards @ AMDboard "With firewall, PCI express support, Gigabit LAN and optional SLI, the nForce4 is the new NVIDIA Chipset flagship and AMDboard.com, the AMD specialist, has already…
MSI Radeon RX800XT-VTD256E Videocard Review @ PCStats "Architecturally identical to the ATI Radeon X800XT PE, the 16-pipeline Radeon X800XT core is clocked a whole 20 MHz slower than the Platinum Edition, and so it sits at 500 MHz.
Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 Memory Review @ PCStats "Today PCstats will be checking out a couple of Mushkin's new low latency PC3200 Level II version 2 memory modules.
Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse @ TrustedReviews "According to Logitech this new laser technology is 20 times more sensitive than even the best LED based mice, which means that you can use it on virtually any surface.
SilverStone TJ04 case review @ OCModShop "The profile picture below of the case shows how nice it looks and precise diamond cut edge that reflected from the flash.
PowerColor R9800 Platinum Edition 128MB VGA Review @ Overclockers New Zealand "What does the term "Platinum Edition" usually imply? I think we should all agree that it usually refers to a superior class of product.
nForce 4 Technology Overview @ Viper Lair "Following with their tradition of adding at least a little something new to the mix, the nForce 4 chipset will be AMD's first PCI Express chipset for the Athlon 64 family of CPU's.
ABIT Unleashes the AX8 Motherboard with PCI Express @ Abit-USA "Powered by the VIA K8T890 chipset, the AX8 supports the latest cutting-edge technologies, including the latest Socket 939 Athlon 64/64 FX CPUs, and up to 4GB of high-speed Dual…
Intel Says Goodbye to 4GHz P4 @ DevHardware "The massive changes from Northwood to Prescott to increase its ability to scale in clock speed have been so incredibly unsuccessful that it has turned the company's roadmap 180 degrees at a blind…
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ socket 939 Processor Review @ PCStats "On October the 19th, AMD officially launched the latest version of its successful Athlon 64 processor line, the 2.4GHz Athlon 64 4000+.
Crucial Ballistix PC3200 C2 @ Viperlair "As for the performance results we see that for the most part, the two sticks of RAM performed very close to each other even with the differences in timings.
Chaintech DTT-1000 DVB TV Tuner @ Trusted Reviews "At its most basic level, the DTT-1000 is Freeview in a PCI slot. It receives digital free to air television channels and radio signals through an aerial.
Thermalright SI-97 Socket A Heatsink @ Systemcooling "Lately, owners of AMD Socket A systems have had reason to be sad, since all the new and cool (figuratively and literally) heatsinks coming from Thermalright have been geared toward P4 an…
Phillips Ultimate Edge Sound Card Review @ Motherboards.org "Discreet audio cards are the chosen product for most PC users who are either audiophiles or gamers, and Phillips has been a company behind the scenes of sound for many years.
Gigabyte K8NS Pro motherboard review @ OCModShop "The DDR slots are positioned far enough from the AGP slot so you can easily change memory without having to remove your video card.
Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo 915P Motherboard Review @ PCStats "The Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo will support up to 4GB of DDR-2 or DDR memory (though not at the same time); which is one the nicer features of the 915P chipset.There are two sockets for…
Lian Li PC-V1000 Aluminum Case @ Systemcooling "Looking back a few years, I remember when owning an all aluminum case brought a sense of prestige and absolute quality.
Abit AA8-3rd Eye motherboard review @ OCModShop "Knowing Abit and how innovative they are with new technology I had high expectations for this motherboard.
Raidmax RX-520XPW 520W Power Supply Video Review @ 3dgameman "The Raidmax RX-520XPW 520W Power Supply has plenty of power for just about any application. It performs well, has great looks and is virtually silent.
Albatron PCX5750 review @ OCModShop "After adding the coolbits registry hack to my system I started overclocking the card from its stock speed of 425MHz/500MHz.
OCZ PowerStream 420W PSU @ Viperlair "The OCZ PowerStream has hit the mark, and then some. Not only is this power supply of the highest quality, it is quiet and sexy.
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Preview @ [H]ardocp "The NVIDIA GeForce 6200 is an amazing gaming card for the price point that will no doubt fill in a huge need for budget gamers." Athlon 64 3200+ 90nm (S939) - The next P4 2.4C?
MSI 865PE Neo2-P Platinum Edition Motherboard Review @ PC Modding Malaysia "With its overclocking potential and stability, the Neo2-P can take overclocking to another level.
Danger Den TDX @ Overclockers Online "Danger Den has been continually making a stronger presence in the computer enthusiast market with its high quality products.
Asetek WaterChill Power Water Cooling Kit @ BigBruin "The added heat created by overclocking the Athlon 64 really didn't do much to stress the WaterChill system.
Thermaltake Circlefire @ rbmods "This little gadget kind of reminds me of Coolermasters Museketeer but it's not the same and does not have the same functions. I got this from Thermaltake and they call if Circlefire.
Swissbit TwistPro 2GB - USB Memory Key @ TrustedReviews "The TwistPro is Swissbit's high-end USB memory key, and it's aimed directly at people like myself that need to have masses of data in their pocket all the time.
SilverStone Lascala LC03V HTPC Case "Cool-n-Quiet" Custom Mod @ Systemcooling "When Tommy asked me a few weeks ago if I would like to review one of the new SilverStone Home Theater PC (HTPC) enclosures I jumped at the chance.
Dell Axim X30 PDA @ TrustedReviews "To recap the basics, the X30 sports 64MB of RAM, and 64MB of ROM, and features built-in 11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. A switch on the right hand side enables Wireless to be quickly toggled on and off.
DFI LanParty 915X-T12 @ Viperlair "The 915P-T12 is a good buy for its price, for those looking for a mid-to-high range motherboard, or a motherboard that will be able to support relatively new technology, the 915P-T12 seems to be right on t…
Waffer PC AirCon PAC 400 @ Systemcooling "The other day, it was feeling hot in the Absorbine_Sr. technical department (the back bedroom), so I went to the window and turned on the air conditioner.
Gigabyte X800 Pro Review @ Dev Hardware "The maximum core and memory overclock of the Gigabyte X800 Pro was 550MHz core and 1100MHz memory. This is an increase of 75MHz core and 200MHz memory over the 475/900 stock speed.
Albatron PX915G Pro @ Viperlair "This is a good board that has good performance and overclocks well, though it could do better if the PCI-E lock worked better.
ViewSonic VX910 - 19in TFT Monitor @ TrustedReviews "In many ways, the VX910 is very much like the VP201s that was in the Large TFT Group Test - it has some problems under DisplayMate, but in general use it excels.
DFI LanPartyUT 915P-T12 Review @ Ninjalane "The DFI LanPartyUT 915P-T12 is really an amazing motherboard that packs in a ton of features that both enthusiasts and casemodders can enjoy." LIUtilities WinTasks 5 Professional @ Extreme Overclo…
Biometric IBM ThinkPad T42 - Exclusive Preview @ TrustedReviews "Sitting in front of me right now is a notebook very similar to the ThinkPad T42 that I reviewed a few weeks ago.
[H] Vs. Infinium Labs Jurisdiction @ Hardocp This battle will just never end. "KB Networks has spent approximately $150,000 on litigation fighting over jurisdiction.
Chaintech GeForce AA6800 Turbo @ OCC "A few other cards have hit the shelves that were overclocked at the factory to give themselves at edge in performance and market share.
Asus P5GD2 Deluxe review @ OCModShop "Because this motherboard has so many overclocking features I could tell from the start that things were going to go well.
HTPC Case Head 2 Head @ TrustedReviews "Here we're looking at two contenders for the HTPC case crown - the Kanam Electronics Accent HT-101G and SilverStone Technologies SST-LC03V-B, which are both very stylish looking cases available in a r…
Madman's Guide to Linux: Volume Three - Updating @ gurureview "The most important thing to do after installing an operating system (ANY operating system, no matter whether you use Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, BeOS or any of the other operating…
Thermalright XP-90 P4/K8 Heatsink @ Systemcooling "Thermalright recognized the needs of the latest generations of hot-running processors, and the result of their efforts is a something they call Light 'N' Easy.
Danger Den Water Cooling Kit Review @ XYZ Computing "At this point in my life I have become very discerning about which water cooling kits with which I like to work and those I do not.
Asetek Hard Drive Water Cooler Kit Review @ PC Modding Malaysia "These days, water cooling for CPU is quite normal as many cooling solution manufacturers keep on producing high end water cooler kits with progressively cheaper prices.
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Motherboard Review @ PCStats "Over the next few pages PCstats will be sussing out the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard to see just how it performs, and the features it offers up.
Need a kickass gaming system? If you defeat Fatal1ty in Doom 3, you'll get one. "Another Fatal1ty Shootout?! Yes! This time ABIT Fatal1ty Shootout will take place at WCG on October 7-10 in San Francisco.
Buffalo AirStation G54 Wireless Router Bundle - WBS2-G54A-CB @ TrustedReviews "As with all modern routers, the WBR2-G54 is based on the 802.11g standard allowing a theoretical maximum wireless transfer rate of 54Mbit/sec.
NZXT Guardian Crafted Gaming Armour @ gurureview "Initial impressions are one of wonderment really, the front panel is as far as I can tell based on some sort of transforming robot or medieval armour, a shield perhaps.
Ten Steps to a Secure PC - Updated @ PCStats "With this guide, PCstats has set out to inform you clearly and concisely of the dangers you face, and the steps you can take to avoid them.
SilverStone SST-FP54 VFD @ OCIA "Just 4 screws (from back, with the cover removed) hold the front panel cover on the unit. The bottom lip shown still attached is also removable -- leaving room for a custom designed faceplate perhaps?
If you know about the Nokia N Gage handheld, you'll know that it was a big flop. Tapwave is trying to break out into the market with their gaming PDA. "The Zodiac 2 has two processors.
Swissbit TwistPro 2GB USB2.0 Memory Drive @ Futurelooks X Micro EVA MP3 Player @ HardwareHounds Zonet ZUB6110 Bluetooth Class 2 USB Dongle @ BigBruin The RD3XP Gladiator Super Shielded Round IDE Cable Review @ ARP Kingwin Mutant X Mid-Tower…
Corsair XMS2 - 5400 @ OC-Zone "DDR2 still leave me with mixed feelings, on the other hand we can reach high FSB with the memories without being necessary known V-Dimm mods, but for another, high latencies are something that in default DDR t…
The X700 had big hype since it would be the mainstream video card for PCI-E platforms. TrustedReviews tells us what they think. "As with the X800, ATI has employed GDDR3 memory for the X700 XT and Pro; in differing quantities and speeds.
Using low latency is not a necessity, it's a privilege. For the gamers, it does help squeeze out a few fps. r&b has a comparison between budget value series and low latency memory.
Ooo. I gotta get myself one of these. Laser just excites me like no other. "Without a doubt some Logitech International is the pioneering company of the market of mice.
Nvidia released a new nForce2 chipset that featured onboard SATA in the Southbridge. Abit and Asus quickly released their updated vesions and MSI does not stay behind.
A Samurai case? I thought only Raidmax makes it. MTB has the Sunbeam version of the Samurai. "The bottom and mid portions of the front bezel demonstrate the bulk of the aesthetic appeal of the Sunbeam Samurai Gaming Case.
The case may be a bit old, but people are still buying it. r&b has the SLK 3700. No it's not a Thermalright heatsink; it's an Antec case. "Alright I actually bought this piece for my in-laws who were in the business for a new computer.
I've been eyeing this Asus Gamer Edition 6800 for quite some time now. Although it's just a 6800, it does run close to GT speeds. With that second power connector, I wonder if it's a sign telling us that 6800 can be flashed to an Ultra.
