March 22, 2005

Foxconn Winfast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS @ Viperlair

“Overall, we found the Foxconn Winfast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS a solid, yet unspectacular offering. For those who simply want a motherboard that is reasonably priced, stable and just plain works, this is a great choice. Those who live on the edge may be disappointed by the lack of enthusiasts features.”

Seems to be one of those boards that the majority picks because it’s such low priced.

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 @ Bytesector

“Maxtor is a particularly well-known name in the hard drive sector. They have brought out a number of hard drives that have introduced new and unique technologies into their product lines. In the past, I have looked at Maxtor’s original Serial ATA offering, their DiamondMax 9 hard drive, and more recently, I took a look at their native Serial ATA enterprise drive, the MaXLine III. The MaXLine III brought forth the first 16MB cache buffer I have seen. Today, I will be taking a look at Maxtor’s DiamondMax 10 which sports a 16MB cache buffer, a 7200 RPM spindle, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and capacities of up to 300GB.”

Hard drives is probably the single overlooked hardware in a top end system. Personally I prefer Seagate for performance and pure silence.

Sunbeamtech Giveaway @ SystemCooling.com
XFX geFORCE 6600GT AGP Video Card Review @ Futurelooks
NVIDIA SLI Support - Getting Better @ Hardocp
Xtrac Hybrid Mouse Pad @ HardwareHounds.com

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