Sharkoon Rainbow TC @ Phoronix
Phoronix :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Summary: “When it comes to computer case fans we generally avoid doing any articles on the subject matter due to general lack of innovation that comes by traditional case fans. Today, however, we are going to be looking at a fan that is unlike any of its competition thanks to a unique feature that allows the case temperature to be projected onto the fan blades as they spin. This fan is the 80mm Sharkoon Rainbow TC.”
Mapower MAP-H31SS 3.5″ eSATA External Enclosure
Big Bruin :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Quote: Calling this external enclosure ‘portable’ might be a bit of a stretch right now. I am pretty sure that one would not be able to take this unit to work and just plug it into any PC they find. However, if what you need is the fastest external solution available then the Mapower MAP-H31SS is the way to go, offering full hard drive speeds with a semi-portable enclosure.
Intel LaGrande Technology Explained
Hardware Secrets :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Everything you need to know about the new LaGrande Technology from Intel, which improves computer security and will be shipped on next generation Intel CPUs (Merom, Conroe and Woodcrest).
Here is a snippet: “LaGrande Technology (LT) is a new security technology that will be available on Intel’s next generation CPUs (Merom, Conroe and Woodcrest) to be released in 2006. In this tutorial we will explain its main features and how they work.”
Intel ‘Black Creek’ 955X Motherboard @ Viperlair
ViperLair :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
“Should you get this if you already have a 925X or 925XE board? Probably not, unless Dual Core support is important to you. If you don’t already have a 925X or 925XE board then you may as well start at the top with a 955X. However think carefully, as while this is a good board, you will likely find more features and accessories with a slightly more expensive, or even cheaper third party manufacturer 955X boards.”
The Future of Computer Memory: 2GB+ @ Legit Reviews
Legit Reviews :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
“The old 32-bit processors that we all loved such as the Intel Pentium 4 and the AMD Athlon XP, could not address more than 4GB of memory. While this was an issue the move to 64-Bit computing did away with those concerns. Did you know that the current Intel Pentium 4 (EM64T) and AMD Athlon 64 (AMD64) desktop computer processors can handle 1024GB (1 Terabyte) of memory…”
News Flash – The Amazing Samsung SPP-2020 Digital Photo Printer Reviewed
Futurelooks :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Surprisingly for a printer this small and so economically priced the 4×6 pictures that spit out of the unit are unbelievable. Obviously if you use a crappy camera then you will get a crappy picture. Remember, garbage in garbage out. I printed some photos taken with my Nikon DSLR and the pictures that came out were amazing! You really couldn’t tell it was digital!
Corsair Flash Voyager 4GB @ Viperlair
ViperLair :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
“Be it slipping on to a shampoo bottle while taking a bath (I didn’t see it, honest!), or dropping something while stepping out of the car, let’s face it, accidents happen. If you’re accident prone, the Flash Voyager is for you. In the case of the Corsair Flash Voyager 4GB, it has plenty of capacity and speed for both the clumsy and cautious folks.”
PCMech: Kudos and Calamities: The Death of NetBurst
PC Mechanic :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
The cause of Intel’s troubles can be traced back to two events in the past two and a half years. The first occurred in September 2003, when the AMD Athlon 64 came onto the scene. The Athlon 64 wasn’t perfect, and chipset support was spotty at first, but it offered performance on par with Northwood P4s in many applications, most notable games.
Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 @ InsaneTek
InsaneTek :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
“Nvidia has introduced a new chipset called the C51 and sports a low end Geforce 6150 graphics solution with HDTV support. Gigabyte’s has done a good job with their offering, providing a TV-out connector on the motherboard iteself.”
CoolJag JFK-1 Heatsink @ Pro-Clockers
Pro-Clockers :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Quote: CoolJag is known around the industry as a popular replacement for OEM heatsinks as well as providing for excellent 1U and 2U cooling solutions. But today they have sent us a sample product aimed at performance cooling. One that is in hot pursuit of the enthusiast market. The JFK-1.
