[News] Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Heatsink Review @Virtual-Hideout
Virtual-Hideout :: Friday, January 06, 2006
Quote: ” I think the Freezer 64 Pro is a great cooling heatsink and if you’re having cooling problems on your AMD socket 939 cpu, it’s worth the cash. However be aware of the issues I’ve raised in this review concerning the installation issue where I had to mod it to fit with my hardware ”
OCZ’s new phase-change cooler
Hexus :: Friday, January 06, 2006
OCZ, best known for their high performance RAM products, is entering the performance cooling market with its new phase-change cooler, the Cryo-Z. HEXUS can exclusively reveal details on the new product.
ASUS A8N32-SLI Overclocking with Corsair and OCZ
TweakTown :: Friday, January 06, 2006
QUOTE: “The chances are you own one of these motherboards if you’re into getting the absolute most out of your Athlon processor. Today we will be having a closer look at the A8N32-SLI Deluxe – the latest bad boy to hit the ASUS motherboard line up – and what it is capable of when it comes to overclocking. VGA performance was a bit all over the shop when we looked at the board last time but this time our emphasis will be more concentrated on low resolution benchmarking along with programs that concentrate more on the motherboard/chipset side of things. Last time we didn’t get a chance to look into overclocking because we only had the motherboard in our labs for 24 hours but now it’s a resident in the labs and we’ve had plenty of time to get down and dirty with it.”
New Flash – CES 2006 Day 1: CES Unveiled!
Futurelooks :: Friday, January 06, 2006
Futurelooks is back again in Las Vegas, Nevada to cover the International Consumer Electronics Show AKA CES! Our first day at the show took us to the CES Unveiled event at the Sands, giving press members only a glimpse into what was in store for the coming days.
How Manufacturers Test Heatsinks & Thermal Compound
Frosty Tech :: Friday, January 06, 2006
“Have you ever wondered how a heatsink manufacturer tests its new heatsinks to ensure what you buy will do the job? AMD and Intel each do it a little bit differently, and the methods of each respective microprocessor manufacturer change with each successive CPU class. It’s rare for any heatsink manufacturer to show off the test platform used for validating prototype heatsinks, but at a recent trade show in Taipei, FrostyTech was shown one such platform for Intel Pentium 4 LGA775 heatsinks.”
I-Star D-Storm Series Rackmount Server Case 3U Review
Madshrimps :: Friday, January 06, 2006
Quote: “It’s always a pleasure to review equipment that you never have tested before, certainly if you have just the right setup lying around. A heavy storage server in 3U rack housing? I-Star’s D-300 believes it can be done!”
Cooler Master Stacker 830
SystemCooling :: Friday, January 06, 2006
snip: When Cooler Master released the original Stacker STC-T01 about a year and a half ago, it created quite a stir. It was attractive, roomy (11 drive bays), sturdy, cooled well, and had unparalleled flexibility in that it was the first case on the market that offered support for both the ATX and BTX platforms. It was good enough to garner a Systemcooling Seal of Excellence, as well as runner-up honors for case of the year for 2004. Cooler Master has since released a couple revised versions, such as the Stacker 810, which is a more server-oriented case, and the Stacker 820, which is BTX-only, but everything else has more or less stayed the same. When it came time for a new Stacker model this around though, Cooler Master was not satisfied with just a minor revision. In fact, they built an entirely new case from the ground up with an eye toward eliminating the deficiencies of the original Stacker, plus adding even more of the massive amounts of case goodness offered by the original. The result of this redesign is the new Cooler Master Stacker 830. We’ll find out if all this time and effort by the folks at Cooler Master has resulted in something special.
Zalman ZM460-APS Noiseless Switching Power Supply Review
OCIA :: Friday, January 06, 2006
Movie Advance GBA Movie Player
DPReview :: Friday, January 06, 2006
One of the major benefits of the PSP is that it can play mpeg 4 format movies (albeit with a tedious conversion and some format restrictions) and despite quotes coming from Nintendo that they were happy to focus solely on the gaming potential of their consoles there was a limited release in Japan some months ago of an official video add-on for the Nintendo DS. This official add-on is hard to acquire and is also quite expensive however with some searching on the net it became known to us that you could buy third party players that were compatible with Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS.
Sansun Thermal Monster Fan Controller Review @ Bjorn3D
Bjorn3D :: Friday, January 06, 2006
I hate fan noise. Maybe it is because I am getting old, but I no longer can stand having several fans spinning loudly in my case. At the same time, I need those fans to keep all my components cool. The solution? A fan controller of course. Today, I am testing the Sansun Thermal Monster fan controller.