TrustedReviews has some Leadtek TV tuner goodness today. Leadtek is a good solution if you don't want to spend $100+ on a good TV tuner. "The PVR2000 is Leadtek's latest PC TV tuner card and it is a real bundle of tricks.
Here's a good article by our boy DMOS over at DevH. Do we really need all this computing power? "In the last few years, I've noticed a trend in the computers I build for people.
With all the new low latency memory floating around, PQI comes in and joins the fight. I think they're the cheapest (price-wise) around. "Well, it's that time again.
My favorite LCDs are made by samsung. They were the first to introduce 12ms response time for gamers around. Excellent indeed. TechTastic has the 173P that looks damn sweet.
It must be gaming season as there are reviews of mousepads after mousepads. Anyway, XYZ has the X-Ray mousepad. "For those used to the old school feel of a cloth / rubber mouse pad, the Aqua 3 will not disappoint.
I have arachnaphobia, so I guess I shouldn't like this case. I do like the simplistic internals though. "Chenbro has been making cases for a long time, ranging from slim desktop cases to advanced server cases to premodded gaming cases.
Moving to the LGA? How bout some Corsair goodness from OCC? "As you can see, with the memory running at this speed, the benchmark results pretty much blow all the comparison results away.
ATI is slipping into the motherboard category with their new 9100 IGP chipset. PCStats checks out the Gigabyte mATX board that'll be good for low end budget workstations.
Supposedly, the MSI K8N Neo Platinum was a good 754 board. Until I get my hands on one, I won't believe it. Hopefully the 939 version, dubbed Neo2, will be the same.
TrustedReviews has the latest on the Systemax TourBook 5202. The name sounded funny to me. It reminded me of one of those stores that try to sell crap to tourists.
With the introduction of the X700 series, Abit quickly launched their version of the mid-ranged card. It sure has better cooling than the reference. Abit has two versions of the card, one running at 128mb and the other 256mb.
Crucial is promoting their new Ballistix line of memory with an awesome rig giveaway. Join before it's too late. "Why window-shop when you can win it for yourself? To enter, simply complete the form at www.crucial.com/gamer.
There are always so many choices for good optical drives. I've heard that the NEC DVD burner is pretty good for the price. "Luckily, the ND-3500A arrived on the same day that I received a package of 16-speed DVD+R media from Verbatim.
I don't know if this VGA cooling kit can be better than the stock cooling nowadays, but it does look pretty good. "First, apply some of the grease to a surface that can be cleaned or disposed of.
A1-Electronics just loves to mod their tiny little watercooling kits to the max. They have juiced up the pump for more performance. "We think our graph ABOVE shows it all.
Many people are liking the Antec power supplies because of their low noise and steady rails. Moddingworld has the TrueBlue 480W version. "The TrueBlue seems to be a success.
ATI Radeon X700XT "The graphics sector is undoubtedly one of the most hotly contested areas of computer hardware with the two giants Nvidia and ATI seemingly alone in the battle for market domination.
Systemcooling is sending out a reminder on their SilverStone Temjin TJ06 giveaway. It's not entirely free. You have to work a little. "Here we are with another giveaway.
Molex connectors can sometimes get annoying trying to unplug from hardware. It's due to the bad grip handles. r&b has Vantec's EZ-grip molex connectors that lets you switch out stock for better ones.
Gaming cases are being pumped out by the dozen. This new Viper case may look pretty decent for non-modding gamers, but it is a bit pricey. "Ever heard of a company called XG (Extreme Gamer)?
Many people buy laptops for the portability. Heck, that's probably the only reason to pick a laptop over a desktop. Anyway, TrustedReviews has a mobile connect card perfect for those on the go.
OCModShop has Albatron's latest LGA motherboard. Albaton always make pretty good boards for the price. "This motherboard has a lot of connections on the back of it.
When it comes to gaming, you don't always rely on your keyboard and mouse to have a good time. Futurelooks has gaming gears that'll enhance your gaming experience.
I had an Artec CDRW/DVD combo and it never really worked well, even after I RMA'd it. Hopefully their external TV tuner could be better. "Just over a week ago I completed my review of TwinHan's USB Digital TV Tuner box.
Fortron is well known for making awesome power supplies. Owners of the 530W will definitely agree with me. PC Modding Malaysia has Fortron's latest Blue Storm. It's all blue! Literally, it's all blue!
Plextor makes some of the best optical drives available. TrustedReviews has their latest DVD writer. "Given that I only had a very limited number of 16-speed DVD+R discs, I only tested the PX-712A using this format.
I don't think this heatsink will suffice the overclocker's needs, but it'll surely do it for the noise freaks out there. Now this is what I call a tower. "Scythe continues its tradition of unusual innovation in silent computing components.
ARP is back again. Graphics card guide has been updated to 7.1. ""Covering over 200 desktop graphics cards, this comprehensive comparison allows you to easily compare 14 different specifications for each and every card!
All you case modders out there can now have some cool new thumbscrews to match your modded case. r&b has the CaseArts 3D thumbscrews. I wouldn't buy it. I like my round ones.
Here's another nice classy case from Cooler Master. OCIA has the black Praetorian. "The first thing that caught my eye here was the rear 80mm fan; particularly the fan grill, or better yet, lack thereof.
My oh my there are lots of mousepad reviews going around. XYZ Computing has the Maxtill MousePad-G. "Aside from simply making pads Maxtill sets themselves apart from the competition by printing company logo's on their pads.
LAN Addict has the SilverStone TJ01 that more affordable than the rest. It doesn't look bad either. Reminds me of the Cooler Master Centurion 1. "Looking at the overall functionality of how these cards are held in place, I was disgusted.
Ultra's X-Connect power supply looked great inside a system. To add more look, Viperlair added Ultra's UV fans and cold cathodes. "Ultra Products' UV line is in line with the competitions when it comes to quality and UV reactiveness.
Cooler Master may have started the Jet series for heatsinks, but Aerocool took the idea for cases. Extreme Overclocking has the JetMaster case. "The most distinctive feature of the JetMaster Jr.
The 6800 Ultra is the best current performance video card. DH has the PNY version. It looks just like the Nvidia reference. "The last time we looked at a PNY product was back in the times of the Geforce 5600.
We recently saw a review from Viperlair on the ATI external TV wonder. Now TrustedReviews has theirs. "On top of its USB 2.0 interface it can receive its signal from an aerial, composite video or S-Video sources.
OCIA has the latest K8 heatsink from CoolJag. It pretty much is the same as the OEM heatsink, just with skived fins. "The fins on the JVC682A are slightly taller than that of the OEM cooler, but not quite as consistent in spacing.
Ooo. Here's a nice 16X Pioneer DVD burner. It'd dual layer too. "Whether you are looking to copy your movies or backup your files, Pioneer's DVR-108 is a great way to do it.
Good gaming necessities are always a must for gamers, especially those who look to become professional gamers. PC Modding Malaysia has the SteelPad that provides more precision for mice.
Everything is becoming external now. Pretty soon we won't be needing any PCI slots. TrustedReviews has Creative's new external sound card--Audigy 2 NX.
We all know that the 6800GT is currently the best bang for the buck. The difference now is in the brand. Gainward's Golden Sample seems to be pretty fast. "I was happy to see that every game I have ran great at 1600x1200 resolution.
PC Modding Malaysia has Waffer's PC AirCon today. I wonder if they liked it. "Installing a number of case fans and exhaust fans in a rig is a common method to bring in cool air and exhaust out warm air.
HD enclosures are becoming more popular as everything is moving outside of the case. All these external stuff is getting out of hand. r&b has the new one from Vantec.
It's a showdown of 925 at TrustedReviews. The contenders? It's Abit and Gigabyte. It would've been nicer to see Abit vs Asus. "If the ABIT board was low on features, the Gigabyte GA-8NXP-D is quite the opposite.
I saw this the other day and have been wondering how it works. Systemcooling has Globalwin's latest external watercooling kit that seems pretty decent. It looks "fishy". "GlobalWIN has always brought quality and innovation to the market.
Everyone's wanting a Gmail account due to the large size. Still need one? ThinkComputers is having a contest giveaway. "Well we have some GMAIL invites and what better thing to do with them than give them away!!
Viperlair got their hands on Intel's latest mainstream desktop processor. I don't even see it available at Newegg. Better check out how well it performs.
Samsung always makes nice quality goodies. Extreme Overclocking has the latest progressive DVD player. I remember when these things used to cost a fortune. "The Samsung DVD-P241 embodies balance between cost and quality.
Soltek may be a quiet competitor at the states, but that doesn't mean that their boards shouldn't be an option. Ninjalane has their latest nForce3-250GB board.
The Thermalright SP-94 was pretty much one of the best P4 aircooling solutions until the newly released XP-120. Check out OCIA for the performance. "Now we move on to the installation.
Nvidia cards are already considered to be the fastest card right now. Asus has a PEG Link to help increase the performance? Read on at ARP. "ASUS was initially very tight-lipped about the mysterious PEG Link Mode.
Fortron makes some of the best power supplies. Aftermath Reviews has the latest on their cooling solution. It's not heatsinks, but 2 quiet fans and 1 quiet power supply.
ModGuidez has a couple of accessories in today that'll add to the look of your case. It's not much, but it's a start. "Do you find your PC case looking a bit dull? Do you want to spruce up your windowed case?
A knobless fan controller would be cool, but adjusting it from Windows can get tedious. I still prefer a knob. "World´s most advanced fan controller? But how, it has no knobs to turn?
Although it has been out for a long time now, the SLK-800U is still a good cooling solution. OCModShop has a brand new one. "This is one heavy hunk o metal!
Go Tom Go. Don't leave home without it. Sound familiar? "The TomTom GO makes no claims to being as flexible as a PDA. It's a one trick pony and proud of it, which actually brings a number of advantages.
The K8N-E may not be all that popular since there are better options for the Socket 754, but it still provides pretty decent performance. PCStats was a bit disappointed at the overclocking though.
Belkin has been around trying to push their networking gear into people's homes. I see a Belkin rep work at Fry's everytime I visit. Check out r&b for their wireless ethernet bridge.
TrustedReviews have laptops after laptops. Of course they wouldn't miss out on the IBM Thinkpad. "The T42 is Centrino branded, so you're getting an Intel Pentium M CPU, running at 1.7GHz, complete with 2MB of Level 2 cache.
Ooo, here's something you don't see every day. Philips made an actual DivX player for regular TVs. "With the introduction of the DivX codec, movie buffs found a cheap an easy solution to back up their movie collections.
SilverStone is making a lot of press lately with their classy quality cases. Systemcooling reviewed the new TJ06, and now, they're giving it away! "Here we are with another giveaway.
Aftermath has another review out. This time it's the Ultra X-Connect 500W power supply. What's with all the blue pictures??? "What makes ultra products so unique?
Dell's XPS laptop is considered to be the fastest gaming notebooks around. Now that it's paired with the mobility 9800, it just gets even faster. "The ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 is simply an amazing piece of technology for gaming.
Running your system fanless is always ideal. Like what movie theatres always say, "silence is golden". "That ZIF socket sure is closer to the AGP slot than on my last board... this one being the MSI K8N Neo Platinum.
Using laser printers are awesome. They print so fast. I'm still using one that I had 10 years ago. "With the cost of replacement ink for inkjet printers being so high, the best solution for an office is go with a laser printer.
I was surprised to see VisioinTek making USB pen drives. [H] has the latest on the Xtreme2 GO Drive. "VisionTek has successfully conquered all that was wrong with the flash drives of the past.
