Blizzard Water Cooling Kit
posted: October 26, 2001 @ 6:42 EDT by: ryan
Adrian's Rojak Pot just posted a review of the OCH Z3 Blizzard Intercooler Water Cooling Kit.
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Titan TTC-D5TB2/A Heatsink
posted: October 26, 2001 @ 6:41 EDT by: ryan
FrostyTech has posted a review of the Titan TTC-D5TB2/A Heatsink.
"Our ears are tortured by noisy (and well performing) Delta fans cooling overclocked processors every day. The TTC-D5TB2/A from Titan addresses these issues by using a very imaginative extruded heatsink design coupled with an 80mm fan, and audible alarm. With their solution, a stopped fan will no longer be a cause for concern on a T-Bird, or AXP chip, since the heatsink now sets of an audible alarm to warn users of the malfunction."
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Umax Case Window Kit
posted: October 26, 2001 @ 6:40 EDT by: ryan
Overclocked Cafe has posted a review of a very simple case window kit.
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Soyo Dragon & Gigabyte 7DXR
posted: October 26, 2001 @ 6:39 EDT by: ryan
Over at HotHardware they have taken a look at two Socket A boards, Soyo's KT266 equipped K7-DRAGON and Gigabyte's AMD 760 based 7DXR. Both of these boards are great performers and come packed with numerous features.
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SK-6 Lapping How-To
posted: October 25, 2001 @ 6:22 EDT by: ryan
Virtual-Hideout.Net takes the ever popular ThermalRight SK6 Copper Heatsink and see what a little lap dance, eerr... lapping can do to improve it's performance! Here's a snippet:
"As you can clearly see, there is a very nice advantage between an unlapped heatsink and a lapped heatsink. I was very happy with the outcome of this job and with the results as well. If I was to pick out my favorite combination here, it would definitely be the SK-6 with the 60mm YS-Tech. Granted the YS-Tech is a little loud, but not nearly as loud as the Delta was. Plus, the YS-Tech was 1°c to 2°c warmer then the Delta. I can accept this difference with a little more peace in the house. Now if you are looking for effective cooling for a processor, and you are not planning on taking the cpu to the hilt like I did, then I would definitely go with the SK-6 and the Sunon fan. So quiet, but not as efficient as the super fans. And if sound is not an issue for you, then go right ahead and get the Delta 60mm x 38mm fan. One thing to note about the Delta fan, make sure you have your parents, wife, husband, child, children, neighbor, or neighbors written consent stating they are not bothered by the noise. You might also want to check your local ordnance on noise pollution, because I guarantee you will be able to hear this fan over your 15,000 watt super stereo you supposedly have."
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GeForce3 Roundup
posted: October 25, 2001 @ 6:20 EDT by: ryan
[H]ardOCP has posted up their GeForce3 roundup.
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Case Ace Gear Grip
posted: October 25, 2001 @ 6:20 EDT by: ryan
M:6 have just posted a review of Case Ace's Gear Grip - CRT, a must see for all LAN party goers.
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Norton SystemWorks 2002
posted: October 25, 2001 @ 6:19 EDT by: ryan
Tweakers Asylum just finished their review of Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2002. This version is Microsoft Windows XP “friendly” and boasts a ton of new features:
“Instead of installing from the CD you can actually run some of the Norton Utility products straight from the CD. These include Norton CleanSweep 2002, Norton WinDoctor, Norton Unerase, Norton Disk Doctor and Norton WipeInfo. They appear to run without problems and do what each utility is expected to do. The normal installation is normal and uneventful. Selection is easy and straight forward. Setup is a bit slow so make sure you have time to spend configuring and answering questions before you sit down at your PC.”
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Alpha PAL8045 Review
posted: October 24, 2001 @ 3:16 EDT by: ryan
The Overclocker Cafe' has just finished up its review of the newest baddie from Alpha, the PAL8045.
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Non-Conductive Purple Shim
posted: October 24, 2001 @ 3:12 EDT by: ryan
Viper's Lair has posted up their review of a Non-Conductive Purple Shim. I am using this shim right now, and it is working great.
"A couple of Quake 3 clanmates of mine busted their Durons, and in August, during this site's "Heatsink Month", I even cracked one. Fortunately for me, my CPU continued to work, but other may not be so lucky. How does a heatsink crack a CPU? Well, the CPU itself remains intact, but the core (CPU die) is what chips. All it takes is an extra stiff clip, or too much pressure to one side of a heatsink and *pop*, there goes your CPU."
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Echo MIA Soundcard Review
posted: October 24, 2001 @ 3:07 EDT by: ryan
NeoSeeker has posted a review of the Echo MIA Soundcard. Here's a piece:
"The Echo Digital Audio MIA is a low-end audiocard for which operates on both the PC and Mac platforms. The card is capable of 24bit / 96kHz quality recording through its 2 balanced TRS inputs (1/4" plug), 2 balanced TRS outputs as well as a stereo S/PDIF input and output (which can operate in both the consumer and professional output formats)."
