Tech News
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Promise FastTrack S150 SATA @ MadShrimps
Published: Thursday, June 17, 2004 | By: DennisI've been looking all over for a RAID 5 SATA controller and it looks like I might have found one.
"As you can see, the SX4 (lower card) is much bigger as the TX4 (upper card). Notice the heatsink on the TX4 controller and the absence of any heatsink on the SX4. Also notice the SD-RAM slot on the SX4."
whoa!!
RAID 5 isn't really that fast when compared to a 2-drive stripe but having an extra drive in the loop ensures that your data is safe if one drive happens to fail. -
Mushkin Enhanced PC3200 @ PCStats
Published: Thursday, June 17, 2004 | By: Dennis"In the following pages, PCstats will be testing out a pair of Mushkin's Enhanced Special PC3200 2-2-2 DIMM's. Each stick is 512MB in size, and when run in dual channel mode that equals a nice whopping 1024MB of system memory. As this Mushkin memory is capable of running with a CAS latency of 2-2-2-5 at 200 MHz (at 2.5V), it means that it will work super-well on both AthlonXP/Athlon64 and Intel Pentium 4 based systems."
I'm not sure if Intel fixed their RAS to CAS issue on the Springdale and Canterwood boards but last I checked anything faster than 3 would cause data corruption. However in the future this won’t be an issue since the new chipsets are moving to DDR2. -
Thermaltake Extreme Giant III @ myWorldHardware
Published: Thursday, June 17, 2004 | By: DennisThere is a few basic ways to decrease system noise. You can allow your systems to run a little hotter, install larger heatsinks that use slower spinning fans, or install an alterative cooling method i.e. water or heatpipes.
In the case of the Giant III heatpipes and a huge heatsink help to keep your GPU cool with minimal noise. myWorldHardware has one on display for all to see. -
Albatron PX875P Pro @ Viper Lair
Published: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 | By: Dennis"The i875P is passively cooled, and not actively cooled as one might expect given Albatron's marketing claim of the PX875P Pro being a 1200MHz capable board. I will say that the heatsink is huge, which makes me more comfortable when compared to boards that use the 1/4" high heatsinks."
By the looks of it the Northbridge heatsink isn't any larger or smaller than ones installed on stock Intel mobos but its good of them to notice.
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Corsair XMS 3200XL Pro @ hi-techreviews
Published: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 | By: Dennis"Are you the type of person that try's to get the very last bit of toothpaste out of the tube? The guy that tries to squeeze that last MHz out of that system you have worked so hard to build? Well if you are - then you're just the guy or gal we're looking for."
Now I'm scared. Good memory though. -
Intel Nocona to bust out in June
Published: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 | By: Dennis"Whether Intel borrowed or not, a licensing agreement means the chip giant does not have to pay royalties to its competitor.
Still, the chips aren't identical. Opteron comes with an integrated memory controller and links to other components through so-called HyperTransport links. Together, these features can boost performance by 10 percent to 15 percent, according to AMD."
This is pretty much what AMD did when they launched the Opteron last year it's just a little something to wet the enthusiast appetite. -
ULi M1573 Southbridge @ AMDboard
Published: Monday, June 14, 2004 | By: DennisI don't normally post ULi/ALi stuff but this one is a little interesting. The prototype board pictured is using an ATI PCI Express Northbridge and A64 939pin socket. It would seem that nVidia has a little competition.
"The M1573 integrates a High Definition (HD) Audio/AC’97 Host Controller, 2-channel dedicated Ultra-66/100/133 IDE Master controller, SATA Host Controller, USB 2.0/1.1 Host controllers, IO APIC controller, as well as 1/10/100 Mb/s Fast Ethernet MAC layer and PCI Express interface." -
Albatron Two-Fer
Published: Friday, June 11, 2004 | By: DennisMy visit to the Albatron booth at Computex wasn’t what I would call ideal and it quickly became apparent that the people running the booth were never instructed to actually help the people that walked in. I guess next year I’ll have to setup a formal meeting with someone there to get any hard information about their stuff.
- Albatron FX5700P Turbo @ LAN Addict
- Albatron K8X800 Pro II @ OCModShop
I do appreciate how they finally moved the floppy connector from the bottom of the motherboard to a more reasonable and accessible location. I wonder how long that will last. -
NL: Review Block - Slackers Edition
Published: Thursday, June 10, 2004 | By: DennisYep I've been slacking pretty hard, I guess I needed a vacation a little bit more than I first expected.
Heatsinks
- Alpha S-PAL8952 @ hi-techreviews
- Thermalright SP-97 @ ap0calypse
- Swiftech MCX6400-V @ Viper Lair
Misc Stuffs
- Time Machine @ Dans Data
- Singles - Flirt up your life @ Modfathers
- Edifier S5.1 @ The Tech Zone
Memory
- Kingston HyperX DDR500 @ PC Modding Malaysia
- Corsair TWINX vs Kingston HyperX @ Bjorn3D
- Corsair TwinX 3200XL Pro Series @ ExtremeMHz
- Corsair TwinX 3200XL Pro Series @ HardwareHell
- Corsair TwinX3200XL Pro Review @ GruntvillE
- Corsair TwinX1024-3200XL Pro @ Hexus
Rumor has it we'll be getting a set of that Corsair 3200XL pretty soon so stay tuned for the review. -
Computex Coverage - Various
Published: Wednesday, June 9, 2004 | By: DennisOne nice thing about having so many sites covering any particular event is that after awhile you begin to see a certain degree of overlap and info that you never knew.
- Computex 2004 - Tech Tidbits @ PCStats
- Computex 2004 Update (Part 5) @ HardwareZone
- Computex 2004 Update (Part 6) @ HardwareZone
Stay tuned, once I finally recover from the time shift and get caught up on the things I neglected while I was away I'll get Day 3 and Day 4 posted. Though on the bright side you never realize how many pretty lights you can see when working on 3 hours of sleep.