Xtrac MadWax Review "Well there are mouse pad's out and most of them start to loose there gliding feel to it, The Mad wax is going to change that cause of what it offers.
Ehh. What in the world is this for??? "The Mobile NoteTaker - a portable handwriting capture device designed to store handwritten data so it can be transferred to a computer at a later date.
If you screwed up your windows, the best way to fix it is to enter safe mode and do your work from there. PCStats has a beginners guide on winxp's safe mode.
Although there are many new larger heatsinks available for video cards, this one isn't so bad for non-overclockers who wish to get better temps. Anyone see resemblance to the Vantec Iceberq4?
I never really understood why people spend so much money on these things. Is it really all that useful? "At the bottom left hand side is an IrDA port, which is one of three wireless connectivity options.
This Gigabyte board just boasts with features. Onboard SCSI, 6 DIMM slots, DPS, 7.1 audio, and much more. Wow. "In this review PCstats will be looking at the GA-8KNXP Ultra-64.
PCMechanic has been busy lately. They have a three-fer in today. OpenOffice.org "A computer that is built instead of bought can cost as little as $500, and still be a full featured, highly functional machine.
ThinkComputers has the latest USB drive that resembles a Swiss army knife. Pretty cool looking drive pen. "Well, by now almost everyone is back to school. With school comes tests, quiz's, and of course homework!
Driverheaven has the latest on an old case with a new name. Everyone's making these. The name Ultra Dragon sure has no relevance. Perhaps they should just slap a picture of a dragon on the side. It'll be better.
Everyone knows that fans vibrate when they start spinning so fast. Vantec came up with some plastic frames to help lessen the vibrations. "Vantec's Vibration Dampener kits come in a variety of sizes for fans from 60mm, through to 120mm.
The Vantec Spectrum fan is a good way to help cool that toasty video card of yours. The slot covers really have no good use but add to the looks. "We have two new products from Vantec today.
Overclockers Online had the Alby LGA board last time. This time they continue with Alby's PCX 5750 video card. I'm still waiting for higher end PCI-E cards to come out.
Who's the most famous gamer in the world? Me. Ha, of course not. Guru Review has an interview with the three time CPL champ, Johnathan Wendel. I'll take him on King of Fighters any day.
Sony laptops are one of the best looking available. It's just a shame that they're so highly priced. But then again, you do get what you pay for. "The screen in question is a 17in widescreen affair, complete with Sony's X-Black coating.
Need some good memory for your system? Viperlair is here to remind all of you that there is one week left for their current giveaway. "Viper Lair and Corsair Memory will be giving away four 1GB Corsair TwinX1024-3200XL PRO kits.
Albatron is making quite some news with their Albatron LGA motherboards. OCC has the 915 version. "We were able to push the FSB up to 236MHz with full stability giving our CPU a clock speed of a bit over 3.3GHz.
Why is everyone biting off the design of the iPod? Sure it looks nice and small, but you don't have to actually duplicate the actual whiteness (is this a word???).
There are plenty of HD coolers around but not all of them look good. Some just destroy the look of your pimpin case. This new Antec, however, looks mighty good.
ARP has released their 368 page book on optimizing BIOS. That's a lot of reading to do. It's out in major bookstores so grab one if you need a book around.
There has been much news of Nvidia's new 6600 GT going around. TrustedReviews shares their thoughts. "First things first, the GeForce 6600 is a PCI Express part and unlike the PCI Express GeForce 6800 cards, this is a native solution.
PolarFLO makes some shiny waterblocks. This is probably the first to be compatible with LGA boards. "As we've stated at the beginning of the review, building an efficient water cooling system will take some planning and research.
Razer was well known for their precise mice that used those little balls. Once optical was used, Razer definitely became quiet. They've come back with their new optical gaming mice. Can these beat the Logitech MX1000 laser mice???
I used to own a Samsung Yepp MP3 Player. It got too old and I sold it. It was nice and small. Taking a glance at what TechTastic has, Samsung made the new Yepp even smaller. "Mp3 players have come a long way from the past to the present.
Eh? I thought Dell's gaming notebook was the XPC model. Ah well who cares. I don't really care much for Dell systems anyway. "The core of the Inspiron 9100 is based on a Pentium 4 3.4GHz processor and a hefty 1GB of PC3200 DDR SDRAM.
Futurelooks joins in on the fun of reviewing the current ultimate game--Doom III. I still need to get one just for benchmark purposes. "Most gamers that I know really consider Doom to have been the one that started it all.
[H] has a preview of the 6600GT that features the SLI technology on PCI-E. I wish they made it for the AGP platform so the majority can have a look at the capabilities. "The GeForce 6600GT has two aces up its sleeve.
With my current plans to move to PCI-E, I guess I can only settle for the X600 Pro. It's one of the cheapest and best performing cards available. Where is everything else??? "Another PCI-express video card has arrived to our test bench.
I love the way most of these SilverStone cases look. The TJ05 that Systemcooling has today sure is roomy. Notice all those additional fan areas. Nice! Stay tuned for our version as we'll be getting the newest TJ06 soon.
With each update, MS makes everything all that much prettier. Windows Media Player 10 looks mighty good. ARP has the latest on it. "Microsoft just released the brand new Windows Media Player 10!
We recently reviewed the Ultra X-Connect power supply and found it to be quite good. Overclockers Online has something else from Ultra--a 512MB pack of DDR memory. "Overall, I'm fairly pleased with the performance of the ULT31022.
The Asus Alderwood board seems to be the best board available, both in terms of features and overclocking. This is currently one of my choices when moving on to the LGA/DDR2/PCI-E platform.
I just love the way these Gigabyte 3D Coolers look. I have one and love the way it looks and works. "In spite of the time that takes in the market, 3D Cooler-Ultra has not left us indifferent.
Wow. The future arrives faster than we can realize. Don't these things remind you of good ol sci-fi movies? "Lets face it, theres nothing worse than the communal dragon breath of an airplane cabin.
The big fans of Adrian's Rojakpot can be happy about this news. They've opened a new forum based on vbulletin, which is what we have here. "The team had a long discussion the last weekend, when we hammered out ARP's future plans.
Tweakmonster always make these shiny goodies to help cool your system. ModGuidez has an 80mm Fan Bracket and UV Grills. "Cool down your video card by adding this unique 80mm Fan Bracket together with a very cool looking UV Fan Grills..."
I've never really used a TV Tuner in my system, but I've always read that ATI makes one of the best TV Tuners available. The best is Hauppage (however you spell it). I wonder how this one works out.
Vantec made pretty good power supplies back in the day with the stealth models. Their IONs weren't bad either. Here is the ION2 but with only a measly 350W.
LAN Addict currently has an ongoing contest for football lovers. They've added new prizes. " love the NFL and I wanted to do something to share the love. So, I've set up a football pool.
VisionTek was in and out of the video card game. I guess they were busy making their new USB drive? "There are products that we need to have, others would be nice to have or want to have.
The Radeon 9800 Pro is still one excellent card, considering it is less than $200 now. Heck, I still use one. "With graphics technology moving as fast as it is, we were wondering if this video card could still compete.
Wow, there are so many mutating cases being made. Doesn't this look like the Kingwin Mutant Case??? "Even though the Xion case does not come with removable motherboard tray, the installation was pretty easy.
This is one of the best aircooling solutions for the K8 users. The quality is superb, but read on to find out if they complain about the bent pins. "There were NO clearance issues installing this heatsink on an MSI K8N Neo Platinum.
Tweak is one crazy guy when it comes to his little ramsinks. In my opinion, they are the most beautifully made nickel plated copper sinks. Now, it's only $13.00 shipped in the US! Excellent deal my friends.
Everyone is giving away Corsair's new XL memory. Viperlair doesn't miss out on the action as they've teamed up with Corsair to give away 4 sets of 1GB kits.
AC Ryan has Viperlair teams up for a new contest. This time they want to hear your creativity. "AC Ryan has had their "modding and gaming to performance PC" for a while now and they could use a new one!
There is always fierce competition in the business world, but everyone knows that Cooler Master came up with the Wave Master design. It seems that some competitors are saying that the idea was theirs. What bullsh*t. Sorry can't help it.
USB flash memory is currently a big investment. It provides excellent portability for storage and is much better than the traditional floppy disks. "In this digital age privacy is important.
Gigabyte's A64 motherboards have been known to be excellent overclockers. I've had a taste of their boards and wasn't too fond of the overclocking options. Perhaps I should give this a try when I move to S939.
Everybody loves open source. The word reminds me of the movie AntiTrust. Anyway, PCMech has the latest on a really popular FTP--FileZilla. "FileZilla, an FTP client and server, is the focus of Chad's Open Source Spotlight, this week.
Overclockers Online has two watercooling kits today. The 02 and 03 kits look rather simple, ideal for watercooling beginners. "To be honest with you, I have never heard of 3R System prior to this review.
Thermaltake's new power supply comes fully sleeved and also shows the amount of wattage used. BigBruin has the latest. "Leave it to Thermaltake to come up with some twist to a mundane device like a power supply.
Nowadays, everything in the system needs cooling. With the new Raptors spinning so fast, it's not surprising to see that they need cooling as well. The Zalman is a good passive solution.
AHHHHHH. It's a reviewer's worst nightmare. Working with this case made me realize how much I love space. It's good if you carry it around and NEVER go back inside. Mine's sitting in the corner.
Nvidia always owned in their drivers. With this new little software, ATI seems to be catching up. I haven't tried it myself (but definitely will) but it looks awesome just from the control panel skin.
I guess PCMech has a column where they write anything thats news and interesting, or just to speak their mind. This update is on the billionaires roaming around. "Did you catch any of the Little League World Series over the last two weeks?
Logitech has done it again. First they make one of the best gaming mice available with the MX510, and now they introduce the world's first laser based mouse--the MX1000. It's not even that expensive too. Anyone want to give me $80?
The Zalman flower heatsinks are certainly great and provide excellent cooling. What if you want to speed up the fan to do some serious overclocking? Check out Madshrimps on how to change the fan.
There is more than just one way to silence your computer. You can always slap some noise dampening pads to absorb noise and vibrations, as well as heat.
Although my Sharp LCD suits my needs, I'm just dying to upgrade to a Samsung. Not only do they focus on the specs for gamers, they also make it pretty. TrustedReviews has the latest 173P.
The newest and baddest heatsink is out and everyone's craving for it. Sidewinder can't even keep it in stock. The shrimps have a look to see if it has the power to cool and also keep the noise level down.
Albatron has been quiet in the A64 platform. I guess they were too busy investing in the new LGA motherboards. Overclockers Online has the Albatron PX915P Pro.
Not only does ATI make excellent video cards, they make one of the best TV Tuners available. Their new TV Wonder takes advantage of USB 2.0 for fast data streaming, making lagless (is this a word?) videos.
Futurelooks got an extra copy of Doom 3 and no longer needs it. They're giving it away, along with a bunch of other goodies. "This has to be Futurelooks GREATEST contest yet!
Logitech is busy stealing the Klipsch fanboys. Their new bumpin Z-2200 speakers look awesome. Check it out at OCModShop. "I just want to say in this first sentence of my conclusion that these are the best 2.1 speakers I have ever heard.
The LGA platform has been out now and there hasn't been much to support it. The lack of good PCI-E video cards, good DDR2, and good heatsinks make me not want to go the route.
This is probably geared for case modders, but I find this adapter useful. Imagine a hot day and you need some cooling. Grab some spare case fans and aim it at yourself. Instant cool! "Internal connectors on the outside?
Some people have a second hard drive to store backup data. Some create servers to host it online. If you're new, you can find some help at PCMech on creating a web/file server.