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Liquor Box Case Mod
posted: October 24, 2001 @ 3:05 EDT by: ryan
GideonTech.com has a new guide up on how to make your case look and act like a liquor box.
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Vivitron MP3 CD-Player
posted: October 24, 2001 @ 3:04 EDT by: ryan
HardwareZone has posted a new review of the Vivitron CDP-2880 Music Pier 3 MP3 CD-Player. Here's a quote:
"It's not a flash-based, nor a mammoth harddisk-based MP3 player. But the Vivitron Music Pier 3 is the first MP3 CD player that uses an 8cm media to hit our review lab. Let's check it out and see if it did survive our ardous workout."
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Hardware Price Index
posted: October 23, 2001 @ 6:58 EDT by: ryan
Want cheap hardware? Then check out The Tech Zone's Hardware Price Index. It's been updated for Tuesday, October 23rd. Here you'll find great deals like a 1.33Ghz TBird for just $98.99! Or how about a 64 Meg LeadTek GeForce GTS is just $115!
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XP Detonator Performance DB
posted: October 23, 2001 @ 6:57 EDT by: ryan
Tweaker's Asylum just finished updating their Windows XP NVIDIA Detonator Driver Performance Database with the newly released 21.88 Detonators.
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ATI Cheating at Benchmarks?
posted: October 23, 2001 @ 6:56 EDT by: ryan
Ripped straight from the e-mail that Kyle from [H]ard|OCP sent me about ATI's drivers:
This is a follow-up to our Radeon 8500 Review, where we found some interesting points about the drivers that we did discuss with you. This is simply another look at that issue with a bit more information that will hopefully raise the question, "Is ATi cheating at benchmarks or simply making their drivers for all those Quake 3 players out there?"
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Maxtor USB Storage Drive
posted: October 22, 2001 @ 10:01 EDT by: ryan
EverythingUSB has posted up a review of the Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LE:
"Installing the Personal Storage 3000LE to a USB 1.1 port is effortless. Being a mass storage device (MSD) compliant hardware and a trusted USB 2.0 hardware, the drive is recognized without a single glitch on any platforms higher than Windows ME. Windows 98 SE users will need to download extra driver from Maxtor website, though. MacOS 9.0 or higher are supported as well. The benefit of the Personal Storage 3000LE is that you can install it on USB 1.1 ports should you not have any USB 2.0 ports. This greatly eases file sharing with other computers. Unfortunately, with this kind of setup, you are stuck with a USB 2.0 hard drive crawling at 900KB/s at best."
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WinXP ACPI Tweak Guide
posted: October 22, 2001 @ 10:00 EDT by: ryan
Tweaker's Asylum just finished putting up their Windows XP ACPI Tweak Guide. By disabling ACPI under Windows XP they saw frame rate increases of up to 16 FPS in Quake 3.
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P-1500 Peltier Review
posted: October 22, 2001 @ 9:58 EDT by: ryan
Overclocked Cafe posted up their look at the CyberCooler P-1500 Peltier. Here's a quote:
"From the looks of things, the puny 8 CFM fan isn't removing any appreciable heat! Unfortunately the peltier is glued permanently to the base so testing with a really good HSF proved impossible."
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Powercooler Socket Cooler
posted: October 22, 2001 @ 9:57 EDT by: ryan
NeoSeeker has posted their review of the Powercooler PCH137 Socket Cooler. Here's a snippet:
"CPU cooling is literarily the hottest topic in the PC market. AMD's new processors above 1.4Ghz will need all the cooling it's going to get. Especially, overclocking fans who push the limits of their cores will definitely need more powerful fans and specially designed heat sinks."
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MacPower Digital Doc 5
posted: October 20, 2001 @ 11:34 EDT by: ryan
The Overclocker Cafe' has just finished up their review of the MacPower Digital Doc 5.
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Celeron (Tualatin) 1.2GHz
posted: October 20, 2001 @ 11:33 EDT by: ryan
X-bit labs has posted Intel Celeron (Tualatin) 1.2GHz Review.
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Predator 505 Case Review
posted: October 20, 2001 @ 11:33 EDT by: ryan
MikHailTech has posted up their review of the Predator 505 Black Mid/Full Tower Case:
"Yup, this case comes with not a retailer but a manufacturer-cut 80mm blowhole on the side right where the CPU is situated. By default the pre-installed fan is made to blow air inside right onto the processor. The negative pressure created forces the extra air to exhaust out the rear either through the 60mm hole (or fan if you put one there) or through the PSU or through the hole above or all three. Once again this case is pretty big and I really can't decide if it's a mid or full tower. Guess you'll have to do that part for yourself. The only plastic part in the entire case is the front bezel along with the 5.25"/3.25" tabs. Everything else is shiny metal. However, as much as it appears to be aluminum it's far from it and weights a lot more."
