Computer Technology of 2006
Hardware Logic :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
“Doesn’t it seem like last week we watched the ball drop on 2006? Well don’t look now, but 2007 is just around the corner and you’ve missed A LOT! Fear not, HardwareLogic is here to point out the highlights of 2006 and get you up to speed on the year’s happenings in the world of computer hardware!”
Akasa integral fusion Review
Technic 3d :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
“The Akasa integral fusion (3in1) arrived Technic3D. The external HDD Case with Backup, Cardreader and USB-Hub can you see in the following Review.”
Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 945PL Express Motherboard Review
PC Stats :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
“The Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 motherboard is an affordable Intel platform of complementary technologies for consumers on a budget. Best suited to the upcoming ‘Conroe-L’ Celeron processor, the GA-945PL-S3’s system bus runs at 800/533MHz FSB. ”
OCZ GameXStream 850 Watt Power Supply Review
Tweaknews :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
“OCZ’s GameXStream 850W power supply packs a lot of power and stability into a compact package that will make a lot of gamers and other power users very happy. Their three-year PowerSwap warranty program makes the package even more attractive. The handsome satin finish, sleeving and blue LED fan give the OCZ850GXS a very definite eye appeal and the performance is outstanding.”
Etasis ET-850 850w Power Supply Review 
OCIA :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
“The ET-850 is certified to be SLI Ready by Nvidia, and even features four PCI-Express power leads for graphics cards. It is rated for over 80% efficiency with four independent +12V outputs, and has eight Serial ATA power connectors. With plenty of power and plenty of connections, it sounds like it’s ready to take on anything available on the shelf from quad-core CPUs to SLI graphics cards with as many Serial ATA drives as you can fit in most cases.”
“You Can’t Do It Without One Or The Other” Contest Final Call Posted!
Tech ARP :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
“There’re only 3 MORE DAYS before the contest ends. If you want to get a new ASUS GeForce 7600 GT graphics card for this Christmas and New Year, what are you waiting for? There are SIX of them to be given away.
Come on in and find out how you can win one or two of these graphics cards! Join the contest now! ”
DDR2 1000 High End Ram
Tweak PC :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
DDR2 clocks higher and higher, so even PC8000/8500 are high end standard now. We took a look a three new models from G.Skill, OCZ and Supertalent.
Cooler Master CB5-7KFSA-02-GP Type II BTX Cooler Review
BTX Form Factor :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
Straight out of the box, the Cooler Master CB5-7KFSA-02-GP Type II BTX Cooler looks like it is ready to get down to business on some serious cooling. It is well built and heavy duty, and the specifications lead you to believe it will move a good deal of air to cool your CPU. Unfortunately, things aren’t always what they seem.
ASUS P5N-E SLI Review
Techgage :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
When the 680i chipset was launched last month, it proved to have exactly what the enthusiast was after. However, most of those boards range in the $250 area. ASUS has just released their new P5N-E SLI board which offers the 650i chipset. It’s a scaled down version of it’s bigger brother, but costs far less and still contains a huge punch for enthusiasts.
Antec P-180 Case Review
Missing Remote :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
“The most obvious difference in this case is the internal cavity is divided into two separate chambers. The thought is that if the items that generate the most heat can be segregated, then the overall system temperature and noise will be reduced. The upper chamber is designated for the motherboard, expansion cards, 5.25″ and some 3.5” drives. A total of three 120mm and one 80mm fans can be used to assist in the cooling of this section. The lower chamber resembles a wind tunnel and is reserved for the PSU and more hard drives. This section is cooled by a 120mm fan mounted between the PSU and hard drives. Choosing to mount the fan internally should help remove that as a potential noise source.”/
ek Waterchill Xternal Kit
Bjorn 3d :: Thursday, December 28, 2006
I was a watercooling neophyte and somewhat fearful, so I started out by reading how-to’s and tutorials on watercooling and then reviews on watercooling related products such as waterblocks or watercooling kits. After I got a feel for the basics of watercooling and what it’s all about, I began to frequent some of the hardware forums on the Internet. As my reading continued and I digested the various thoughts and opinions on watercooling techniques and equipment, my own conclusions were formulating.
Since my current motherboard uses a heatpipe on the chipset, I decided that the cooling solution provided by Asus was sufficient. And since my XFX video card’s warranty would become null and void if I modified it by adding a gpu waterblock, I decided that its cooling solution on it was sufficient as well. Finally, keeping in mind that I am lazy and that my primary goal was to cool the CPU that had become unbearably hot, I decided that an external watercooling kit was the best solution for me and that of all of the external kits, the asetek Waterchill Xternal kit would be the one that earned my hard earned dollars.
Thermaltake TMG AT3 Review
Technic 3d :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
“The new Thermaltake TMG AT3 VGA Heatsink arrived Technic3D. The next Water Cooler in the Thermaltake Line. See you in the following Review the Upgrade with Air and Water Cooling.”
SilverStone Temjin TJ09
Phoronix :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
“The SilverStone Temjin TJ09 is a beautiful chassis that offers a unique cooling design and can accommodate Extended ATX SSI motherboards. Simply put, the SilverStone Temjin TJ09 is the best ATX/EATX case we have seen in 2006 and SilverStone engineers certainly deserve props for this marvelous creation.”