Gainward really wants to focus on making your gaming experience the best possible. They've expanded into a 5.1 headset. "Its five past midnight, raining outside, and i can't sleep.
I've seen 7-in-1 card readers, but 10-in-1??? Holy moly, I can't even think of that many different memory cards. "What is the verdict? This product works as advertised, and is very simple to install. Not much can be said beyond that."
TTIC makes some good heatpipe heatsinks. We reviewed one earlier that used a single 70mm fan. Frostytech has a newer version that uses 2 fans. "The Thermal Transtech International Corp. NPH-201 Socket A heatsink is nifty little cooler.
Just how useful is the Seasonic Power Angel I will never know. But BigBruin seemed to like it. "Seasonic has sent over one of their newest items for review, but this time around it is something other than a power supply.
TechTastic.ca has the new smart drive to silence the HD clicking noise. But a three degree rise in temps??? Shouldn't they design these things to cool?
Notebooks are getting bigger and heavier. It's like carrying a desktop around but without the desk for space. Futurelooks has a goodie that folds out when attached to the notebook, making some room for your mouse.
People with PCs use Trillian for multi-instant messaging software. Pocket PC users can now have the same. It's called Mundu! "One of the most critical applications for a mobile PDA is chat software.
Thermaltake's watercooling was never big in the overclocker's crowd. Perhaps the new BigWater can change their status. "To say I was impressed would be an understatement. Thermaltake has certainly done their homework here.
Just like Cooler Master, Thermaltake is pumping out new goodies at a fast pace. Their power supply is pretty decent, but this little add-on shows you just how much power you're using.
Waffer's PAC 400 is definitely getting the highlights regarding cooling. It has some innovations, but has drawbacks as well. A1-Electronics has some pictures of it. Yup, it's not a review. It's just some pictures.
Driverheaven has Abit's latest offering for Socket 939 users. It's rather light on the benchmarks side, and does not have an overclocking section. Wha? No overclocking???
Everyone's just giving away such good memory. If you need some, head over to Extreme Overclocking to try your luck. "EXTREME Overclocking has teamed up with Corsair Memory to give away 4 sets of TwinX1024-3200XL Pro Series RAM!"
Aftermath has a two-fer today. DT6000 Control Panel "Modded high spec PC's are now part of everyday life. But a high spec PC usually requires careful planning of ones cooling solutions.
TrustedReviews is always getting these little known machines to play with. Can this rig keep up with a DIY? "So, Evesham has built a very solid PC, with high-end but not cutting edge components.
HIS is making extremely good cards and their PCI-E X600XT isn't bad either. Viperlair has the Limited Edition. Why limited edition, though? "Gaming performance is mid range which is what the card is designed for.
The Radbox was made not only to make your watercooling setup easier, but keep your temps down as well. Systemcooling tells you how to install it, but doesn't show the performance side.
Frostytech has what they do best; a good ol heatsink. The Vantec Aeroflow was a great success, but how will the Aeroflow2 fair? "Overclockers also like the AthlonXP for its overclockability, and great gaming performance.
NZXT is well known for their gaming cases. Their guardian attracts lots of attention from gamers all around. The Guardian is their first case, and we're hoping to get the Nemesis Elite when it comes out.
With so many beautiful cases floating around, it's hard to make the right choice for your HTPC. MTB has the Ahanix D.vine that was made to be used for your HTPC setup.
Driverheaven has a comparison between the two top performing "budget" cards. These are the lowest priced high end video cards available. I definitely like the blue PCBs.
The boys at VH show off this OCZ Powerstream 470W PSU. With OCZ's reputation for quality, who wouldn't consider this PSU for their next upgrade? "The OCZ PowerStream series power supply is aimed squarely at the power user or gamer.
Scythe's Samurai heatsink sure is one large heatsink. Without the use of heatpipe technology, most companies can only resort to making larger heatsinks to increase performance. TrustedReviews takes a look to see if size DOES really matter.
Notebooks are getting bigger and hotter nowadays. It's important to keep it cool so that they last longer. The Rojakpots have Cooler Master's notebook cooling solution.
So you have lots of movies in your computer waiting to be burned onto a disc to free your space. PCStats is here to help you make a DVD movie out of all the movies you have.
I'm in desperate need of a laptop. I can pump out even more reviews if I just had a laptop with me on the go. Hope this Toshiba is well worth the money.
Viperlair recently took a look at the FX5750 and made note that there will be something to compare to when they get new stuff in. Well they got a brand new Asus AX600XT to play with.
Corsair's XMS XL memory is doing real well with the ability to run the lowest timings possible at 200FSB. MTB has a pair and would like to show their pretty and useless LED activity lights.
This PCI-E FX5900 must rival my 6800GT in size. Look at all the wasted PCB area. "We had a look at a Albatron PCI express card a few weeks ago and tonight we have a even better PCI-E card from Gigabyte.
Logitech makes one of the best input peripherals I've used. I have one of these webcams and I must say that they take excellent pictures. "Webcams are becoming more and more popular as time goes on.
Logitech has always made some of the best speakers around, especially when it comes down to price. Virtual-Hideout checks out Logitech's THX certified Z-2200's. These are sure to give you a very big boom for the price.
I'm not a big fan of MSI motherboards due to bad experience with overclocking. They do have a good bundle of accessories and onboard features though. PCStats has the popular K8T Neo2.
I don't think the majority of us can afford such an insane printer. Coming in at $699, this Samsung laser printer better be worth your greens. "With all these colour printers out on the market, who has time for black and white anymore?
Having 0 dBA is always good. Silence is golden to your ears, but not your overclock. For regular users, the Thermaltake Fanless VGA may be a good choice.
Although it's only 25MHZ faster than the regular 6800, the price of the BFG 6800 OC is still the same. Kyle and his boys get a good look at the performance of the card. Looks pretty much like their 5950 huh.
There have been many Cool Drives released, but the Cool Drive 6 has to be best looking one. The shrimps have a look at Cooler Master's new product. "The Cool Drive product line from Cooler Master has been upgraded to version 6.
The Madshrimps recently released a heatsink roundup. They have a little more to show you today. "Today, we are looking into the two most commonly used coolers; 661C for socket 478 Pentium 4 and V558A for socket 462 AXP provided by CoolJag."
OCC has a good read regarding the performance comaprisons between DDR and DDR2. Just because something is new doesn't always mean that you should jump on it.
These slot protectors do absolutely nothing to your system. It does add some spice to the boring look though. "Have you ever had to install a PCI card and had trouble getting the motherboard to recognize it?
Looking to build a HTPC or small LanBox? PCStats has AOpen's new MicroATX case that looks rather good. "The jet black Aopen H420 is a compact desktop chassis intended for use with MicroATX or FlexATX motherboards.
Asetek is a big player in the cooling business. Their WaterChill is their "budget" cooling gear. Motherboards.org has the latest scoop. Be sure to check it out. Why? Cuz I wrote it.
If you're on the move to the new LGA platform, then consider the Asus Grantsdale motherboard. It has lots of features, including onboard wireless networking.
Many of us just plainly overclock our video cards to squeeze out more performance. Not many people know that the video card BIOS can actually help a lot too. PCStats has a guide for n00bs.
Cooler Master is new to the power supply market and seems to have done it right already. Viperlair has the Real Power 450W. "In the end, it's all about reliable power, and the Real Power 450W delivers in this respect.
The Rojakpots are here again with what they do best. They talk more about the BIOS. "After over a year in development, the BIOS Optimization Guide has finally been published!
With so many optical drive choices around, as well as companies, it's hard to choose the perfect burner. BigBruin has the KHypermedia DVD burner that burns at a fast 8x. "The KHypermedia 8X DVD+RW burner pleasantly surprised me.
Here's another good mousepad. The Hounds have the Steelpad 4D. Is 4D possible??? I used to major in math but I can't even draw that crap out on paper. "Not so long ago we had the chance to review the 4S Steelpad.
Tired of messing around with ATI drivers while using Linux? I've seen many people change their cards just to have better compatibility with drivers when using Linux.
The Cooler Master Cavalier is a slightly redesigned Wavemaster without all the aluminum. OCIA definitely liked it since it allowed them to install a fan controller. "How about fan controllers? Survey says... DING DING DING.
Silent PC Review focuses on the best gear available to make a good silent PC. How does the Cooler Master Vortex Dream sound? "The CoolerMaster Vortex Dream is a new heatsink/fan that offers many high-end features at a budget US$22 MRSP.
If a budget system is what you're building, then the video card is something you must go cheap on. Systemcooling has the ATI budget line with the Radeon 9250.
SilverStone makes some sweet looking cases. I'd honestly have to say that they're competing with the likes of Cooler Master and Lian-Li. It's just a shame that they cost an arm with a side of leg.
Abit continues to strive to be the best motherboard manufacturer today. They make excellent motherboards. I love the AI7. If you check our forums you'll know why.
Viperlair always gets MSI goods. This time they have Nvidia's solution to PCI-E graphics. Decent card if you're on a budget, although if you're using PCI-E boards, you shouldn't even be on a budget.
The Rojakpots have updated their BIOS Optimization Guide to the 8th edition. Eh, there's a fee??? "Ever peeked into the BIOS and got your brains scrambled with all the mumbo-jumbo?
The Athlon XP CPUs are still popular for desktop systems. Many people like the relative cheap price. They're great overclockers as well. Of course you'll need some good cooling.
Don't know what Folding is? MTB has a guide telling you what it does and how it's beneficial. "In short, there really isn't a good reason NOT to run Folding@home.
The 6800GT has got to be the best price/performance next gen card. I have one and it's freakin awesome. I'm surprised Inno3D didn't make a black one like they're known to.
Many of us in the forums have been liking the Thermaltake Tsunami case. It looks good and provides excellent cooling options. Too bad it's considered a CM Wavemaster bite off. "Today its time to check out a case once again.
J1301 USB Mobile Theater Speakers "Have you recently decided that you needed portable compact speakers for your laptop? Have no fear As Jazz Speakers is here.
Both Asus and Abit have been fast at making new motherboards for the LGA775. Here is Asus's latest P5GD2, based on the Grantsdale chipset, from Motherboards.org.
We currently have a contest going on right now on case modding. This would definitely be one good entry. Systemcooling has a self made external watercooling kit that's easy to connect and does the job extremely well.
Normally chat on AIM or MSN or Yahoo or even ICQ? Well here's another player in town. Check out Hardware Hounds for some quick info on the Xfire Gaming IM.
I have this LCD and I must say that I love it. Getting it at $350 was even better. It plays games extremely well and colors and images are sharp. I guess TrustedReviews didn't like it all that much.
There aren't too many socket 939 motherboards going around so this Asus is probably one of the best available. It's a short and quick read if you don't have the time to sit through pages.
A 9800 in your notebook would just be sweet. One that would not suck the juice out of your labtop in less than an hour would be even sweeter. Anandtech shows it off. "We have been very satisfied with our MR9800 experience.
MODTHEBOX has started their HTPC guide. This is just part 1. Expect more to come from them. That Silverstone case is an excellent choice. It's a beauty.
Finding a good photo printer is hard. All the little details and high quality colors must be produced finely when printing a picture, afterall, the picture lasts forever. TrustedReviews has the Epson PictureMate.
Not into risking frying your $300+ graphics card putting a new heatsink on it? This HIS X800 Pro card ViperLair reviews will do you fine with its quality stock cooling. "This card is fast, very fast.
Raidmax is working on reaching out to the gamer's community. They've set their power supplies straight with their new RX-520XP. Their gaming cases need some help though, although this Scorpio doesn't look all that bad.
