| Quote of the Day | ||||||||||||
| I think a good scene in a movie would be where one scientist tells another scientist, 'You know what will save the world? You're holding it in your hand.' And the other scientist looks, and in his hand are peanuts. Then when he looks up, the first scientist is being taken away to the insane asylum ~ Jack Handey | ||||||||||||
|
Staff Journals
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
Make us your homepage. |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| See Comments | ||||||||||||
This site was designed in 1024x768 resolution, and is therefore suited for viewing at that resolution. |
||||||||||||
| This site uses basic CSS(Cascading Style Sheets). Some users may experience problems with the link coloring set in the blue backgrounds. | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
News | Web News | Articles | Forum | Archive | Search | O/C Database
Sponsors | Contest | Contact Us | About Us | Links | Downloads | RC5
| Home : Web News |
|
Tweakbox Fan Duct & Microbus Comments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 01:30:55 AM Virtual Hideout have just upped their TweakBox fan duct and microbus review. Go have a look if you want : "The duct is easy to cut, easy to install, and costing only $9.99 CDN, it's not expensive!" Web Link : P4 1.7 GHz ReviewComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 01:27:01 AM GamePC also has a review of the Pentium 4 @ 1.7GHz : "he Pentium 4, while being an amazingly designed and well executed processor, has had some major problems lately in winning over public opinion due to these facts. Simply put, the Athlon at 1.333 GHz with DDR beat the Pentium 4 1.5 GHz in nearly every benchmark, and the benchmarks the Pentium 4 did win, were only won by a hair." Web Link : New AMD Roadmap!Comments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 01:16:09 AM Ace's Hardware pointed me to a slide with the latest & updated AMD roadmap ... 
Web Link : ATI's President InterviewedComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 01:10:57 AM AnandTech had an interview with ATI's President & COO Dave Orton. Pretty interesting if you ask me ... Web Link : OCZ Monster 2 ReviewComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 01:06:48 AM TweakTown have finished their review of the OCZ Monster 2 HSF. It's a good sized aluminum heatsink with its popular 36-CFM fan mounted on top. It also has that very nice copper insert installed in the base to make things nice and cool for the processor. Check it out ... Web Link : External CD-RW 16x10x40Comments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 01:04:50 AM Neoseeker have posted a review of the Que! Fire External CD-RW 16x10x40 : "Of course, fast drives like the Que! Fire CD-RW 16x/10x/40x require a fast interface like firewire, which is an added expense. This can also be inconvenient in some situations where firewire (or which ever interface technology) is not available." Web Link : CaseAce GearGrip ProComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 01:01:43 AM Anyone who has ever had to move their PC from one location to another will know this task is far from simple. And then there is the GearGrip Pro ... "Essentially the GearGrip is a harness type product which is secured around your case to allow not only the transportation of your case via a handle and strap, but also other accessories with the use of pouches and velcro loops." Web Link : Seagate Barracuda 180Comments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 12:58:38 AM As the first drive to shatter the 100 GB barrier, Seagate's Barracuda 180 currently ranks as the largest hard drive one can buy. How does this half-height drive perform, however? StorageReview has a look ... Web Link : ASUS CUV266 Apollo Pro 266Comments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 12:56:38 AM Got apex? reviews the Asus CUV266. This is a DDR board for Pentium 3 users - it's alright, but they don't think it's worth chucking the 815 over. Read on ... Web Link : OCZ MicroBGA PC150 SDRAMComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 12:53:19 AM Rizenet have just posted their take on OCZ's MicroBGA PC150 SDRAM. This SDRAM has not yet been released, but should be available for order soon at a pretty low price. They tested it against a stick of Mushkin PC133 Rev2, and pushed both sticks over the 150MHz mark, at CAS2. Snippet : "As you can see, the size difference is quite a bit more pronounced than standalone pictures show. The difference doesn't seem to make much of an impact on quality though - Overclockerz rates all of these sticks of memory to 150MHz, 2-2-2 (KingMax's TinyBGA is only 150MHz at 3-3-2). We made sure to back all of these claims in our upcoming tests, of course." Web Link : Tbird 1.33GHz ReviewComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 12:50:09 AM The peeps @ Hexus have in all of its glory a review of a AMD Thunderbird 1.33Ghz Unit (DDR of course). They did a analysis of this CPU and compared the platforms potential