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Patriot PDC2G3500LLK 2GB PC3500 Dual Channel Kit @ Bjorn3D
Published: Thursday, April 13, 2006 | By: DennisProvided you can actually see this quote would hold true.
"As you can see from the initial photo, Patriot uses a red heat spreader on all their enthusiast-level dual channel kits. The heat spreader is aluminum and uses what Patriot calls their "Bladed Technology" which I would assume is the way they serrate the material to make ribs adding additional surface area for heat dissipation. Red is generally indicative of speed, and we'll soon find out if that analogy holds true in the case of this DDR SDRAM."
Be sure to check out these sweet memory sticks in our latest review, hopefully there will be more reviews from both Foxconn and Patriot here at Ninjalane. -
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse @ BRnR
Published: Thursday, April 13, 2006 | By: Dennis"These mice were designed by gamers. Logitech engineers and designers spend hundreds of hours talking to pro gamers, getting feedback through questionnaires, interviewing casual gamers, and observing gamers of all ages and levels of expertise. We're proud of our partnerships with the community. So when we say "designed by gamers for gamers," we stand behind it."
For once I would agree, Logitech over the years has released a ton of different mice and I think finally has settled on a design that works for everyone. -
Corsair 2048MB-TWINX4000PT Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
Published: Thursday, April 13, 2006 | By: DennisNow this is funny. PC modding Malaysia is reporting that 2 gigs of memory doesn't show much of an improvement over 1 gig. We did a similar review of the same memory and found the opposite.
"Overall the Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT is a decent high capacity DDR SDRAM DIMM. Although the 2 GBytes capacity doesn’t show much improvement from the 1 GBytes capacity during our testing, but sooner or later the 2 Gbytes memory is a must when especially for hardcore gaming such as Battlefield 2 or running the yet to be released Window Vista. The price for 2 Gbtyes Corsair TWINX2048-4000PT is not that expensive, just around USD220 (RM820) so most of us should able to afford it." -
ECS C19-A SLI nForce4 SLI Intel Edition Review @ PCstats
Published: Thursday, April 13, 2006 | By: DennisSLI has gotten quite a bit of press on the AMD side of things but what about Intel? Do they get SLI too? Why yes they do..
"The ECS C19-A is full size ATX motherboard (30.5 x 24.4 cm) that mounts to the case via nine screws. The layout of components on the board is pretty good, although the four DDR-2 RAM slots may not be entirely accessible with the primary PCI Express x16 videocard installed." -
Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK PC2-8000 DDR2 Memory Review @ PC Stats
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisBadass black, thats all I got to say.
Also be sure to check out the sexy red version featured in our latest review.
"What sets this pair of PC2-8000 DDR2 memory apart from the competition is that it's capable of three different frequency & timings settings. Patriot Memory's PDC22G8000+XBLK DDR-2 is rated for a CAS Latency of 3 at DDR2-667 speeds, CAS 4 at DDR2-800 speeds, and to reach DDR2-1000 speeds a CAS Latency of 5. This pair of RAM is so utterly new, so bleeding edge that you can't get them yet... so consider this your sneak peak!" -
Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8 @ Pro-Clockers
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisThe silent boost cooler for the AthlonXP was actually one of the better ones we have ever reviewed. The cooler featured a new fan design and thin fin heatsink which made it light, quiet, and cool.
Wadda you think? did Thermaltake messed up on the K8 edition? -
SuperTalent PC2-6400 2GB Dual Channel Kit @ Viper Lair
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisUmm... WTF?
"SuperTalent does a nice job of exceeding my expectations, getting all of the way to 880MHz, while maintaining 4-3-4-8 timings. I did have to juice them to 1.9V but lets be serious here, I put my OCZ modules at 2.0+V frequently (I must note however that the OCZ heat spreaders are much more substantial then those SuperTalent uses, of course there is yet to be proof of any value to overclocking performance, I digress however)."
I will agree this is some pretty sweet memory and for once the photos aren't all washed out or color fuxX0red. -
Asus A8R32-MVP review @ Neoseeker
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisI have no idea what this really means but I think they are bitch slappin ATI.
"The A8R32-MVP's general motherboard performance is directly on-par with the established top-dogs, including the DFI LANParty nF4 SLI-DR and ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe, and it has proven itself extremely reliable. While we're on the topic of performance, I'm going to point out that the A8R32-MVP is still only in line with a one-year-old motherboard. The performance records set by the DFI board a year ago have yet to really be beaten by any board we've seen out there. Given all of ATI's design choices in the RD580, and ASUS' design experience, there simply isn't a dramatic leap in performance
over year-old chipsets and hardware."
On a side note I really want to get a few of these Alife boards in the Ninjalane labs. -
Abit AN8 32X motherboard @ The Tech Report
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisGo Abit!
"The first step in Abit's bid to reclaim the enthusiast market could be the AN8 32X, a Socket 939 Athlon 64 motherboard based on NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI X16 chipset. One of only three X16 motherboards available for sale, the AN8 32X doesn't mess around with cheesy gimmicks or Fatal1ty branding. Instead, it's equipped with useful peripherals, passive chipset cooling, loads of overclocking potential, and best-in-class fan speed control and hardware monitoring." -
Foxconn Winfast NFPIK8AA Motherboard Review Posted
Published: Monday, April 3, 2006 | By: DennisIt's a proven fact that 90% of all enthusiast computer hardware is designed with really one purpose in mind, gaming. However it doesn't always have to be that way, in fact aside from overclocking and various BIOS and/or board level modifications enthusiast hardware can be considered just about anything, including the original high performance system, the workstation.
