Abit SD7-533 "mini" Review @ Guia do Hardware
Published: Friday, January 25, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
The site is in Portuguese but google does a pretty good job at translating the page to english. If you are curious about the new SiS645 board from Abit check out this site.
On a related note here is the spec page directly from Abit for the SD7-533.
Quad Band Memory by Years End
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
400MHz and 533MHz DDR memory by years end is the claim with the good news being that they are right inline with P4 bus speeds or an extreme overclock on an Athlon system.
Asus vs. Abit @ Hot Hardware
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Two new motherboards based on the i845D chipset go head to head and end up in what would be called a draw. Now everyone knows there are no "draws" in hardware so, pick your favorite and lets move on 
Ramsinks and Heatspreaders
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
I just ordered some Corsair memory that came with some of these and I'm wondering if I got ripped. We will know in a few days.
Soltek SL-85DRV3 Review @ t-break
Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
This is the new P4 board from Soltek based on the PX4 series chipsets. What makes this board special from a specs standpoint is the usage of the A revision of the PX4266 Northbridge and the VT8233A Southbridge which supports ATA133. All things aside this chipset is still "illegal" in Intel's eyes.
Antec SX635 Review @ Hardware Daily
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
This is actually a pretty cool looking case just waiting to be modded. It already has pretty good cooling and enough drives bays for just about any "sane" computer config. All it would need is some "personal" touches to make it stand out from the crowd.
Netscape Seeks Damages From Microsoft
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Not really a bad idea if I say so myself. I am an avid Netscape fan and would like to see the browser come back on top but being that AOL suxX0rs it probably won't happen.
Zalman CNPS6000-Cu Fan Heatsink Review
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Frosty Tech is jumping in with some heatsink reviews for the P4 478. Personally I'm partial to the copper core, aluminum finned heatsinks like the Alpha and others like it but this one looked to cool to pass up. It isn't the best cooler for the P4 but it is very quiet.
Abit BD7 RAID i845D socket 478 @ Active Hardware
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Active Hardware has the Abit 845D board on the grill and with most Abit motherboards it is quite impressive.
EPoX 4BDA2+ Motherboard Review @ Tweakers Asylum
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
This board from Epox looks to be wider than the rest and the review would seem more like a round-up considering how many boards the Tweakers compared it against.
IWill XP333-R Motherboard Review @ PC Stats
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Honestly I didn't read though this review fully however I did find this quote on the front page that explains alot. " However, the absolute biggest issue with this board is the fact that Iwill calls this a DDR333 capable board. And while yes that is technically correct, and you should be able to hit 166 MHz FSB, there isn't a option in the BIOS to run your memory +33 MHz when you're running your system at stock 133 MHz FSB speeds. So in that way it is not a 'true' 333-based board like any of the newer SiS645 (P4) or the SiS745 (AMD) systems, or even for that matter VIA's up and coming KT333 chipset." 
VIA DDR333 Summit 2002
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
It would seem that Via thinks the future is in DDR333 and figures that everyone should know this as well. Think Intel will be at the summit? Ya, your probably right 
Osama Hunter-Hacker Busted
Published: Monday, January 21, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Kim Schmitz was busted just hours before he was going to commit suicide and broadcast it on the net via webcam. What a great way to go into hiding. Do a show and tell if you killing yourself and in the confusion skip town. Click the link to read more.
RTCW Official for PS2 and Xbox
Published: Monday, January 21, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
I just finished the single player of this game last weekend. It was tough to beat but really fun to play.
AMD Bug in Linux
Published: Monday, January 21, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
It would seem that an old bug in the Athlon processor is still causing problems with Linux 2.4 kernel. The Linux/AMD bug is in relation to a compatibility issue with Intel's 4MB page size. (x86 processors have used 4k pages, ever since paging was introduced in the 80386).
[H]ard|OCP Got a Refresh
Published: Monday, January 21, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Looks like Kyle at [H]ard|OCP has finally gotten his new site design online, complete with dynamic database driven content and HTML code that only IE could love (I wouldn't suggest going there with Netscape 6 you will be in for a surprise). Overall the new design and layout is pretty sweet, a much needed update for an old player.
Links Page Updated
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
After many moons of neglect I have updated the links page. The first order of business was to remove all of the dead ones, this was a given since they didn't go anywhere. Next was to remove the links related to counter strike since it sux now. Lastly, to wrap things up I added bunch more.
I've probably missed quite a few so if you are feeling left out let me know
Slow Times for DDR333
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Or so says this article. Part of the problem is package of the memory chips. Currently most DDR333 ('cept for Kingston) is TSOP and with 333MHz being close to its timing parameter maximum the production yield is low and memory makers are slow, if not reluctant, to retool the factory to a new format that is not considered a standard. Bottom line, they are cheap.
Hot Topic for Weekend
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
I've been looking at my stats for the weekend and it would appear that the hot topic is the SL-75DRV4 and SL-75DRV5. Keep an eye out for our review of the SL-75DRV4 it should be posted very soon.
If there is anything special you would like to know about the SL-75DRV4 feel free to let me know or post a message in the forums and I'll make sure to add it to my review.
Corsair XMS PC2400 Review @ PC Stats
Published: Friday, January 18, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
I've been doing a little bit of research into Corsair memory lately and I'm finding that its not really not that different or special in compairson to other DDR vendors (cept for Kingston, I'm not a big fan). For instance the PC2400 stuff they sell is actually PC2700 but Corsair down clocked it so they could get the CAS 2.0 rating. Check it out
