Tech News
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VIA debuts Mini-ITX board with dual-processing capability
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2005 | By: DennisI would have loved to see this in person..
"Small-form-factor (SFF) PCs and servers can now adopt multi-processing with the unveiling of VIA Technologies’ EPIA DP-310 motherboard at CeBIT 2005. The Mini-ITX (17x17cm) board is powered by two 1GHz Eden-N processors coupled with the company’s CN400 chipset featuring DDR400 memory support, integrated 128-bit UniChrome Pro graphics and hardware acceleration for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4." -
Gigabyte and MSI deliver new P4 motherboards
Published: Thursday, March 31, 2005 | By: Dennis"Gigabyte Technology will start delivering its new Pentium 4 motherboard, the GA-8N-SLI Royal, built using Nvidia nForce 4 SLI chipsets, to the channel in Taiwan by mid-April, according to company sources.
The GA-8N-SLI Royal, which is expected to carry a price tag of around US$200, and is targeted at performance enthusiasts, the sources noted, adding that the company will continue to release other models of its Royal-series for the high-end market." -
Plusdeck Review @ PCMechanic
Published: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 | By: DennisThis thing is just plain crazy
"My first thought when I was offered to review Plusdeck was this: Would there be any demand for such a drive? I mean, hardly anybody uses cassette tapes anymore, and would anybody be interested in paying money for a cassette deck for their computer." -
AMD Dual Core Processor Information
Published: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 | By: DennisThe proc isn't really out yet but here are the current specs.
90nm
– Approximately same die size as 130nm single-core AMD Opteron processor*
– ~205 million transistors*
95 watt power envelope
– Fits into 90nm power infrastructure
940 Socket compatible
The last line has me wondering if this is going to be a 940 only processor or if there will be desktop/workstation models later on. -
NL: Review Block - Mobos Baby!
Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | By: DennisMobos is what we like around here at Ninjalane, they don't do much except link everything together and cause people headaches when they don't work.
- DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D @ Big Bruin
- ABIT AV8 Review @ HardwareZone
- Gigabyte GA-K8VT890-9 Review @ The Tech Report
- Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 Review @ PCStats See our review of the same board here
We try to keep up on the latest trends in the mobo industry though have been doing a pretty bad job at getting those trends into the Ninjalane Labs.
All should be solved very soon.
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NL: Review Block - Cooling
Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | By: DennisNeed help keeping your shite chilled?? Just get a better cooler.
- Asetek Waterchill KT12AT-L30/220V @ HardwareXL
- The Danger Den Fillport Review @ OCModShop
- LICS M-I CPU Water Block Review @ PCModdingMy
- mCubed T-Balancer SL4 @ A True Review
- Corsair COOL water cooling kit review @ Madshrimps
Water is the performance way to go but you can't beat a "good" heatsink/fan combo. -
NL: Review Block - Video Cards
Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | By: DennisInput, Storage, and Output, the 3 basics of a computer system, you can enhance the output with a shiny new video card and really the GPU doesn't matter.
- Leadtek PX6600GT TDH PCI-E Review @ GruntvillE
- Sapphire X850 XT 256MB PCI-E @ Legit Reviews
- Club 3D X800 and X850 Pro Review @ Beyond3D
I'd suggest the nVidia brand but even they are wrong some of the time. -
NL: Review Block - Memory
Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | By: DennisI forgot what to put here.
ya lame I know
- Corsair Xpert TWINXP1024-3200XL Review @ PCStats
- Latency Settings and their Impact on Memory Performance @ Corsair Memory
- Corsair Technology Interview - 2005
Don't forget we review memory here at Ninjalane too! -
NL: Review Block - Cases
Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | By: DennisLooking for a case?? I'd prolly suggest that you keep looking but here are a couple options to get you started.
- Lian Li V2000B Aluminum Full Tower Case @ A True Review
- Tt Kandalf Case Review @ Overclocker Cafe
We do cases here so stay tuned for more info. -
SilverStone Temjin TJ05S-TW Review @ InsaneTek
Published: Monday, March 28, 2005 | By: DennisNow that is Insane, a company listening to reviewers and actually doing what they suggested?? OMG perish the thought.
" We recently reviewed the SilverStone TJ05B case, which unfortunately had some design problems. SilverStone has made revisions since then and let us revisit the case. This time they sent a TJ05S-TW, which is silver and comes with a window and thermal controller."
The thing that gets me is when I've made suggestions to companies in the past but rarely get a "hey thanks for the suggestion" even when my suggestion makes it into a working product..
