Tech News
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ABIT AB9 Pro Intel P965 Express Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
Published: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 | By: Dennis"he ABIT AB9 Pro uses a rather distinctive layout, so at first glance some connectors look haphazardly placed. In practice the board is pretty easy to hook up, and where connectors look out of place there is actually extra room to accommodate them - the SATA connectors are a good example. The AB9 Pro has no less than six fan headers strategically located around the PCB, with at least one 4-pin PWM connection for the CPU fan heatsink. The board uses Rubycon electrolytic capacitors."
OMG, and you thought me making fun of Aopen for putting the floppy connector under the last PCI slot was bad! This one really takes the cake. -
April Fools Aftermath
Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 | By: DennisIn case some of you have not noticed our latest review featuring the Tyan Trinity is actually an April Fools joke.
and it just keeps on giving.
You see several years ago (before the whole nVidia SLI thing) I planning on doing this little April Fools review where I take some old piece of hardware and somehow make it new (or at least seem like it was new). As the K6 is really no longer something that people think of it seemed like the perfect candidate, heck you take the heat spreader off and it looks like an Athlon XP. I spent a few months getting stuff off ebay and raiding my own stash until I got the perfect combination of old and new hardware.
Since then I missed a few April 1sts for various reasons but each year I came back to the same idea hoping for just the right time to make it happen.
Well, as you have guessed the joke finally made it out into the open and not only did it get some good press but it's still getting it!
One thing everyone should know about the hardware review site world is that 10% of the sites out there get 90% of the traffic and well, getting your stuff out for others to read is sometimes a pretty big chore. So far the most reliable way to accomplish this is to spam the snot out of your fellow site owners.
Some sites are better than others in getting the daily news posted, most only post news from sites they know, and others post every little thing that comes in. We here at Ninjalane only post the stuff we find interesting which also means 8 times out of 14 we actually read the review in question. One thing is certain this is a lot of email and the majority of it rarely gets read (much like normal spam). after awhile the person in charge of posting the daily news just mindlessly post whatever they get and then go off to play Xbox or something.
Now don't get me wrong its not like anyone emailed me about the review saying "you suck" or "good job, that was funny" but I have to wonder…
Is that Xbox game really that good??, If so let me borrow a copy.
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ReadyNAS NV+ (Model RNV2-S4-0000) @ BRnR
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: DennisThis might be one of the coolest NAS units I have ever seen, and spendy too.
"Not only are downloads, digital photography, movies, music collections, and personal data growing in Gigabytes; but the need to share that data between multiple computers and devices—such as networked media players and entertainment center PCs—is growing as well. Even more important, is the need to back up all of that valuable data quickly, safely, and easily."
This thing is about the size of an external SCSI drive tower with the added plus of external USB and a single Ethernet jack. -
Leadtek WinFast PX8800 GTS TDH 320MB @ Hardware Zone
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: DennisOne thing that never will cease to amaze me is the elaborate coolers thats Leadtek puts on all of their video cards. Kind of a nice touch.
"What's available at the moment is the higher end 8800 series, with the 320MB variant of the GeForce 8800 GTS being the most affordable of the lot. Quite a few manufacturers have embraced this variant, since the lesser memory allows it to be sold at a more palatable price point for consumers. Today, we have yet another such card for review, this time, it's the Leadtek WinFast PX8800 GTS TDH 320MB. Since it does not come with the Extreme moniker, it's supposed to be at standard clock speeds though that should still be very fast given its GeForce 8 pedigree." -
NL: Review Block - Cases, ya know for holding stuff
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: DennisSee below...
- Gigabyte 3DAurora 570 @ hi-techreviews
- Lian Li PC-A16b @ techPowerUp
- SilverStone TJ09 Full-Tower Case @ TheTechLounge
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Gigabyte N680SLI-DQ6 680i Motherboard Review @ OC.nz
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: Dennis"Gigabyte's N680SLI-DQ6 is 680i on steroid; the motherboard offers quad Gigabit LAN, 10x SATA II ports, quad 3-phase power circuit, silent heatpipe cooling, Dolby Digital Live, DTS Connect encoding, and lots of small improvements over the reference Nvidia 680i design."
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ABIT Fatality FP-IN9 650i-SLI Motherboard Review @ Virtual-Hideout
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: Dennis650i?? I has sooooo not been paying attention
, or.. somebody got this totally wrong.
The color is nice though!
"Gamers of all styles will appreciate its stability, layout, and design. The Supercharged System Bus is quite the benefit which helps keep those frame rates and bandwidth up, while keeping the price down. It's really an easy choice and fills a void many gamers have been waiting for." -
Thecus N2100 NAS @ Techgage
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: DennisNAS devices have really come a long ways in recent months, but they are really nothing more than a mini server with better hard drive support.
"If you are looking for a quality NAS, the N2100 from Thecus is worth your consideration. It can act as a music and photo sharing hub and even an FTP server, among others. Though, the best part might be it's price."
Give me a Slackware system running on a TB anyday
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Abit IN9 32X-MAX 680i Review @ Neoseeker
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: Dennis"When it came to overclocking the Abit IN9 32X-MAX, it was one of the most forgiving boards you can find. Typically, a successful overclock will have the board boot into the OS, but with yet to be seen stability issues. But with this Abit beast, if I pushed the FSB to a frequency that the chipset didn't like, it simply wouldn't post, just a black screen and the sound the the optical drive clicking. Once back in the BIOS, I could see that it had loaded the last known good configuration for me. That is quite the blessing; having the last functional attempt loaded up so I don't have to re-insert all of my previous timings and settings."
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Ty4n Trinity Review: Bringing Extreme SLI to the AMD platform
Published: Saturday, March 31, 2007 | By: DennisWell we here at Ninjalane have come across a real gem in the motherboard world that comes to us in a time where enthusiast and system builders need integration more than brand loyalty. You see late in 2006 during the height of the SLI vs CrossFire wars. Prototype board maker Ty4n created a motherboard that uses the better parts of both technologies for even better performance.