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New Nvidia Rrefresh Rate Fix
posted: October 19, 2001 @ 6:18 EDT by: ryan
Sten has updated his program again which can be downloaded from our servers here.
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HP Jornada 565 PDA Review
posted: October 19, 2001 @ 3:33 EDT by: ryan
NeoSeeker has posted their review of the HP Jornada 565 PDA. Here's a bit:
"The Jornada 565 is HP's first Pocket PC based on the 206MHz Intel StrongARM processor and includes 32MB RAM and flash ROM - better that the previous versions that relied on the slower Hitachi SH3 chips. The HP Jornada 560 series has the same basic dimensions and shape as the previous models (like the Jornada 525), the Jornada 565 looks more attractive."
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SyncMaster 171MP LCD
posted: October 19, 2001 @ 3:32 EDT by: ryan
IANAG has posted up a review of the Samsung SyncMaster 171MP LCD. Here's a taster:
The Samsung SyncMaster 171MP, it is a 17" TFT monitor and an HDTV-Ready television, how can you go wrong there. It is a little pricey but very sweety.
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Global Win Case Review
posted: October 19, 2001 @ 3:27 EDT by: ryan
Overclocked Cafe had a chance to review another aluminum case, this time from Global Win. Here's a taster:
"When I received the Global Win case, one of the first things I noticed was how light it the box was, nothing like the steel cases we've received. Upon removing it from the box, noticed it was really light, the packaging was a mask for the true weight of the unit. It's the lightest I have, which is a welcome change of pace because of all the shuffling around I do with systems, and cases."
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Fujifilm FinePix 6900 Review
posted: October 18, 2001 @ 3:35 EDT by: ryan
NeoSeeker has posted their review of the Fujifilm FinePix 6900 Zoom Digicam. Here's a piece:
"As seen in the photos, the FinePix 6900 Zoom is a slick looking camera. The casing is made of a combination of sleek magnesium and high quality rubber. At 410g (14.5oz) without the battery, this camera is best suited for people who travel a lot or who simply hate weight. Despite of its lightweight, this camera still gives a feeling of quality and sturdiness."
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Corsair DDR Ram Review
posted: October 18, 2001 @ 3:33 EDT by: ryan
Octools has just posted their review of Corsair's PC2100 & 2400 DDR RAM.
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Duron 1 & 1.1GHz Review
posted: October 18, 2001 @ 3:32 EDT by: ryan
X-bit labs has posted their review of AMD Duron 1.0GHz and 1.1GHz CPUs.
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ThermalTake Mem Cooling
posted: October 18, 2001 @ 3:31 EDT by: ryan
There is a Thermaltake Active Memory Cooling Kit review over at IANAG.
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Setup a Linux Server
posted: October 18, 2001 @ 3:29 EDT by: ryan
RatedPC has posted a complete guide on how to setup such a Linux server:
"I've been playing around with Linux on the desktop as an alternative to Windows nearly for to two years now. At the beginning, I had many obstacles installing, administrating and finally maintaining the box. Once I managed to reformat my Windows partition. You should have seen the look on my brother's face when he found out all his saved games were gone. Being the cautious person I am, I had decided to unplug my Windows drive and install Linux on a separate hard drive. So I put my old 6.4Gig drive in the, back then, new K6-2 500Mhz system, but forgot to switch the IDE cables. Then I went on and reformatted the drive with DrakeX, the Mandrake disk partition utility. After a few hours I decided to put back the Windows drive...you get the idea."
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Kingmax PC2100 DDR Tests
posted: October 17, 2001 @ 7:13 EDT by: ryan
TweakTown has just posted an article entitled "Kingmax PC2100 Compatibility Tests". Here's a snip:
"With most of the main motherboard makers now manufacturing boards that need DDR SDRAM, we thought it time to see how well the Kingmax DDR Memory could hold up to some high FSB settings. So come join TweakTown as we show you what chipsets will handle these aggressive overclocking attempts."
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Soyo K7V Dragon Review
posted: October 16, 2001 @ 6:44 EDT by: ryan
NeoSeeker has posted up their review of the Soyo K7V Dragon. Here's a quote:
"The Award BIOS being used by the SY-K7V allows 1MHz stepping for the FSB. It also allows for voltage increases up to 2.0V. The CPU multiplier settings allow for adjustments from 6x to 14x. So, technically speaking, 14x 133MHz would give you a max. of 1862Mhz! With this flexibility towards overclocking let's proceed right away to the testing."
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Hardware Price Index
posted: October 16, 2001 @ 6:43 EDT by: ryan
The Tech Zone has updated their Hardware Price Index for Tuesday, October 16th. Hard to believe you can get a 1.33Ghz TBird for just $98.99 now! On the video card side the 64 Meg LeadTek GeForce GTS is now just $115! Check all the prices here.
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