This should be a good read for those of you who are big Counter Strike fans and are looking to play the new CS: Source. Nvidia should be releasing some better drivers for better support pretty soon, when the game actually comes out.
Gamers on the go don't always have to resort to buying expensive Alienware laptops. They can give the AJP a try. "Internally, however, things are a little different.
Albatron makes some pretty good motherboards. They have the newly updated KX18D. It's dubbed the Pro2. "The XP platform is not dead yet so this is why we are having a look at a new XP motherboard from Albatron called Kx18DS Pro2.
I'm on the lookout for a new cool mousepad since I splurged on getting the MX510. This steelpad will look extremely sexy with my new mouse. It's just too bad that I don't have enough space for it.
Not many people can afford phase change cooling, but are still looking for extreme cooling. Systemcooling has the Swifteh MCW5002 that uses peltier technology to get better temps than just using water.
Cooler Master has had many updated version of their hard drive cooler. The new one is the Cool Drive 6. It's a nice and slick silver casing that does more than just cooling.
Overclockers Online reviewd their Plextor DVD burner not too long ago. They continue the series with the new Lite-On DVD burner. "Many of you have heard of LiteON for its superior drives at reasonable prices.
I'm tired of using my headphones. I need some real speakers. I advised my cousin to buy these new Logitechs and boy, these are powerful. "Once upon a time, I owned a set of Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Speakers.
The Rojakpots have upgraded their Desktop Graphics Guide. You know what this means. New video cards came out! "Here are the updates: - Added the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and 6600GT cards. - Added the ATI Radeon 9250 card. - Total cards : 189"
Wondering what Service Pack 2 is all about? PCStats has an article showing all the new features and add-ons of SP2. "Waiting for the next Windows Service Packs has become a way of life for Windows users, especially professional ones.
I've been hearing mixed feelings about the new Crucial Ballistix memory. Some have reported good results while some bad. Perhaps Extreme Overclocking got some good ones?
OCIA got a little bored and pulled out their old HP to switch a power supply. I still can't believe I used to own one of these things. "Notice the clean interior of this case... ensuring excellent air flow.
There are plenty of memory card readers around, but this one is the smallest I've seen. It's very portable indeed. "If you want to transfer data from memory sticks in a flash, then the new Sharkoon memory reader might be for you.
Wireless networking can be as simple as plug-n-play or as complicated as figuring out the opposite sex. Futurelooks has a wireless networking guide to help you solve your wireless problems.
Ever find that cleaning off Arctic Silver can be tad annoying sometimes? Well the makers finally came up with something to help you out. Welcome the ArctiClean.
Counter-Strike is pretty much the only FPS I play. I must say that the new Source looks freakin awesome. "Around one week ago the eagerly awaited Counter-Strike: Source Beta was released by Valve, through Steam to Cyber Café subscribers.
Thermaltake's mouse pad sure looks a lot like some other glowing pads out there. "Lately we have been reviewing alot of glowing mousepads that are on the market.
There aren't much options when it comes to PCI-E cards. The whole reason why many people are using the new Alderwood and Grantsdale is because of PCI-E. Hopefully this Albatron can fulfill someone's needs.
Cooler Master Aquagate has to be the best looking pre-made watercooling kit available. Overclockers Online sees whether it performs as well as it looks. "This shows how effective the quick-disconnect fittings were.
The ATI Mobility 9800 is supposed to be one kickass mobile GPU. It sports some unique functions that I'm too lazy to find out. It only benefits laptops like this Dell.
Enermax was great back in the days with their power supplies. They've been MIA for a while and now they're back with some new toys. This Noisetaker seems pretty good.
This Ogre case reminds me of that other Demon case or whatever it's called. Although not appealing to many of the readers here, but I can see why some people can like it.
Are you a big Rojakpot fan? A $7 a piece, these T-shirts aren't that bad. Hmmm...I need to start our "iT" T-shirts. "Alright! We finally have the new t-shirt designs out! Check them out!"
The saying "silence is golden" doesn't always apply in the movie theatres. TrustedReviews has the Hush ATX that seems to work like the Zalman TNN cases, with absolutely no fans.
Having front control panels is cool and gives the user many options, from reading temps to extra USB ports. r&b has the Jetart Xpanel that will make any silver case look slick.
I haven't tried installing SP2 'cause I'm afraid of corruptions. I've heard that it killed someone's machine already. PCStats makes it a bit safer by making an XP install CD with SP2 on there already.
The Rojakpots have something else other than a guide or an article. They have the latest Zalman VGA cooler. "Is your latest, top-of-the-line graphics card literally hot and smokin?
Good mouse pads are essential for perfecting gaming. Those black pads no longer need to look boring. Viperlair has the Flexiglow xRaider. "Flexiglow have once again produced a good product.
Want to start on modding your case but don't know where to start? Moddingworld has a guide telling you how to make a case window. For n00bs out there, I'd suggest trying on an old case before you hack up your $200 one.
I tend to tell people to stay away from OEM systems. There's just no fun in it. "Even as a very basic machine, the dx6050 comes with a pretty good set of features, especially considering the target market.
OC-Zone has the latest from goodies from Swiftech. Sure the MCW50 is a bit old, but it still gets the job done, even on X800 and 6800 cards! That block is kinda ugly, but they'll be making it blue, right Gabe?
More and more people are moving on to purchasing notebooks. What for man??? TrustedReviews has the Acer widescreen. "There is a growing market for "multimedia" laptops.
PCStats follows their memory article with a review on the latest AOpen DVD burner. "One of the greatest uses for a DVD burner is recording your old home movies onto recordable DVDs.
There are plenty of Doom 3 reviews going around, but who else can do it better than Gamepyre? "Walking down the darkened corridor, lights flashing, blood splattered against the walls.
What in the??? Imagine overclocking these tiny things. "What happens once technology has gotten so small you can cram the entire Library of Congress into a device not much bigger than your palm? You wear it!
Why in the world would an average user need 2GB of memory? Of course the Madshrimps can find something to use it for. "Kingston has been providing the PC market with reliable, cost effective memory for some time.
You have one more day left to try and squeeze in for the win. Systemcooling has lots of Poseidon watercooling kits to give away. "Here we go again with another giveaway.
This is the coolest USB Pen drive I've yet to see. Putting it on your keychain will make your geekness unseen. "Flash Drives have become increasingly more popular lately.
Here they are again. The rev3.0 is an update of the ATI FireGL mod. "Here are the updates:- - Added a new and simpler method of modding - using the FreeFireGL driver!
The Shuttle AN50R was a great board for voltage modders and overclockers. Motherboards.org does a great job at reviewing Shuttle's newest A64 motherboard.
There are so many HDD enclosures available that it's not even funny. You know Thermaltake is gonna jump on and make a flashy looking one. "Have we not all wanted one of these at one time or another?
Vantec makes both the loudest and quietest fans available. If there was any need to adjust the speeds, they also have the Nexus to help you out. "At the first sight the Nexus looks like another normal fan controller made by Vantec.
Well now that I'm the cooling reviewer for Motherboards.org, I'll be forced to start buying watercooling gear. There goes more money. This radiator looks freakin awesome. How bout the performance?
Need the game and don't have the money? Tekbunker has a contest that just started. Hurry on and see how to win. "Competition from tekbunker now open Pre ordered for one lucky reader is a fresh copy of Doom III.
OCIA reviews Zalman's latest VGA cooler--the ZM80D. This thing is currently the best VGA cooler on the market. "Here you want to add another rubber ring and then screw on the gold nipple (what the manual calls it, I swear).
Anandtech submits another "excellent" review...... this time fairly comparing 939's lowest 3500+ to Intel's top of the line Xeon EM64T. Apparently, many members of the enthusiast community are outraged by their review.... hmnnn...
A1-Electronics has the Cooler Master power supply. This is probably Cooler Master's first time making power supplies and they seem to have done it well.
Viperlair recently had a go over with a burner. Here they are again with the AOpen all-in-one. It's a CDRW and DVD in one. "Although Just Link wasn't present, the buffer under run protection worked well.
Fremont, CA, August 9, 2004: Corsair Memory, Inc., a global leader in ultra-performance DDR memory modules for PC gamers and enthusiasts, today announced new XMS 3200 speed 1 GByte modules supporting CAS-2 latencies.
Fremont, CA, August 9, 2004: Corsair Memory, Inc., a global leader in ultra-performance DDR memory modules for PC gamers and enthusiasts, today announced a $20 rebate on selected memory modules when purchased with the DOOM 3 game.
The FX5900XT is still a great card. The core is still the same as found in the FX5900 and FX5950, the only drawback being the memory speed. OCIA gives you their results with their overclocking.
Need the new Shuttle Zen XPC? TrustedReviews has one based on the 915G chipset. I say this: STICK WITH A64! "If you've been on the hunt for a small and powerful, yet virtually silent PC, then this could be your dream machine.
Extreme gamers, we need your attention. Abit has announced that Fatal1ty will be taking on challengers at the 2004 Quakecon. What do you get if you beat me? I have no idea. Read on.
Need a pocket PC? The Rojakpots have a bunch of them. "I happened to be in Penang when Hewlett-Packard invited members of MyPDACafe and iPAQClub to the launch of their new range of Pocket PCs.
Epox makes some pretty good overclocking boards every now and then. A64 users should check out what r&b has to say about their new A64 board. "While waiting for the new socket to come we have the socket 775 motherboard here for testing.
The Antec Super Lanboy makes me shudder. I have one and I'm changing cases. It's definitely not for those who switch out hardware often. Perhaps Aftermath likes it?
Seems like this power supply is getting quite a lot of attention lately. DH has the power supply put to the test and also pairs it up with the UV kit. Expect our review unit to arrive shortly.
Although I must say that the 6800Ultra is the best card to get, the X800XT-PE is still the mighty fine option. OC-Zone has the beast ready to roll. "The ATI X800XT-PE is simply fantastic.
People have finally realized the importance of having a good power supply. Manufacturers all around are busy making quality PSUs and keeping it quiet. The Coolmax Taurus Silent looks pretty good. "Bigger is better.
Gamepyre sure was busy. They release a two-fer review for gamers out there. First up is the Gigabyte DVDdual. "I like the DVDdual GO-W0808A a lot. Ive had use of a Sony DVD 8x rewriter and a AOpen DRW-8800 and this one.
Rojak Pot looks at a display panel made by a relatively new company, Jetart. Anyone who does a lot of audio work or uses firewire should definitely have a display panel in the front of their system to provide easier access.
Vantec was pretty good with their older Stealth power supply. Their first Ion was pretty good too. Can the Ion 2 be better? At a mere 350w, I have my doubts. "Power supplies have been around forever!
Most gamers have moved to Abit motherboard for the best gaming experience. I've always been an Abit fan. Abit has started a new website called AbitGamer.com. What dedication...
Overclockers Online has the new HP laptop, modeled HP ZT3201. I don't see much point in buying an expensive laptop when most users just use it for web surfing and word.
[H] seems to like their Koolance EXOS very much as they use it for all their testing. Now they have the newly update EXOS Al. The casing is aluminum. Does it help?
HAHAHAHA...sheriffs snooping around the FBI. That's just asking for trouble. A couple of my friends already have this. I wonder how much it'll cost. Responding sure will be slow. Here is a lanparty system for ya.
PolarFLO makes some kickass waterblocks. They put a lot of detailed work into the chrome finish and mirror looks. [H] takes the new TT block for a run.
Rojakpots always have the latest guide and articles. The roundup all the mobile GPUs and give you good info on it. The new 9800 mobile looks real good. If only they made it for desktops.