with others on the market, they also discuss if AMD actually need to release a Palomino based core yet ... Anyway here is a snip : "Currently the AMD CPU range have 2 main memory buses. Firstly there is the DDR platform, which until around a week ago was not viable due to the higher prices (the performance wasn’t worth the increase in the cost dept.) The second type is the SDRam, which comes in 1 main flavour PC133. These 2 platforms are strong in there own ways." Web Link : Cooler Mod GuideComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 12:46:23 AM PC Hardware posted an article describing how to modify a heatsink to achieve better cooling. Quote : "Make sure you don't cut a bigger hole or all is lost. Be very careful that the copper plate is not thicker than the base of the heatsink, in this case you will only succeed to damage you heatsink. Again, the copper plate and therefore the hole must be one or two mm thinner than the base of the heatsink." Web Link : Memory Man PC155/166 SDRAMComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 12:07:44 AM ClubOC have got more PC166 SDRAM to show off! This time Michael takes a look at a stick of Memory Man's "house memory" that can hit some awesome bus speeds. Take a look at Michael's findings as he runs this stuff on an Iwill KK266 equipped with an AMD Thunderbird 1.33GHz CPU! Web Link : AVGS CoolersComments (0) Posted By: On 04/27/01 - 12:03:31 AM PC PowerZone have some new coolers for you under review. These are the currently little-known AVGS Technology AG-C0068 and AG-CA1000. Featuring copper inlays and high-powered fans, these are potentially very promising units. Web Link : ECS K7VMA MotherboardComments (0) Posted By: On 04/26/01 - 11:54:43 PM Mr PC PRO has just finished our review of the ECS K7VMA. Someone is always looking to build an inexpensive second system that can play games without breaking your wallet. We all know the AMD Duron packs power for a little less than a dinner date. However, can the ECS K7VMA with a built in Savage 4/2000 be the perfect match? Will it best the editor's choice, the Biostar M7VKE? You'll have to read the review to find out. Here is a quote: "without tweaking the motherboard you are probably looking at a score of 24fps. No way can you play Quake III at these rates. 24 fps are Gameboy© fps not a 700Mhz system. We set the memory to 133MHz and ran the benchmarks. After some video card overclocking we got the ECS offering within 1.3fps of our editor's choice. Not bad considering our Editor's Choice is using a Athlon 800Mhz." Web Link : CPU For GeForce 3Comments (0) Posted By: On 04/26/01 - 11:49:59 PM So you got yourself a shiny new GeForce 3 card and not sure which CPU would work best with it? To help you figure that one out, The Tech Zone has put together a couple of 1000Mhz systems to see which works best with GeForce 3; Intel or AMD. Guess which one will do better ... Web Link : Copper ShimsComments (0) Posted By: On 04/26/01 - 11:39:43 AM Extreme Overclocking has posted a review on ThermalPhobia's Copper Shims. Check it out! "Shim quality is important if it is going to do its job effectively. A good shim will prevent your CPU core from being chipped or cracked when mounting a heatsink. A bad shim could easily kill your brand new $200 Athlon or Pentium. So check out our review to learn more about shims and to see ThermalPhobia's meets the standards. (Hint: They are great!)" Web Link : Asus A7M266 BoardComments (0) Posted By: On 04/26/01 - 11:39:07 AM OcPrices.com have today done a review of the Asus A7M266, AMD760 based SocketA DDR motherboard. The results we got from this board was pretty impressive, managing to run a 1 GHz Tbird AXIA chip stably at 147 MHz FSB with air cooling. "The reason for choosing the Asus board out of 'all' the AMD760 boards out there was due to the fact that it was readily available, came at a reasonable price, and that it sported almost all of the features I wanted. And on top of that I have always considered Asus products to be top notch quality products with which you basically can't go wrong. This proved to be true with this board as well..." Web Link : Gainward PowerpackComments (0) Posted By: On 04/26/01 - 11:38:15 AM Gainward is proud to announce that Gainward GeForce3 PowerPack!!! - the fastest board Gainward ever built - will start sampling beginning of next week - volume shipments 1 week later. - Gainward's EXPERTool will allow for enhanced clock settings guaranteed by Gainward - features include 64MB fast DDR, Video-in, Video-out and DVI - the software package includes software DVD and U-Lead Video Studio Another GF3 to look for recon ... Web Link : PK-OCK7 Overclocking DeviceComments (0) Posted By: On 04/26/01 - 01:15:46 AM VIAHardware have just posted their review on a very interesting little device... the PK-OCK7/EV6. This gizmo interfaces between a Athlon/Duron and the Socket A, and allows the manipulation of the multiplier, even on a motherboard that doesn't support it. Is this cool or what?! Web Link : |
© Overclockers Online 2000
Hosted by