Highpoint RocketRAID 2220 PCI-X SATA-II Controller
TweakTown :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
“Today we are looking at what could be the last of the PCI-X based SATA-II controllers to see the light of day. Here we have on our test bed the Highpoint RocketRAID 2220 PCI-X SATA-II controller card for the server environment. Let’s find out what it has to offer.”
Centon Advanced A2X512S26400LL 1GB Dual Channel Kit @ InsaneTek
InsaneTek :: Thursday, December 22, 2005
“Centon is back with another Advanced memory. This time it caters to the needs of Intel users. Using the great Micron fatbody D9s, the Advanced PC2-6400 looks to be a sexy winner.”
ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin’ Trails @ Bytesector
Bytesector :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
“The ATV Offroad series comes to PSP and makes an extremely good first impression with both realistic graphics, and a full load of tracks and challenges to keep anyone who is a fan of offroad racing on their toes for hours. This game is quite effective in using the sheer power that the PSP packs in its hardware. The bikes, tracks, and riders are all animated to be equal or better then what it would look on PS2 in its both sharpness and fluidity. At first glance, this game may look like a regular racing game, but as you start off on the first course, you will find that it is completely unrelenting for inexperienced racers. The game does not really give you any margin for error; you will be punished for any jumps that are taken too fast or slow because you will land in a bad position. The game really pushes for realistic physics, making it quite difficult to play on the go. While riding on the bus, I had a lot of problems with minute steering adjustments to avoid crashes and going off the track. Overall, this is a fun game to play, but like all PSP games at this point, it is plagued with long load times. It takes about 30 to 40 seconds to load a map, giving you extended periods of downtime, which really isn’t a good thing for a handheld system.”
Silverstone Zeus ST56ZF 560W
Overclockers Online :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Quote: When it is all said and done, the SilverStone Zeus ST56ZF is a very solid offering. The package is top notch with very little chance of damage being done to the unit during any amount of transport and the power supply inside is just as good. In addition, the quality of the cables is excellent, with clean heatshrinking and artistic cable tying. Another nice feature of this power supply is that the length of the cables should allow this power supply to be used inside of any case no matter how big. If you noticed in the testing photo I have the power supply a good 6 inches lower than the desk that the motherboard is sitting on and the cables reach to all connections on it quite easily. The cables are also quite easy to maneuver, twist, and bend in order to go where you want.
Thermaltake Shark Case Review @ GruntvillE.com
GruntvillE :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
VIZO Master Panel @ Techniz
Techniz.co.uk :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Intel Centrino DDR2 Investigation @ Phoronix
Phoronix :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Summary: “In our previous piece yesterday, we had covered the performance benefits of using a 16MB cache on 2.5-inch mobile devices compared to the traditional 8MB capacity and overall we were pleasantly surprised by our penguin findings. Today we are going to be looking again at mobile memory performance under Linux but rather than the form of permanent storage, we are examining various memory configurations and its effect on the Pentium M performance. In this article we will be testing the system in 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB DDR2 PC2-4200 configurations.”
GT Legends review @ DH
Driver Heaven :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
“The game is modeled after FIA-GTC racing, a popular vintage racing series in Europe. Although the cars are old, the settings are not, and you night feel like you are in a bit of a time warp sitting in your 1965 Shelby GT350, while the LCD screen of the lap timer ticks away on the dash. The courses are modern as well, and you will drive on many dedicated road courses that were not in existence in the 60’s, and others, such as the Nurburgring, which have been entirely reconfigured since these cars had their heyday.”
(Motherboards) Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS – OEM monster takes on channel
TweakTown :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
QUOTE: “We have with us here today one of the latest motherboards from Foxconn with the very tongue twisting name of the Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS. Not the easiest motherboard model to remember off the top of your head but does let us know straight away that it utilizes the nVidia C51 chipset utilizing the onboard 6150 graphics controller along with it being for the K8 or Athlon 64/FX/X2 line up. Foxconn might want to re-think their naming convention as it’s not really a practical naming scheme – can you imagine going into a computer store and trying to memorize the model number? No, we didn’t think so.”
