Tech News
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NL: Review Block - Misc Stuffs
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2008 | By: DennisThis is just a wrap-up of the various items still in the Ninjalane News bucket. Of course we don't post everything we get, and since nobody emailed me about the RegSoftware review I posted a few months ago we WON'T be posting anymore un-relevant reviews regardless of what the site admins say.
- Asus EN8800GT TOP Geforce 8800GT 512MB Videocard Review @ PCSTATS
- Patriot PVS32G1866LLK Viper Series PC3-15000 2GB @ Overclock3D
- ECS A770M-A Socket AM2+ Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- Leadtek WinFast PX8800GT 256MB @ HardwareZone
- GeForce 8800 GT Round-Up: Asus, EVGA, MSI @ HotHardwareThats it for this week, the next posts should be from CES YAY!
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Icebox 5.25 UV Blue Dual Bay Reservoir Review @ Virtual-Hideout
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2008 | By: DennisHaving installed a few watercooling systems I can honestly say the biggest challenge is finding a place for the reservoir and more often than not the empty drive bays are prime locations.
Water cooling is still the most cost effective, long lasting method for keeping processors, graphics cards, and chipsets cooler than conventional air cooling and is the most silent option around. Unless your processor uses very, very little power under load, then passive heat sinks just aren't feasible. This is especially true for multi-core processors. Quad core processors specifically need a bit more liquid cooling. So, that single 120mm radiator and extra small reservoir just aren't going to cut it.
While we do not fully agree with this quote when it comes to performance watercooling you defiantly cannot skimp.
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Intel X48 chipset preview - ASUS Style @ EliteBastards
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2008 | By: DennisThe FSB keeps ramping up, it would seem that Intel has taken a major play from the nVidia playbook with a new 6-month release cycle.
So, what do we have by way of improvements in X48 over its forebear? The simple answer is - Nothing major. Most of the under the hood changes to the X48 chipset concern tweaking the design and components with a mind to adding official support for Intel's latest, 1600MHz FSB CPUs.
This also appears to be a DDR3 only chipset which would mark the first major reason to upgrade to the expensive and scarse DDR3 platform.
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Frozen Iguanas Fall From Florida Trees
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2008 | By: DennisThis I would have liked to see
"We have found dozens on the bike path after a major cold snap," said park manager Robert Yero. "When they warm up in the sun, they come back to life."
Makes you wonder how many Iguanas became pets or dead after the "freak" weather in Floridia.
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XFX 8800GTS 512 MB Alpha Dog Review @ Gamepyre
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2008 | By: DennisHere is one crazy video card, its still only a GTS but with a half gig of video ram.
It seems that NVIDIA is bent on just taking over the entire VGA arena in both the high and low end market at the same time. This can be clearly seen with their recent release strategy, and ATI is an unloaded gun when it comes to sheer product awareness across the spectrum. XFX will most likely have a few different variations of this card available from standard clocked models and a few overclocked types as well. This card beats almost the rest of the NVIDIA lineup other than the Ultra and is a very solid gaming solution. Pricing however is much higher than the 256MB GT, which is around the $200.00 mark as this card sells for about $350.00 give or take a few bucks in either direction.
We are never big on quoting prices here at Ninjalane, Instead we figure if you want it you'll do what you can to get it with cost becoming secondary. Of course we all know how frugal y'all is which is why sites like Pricewatch and Pricegrabber exist.
Bjorn3D also reviewed this card.
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Foxconn might become the head of Taiwan ODM motherboard makers, says paper
Published: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 | By: DennisWith Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) having recently landed orders to produce own-brand motherboards for Intel, while it is also competing with Pegatron Technology, the spun-off ODM subsidiary of Asustek Computer, over Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) desktop PC orders, it has shown that the maker is eager to achieve the number one spot in the motherboard manufacturing market, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
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Happy New Year
Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 | By: DennisHappy New Year everyone. I know this post is a little late but we did a little too much partying here at Ninjalane last night
Lets make this year the best one ever!
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Athlon X2 is dead; long live Athlon 6000
Published: Thursday, December 27, 2007 | By: DennisAMD has recently outlined the phase-out schedule for several of its Athlon 64 X2 CPUs, while the Athlon brand name will be re-purposed for upcoming dual-core CPUs based on the K10 core, according to sources at motherboard makers.
AMD will stop taking orders for Athlon 64 X2 6400+ black edition and 89W version Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processors in the first quarter of 2008. Last orders for 125W Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processors will be at the end of the first quarter, the sources detailed.Sadly I just bought one of the 5000+ processors, good to know it was due to be axed.
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New Upgrade Alley Systems
Published: Thursday, December 27, 2007 | By: DennisSay it ain't so plucky, say it ain't so, well it is so, there will be some new Upgrade Alley systems in January. The current plan is to have Workstation and Gaming updated before CES and then the lower grade systems shortly after.
At least now you'll have something to spend that Christmas money on
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NL: Review Block - Misc stuffs
Published: Sunday, December 23, 2007 | By: DennisNothing really to report here, just a list of some other reviews from around the inbox.
Cases
- GMC AVC-S7 Slim HTPC Case review in Metku
- In Win Allure Designer Computer Case Review @ Tweaknews
- Driver Heaven Review: CoolerMaster 690 Chassis
- Ultra m998 PC Case Review @ ThinkComputers
Memory
- Cellshock DDR2 1066 MHz CL5 2 GB Kit @ techPowerUp
- Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600 MHz CL8 2GB Kit @ techPowerUp
Cooling
- Auras SLC-747 Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Thermalright HR-11 Videocard Backside Cooler Review @ Tweaknews
- Danger Den NVIDIA 4101 H20 Water Cooling Kit Review @ Madshrimps <-- Steaming mad at shrimps ))
- GlacialTech Igloo 5610 Silent and PWM Coolers Review @ HardwareLogic
Motherboards - nVidia 7xx series
- Gigabyte 780SLI-DS5 Motherboard Review @ Digit Life
- EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
- XFX nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI @ HotHardware
Speaks
Hey another edifier review
- Edifier E1100 2.1 Speaker System Review @ Hardware Canucks
That will be it for our holiday news post, see you again after Christmas.