Bigbruin.com Review: Thermalright V1 Ultra VGA Cooler
Big Bruin :: Friday, January 06, 2006
Quote: Silence is golden, except when it is a nickel plated combination of copper and aluminum, as in the case of the Thermalright V1 Ultra VGA Cooler. It was unfortunate the fan intended to be used on the V1 Ultra interfered with the system’s CPU cooler, but the performance was still quite impressive. Head to head with a VGA cooler designed to be passive, the fanless V1 Ultra came out the winner in thermal testing.
Corsair COOL Water Cooling Kit Review @ Bjorn3D
Bjorn3D :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Today, we take a look at the COOL by Corsair water cooling kit. This is Corsair’s second water cooler after the very successul Hydrocool, and we are going to see if the new COOL is going to be just as successful.
Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
PC Modding Malaysia :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Content: “Having said that the previous generation Freezer was having tough time keeping dual core processors cool, Arctic Cooling went back into their labs and came up with a juiced up version of the Freezer. Dubbed as Freezer Pro, the CPU cooler now comes with triple 6-way copper heatpipes, larger aluminium fins and a very innovative cooling fan design with suspension. Supporting only Intel socket LGA775 (Freezer 7 Pro) and AMD socket 754/939/940 (Freezer 64 Pro), the Freezer Pro is targeted towards high-end dual core desktop processors and hardcore overclockers. Read the full review to know more about Arctic Cooling’s latest heatpipe CPU cooler.”
Asetek WaterChill Xtreme 12V Pump-Reservoir Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
PC Modding Malaysia :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Content: “Overall the Asetek WaterChill Xtreme 12V Pump-Reservoir is a great pump for water cooling. It has good performance and high flow rate. Besides that it comes with great software to monitoring and controlling the pump, fan, temperature thus this feature is yet to be seen on other water cooling pumps. However its price is our main concern because it costs a whopping USD130 / RM500! Add another 50 bucks more and you can get a complete water cooling kit for that price. Anyway we still recommend it to you if you are on the look for the best water cooling pump, in terms of performance and design. It’s totally up to you to decide if it’s worth to spend that much on a pump alone.”
TalkBack: Intel’s Viiv Campaign: Here’s to Good Timing!
Designtechnica :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
“Yes, the PC stalwarts have been banking on this vision for sometime, only to be disappointed (as has the entire digital home industry). One of the primary inhibitors to this vision, however, was the lack of compelling Internet-based media content. If you are trying to encourage the masses to view their home PC as an entertainment device, then you must (at minimum) offer them content that they consider compelling. Without such content, PC-based entertainment has been relegated to an early adopter or niche market.”
Link:
http://news.designtechnica.com/talkback94.html
OCZ 1024MB EL Gold GX XTC PC3500 Dual Channel DDR
Big Bruin :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Quote: OCZ has come up with the best looking RAM ever. The XTC heatspreader should be able to provide better cooling just due to the fact that more air can get into and around the metal structure. The low latency will give incredible bandwidth to the folks who do not overclock, and will also aid the individuals looking to see just how far they can push 1 GB of RAM.
SmartPC Software Review @ The TechZone
The Tech Zone :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Unlike humans, computers may have many lives. All you need to do is to format your hard drive and install the system from scratch. However, this is not a good solution. By formatting your disks, you lose all your installed programs, preferences and system integrity. Is there another solution? If you need a personal medic for your computer to provide required treatment without killing the patient first, you may want to give SmartPC from SmartPCTools a try. It’s an all-in-one medicine package for your system.
[Phoronix] Kanotix v2005-04
Phoronix :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Summary: “Just before the clock struck midnight on December 31, the German developers of Kanotix released their v2005-04 Linux build. Contained in this release is the Linux kernel 2.6.14.5, X.Org 6.8.2 (with support for X.Org 6.9), KDE 3.4.3, and a wealth of other updates, patches, and new implementations. However, what has everyone talking about Kanotix is its superb hardware detection and auto-configuration abilities on all sorts of i686 and x86_64 hardware for being a LiveCD with HDD installer support. Being Linux-based hardware connoisseurs we couldn’t help but to take Kanotix v2005-04 for a test drive.”
News – Spire DigiPanel II
Overclockers Online :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Quote: Aesthetically, the panel is very pleasing to the eye and will compliment the look of any case, regardless of color. The shiny aluminum and the large knob, paired with a large blue-backlit LCD panel, are very futuristic. Some features I would have enjoyed if Spire had included them with the DigiPanel II are the ability to store different configurations and the ability to turn fans off completely.
