Tech News
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LGA 775 Mounting Kit for the PolarFLO TT - Now Available
Published: Friday, August 13, 2004 | By: Dennis"The Intel LGA 775 Socket T mount for the TT CPU is now available. It is available as an option (at no additional charge) when ordering a new TT CPU or it can be ordered separately as a kit."
If memory serves this is the first retail waterblock for the new LGA 775.
Let the floodgates open.
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Thermaltake Extreme Volcano 12 @ Phoronix
Published: Friday, August 13, 2004 | By: DennisNot sure about you but having a heatsink fan with only 3 blades is a little distrubing.
"Heat kills; it’s as simple as that. Therefore, the need for proper cooling in your system is an obvious and required need. Whether you’re overclocking your system or you just want to move away from the stock heatsinks, which are not visually appealing, nor efficient the Volcano 12 from Thermaltake can get the job done."
Whoa, that's a long sentence.
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Water-cooling for Everyone 2 @ A True Review
Published: Friday, August 13, 2004 | By: DennisIts true, everyone can be watercooling and with very little effort. A True Review covers a few small watercooling "kits" that typically don't have very good performance numbers when it comes to overclocking but do a fairly good job a making your system a little quieter.
"Once upon a time there was a review titled Watercooling for Everyone. In that review, two different styles of water-cooling were introduced: the water-cooling unit, and the water-cooling kit. In addition, the review also discussed the various components of a water-cooling system and how each component has an effect on the entire water-cooling system." -
Soltek SL-865Pro-775 (Hybrid) 'ProSeries' Review Posted
Published: Friday, August 13, 2004 | By: DennisEvery few years Intel decides to change things around a bit and though they mean well the change usually translates into a major dent in the pocketbook. Soltek realizes this and has come up with a great upgrade solution.
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NL: Review Block - X800
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2004 | By: DennisI'm surprised that people are still interested in the X800 especially with the 6800 in the wings. Then again some people become obsessed with aliens every day despite the lack of any credible proof of their existence.
- Sapphire Radeon Toxic X800 Pro @ Bjorn3D
- GeCube Radeon X800 Pro Review @ Elite Bastards
I for one will remain as loyal for as I can, though if any "good" 6800's don’t hit the retail markets soon my savings might just go to something more worthwhile.
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Crucial PC4200 Review @ PCStats
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2004 | By: Dennis"While there are plenty of manufacturers that have DDR-2 RAM listed in their product sheets, only a few companies are actually delivering those memory DIMMs to consumers. Crucial.com is one such memory manufacturer, and they are more than ready to rock and roll with their new series of DDR-2 RAM.... after all, Micron is the parent company of Crucial."
Crucial is also located not more than 10min away from my current position, tis a small world afterall. -
Doom3 Technology Interview with John Carmack @ Beyond3D
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2004 | By: Dennis"This reporter, finally getting his hands on a copy of the game after a torturous wait, has been corresponding with id's Technical Director, John Carmack, the man responsible for the engine powering Doom3, on a variety of topics concerning the game."
The interview seems like a casual chat about how the game was built and what goes into making a cutting edge game such as Doom III. -
Build A PC Test Box @ CaseModGod
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2004 | By: DennisHere is a fun little guide that describes how to test your extra PC hardware outside the realm of the PC case.
"I got the initial idea for my test box from a cool little PSU tester (shown below) that I bought online for under $10 USD, it's fairly compact and it works really well. I had at first planned to incorporate the PSU tester into my final test box design but changed my mind after coming up with a better idea." -
How about some n3ws
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2004 | By: DennisWell it has been slow going since the server crash but things are progressing quite nicely and with any luck be back up to 100% in short order.
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GeForce 6600 Product Launch Info @ Hexus
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2004 | By: Dennis"Whereas NV40 starts life as a full 16 pixel pipeline (4 quad pipes) part with a 256-bit memory interface, before being used in 6800 Ultra or 6800 GT product, or as a three-quad part (12 pixel pipelines) in the plain 6800, NV43 is a two quad part from the start (8 pixel pipes) with a fixed 128-bit memory interface and no possible 256-bit interface, as rumoured."
Enter the budget PCI-Express GPU's from nVidia. Aside from the inclusion of new technology I'm going to guess that these new cards will not be much faster than the current FX chips, but I could be wrong.
