Bedtime

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…

ABIT AL8 @ techPowerUp

“ABIT has engineered the AL8 for Intel Socket775 to be a good compromise between features, performance and price. Apart from the standard features, the motherboard has Gigabit Ethernet, an extra SATA controller, 8 Channel Audio and ABIT’s uGuru. We also found out why other reviewers could not overclock past 220 FSB and describe how to fix it. Our best result was 4568 MHz @ 326 FSB.”

It’s a good thing that they were able to find a way to counter the barrier of 220FSB. One thing I question is why anyone would want to increase the PCI-E bus. It just puts more stress on the video card.

On the subject of LGA775 motherboards, the Asus below is currently the best out there.

Asus P5WD2 Premium Wireless TV Edition @ Bytesector

Or if you must really need SLI, the Intel nForce4 solution is decent. I personally don’t think it’s better than Intel chipsets but the performance is great.

Epox 5NVA+ SLI NF4 Intel Edition Motherboard @ PCStats

Sunbeam Silent Anodized LED Fans @ LAN Addict
Vantec Portable USB2 Docking Station Video Review @ 3dgameman
Casebuy EZ Power Supply Tester 2 @ ThinkComputers.org
Western Digital’s Caviar RE2 hard drive @ TR
Nvidia 7800GTX Video Cards Round up- Final Update @ overclockers.co.nz
Logitech Wireless Headphones for iPod Review @ The TechZone
Notebook TV Tuner Head-To-Head @ TrustedReviews
Nokia 6822 on Orange @ TrustedReviews
Jackson Armor backup card review @ Xtreme Resources

Recovered from an Internet Archive snapshot of the InsaneTek front page.