PQI Memory Intelligent Stick Pro 170 512MB
PCStats :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
“The pictures do not do the PQI Intelligent Stick Pro 170 justice, it’s a really low profile solution. The adaptor basically acts as a docking station for the Intelligent Stick Pro 170, essentially converting the connector into the standard male USB jack we’re all familiar with. It’s not absolutely necessary to use the adaptor because the low profile connector works just fine with existing female USB jacks on its own. The adapter can be used as a handy storage bay, and keeps the PQI Intelligent Stick Pro 170 safe from physical damage. The PQI USB drive itself is also pretty rigid in spite of its mini-size.”
Picasa
PC Mechanic :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
For this week’s FreewareFrenzy, I’m going to take a look at Picasa 2. Picasa is free software offered by Google for organizing and editing photos. I do not have many photos, but what I do have is hardly organized, more accurately described as haphazardly strewn about my hard drive. Picasa makes it easy to find all of those images, categorize them, and then edit, share, upload, burn, etc. So let’s examine it.
Kingwin SK-523 Case Review
Overclocker Café :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Kingwin’s mounting of the case’s lighting in such a way with a standard CCFL allows the end user to customize their case’s lighting color with ease. All they need is another color light and 60 seconds in which to do the swap. The other thing that comes to mind is the external rheostat. That it is specifically designed to control a secondary three pin fan shows me that the Kingwin people aren’t simply stamping out cases to bring to market, they are truly putting a good amount of practical thought into their design and production.
DFI nF4 SLI-DR Expert @ t-break
t-break :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
“DFI has also added some space between the two PCI-E x16 slots which is also good in two ways. Firstly, it allows more room between the VGA cards and secondly there is enough space between the slots to not allow either of the Video cards to be over the chipset fan. This was a problem with the original board where the graphics cards game right above the chipset fan and if you weren’t careful, the card could actually touch the fan and block it from spinning.”
Antec Neo HE 500W Power Supply @ ThinkComputers.org
Think Computers :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Intel ‘Paxville’ Xeon DP 2.8GHz
Hexus :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Less than 4GiB/sec to share between the better-performing four cores is pretty measly, with each Opteron core enjoying roughly twice that with interleaved accesses to a shared MC on 2-way dual-core Opteron. Downstream from the MCH, if you want to do any I/O, there’s not much of a link to the ICH5R, itself really old, and only the PCI-X segment bridge gets any real bandwidth deserving of a high-end workstation system.
Coolmax CN-550 Network Attached Storage Device Evaluated
Hi-Techreviews :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
If you are a smart IT manager, you know the benefits of using a shared Network Attached Storage Device (NAS) in lieu of using several large hard drives in numerous computers just to hold the same material. For the home user this device can be used to stream movies or MP3s to their HTPC system without the need of tying up the hard drive in HTPC unit itself. The unit we are looking are today is the Coolmax CN-550, which can be configured with either a 10/100 mps port or a single USB 2.0 port. So come on along as we check this unit out.
BFR Article: The Benefits Of Using Ergonomically Correct Mice And Keyboards
Bona Fide Reviews :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Quote: “A large proportion of the American public goes to work every day in an office environment without considering the ergonomics of the equipment they use. There are large a proportion of people working at a desk without giving due consideration to proper ergonomics as they work with ergonomically incorrect keyboards and mice. Working at a computer on a regular basis can cause the same type of stress on your body as other physical labors and in an effort to prevent such injuries from occurring, companies need to consider the principles of ergonomics.”
New Year, New Design, New Article @ t-break
t-break :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Just a couple of years back, a system with 512MB RAM was almost considered high-end in the memory specifications department. We now have that much RAM available in graphics cards. Even 1GB barely seems to cut it with demanding games, multimedia encoding and running multiple applications at the same time. Keeping that in mind, we take a look at three 2GB memory kits- by Corsair, OCZ and TwinMOS and find out which one we like best.
VL’s Editor’s Choices of 2005 @ Viperlair
ViperLair :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
“The year 2005 was one of the weaker ones overall in terms of consumer product innovations. We saw a lot of rehashes or items that simply got “faster”, but not too much in the ways of changing our lifestyles. Still, there were a number of attention grabbers this past year, so we put together a list of what we felt is truly deserving of recognition, and one botch from a name we expect better from.”
Protocase SL100 Case Review @ Epiacenter.com
Epiacenter.com :: Wednesday, January 04, 2006
“My immediate impressions of this case were stunning. The case looks amazing and the metallic red colouring gives it that extra je ne sai quoi. The lettering on the edging was perfect and it was coloured inside and out, missing no part of the case at all. Also on some cases the paint can easily be scratched. I don’t know what this painting method is; I just know that this case doesn’t use it. It has a good, solid coat of paint that will not be scratched. .”
