SM-Bot
9 Oct 2003, 07:04 AM
<i>Alot of reviews in the email box today, grab your favorite beverage and lets start reading..</i>
"The 173T does not offer any technological improvements over its predecessor, the 172T, so you will need to decide if it is worth the $100 increase to step up to a higher contrast ratio on an older model."
<a href="http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review560.html" target="_new">Samsung 173T 17" LCD @ DesignTechnica</a>
"Thermaltake's Volcano series of heatsink has been around many years now and has gone through many reincarnations. Today we take a look at the most recent version the totally redesigned Extreme Volcano 12."
<a href="http://www.techtastic.ca/reviews2/volcano12.html" target="_new">Thermaltake's Extreme Volcano 12 @ TechTastic.ca</a>
""In general the higher the overall system flow rate, the larger the reservoir volume will need to be to effectively remove air from the system. Remember though, just because you may have a pump that is rated at 300 GPH free flow, doesn’t mean you will have anywhere near that amount in a real system. In addition to the total volume, the shape of the reservoir and use of baffles and/or screens can have a large affect on a reservoir’s ability to remove trapped air bubbles."
<a href="http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=263" target="_new">Bay-Res Reservoir Rev 2 @ AMDmb</a>
""The GSA-4040B is one of the few drives out there that can reach the advertised speeds when reading a DVD. There are drives that fixed the read-speed at 2X while reading a DVD-Video, and some work very poorly with dual layer / CSS encrypted DVDs . Gladly, the GSA4040B has none of those problems."
<a href="http://www.hardwarezoom.com/viewcontent.jsp?ReviewID=171" target="_new">LG Super Multi DVD Writer GSA-4040B Review @ HardwareZoom</a>
"Today we have a new innovation from Sunbeam that I haven't seen before in a fan grill. These new fan grills contain EL wire for lighting effects. While EL wire hasn't been the rage for general lighting effects in computer cases, EL wire justifies its purpose by highlighting,"
<a href="http://www.extensiontech.net/reviews/accessories/lighting/sunelgrill.shtml" target="_new">Sunbeam EL Wire Fan Grills Review @ ExtensionTech.net</a>
"I have personally known Abit as a company since back in the BX days, when their BX motherboard was really the first to offer maximum overclocking potential at a good price with stunning performance. It really was THE board to have back then for a few reasons. It was versatile and totally stable."
<a href="http://www.subzerotech.com/index.php?module=sz_reviews_display&id=155" target="_new">Abit IC7-MAX3 @ SubZeroTech</a>
"The Extremecase Z-Blue case has a laser cut window design with a centered intake along with four front 80mm fans mounts and two rear 80mm fan mounts for maximum airflow."
<a href="http://www.3dxtreme.org/Raidmax_Z-Blue_p1.shtml" target="_new">Extremecase.com Raidmax Z-Blue 868 Case</a>
"All the power and drive cables are neatly placed out of the way, cable-tied and strapped up all around the case. The IDE / FDD cables are flat ribbon cables, but they have been folded and taped with special tape so they are very small and neat, reducing clutter and helping airflow."
<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=350" target="_new">Biostar iDEQ 200N SFF System @ Bjorn3d</a>
“As you can see, the front is very sharp looking. It has tons of eye candy and it’s functional too. Both the door and the bottom cover are similar in appearance but are not one piece that’s cut in half. The door is thicker than the bottom cover. They both have a red anodized plate in the middle with a very thick silver aluminum plate on top of it."
<a href="http://www.gruntville.com/reviews/cases/thermaltake_xaseriii/index.php" target="_new">Thermaltake XaserIII V2420U Review @ GruntvillE.com</a>
<i>Happy reading!</i>
"The 173T does not offer any technological improvements over its predecessor, the 172T, so you will need to decide if it is worth the $100 increase to step up to a higher contrast ratio on an older model."
<a href="http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review560.html" target="_new">Samsung 173T 17" LCD @ DesignTechnica</a>
"Thermaltake's Volcano series of heatsink has been around many years now and has gone through many reincarnations. Today we take a look at the most recent version the totally redesigned Extreme Volcano 12."
<a href="http://www.techtastic.ca/reviews2/volcano12.html" target="_new">Thermaltake's Extreme Volcano 12 @ TechTastic.ca</a>
""In general the higher the overall system flow rate, the larger the reservoir volume will need to be to effectively remove air from the system. Remember though, just because you may have a pump that is rated at 300 GPH free flow, doesn’t mean you will have anywhere near that amount in a real system. In addition to the total volume, the shape of the reservoir and use of baffles and/or screens can have a large affect on a reservoir’s ability to remove trapped air bubbles."
<a href="http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=263" target="_new">Bay-Res Reservoir Rev 2 @ AMDmb</a>
""The GSA-4040B is one of the few drives out there that can reach the advertised speeds when reading a DVD. There are drives that fixed the read-speed at 2X while reading a DVD-Video, and some work very poorly with dual layer / CSS encrypted DVDs . Gladly, the GSA4040B has none of those problems."
<a href="http://www.hardwarezoom.com/viewcontent.jsp?ReviewID=171" target="_new">LG Super Multi DVD Writer GSA-4040B Review @ HardwareZoom</a>
"Today we have a new innovation from Sunbeam that I haven't seen before in a fan grill. These new fan grills contain EL wire for lighting effects. While EL wire hasn't been the rage for general lighting effects in computer cases, EL wire justifies its purpose by highlighting,"
<a href="http://www.extensiontech.net/reviews/accessories/lighting/sunelgrill.shtml" target="_new">Sunbeam EL Wire Fan Grills Review @ ExtensionTech.net</a>
"I have personally known Abit as a company since back in the BX days, when their BX motherboard was really the first to offer maximum overclocking potential at a good price with stunning performance. It really was THE board to have back then for a few reasons. It was versatile and totally stable."
<a href="http://www.subzerotech.com/index.php?module=sz_reviews_display&id=155" target="_new">Abit IC7-MAX3 @ SubZeroTech</a>
"The Extremecase Z-Blue case has a laser cut window design with a centered intake along with four front 80mm fans mounts and two rear 80mm fan mounts for maximum airflow."
<a href="http://www.3dxtreme.org/Raidmax_Z-Blue_p1.shtml" target="_new">Extremecase.com Raidmax Z-Blue 868 Case</a>
"All the power and drive cables are neatly placed out of the way, cable-tied and strapped up all around the case. The IDE / FDD cables are flat ribbon cables, but they have been folded and taped with special tape so they are very small and neat, reducing clutter and helping airflow."
<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=350" target="_new">Biostar iDEQ 200N SFF System @ Bjorn3d</a>
“As you can see, the front is very sharp looking. It has tons of eye candy and it’s functional too. Both the door and the bottom cover are similar in appearance but are not one piece that’s cut in half. The door is thicker than the bottom cover. They both have a red anodized plate in the middle with a very thick silver aluminum plate on top of it."
<a href="http://www.gruntville.com/reviews/cases/thermaltake_xaseriii/index.php" target="_new">Thermaltake XaserIII V2420U Review @ GruntvillE.com</a>
<i>Happy reading!</i>