FireWire Networking Article
Voided Warranty :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“I was looking for an alternative to the standard 10/100 ethernet networking that would provide a substantial speed increase and would offer some added security to my network. I do a lot of video editing and transferring of large files across the network and figured that a FireWire network would fit the bill.”
Enermax CS-10181 Server Chassis
I Am Not a Geek :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“The Enermax CS-10181 is a very well designed case that incorporates many features that one would look for in a high end case that might carry a price tag higher than $84.99 from Xoxide. The quality is unquestionable, and the use of the term “heavy duty” is appropriately used to describe the CS-10181. Its a sleek, stylish case that is spacious enough to provide room for all of your drives and peripherals easily.”
Matrix Orbital MX212
Monkey Review :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
The next couple of projects we worked on dealt with the high powered GPO’s. After connecting the 12v floppy drive connector coming from the PSU and ensured that the jumper on the LK202-24-USB was set to 12v and not 5v we connected a few CCFL lights to the 12v GPO’s and a few LED’s to the 5v GPO’s. Once this was completed we booted up our system and did a little testing to ensure things were working fine. After the install was completed and things were checking out properly we configured the LK202-24-USB to flash the CCFL lights with one button push, then to keep them on solid with a second button push, and then finally turn them off with a final push. We also configured the LED’s to turn on once our CPU reached a certain temp (46c). Of course, we also settled with a few plug-ins of choice, those being Motherboard Monitor 5, and Winamp 3………
PlanetSide for the PC
Futurelooks :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“What does Sony Online Entertainment have up their sleeve? Well, they just lifted their Non-Disclousure Agreement (NDA) on their latest Massive Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter!! (MMOFPS) Here is a small preview of things to come…”
Xoxide 6 Port Baybus
8Balls Hardware :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Heres a look at a 6 port baybus from Xoxide. Having some way to control all those fans in your heavily overclocked system is a necessity. Why have all that blaring fan noise in your ears 24/7? Why not have them turned down when you don’t need that extra cooling power?
FrozenCPU Dual Voltage 3.5” Baybus
GruntvillE :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“It wasn’t too long ago when a baybus was the top-of-the-line case mod you could do. The concept was simple, put some toggle switches in a drive bay to control all the lights and fans you were putting in your system. The concept was refined and improved over time until now when we have professionally manufactured units that can supply adjustable dual voltage with dual color LEDs to indicate which is being supplied. The only problem with them is that they are all built to fit in a 5.25” drive bay, and with the advent of systems with multiple optical drives, there just aren’t enough bays to go around. Well, the good folks at FrozenCPU.Com have come to the rescue with a 3 port unit that fits in a 3.5” drive bay, you know, the one under the floppy drive you never use anymore.”
CritiCool PowerPlant PCI Relay Card
MODTHEBOX! :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“One of the new unique products released by CritiCool Solutions is a new PCI Relay Card called the PowerPlant. The purpose of the PowerPlant is to act as a standard solid state relay to switch AC based current into conventional DC current. The relay allows 12 volt powered devices such as fans, controllers, and internal coolers to feed DC devices directly. By default this product can handle power conversions for 110VAC/220VAC and includes a 12v external power cable, two position toggle switch and an external 4-pin Molex connector for powering fans outside of a case.”
Bios Optimization Guide Revision 7.6
Tech ARP :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“Ever peeked into the BIOS and got your brains scrambled with all the mumbo-jumbo? Maybe it’s time to check out the most comprehensive guide on BIOS options! Currently in Revision 7.6, the Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide from Adrian’s Rojak Pot now covers 190 different BIOS options!”
Intel i875P Canterwood Platform
Hexus :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“The Canterwood, in summary, gives the P4 a definitive performance advantage of its arch-rival. It’s also both faster and more feature rich than the present Granite-Bay motherboard. High performance has never been so easy to obtain, albeit at some cost. The pricing of retail Canterwood boards isn’t yet known, but we hope that with 4-layer construction the price isn’t on the wrong side of £150. Expect them to ship soon, as should a number of 200FSB P4s.”
Kool Cases Minion Case Review
Think Computers :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“Ever since I have been attending lan parties I have seen this case. It seems like a very popular case, although it is not aluminum. It looks very stylish, so lets see what special features we can find out about this case, and what it offers.”
Lian Li PC75 Review
OCIA :: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
“The rear view of the case below shows the glow of the UV sensitive fans quite clearly. I like the layout of the case. The two exhaust fans below the power supply and the two above the power supply were modded by So-Trick. I wanted the stock fan exhaust grills cut out to a clean 80mm hole. In my opinion this looks much better and provides less obstruction for exhaust from the fans.”