D`zign DV-5 3.2MP Digital Video Camera @ ThinkComputers.org
Think Computers :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Planex Communication Bluetooth Stereo Headset BT-01HSS
Hardware Zoom :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
PimpRig Review // Coollaboratory Liquid Metal – Thermal Interface Material
PimpRig :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
“I was shocked when I pulled the cap off the syringe and saw that the needle was still there. I had no idea how the thermal interface material could get through an opening that small until I pressed the plunger slightly over the CPU. A drop of the material came out with no problem and sat there like a ball on the CPU. It was at that point that I got a little nervous since it looks just like Mercury. But then I had to think, “What company, whether in their right mind or not, would sell Mercury on eBay?””
Beginners Guides: Dual OS Installation of WindowsXP 32-bit/64-bit
PCStats :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
“To most people, the logical answer is to install Windows XP x64 Edition while still keeping XP 32-bit intact on the system. This allows you to mix and match the two operating systems, avoiding software failure and discovering which is best for each application and game. While this is a bit of a drain on hard drive space, it’s more than worth it in terms of frustration avoided. It’s also easy to do, and in this short guide, PCSTATS is going to show you how to go about creating your 64-bit/32-bit XP dual installation.”
GT Legends Review (PC)
Driver Heaven :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The game is modeled after FIA-GTC racing, a popular vintage racing series in Europe. Although the cars are old, the settings are not, and you night feel like you are in a bit of a time warp sitting in your 1965 Shelby GT350, while the LCD screen of the lap timer ticks away on the dash. The courses are modern as well, and you will drive on many dedicated road courses that were not in existence in the 60?s, and others, such as the Nurburgring, which have been entirely reconfigured since these cars had their heyday.
Vantec Mach 1 MP4-7015-FC Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Frosty Tech :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
“There are heatsinks made for low noise computing, for overclocking, and then there are those built at an affordable price point which try to do both. The Vantec Mach 1 heatsink is such a heatsink; it’s inexpensive and includes a sliding fan speed controller which adjusts the fan from 2800-to-3800RPM. The Vantec Mach 1 heatsink is compatible with sockets 478/754/939/940 thanks to a retention frame that accomodates both AMD Athlon64 and Intel Pentium 4 heatsink mounting spaces.”
NHJ MPM-201 30GB MPEG4 Personal Video Recorder
Big Bruin :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Quote: The video playback is one of the biggest reasons to get the MPM-201. If you select the “My Movies” icon from the main menu, you will be provided a list of the videos you have on the unit. These are all done by filename, and you can have them in sub-folders if you’d like. You can easily move any DivX 5 or MP4 video to the unit, simply by dragging it to a folder under “My Movies”.
Editorial: Game Copy Protection – Part 2: The UbiForce
Virtual-Hideout :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Quote: “Since we learned that StarForce puts a new layer of drivers onto a computer, which controls all your IDE drives (hence some people not being able to see their drives when StarForce is installed), I decided to run the uninstaller on my own system and see if that made any sort of difference. Well, the difference was night and day.”
News – HEC Win Power 480W PSU
Techniz.co.uk :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Thermaltake Big Typhoon @ Pro-Clockers
Pro-Clockers :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Quote: Our next review product has been the talk of the forums and enthusiast community since its release a few months back. The Thermaltake Big Typhoon has been talked about in many ways. First, it has been named by many has the best cooler on the market today. Some even say it outperform alot of the mid range water cooling setups. With words like this been thrown around how could I pass up a chance to review it.
Bigbruin.com Review: Corsair XMS TWINX2048-4000PT 2GB Dual Channel DDR
Big Bruin :: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Quote: Corsair produces some of the finest memory in the world; this time around they have prepared us for the future by releasing a matched set of RAM modules totaling 2GB. This is some nice stuff… The XMS TWINX2048-4000PT ran smoothly at its rated speed and managed to gain a little overclock without much effort.