Thermaltake is quick to come out with flashy products with decent quality. Their power supplies are not too shabby. The cool thing about this is that you can see the amount of wattage being used.
Hiding power supply connectors are a pain in the butt. Luckily Ultra has come out with a modular PSU that gets rid of cable clutter. Not only that, it's rated at 500W. We will be receiving our sample shortly. Stay tuned.
Systemcooling has a boatload of small watercooling kits ready to give away. They are here to remind you that you have 1 week left. "Here we go again with another giveaway.
Hard drives are one of the main components that needs cooling and is always overlooked. A simple overheat problem can cause all kinds of data corruptions.
Speaking of Doom III, Viperlair has a guide to help you do some tweaks to the console. "Well Doom III has hit the shelves and some of you are even lucky enough to have already started playing it.
Need a good Socket 939 motherboard? Stay with Abit or Asus, although this Gigabyte can prove to be an alternative. "Is it us or are motherboards a whole lot better than they were say 5+ years ago.
Buying external enclosures is a better way to "fix up" your system. It's easier to match your entire case than getting some funky colored external drive. Systemcooling has the silver Kingwin.
Raidmax is here again to bring another gaming case. Madshrimps has the Cobra case. It does look like a Corbra. Too bad there's nothing exciting about the interior.
The hottest game is finally out and Tweakmonster is crazy enough to let you have one for FREE! It's easy to join and win. BTW, check out his ramsinks if you haven't done so already.
Futurelooks has a portable computer up for review today. Too bad you can only play chess though. "If you've heard the name SAITEK, you've probably heard it associated with their cool joysticks and game pads.
More and more people are moving to 5.1 sound systems, but 2.1 still kicks some butt with some good music. OC-Zone has the new Altec Lansing that's THX certified.
There have been a lot of new PSU companies popping up lately. Compucase tries their luck in the market with their new PowerOP 525W PSU. SystemCooling finds out if it has what it takes. "If you've never heard of Compucase, you're not alone.
No we're not looking for additional help, but Aftermath is. See what kind of help they really need. "Aftermath Reviews are looking for poeple to join our team.
People still make these things? I think burning at 32x is already fast enough, but engineers continue to push things to the limit. Viperlair has AOpen 52x CDRW that still provides good use.
SimpleTech? Never heard of them. Is their high end ram worth the money over other well-known brands? RojakPot finds out so you don't have to find out the hard way.
Room 112 is where the playas roll. Tower 112 is for the silent overclockers. Ok my analogy is stupid. Anyway, OCIA has the all copper tower that's gigantic. "Place 4 more nuts on the brackets and tighten each one down carefully.
Speaking of power supplies, Gurureview has some FSP power supplies to suit your needs. 350w might be cutting it close, but that 400w kit with the fans are pretty nice. Great for modded cases.
Modguidez has a new and improved gallery section. I like that Cooler Master setup. Check it out. "We are very proud to introduce our new and improve case gallery section.
This power supply looks freakin tight! No more cable clutter for sure. OverclockersOnline was lucky to get one. I want one... "According to Ultra, the X-Connect uses the X-Cable technology, and that incorporates 4 points.
Corsair Memory, Inc., a global leader in ultra-performance DDR memory modules for PC gamers and enthusiasts, today announced their collaboration with Intel® Corporation to supply the official gaming tournament systems for the Cyberathlete E…
Enermax has been fairly quiet the past couple of years. I guess they're working on making some new cases. OCIA has the Seahawk that doesn't look any much different from other cases. "The window is not cut exactly rectangular.
Think Computers looks at this simple and powerful Raidmax PSU which packs quite a punch for the $. DIY's should like this PSU. Your PSU can make or break your system, so make sure you have a good one.
Cube cases are roomy and help keep the system cool. It does come with a high price tag. MODTHEBOX not only has one but a clear one. You can see all the guts and glory.
I still argue this--are the new Intel chipsets worth jumping board for? r&b has the Albatron flavor that hopes to change my mind. "This is an interesting product we will have a look at today!
The Centurion 5 is currently my favorite case. The look is simply stunning. It's not too extreme and not too simple. Viperlair has the "mini-stacker". Stay tuned for our review of it soon.
Here is another Cooler Master power supply up for testing. The shrimps gives it a thorough look over and does a great job testing this power supply. Cooler Master has another great product in their hands.
In need of better CPU cooling? Gurureviews has a ducting kit that seems to provide some good use. I say just get better airflow. "No, not some strange porno device but a ready built ducting kit to fit your cpu fan."
Kingston makes some of the best memory around, so why not try their Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Hi-Speed USB stick? ViperLair tests it out for you. "Compared against other USB 2.0 Flash drives, the DataTraveler holds it's own very well.
DH got their hands on the OCZ Booster and have cranked out the review, as well as vdimm of course. Check out the performance gains for those BH5s. Stay tuned for our review next week.
This is one ugly case. But hey, it's built for silence and has a bunch of foam pads to absorb vibrations. Still, it's one ugly case. "The AcoustiCase from QuietPC is aimed at those looking to silence their system.
If you're into pimping every part in your case, you should definitely take a peek at MRG Distribution's LED light kit for your RAM. ModFather approves of it here.
If you still have the old Geforce 4 cards, you should be looking to upgrade you cheap mofo. If you're like me and insist on keeping the old thing, get yourself some better cooling like this Vantec Iceberq Pro.
Need a cheap 5.1 surround sound speakers? Aftermath may have your solution. Altec Lansing has always made good speakers. Now you can listen to your gangsta rap while pretending to be cool.
First Crytek takes away patch 1.2 for Far Cry players, now ATI takes away Catalyst 4.7 from benchers. Why did they withdraw the Futuremark certification? Read on to find out.
My old roommate in the college dorms had this keyboard. He just got up, left, and never came back. Wonder what happened to him... Anyway, gurureview checks it out.
Need a new case? Want a good Cooler Master? Cooler Master is holding a mod contest. The winners get to choose their prizes! Cooler Master Contest Details
Everyone was hyped about the patch. It boosted Nvidia's performance by quite a bit due to the new SM3.0. It's a shame that ATI had some bugs with it. Crytek was forced to withdraw the patch. Doh well.
Here's more of some glowing mousepads. r&b has a red one. "Last year we had a chance to review some mousepads from Flexiglow and tonite we have the new updated version of their shining mousepads.
Anandtech reviews Nikon's new 5200 model camera. I wonder how this compares to my 3200? "Not only does this camera excel in image quality, but it has a decent startup time and quick Shot-To-Shot times as well.
Buffalo is relatively new to the enthusiast market, though the company itself has been around for a while. Can their new memory hang with the rest? Find out in Anandtech's review of them.
The Cooler Master Stacker is one good idea. The entire front is made up of drive bays. Viperlair has the sexy beast. Thing is, what's with the 2 fans on the bottom in the back?
Enermax has always been a good power supply maker. I believe they were the first to introduce the dual 12v line (correct me if I'm wrong). Now they have something new, continuous fan function. Read on at OCC's review for better info.
Problems, problems, problems. Intel has been having a lot of these since their new chipsets arrived. Apparently, the Prescotts are having static leakage problems which are pushing them to making dual-core processor solutions.
Abit and Corsair have teamed up at CPL. What's the event? I have no idea. But what else can it be if not the usual overclocking and games! I know we have some Insane members who live in Dallas. Time to go check it out. Full coverage here.
The lucky people at [H]ard|OCP got a chance to run idsoftware's official Doom 3 benchmarks. Want to see how that shiny new card you bought stacks up to the competition? Check it out.
This sure doesn't make me feel any safer. Just how much money do they have??? I have less pennies than they have in dollars. The future of portable internet access. HP makes cell phones??? I didn't know that.
This has got to be one cool prize. OCIA has a sword as a prize! Click here to see their contest rules Speaking of contests, our contest is going to end on August 1st, 2004. The prizes may not be as crazy, but it still proves useful.
Need some more help with your soldering skills? Rojakpot's have the GeCube/GigaCube 9600 Pro/XT volt mod guide. Why? Because they don't use reference PCB.
Some of the Insane members have been thinking about getting a laptop. I need one too, for when I'm on the road. Vantec has created a laptop cooler that really comes in handy for those with laptops on 24/7.
Cooler Master has been expanded their products into power supplies. Being new, they sure do look promising. 2x 12V rails will sure stabilize all your needs.
Logitech has always been known for there incredible speakers. They are known to carry quite a punch. I know I love my Logitech Z640's. But how does their new 2.1 model stack up? Virtual-Hideout finds out.
MODTHEBOX has the part 2 of their project of modding their aluminum cube case. Having a cube case is definitely good since it gives more space for slapping on fans. But have you seen the price tag on one of these?
Plextor has always been the top maker in optical drives. They were just a tad too expensive for my liking. Do you need an external one? Overclockers Online has it. "You may be wondering, why would any enthusiast need the UF drive?
Now that the 939 line of boards are popping up, some of you may start asking which ones are best and how they compare. The new technology is a little cloudy, as not many people have gotten ahold of them yet.
External watercooling really comes in handy for LAN parties. But what if the external watercooler doesn't perform all that great? Do what A1 Electronics does..modify it.
I find that the stock heatsink for the A64 proved to be rather adequate for mild overclocking. Nonetheless, there are always other heatsinks available. Ninjalane has the CoolJag K8 heatsink.
Want something different than a RatpadzGS for a mouse pad? You might want to take a look at this Maxdy FlexiGlow FX GamePad that Virtual-Hideout reviews. "I like the way the pad lights up.
I stopped in the OCZ office today and was graciously given the Booster for review sample. Check out these pics for a quick sneak preview. Expect the review to debut on August 2nd or 3rd. Check out these few pictures
Speaking of watercooling, r&b has the latest on the Dangerden TDX waterblock. "We have seen Maze4 and RBX blocks from Dangerden already and tonite we have their new TDX block at our test bench.
This is Sunbeam's last contest. Like the ones before, just answer the 4 questions and you'll be entered to win a great prize. A total of 3 winners will be chosen! Sunbeam Chameleon Giveaway
Viperlair has the fastest memory Kingston currently offers for DDR. The KHX4300 offers great performance. Stay tuned for our review soon, as soon as I return from my trip.
Here's another small watercooling kit that's made for simple plug-n-play. OCC has the drive bay sized Kingwin. "Many manufacturers are including a secondary radiator in their kits designed to cool both the GPU and CPU.
And to finish it off, OCIA brings out the other big competitor in the watercooling world. Swiftech has one of the best complete watercooling kits available. They include everything you'll need.
Want to see a sweet looking notebook? RojakPot got the chance to see Asus launch their new W1000N model. This thing is packed with features. "The ASUS W1000N looks like a great notebook. I absolutely love the design.
You read it right. Microsoft is ready to take out Sony..in the video game console industry. It's speculated that the next gen Xbox can take out PS3. Ooooo. Big fight now.
If you're smart enough to be a hacker, why would you be dumb enough to hit the government? Intel has made a boo boo with the new Alderwood and Grantsdale. There isn't much performance increase and the overclock was rather weak.
The Rojakpots sure have an article for everything you need. Check out their 9600 Pro/XT voltage mod guide. Perfect for those looking to squeeze more performance.
Just two days after it goes gold there are already petitions to Congress to stop the "unholy release of Doom 3." They are complaining about its "madness and violence" which will lead kids to becoming worshippers of evil.
Crucial has been a fine memory maker ever since the days of SDR. I remember I hit 200FSB with their PC133. Their DDR line hasn't been such a great hit. This is all about to change.
GlobalWin goes for something different with this "open reservoir evaporative cooling system." But can it take the heat? [H]ard|OCP finds out. "The Jefi is a definite conversation starter and head turner.