ABIT BH7 Review
Nexus Hardware :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“ABIT has been a longstanding provider of quality retail products. More specifically, they are a longstanding provider of quality overclocking products. Their much hyped BH7 board has landed on our test beds, and hopefully this 845PE product will continue to meet the enthusiast’s standards. The BH7 is built around the idea that minimalist features results in maximal performance. Nary a RAID controller, nor support for IEEE 1394 (firewire) can be seen. Contrary to some of the ABIT Max series, the BH7 has the traditional PS/2, serial, and parallel ports.”
JMC 400074 Skyjet 70 Radial Fin Heatsink Review
Frosty Tech :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“Just when you thought the “Orb” heatsink was dead, done and long since buried JMC revive life back into the design. This orb-like cooler goes by the name Skyjet 70, and it is now technically called an “extruded radial fin heatsink.” Capitalizing on the technology invented by Agilient long ago for the Arcticool heatsink, the JMC 400074 is a high volume adaptation that takes the best of “dual-pass airflow architecture,” and puts it in a package ready for use on socket 478 Pentium 4 or socket 603/604 Xeon processors. The unit we tested was configured for socket 478 processors incidently. From our standpoint the visual similarities between this radial heatsink and the obs of long ago are pretty superficial. Thermaltakes’ orbs used very shallow fins, bent at an angle. This heatsink is designed more appropriately with 21mm deep fins. The main difference is that the area below the 67mm diameter fan impeller is not solid – it’s pure fin. The fan is also actually mounted to the base, but we’ll step over that point altogether for the moment.”
ThermalTake Xaser III Super Tower Review
SystemCooling :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“ThermalTake has recently upgraded their line of tower cases to include the new and improved Xaser III series with the V2000A Aluminum Super Tower shown here, being their top of the line model.”
Exclusive Tt SubZero-4G AMD TEC Heatsink Review
Overclocker Café :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
Again, the SubZero4G is a pleaser. While it didn’t beat the SLK-800 out in raw performance it did get right there, like hair in a biscuit. The VERY obvious thing during testing was the sound level. The Tt Smart Fan 2 shod SLK was hitting my ears at every bit of 48 dBA while the SubZero4G was just noticeable.
Sunbeam Tech Acrylic Case Review
GideonTech :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
GideonTech takes a look at the acrylic case offering from CCFL giant, SunbeamTech. The look of CCFLs light in this case is blinding…
Windows XP Update Editorial
Tech ARP :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“Lo behold! Microsoft has a whole load of patches for its operating systems on April Fool’s Day. No, it is NOT a joke!”
Fortis C104L CPU Cooler
Think Computers :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“It has been a while since we have looked at a Fortis cpu cooler. Today we will be looking at the Fortis C104L. This is a very attractive cpu cooler. It comes with a quad LED fan, but LED fans are not known for their cooling, they are known for style. So lets see if this cooler has what it takes to be attractive as well a effecient.”
TDK MP-100 DJ Style Headphones Review
Futurelooks :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“So TDK makes headphones? Wow. Didn’t know that…till now! TDK fired us a set of their DJ Style headphones and asked us to check them out and rate them based on what they were. We didn’t disclose of the phones until the end so our reviewer was very impressed when we told them they only cost $24.99 USD.”
KG8850 Case Review
Furioustech :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“This is the latest offering from TRADEX Information Technology, the KG8850 computer case. For those ecomony minded people out there, this steel case has lots of room inside and is fairly stylish! It has it’s good points and bad points, so you will have to read on and find out what I thought of this case. Could this be the new home for your compuiter parts? You will have to read for yourself.”
Noiseblocker Adjustable “Silent” Fans
Short-Media :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“Silent” cooling fans are not a new idea. The stereotype exists that low dB(A) fans mean pitiful cooling performance. You may think that a silent PC is only for those who have the processor toil lazily away at word processing. Will 3 hours of all-out gaming send silent fans scurrying back to the place they quietly came from? Silence is golden and Noiseblocker put three of their Ultra Silent Fans on the table to see if we could still hear ourselves think while keeping our cool.
Shuttle nForce2 XPC Review
TweakTown :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“With the push towards the Small Form Factor PCs today its hard to choose from the lineup that is evergrowing. Shuttle started the SFF trend with the XPC line, and has continued to do so. Today Cameron “Sov” Johnson takes a look at the Shuttle SN41G XPC System. How does it fair? Take a look for yourself!”