ECS PN1 SLI2 Extreme Motherboard Review
Legit Reviews :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
ECS continues their trend of trying to produce enthusiast motherboards and is getting ready to release an nVidia 590 SLI motherboard for Intel users. Do they succeed with their Core 2 Duo board based on the Nvidia 590 chipset? With a simple motherboard layout and support for SLI this motherboard should be budget friendly and pack a mean punch. Let’s take a look and find out just how Extreme this board is.
Transcend Releases its New, High-Speed 1GB 200-Pin DDR2-800 Non-ECC Unbuffered SO-DIMM Memory Module
Transcend :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Transcend’s 1GB DDR2-800 Non-ECC Unbuffered SO-DIMM memory modules are engineered using 16 pcs of 64Mx8 original brand name DDR2 FBGA chips. The eight-layer PCBs used in Transcend’s modules are designed to meet the highest specifications by minimizing noise signal disturbance and enhancing overall performance. In addition, DDR2 memory chips incorporate On-Die Termination (ODT) to minimize signal reflections at higher speeds, thereby improving timing margins, which increase operating speeds. Transcend’s superior design results in better system stability and reliability, making our 1GB DDR2-800 Non-ECC Unbuffered SO-DIMM memory modules the best choice for your high performance system.
G.Skill unveils the world 1st DDR2-800 CL4-4-3-5 memory module
G.Skill :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Last week, G.Skill became the 1st company to launch DDR2-800 4GB memory module kit, today he gains another the world 1st specification owner by 2007. No matter you would like to upgrade your system or buy a new PC. F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK absolutely is your best choice.
Hard Drive Cooling: Is it Worth it?
Futurelooks :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
With all those crazy high-speed CPUs and GPUs out there, one area of cooling tends to be taken for granted or forgotten: Hard Drives. Is it worth going around and installing fans and coolers onto them to drop those few degrees? What about the noise? Let’s find out!
Swiftech Quiet Power P180 Water Cooled Case
3dgameman :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
“Swiftech has done a fantastic job at selecting and installing their water cooling components into the Antec P180 Case. The case have plenty of drive bays, fans, air filters, and sound proof side panels and front. Swiftech has used an improved version of the H20-120 premium water cooling kit. Included is the Apogee CPU waterblock, MCP350 Pump, MCR120-QP Radiator, MCRes Micro Reservoir, 3/8″ A-60 Norprene™ tubing, and Hydrx™ coolant. An excellent product that performs very well. It’s a no brainer! Watch the Video to find out more…”
Second Opinion: LapWorks – Laptop Desk 2.0
Dragonsteel Mods :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
” Laptops are great for getting work accomplished outside the desktop setting. As they have gotten more powerful, they have also become hotter. These days, if place your laptop on your lap, you may require some burn cream or an ice pack. In today’s Second Opinion review, I will review the savior of laps – the Laptop Desk 2.0. The Second Opinion series of reviews where I will re-review a product that Dracos has already reviewed so you the reader can get a different opinion, or viewpoint of the product in question. ”
Fedora Core 6 Zod LiveCD
Phoronix :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
“Out just in time for Christmas from Red Hat is the official Fedora Core 6 i386 LiveCD. Offering a LiveCD is one of the areas where the Fedora Project has lagged behind the other distributions. For some time Fedora developers had been experimenting with Kadischi but this official LiveCD was built using the Pilgrim project. The tools used to build this LiveCD have been added to Fedora Extras. Some of the features for the Fedora Core 6 Zod LiveCD is GNOME 2.16, Linux 2.6.18 kernel, and a great deal of other desktops. Overall this is a very clean and polished LiveCD with some of the best software and advancements found within Fedora 6.”
TEAM Xtreem 2x1GB PC2-6400 3-3-3-8 Overclocking
Overclockers Online :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
These PC2-6400 modules are rated for DDR800 3-3-3-8 operation with 2.2v~2.35v but I have managed much more out of them. If you haven’t heard of TEAM Group before, you are going to want to have a look.
LiteOGP2X Portable Console
CDR Info :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
This is a portable handheld device that runs on Linux and has already a big community that supports it with many free software and of course games. We take the course and examine how exactly it works, what are its true potentials and how it compares against the obvious competitor, Sony’s PSP.
SuperTalent PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory
CDR Info :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
A very fast and at the same time impressive overclocker for the DDR2-6400 category. According to our tests, the memory reached 480MHz with voltage up to 2.25V. The overclocking potentials are superb with this memory. You can either select low CL3 latency at DDR2 667 or select default timings of 4-4-3-8 and test your system’s stability.
Super Talent DDR2 T1000UX2G4 Overclocking Memory
Pro Clockers :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Super Talent’ newest overclocking ram entitled T1000UX2G4 which boasts 1000 MHz of bandwidth at some pretty impressive timing. And with new memory comes new heat spreaders. Super Talent changed from their trademark silver clothing to some sweet blue aluminum threads. So, let’s see if the latest from Super Talent is all show and some go.
Intel Core2Duo processor comparison (E6300 – X6800)
Hardware Overclock Austria :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Hardwareoverclock Austria has posted a new processor comparison. In the article we compared 5 processors of the Core2Duo series, from E6300 to x6800.
Zalman CNPS9700 NT CPU Cooler Review 
Virtual Hideout :: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
“I think it looks great, cools great, can be adjusted from silent to OMG!, and also can be easily configured to face any direction (north, south, east or west). It’s a no-brainer to award the Zalman CNPS9700 NT the Editors Choice Award!”