SATA, IDE, RAID, USB, SCSI...the world of DVD drives and HDD's is a confusing one. Anandtech clears that up for you with their price guide on optical and magnetic storage.
Michael Dell has stepped down. Everyone needs a break after making too much money. Think Rollins has what it takes to improve the unsatisfactory Dell technical support?
The Rojakpots modded a 9800SE to a full fledged 9800 Pro. That's a mighty good upgrade. They go a bit further and compare it to the FX5950 Ultra. The price/performance ratio does make the mod worthwhile.
There are many new companies showing their new watercooling ideas. r&b takes a run with the new Alphacool waterkit. I say if you wanna watercool, do it right. If not, stick with aircooling.
Cooler Master has been making some fine products lately. They've stepped into the realm of power supplies. Systemcooling checks out whether it should belong in your system, as a power supply is the most important component in the PC.
Everyone has shown their liking for the new Corsair XL memory. Madshrimps takes one extra step and find out the performance on two of the top chipsets.
Looks like Adrian got his BIOS Optimizations published. He has his own book. Wow. The cover is pretty nice. "Hello everyone! Just received the updated cover for the BOG book! Take a look at it! Let me know what you think about it!
Think you've memorized the number key placements? Think again. Tontie has you pounding away. This game is freakin fun. I finally found use for my numberpad. Tontie
That's right people, the game has gone gold and will be here in almost all stores by August 5th (though some will get it earlier). PCGamer has given it a 94% in their latest issue. The game is finally here.
We were the first to review the Gigaram PC3500 sample. Seems like Simon at Overclockers Online got a hold of Rich and asked for some as well. These are very nice sticks my friend. Great performance at a decent price.
LAN Addicts have upgraded their video cards and now they don't need this one. They're giving away the Crucial Radeon 9600XT. It's an awesome card for the price...wait what price?
This thing looks spiffy. The Rojakpots have a cell phone lookin PDA. "Whats up with Smartphones? Are they mobile phones? Not really. Are they PDAs? Well, not really either. They are a fusion of mobile phone technology with PDA technology.
Secretly, I'm a big fan of Nvidia cards. I'm so happy that they're making the comeback with 6800 cards. OC-Zone has a nice blue budget card perfect for casual gamers.
With the summer heat scorching your system, why not have some better heatsinks to help cool it? InsaneTek's current contest has heatsinks available to suit your system. Got the best joke? Hurry and join. Contest Rules and Joke Submissions
ViperLair takes a look at this very nice 1GB CompactFlash stick made by Kingston. Hmm, I need a new CompactFlash stick for my Nikon 3200, but this one is a bit too expensive for my needs.
The crazy shrimps have done it again. This is one cool mod. Where do I plug my keyboard? "It's a 1/10th scale 2001 Ford Taurus Superspeedway R/C car body.
Although there are new releases of the K8T800 Pro and the nForce3 250, the K8T800 chipset still offers good performance. Lan Addict has the Albatron version that sports a new blue PCB.
Well we sure don't see this very often. r&b has a review on a wireless NIC, Belkin to be exact. I prefer Netgear myself. "Wireless.... yes got to love that word. No cables and a nice clean floor.
Silverstone makes one of the best looking cases. It's just a shame that they cost an arm with a side of legs. Systemcooling has this classy case perfect for a HTPC system. "The market for HTPC (Home Theater PC) is expanding daily.
Here's another external enclosure for hard drives. Viperlair checks out the CoolMax. You know what'll be even better than using hard drives with these? Get yourself a 2GB USB pen drive. I think Kingston retails theirs to be about $800.
Although aircooling will remain as the standard cooling, many people have moved on to watercooling for better performance. Here is a small watercooling kit that ThinkComputers have reviewed.
Shuttle sure is quick with their new SFF system. Intel just recently released the 915 chipset and Shuttle comes out with their small form. It's just a shame that it's not worth all the performance increase.
RojakPot shows you step by step how to voltmod your 9800XT to achieve higher clocks and better stability. Make sure you have some good cooling on your card before trying this.
I was bored today and realized that I haven't played the addicting helicopter game in a while. I have a screenshot of my highest score of 3300. Can you beat my score? Start The Fun
Feel the need for a massive 400gb HDD that is the first of its kind? Nuff said... "There's not much to say about the performance of Hitachi's Deskstar 7K400 other than it's competitive with anything else out there today.
I know everyone wants one of these. It's small, handy, and holds lots and lots of songs. Can you really fill it up with MP3s? I know I can. "What's even more slick is the iPod's integration with iTunes' Smart Playlists.
Here's Kingwin's version of portable enclosures. OCC has both varieties--3.5" and 5.25". I wonder if I can use a floppy? It would be nice if I could use it for a floppy.
Lan gamers are always modding and looking for lighter cases. The Rojakpots have a micro ATX case that's called the Hornet. Does it look appealing to you? "It has always been a real burden to lug a heavy tower case to LAN parties.
Thermaltake has an all-in-one kit for tuning down the noise in your computer. r&b takes a look and see if all that's included is all that great. "You guys have probably read about this Polo12 kit from Thermaltake; am I right?
Small digital peripherals are getting increasingly popular. I'm sure that someone will agree with me when I say that the small memory cards should just be one standard form. Since it's not, OCIA checks out the Vantec 8 in 1 card reader.
Systemcooling gave away 3 kits of Corsair XL. They've added a fourth kit for a lucky winner. Don't miss out. "Since we recently celebrated the 4th of July we have added a 4th kit of Corsair TwinX1024-3200XLPRO 2-2-2-5 to our giveaway.
Anandtech sees just how far they can take the available DDR2 memory. Seemed to perform a bit better than they expected. "The most amazing test results came from all the new DDR2 memories that we tested.
ATI introduced a new kind of AA called Temporal AA. It helps increase IQ if your video card can produce more than 60fps. Driverheaven has a small file to fix a problem that some people have been having.
OCZ has been focusing on the overclockers community for quite some time now. LAN Addicts bring you their new product - the perfect overclocker's power supply. What is better than external adjustable pots??
I just wanted to let you all know that Doom 3 will be here by the time QuakeCon2004 starts on August 12-15. Yes, in what has seemed like forever, it is finally on its way here.
Nvidia stepped into the motherboard realm just a couple of years ago, but only for AMD. ATI likes to oppose and went the Intel route. Looks like a pretty good integrated board, much better than the Intel graphics of course.
OCModShop takes a look at this Logitech MX510 mouse. If you want the best mouse out there, this is just about the best that it can get. I know I enjoy my MX500.
If you're running a small network in an office or something, then a printer server can come in handy. I find it useless since my printer is connected to a 24/7 PC. r&b has the belkin wireless printer server. "Ahh the future without cables!
Nvidia is certainly making a comeback with the new 6800 line. I love it when these things happen. [H] has the BFG 6800Ultra OC. BFG is known for its great tech support--an extra plus.
Corsair Memory, Inc., a global leader in ultra-performance DDR memory modules for PC gamers and enthusiasts, today announced new XMS2 5300 speed modules at low latencies.
With all the new video cards costing more than $300, are you really able to spend so much on it? Driverheaven has a comparison of a couple of low end cards that will suit your every day needs.
Overclockers Online brings you the newest addition to Philips sound cards. I used to own a couple of Philips sound cards, and I must say that they were great. Remember the acoustic edge?
RojakPot has updated their guide to include over 180 graphics cards. It's a nice library that shows the specs of just about any video card you can think of.
We were the first to introduce the ZM80D VGA cooler. Systemcooling is the first to introduce the AeroCool solution, and all fanless too. It's a shame they didn't have the Zalman to compare it to.
Who here still runs an overclocked AXP? I certainly do. My trusty JIUHB 1800+ is running nice and smooth at 2.3ghz. With AMD's new 64 bit CPUs, is it worth upgrading? I ask myself that sometimes.
Now here is something new, with a good idea behind it. r&b has an ide to usb adapter that'll make every overclocker happy. I certainly can use one of these to transfer my data before reformatting.
Farcry is the current popular game and the first to provide use for the new Shader Model 3.0. The new patch, v1.2 that allows the use of SM 3.0, does wonders with the Nvidia card. ATI fanboys should watch out for the NV40 now.
InsaneTek would like to wish you a happy July 4th. Celebrate well and safe. BBQ lots of hot dogs and burgers. Play fireworks and blow crap up. All in all have a fun and safe weekend. We all deserve it.
Here's something you don't see every day. Madshrimps does a movie on CD-Rom testing. "Nowadays the performance of a cdrom player is unimportant for the modding and oc'ing community. All those fancy graphs and numbers, who needs them!
OC-Zone has a copper block to house them noisy harddrives. Owners with Raptors will need one of these to calm those babies down. "The Smart Drive 2002C revealed a good surprise at all.
Here's part 8 of the Rojakpot's BIOS guide. Looks like they something wrong with a couple of the functions. "Thanks to Jan Kivar, I found a major mistake in the CPU Thermal-Throttling and Clock Throttle BIOS features.
Thermaltake used to be a silent heatsink contender. Nowadays, they're making everything possible. First the cigarette lighter, now light up mouse pads. OCC has the new gamma pad. Anyone like purple?
Viperlair has a quick giveaway. It doesn't last very long. Hurry and get your cool OCZ gear . "Gladiator 3 HSF for Athlon XP, Ultra 5+ (Arctic Silver 5) and OCZ T-shirt packages to 5 randomly selected forum members."
Viperlair cooled their CPU with the asetek WaterChill Kit. This new kit comes with the new Antarctica waterblock. This has no relation, but I watched a preview of Aliens vs Predator that will take place in Antarctica.
The Rojakpots are at it again with an update on the 9800pro mod guide. This time they have 4 extra pages of updates and new information. Do these mods really improve over just overclocking them?
Everyone here wants an X800 Pro. The new guys at Ratepcmods are giving one away. The contest lastest quite a long time and does require you to "work" for the prize. Check out what's for second and third place.
Need a good optical drive? Driverheaven has the new lite-ons that show performance. I wonder how much these babies cost? "For years, Lite-On has provided high-end optical storage devices to the consumer for low-end prices.
Having smaller things is always better, YES it is always better. r&b has a pretty decent small sized digital camera that'll suit your every day needs. Hey I used to have that cellphone!
The Rojakpots have update their mod guide with six new pages of information. I think this only really applies to workstation users. But hey, they said that this guide allows the modder to more than double the performance.
Need some ram? Systemcooling teamed up with Corsair to give out 3 sets of the new Corsair XL Pro memory. We also have a current contest for some Geil ram. It's certainly not as good, but the contest is more fun.
A Radeon 9550? I still use a 9500np. Is ATI going backwards? Overclockers Online has the 9550 VIVO from HIS. HIS was the first to bring out the VGA Silencer coolers.
Socket 939? Socket 775? DDR2? PCI Express? For those of you who are a little unattentive to the new tech around, take a look at Anandtech's guides on building a high end system, mid-range system, and entry level system.
Today Corsair introduced four new products in this family of ultra-fast modules. These memory modules offer the incredibly fast speeds of DDR2 5300 and the low latencies of 4-4-4-12.
Here we go again. More Corsair XL memory. Are they actually really good? They seem to be, but I don't like it. "Walk softly and carry a big stick... or two!
Having the right mouse is crucial to being the top fragger. It's also relieves wrist and palm stress, for those, um, hardcore gamers. ThinkComputers has the i-rocks mouse. Can they compete with MS and Logitech?