Cooler Master ASC-V73 Aero 7 CPU Cooler review
Tech ARP :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“What do you get when you mate a high-speed blower and a pure copper heatsink with skived fins? The brand new Cooler Master ASC-V73 Aero 7 is what you get! Come on and read all about this innovative cooler from Cooler Master. It will literally BLOW you away!”
Antec TrueControl 550 watt Power Supply review
TweakTown :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“With all of the new goodies coming out all the time, the concept of using that old 250 watt power supply just doesn’t work anymore. Come join Mike “Darthtanion” Wright as he takes a look at a solution to this problem; namely, the Antec TrueControl 550 watt PSU. Not only does it have power to spare, it also includes some features that truly set it apart from the competition. Come see for yourself!”
JMC 400124 Phoenix 60 Radial Fin P4 Heatsink Review
Frosty Tech :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“Shiny aluminum always gets my attention, even when it’s in circular form. JMC Products have recently released a few heatsinks on this same design guideline, and the JMC 400124 continues the Pentium 4 cooling tradition well while keeping acoustic noise at around 47 dB. The heatsink arrived for our testing with a full set of blueprints which gives us some detailed insight into the construction and manufacturing requirements applied to JMC’s heatsinks. For example, the fan here is spec’d out at 100K hours MTBF. Based on similar techniques which were used by Agilent Technologies for their Arcticooler heatsinks a while back, the JMC 400124 Phoenix 60 even carries the same logo. The original Agilent heatsink was made for socket 370 Pentium III processors, but this version is intended for use with socket 478 Pentium 4’s or even Socket 603/604 Xeons. The unit we tested was configured for socket 478.”
Crucial PC3200 DDR400 256MB Memory Review
PCStats :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“A division of Micron, Crucial.com have been selling JEDEC-spec memory directly to the public since 1996. Since then they have built up an extremely good reputation for themselves. In any case, on with today’s look at some special engineering sample Crucial PC3200 DDR. After JEDEC approved the PC3200 standard in Dec. 2002, manufacturers began the rush to not only get their DDR400 memory compliant, but also to encourage support within mainstream computer manufacturers like Intel. It seems the memory manufacturers are having a hard time with the JEDEC PC3200 standard, most compliant PC3200 memory use extremely relaxed memory timings as is the memory we’re testing today. By default, the Crucial PC3200 DIMM’s run with 3-4-4-8 memory timings at 2.5V and each stick of memory uses 16x 128Mbit Micron DRAM which have a 5ns rating.”
The Extreme Computer Mod
ViperLair :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“The reason I took on this project was because I wanted a custom computer that was unique. I started by looking for a suitable AMP shell. Why? Think about it. It is basically a giant heat sink. I wanted a thermally stable, stream lined, small case. Also, it must have a lot of eye-candy!”
pcToys MobileMaxx Aluminum HD Rack with LCD
XtReMoDs :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“A hard drive rack is a device that allows you to remove your hard drive and put it into another computer. By storing your files on a hard drive that is in a hard drive rack you can bring the files you use at work, home. You could also use a hard drive rack to swap out operating systems. If you setup one hard drive for you and all your important documents; then setup a different hard drive just for the kids, then you wont have to worry about your kids messing anything up. Any reason why you would need a hard drive rack would be the right reason to check out the MobleMaxx Aluminum HD Rack.
Some of the reasons you will want to use a hard drive rack is to have quick access to your hard drive, security, or hot swap abilities. You would expect all of this to be incorporated in a boring beige box with one of those flimsy handles on them. Now we can expect to see the best of the best in looks and performance.”
Plextor PX-504A DVD+R/RW CD-R/RW review
Monkey Review :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“have mixed feelings when it comes to this drive. On one hand you have an amazing new technology that allows you backup your data on one or two DVD+R’s quickly. You also have the ability to create movies to play on a stand alone DVD player so you can watch your movies on the big screen. But, with the DVD+R/+RW standard there comes the pitfall of a more expensive media and a lower compatibility than the DVD-R/-RW standard. For this review I was able to purchase DVD+R media but was unable to easily find a DVD+RW disk to use.”
FlexiGlow EL Cable & Standard Cold Cathode Kit Review
MODTHEBOX! :: Thursday, April 10, 2003
“Branching off the end of the inverter box is a total of 5 wires, an ON/OFF/Flash switch used to toggle modes. A dimmer knob is used to control the level of brightness of the FlexiGlow Cable and a power connection which plugs into a Molex Adapter. Two quick snap cables are designated for attaching combined lengths of FlexiGlow from 1 to 10 meters. Exceeding this limit will damage the inverter. FlexiGlow also emphasizes that the inverters and EL cable are designed for exclusively indoor usage.”