Seems like everyone is having a crave for the new low latency memory . The Rojakpots joins the crowd for the feast. They like the new Corsair? I'm sure they do. "Everyone is abuzz about the new Corsair ultra-low latency XL memory modules.
Driverheaven has a nice article to find out what video card is sufficient for your needs. Of course the X800XT PE would be the best, but then again who has the money to buy it?
The crazy shrimps takes one of the best waterblocks and test it against the Cool Cases CF1 v2. I've never heard of Cool Cases before. Perhaps it's good?
Driverheaven interviews Valve's director of marketing to find out more on the upcoming HL2 and CS. They've finally caught the bandit who stole the HL2 codes, so when is the game gonna be out???
I'll be needing some speakers since I'll be moving soon. My headphones just are cutting it. Viperlair introduces the new addition of quality speakers from Edifier. Hmmm...never heard of them.
OCIA took apart the newly released Foxconn A64 heatsink named the Guzzler. What did I mean by taking it apart? You'll be shocked at what you see. Shame shame shame.
Now that you've seen the fastest video cards around, the current line of CPUs seem to be our bottlenecks. So how well will our system run with it? [H] has the answers on the most common CPUs we use.
A case like this takes the fun out of modding your externals. Nonetheless it is hassle free. IMHO, it's too fancy. I like something slick and classy. "Tonite we have a case on the test bench once again.
InsaneTek is here to bring another contest giveaway. This time the prize will be 2 sticks of 256mb Geil Ultra PC3200 Platinum. The contest will end July 9th, 2004. This is a fun contest and we encourage all of you to join.
Wireless and portability seems to be the aim for a lot of companies nowadays. ThinkComputers has the new Vantec external HD enclosure. Pretty good to have if buying an external HD will burn a hole in your wallet.
I've been on OCZ's a$$ about this memory for a very long time. Unfortunately I won't be getting it. It looks like the Lan Addicts were lucky and got some. I'll have to settle with making a purchase. I deserve some right guys?
My my, everything is going wireless nowadays. r&b found a good use for this wireless DVD and video viewer. "Today it's time to look at another product from Trust. We have their wireless DVD & Video viewer on the test bench.
OCIA takes a look at what lanners and modders should spend their money on--a nice looking mousepad. It's designed for gaming, with a "light" twist. Heh, like that one? Ok nevermind.
Currently still the fastest hard drive, Systemcooling goes over the 74GB Raptor. Anandtech has already shown a peek at the new Maxtor, but the Raptor still keeps up.
Uh oh, the new Intel chipsets are already having problems. [H]ardocp has already received news about the "recall". This is certainly not a good sign for Intel.
Want an affordable hard drive with 250gb of space that runs as fast as Western Digital's 10,000RPM Raptor? There's not much to say other than Maxtor's MaXLine Plus II will probably be in your future.
OCIA has the new Vantec molex connectors. It's one of those things that case modders should definitely look into. "I inserted the molex removal tool provided in the kit.
I'm not sure that the new 775 Intel CPUs are going to be any good, but Abit has released the AS8 to support the new processor. The board is based on the current i865pe chipset.
Globalwin has been quiet in the CPU cooling department. I guess they were too busy making cool cases like this one. Systemcooling gives a look at Globalwin's new micro case. Is it just me or does the front resemble the Antec P160?
ThinkComputers.org paid a visit to the MillionMan Lan party. Those lucky guys sure got to have fun. "Well we have made it to MML3!!! Here are some pics! We will have a full article when we return.
The Cooler Master Cavalier 4 is a nice addition to have in your living room. HTPC can never look any fancier. "Cooler Master has outdone themselves, actually thinking about what would make an excellent HTPC case.
Anandtech has just put up a very interesting article which digs into why and how the new 925X chipset locks a high amount of overclocking. Is there a way around it? Find out what the boys at Anandtech found.
RojakPot tells you in detail how to voltmod that 9800 Pro you have been holding back. RojakPot proves that cooling isn't everything. I would highly recommend this to those of you who are looking to push your card to its absolute limit.
Cooler Master is not the only one with new cool looking cases. The new Thermaltake Tsunami is also catching my eye. It's classy, roomy, and provides good airflow. I drool...
Abit has now launched the AV8 based on the K8T800 Pro chipset for the new 939 A64 CPUs. Their KV8 Pro is looking mighty good nowadays. "ABIT brings a higher level of performance to the AMD platform with the release of the ABIT AV8.
Looking for a nice mouse to replace the trackpad on your notebook? Why not take a look at VirtualHideout's evaluations on this Logitech Notebook Optical Mouse Plus+?
There's a new company called Nu. Heh, I crack myself up. r&b burns some DVDs with this Nu DVD Burner. "A few months ago NU sent us their DDW-081 + dvd burner and today we have their dual DVDRW (DDW-082) on the test bench.
Abit has released some great boards in the future, all my boards are Abit boards. Their OTES is great innovation, and now they have something new. The little NB fan now helps cool the entire system. Check out the great airflow designs.
Anandtech has an article up on ATI's new HDTV Wonder. This could make a sweet entertainment system out of your rig when paired with one of ATI's TV Wonder cards. Check out their opinions on it.
Are you a hardcore gamer? If so then you should look into the Razor mice. ViperLair has one , seems pretty good. "I should point out the obvious... a piece of hardware will not convert you from a lousy gamer to a great gamer.
Adrian's Rojak Pot has an article about the missing files in your computer. Are they hidden or just bugged? "Have you ever opened up a folder in Windows Explorer, only to find all their file names have gone missing?
Here is a new motherboard for A64 users. Chaintech has been releasing some nice looking, feature rich motherboards. Is it good though? r&b gives you the results.
The [H]ard guys take a look at the new socket 775 board and CPU. It really is a shame that Intel is not making much progress. Pins in the socket rather than the CPU is a nice design, but flaws overweigh benefits IMO.
Wow, you're going to be cool if you own one of these. Overclocker Cafe has a fine Swiss army knife, that's also a USB drive! "Thumb drives are everywhere and are used as an everyday utility just as a pocket knife is.
For those who want to know what's so new about the Grantsdale and Alderwood, Viperlair has a good explanation. "Over the next several days, you'll be hearing a lot about Intel's significant upgrade to the Pentium 4 platform.
Rojak Pots have another mod guide--this time the NF7. This board is solid and better than the DFI Infinity IMO. No bios crap outs. And yes I have both and not biased. "The ABIT NF7 series of motherboards are really top-notch motherboards.
I'm Chinese myself, but these Chinese guys are just plain dirty. They play dirty and deserve no respect. Systemcooling has found out that they've been stealing content from multiple sites and releasing it as their own.
Corsair XL memory sure is getting a lot of attention. r&b samples the new low latency memory. "Tonite we have a memory kit from Corsair on the test bench.
Fremont, CA, June 17, 2004: Corsair Memory, Inc., a global leader in ultra-performance DDR memory modules for PC gamers and enthusiasts, today announced new DDR2 Value Select memory modules.
Adrian's Rojak Pot has another guide for modding your video card. This time it's beneficial for workstation people. "Want a FireGL workstation card but cant afford to pay ATIs exhorbitant prices?
Systemcooling has this in-between-aircooling-and-watercooling-heatsink. It doesn't show much promise if you ask me. Head on over and check it out yourself. "Today we are reviewing the 3R Systems Poseidon Water Cooling system.
Red and Blackness reviews this new Asetek Antarctica waterblock. This proves to be a very nice block, just about destroying the Maze 4 performance-wise. It also will work on your P4, AMD, or even your AMD64.
Viperlair got their grubby hands on the new Corsair XL memory. The new low latency has been getting a lot of attention, though I still prefer the older Winbond memory.
I'm a big fan of OCZ memory. Their PCB is pretty much the best available. The only thing coming close would be Kingston's HyperX PC3200 but that's now extinct.
Cooler Master makes some pimpin cases. I currently own 3 of them. This stacker proves to have some good airflow..but 2 exhaust fans on the bottom of the case??? "So you're looking for a new case.
Ever since the invention of optical mice, I've found mousepads to be rather useless. It causes me deaths when I frag. OCIA takes a look at this gaming mousepad that provides ample space.
InsaneTek is proud to present our first review since the launch of the site. Here's a snip: "TTIC makes a large variety of heat pipe induced heat sinks, but mainly for OEM systems.
I remember when I had my old Albatron 845 Pro. It was a solid board and paired greatly with the 2.4b I had at the time. Does this board continue the legacy? Let's see what viperlair thought of it.
Foxconn is making a big introduction for themselves recently with their budget mobos. Wait, they make heat sinks??? Look at those pretty heat pipes. "Here's where everything started to suck. Guess what folks? The fan got in the way.
Want a free keyboard? Wait that didn't sound too well, let me rephrase. Want a free keyboard that lights up? Red & Blackness is having a contest, and the prize is one spankin nice keyboard.
Adrian got to play with some pumped up Nitro ram. Those heatspreaders look cool. I'm a big sucker for looks. "SimpleTech produces memory modules as well as many other storage-related products.
I don't know about you, but there is something sweet about a $56.99 450 watt PSU with a massive 140mm fan. And the boys at virtual-hideout confirm that .
I've been looking for a PC controller to play my NFS:Underground. My USB PS controller adapter makes the game freeze. ThinkComputers takes a look at they Nyko. Maybe I should pick one up? "Do your hands get sweaty while playing games?
The folks at explosive labs have recently posted their Athlon64 Motherboard round-up. While I am going to wait for the 939 pin athlon64's, this is still worth checking out for those of you looking to pair your athlon64's with a nice board.
The Cafe boys have 1gb of Corsair memory to giveaway. IMO, Corsair makes some excellent memory, but with a high price tag. Since these are free, head on over and join in!
This looks like a very nice case that should be easy to mod. Cooler Master definitely has a winner with this case, it should attract a lot of modders who want something simple and nice to begin with.
Gigabyte is known to produce feature rich motherboards with excellent stability. The r&b boys take a look at the Gigabyte using the slightly older K8T800 chipset. "Tonite we will have a closer look at a AMD64 board that Gigabyte sent us.
ThinkComputers is giving away a pc remote. It's not hard to enter. I have no idea what you can use this for; perhaps HTPC? "Well its summer and its time to relax! What a better way to relax than with the streamzap PC remote!
Swiftech is one of the best cooling companies around. They owned everyone back in the day with their MCX462+. Our viper buddies take a look at the new A64 block.
SystemCooling has finally reviewed a Thermaltake heatsink that shows promise. That thing is HUGE! "The Petronas Towers dont have the word tower in their name for nothing; they are the undisputed tallest skyscrapers in the world.
Lian Li is certainly makes some of the finest cases around. I do have some interesting questions for their engineers though. Anyway, the Cafe boys have this classy new Lian Li V1100. It's simply beautiful.
Lan gamers are certainly going to be benefitting from this little mod. The Rojak Pot's have an article teaching you how to mod your FPIO2 header. "Many cases now come with front panels with USB ports and speaker and microphone jacks.
The next goal of optical drives is for DVD Burners, such as this Asus one from our buddies at Viperlair, to become faster and faster. I gotta get me one of these before they slap a law to make it illegal to burn DVD movies.
I've always been a fan of Albatron products. They're cheap, reliable, and still fast. The LAN Addicts take a look at the new midranged Albatron FX5700P Turbo. This card looks spiffy to me.
To start off the launch of InsaneTek.com, we are proud to have a contest giveaway. The prize is a Thermaltake Silent Boost heatsink for Socket A/370 motherboards.
As CPUs get hotter, watercooling becomes more popular. Viperlair takes a look at an affordable easy to assemble watercooling kit from Innovatek. Easy and fast but takes the fun out of building one yourself, if you ask me.
