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24 Oct 2003, 08:50pm
<b>A busy busy day out there on the web today...</b>
"This is not your normal DDR this is the true 256 bit DDRII. Now nVidia were the first lot to give this stuff a go with the ill fated FX 5800, however they only gave support for 128 bit of bandwidth ensuring that it could never truly perform. However the R350 allows the full 256 bit effectively letting the memory have a full head of steam."
<a href="http://www.themodfathers.com/reviews/9800proddr2.php" target="_new">Gigabyte Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb DDR II Graphics Card @ TheModfathers</a>
"Asus' P4C800-E Deluxe was released to add the overlooked features to their top end board (P4C800 Deluxe). While they have added most of the features they left out, they have added a few other issues. The CSA lan is nice as well as the ICH5R southbridge being included, you still get the IDE raid functionality, that you might want, and a overall good board at stock speeds. However with that said, they have failed to bring out a high performance motherboard, that is geared toward the popular overclocking scene..."
<a href="http://www.thecrucible.ca/reviews/p4c800-e/" target="_new">ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe @ TheCrucible</a>
"Yep it's time for another review for you from RipNet-UK, Lee has been busy again tapping away at a Microsoft keyboard. Now a keyboard may not be the most exciting preipheral in the world but when you stop to think how much you actually use the thing to interact with your PC, isn't it worth spending a little more to get some high quality kit?"
<a href="http://www.ripnet-uk.com/reviews/input_devices/msmmkbd/index.shtml" target="_new">Microsoft multimedia keyboard review @ RipNet-UK</a>
"It's the 21st century; do you know what's in your email box? There's a dirty little secret in cyberspace and it's that more people than not -- even people who should know better -- don't know how to handle a lot of the attachments they receive with their mail. If it doesn't say .doc, .gif, .jpg or .zip (on a PC) and .sit (on a Mac), they freak. Dealing with an .xls, .tga or .mp3 is easier than you think. So, the next time you get a mysterious attachment in your mailbox, stay calm, and consult the cheat sheet below."
<a href="http://www.futurelooks.com/display.php?i=215&p=1" target="_new">File Attachment Blues @ FutureLooks</a>
"Unfortunately the PX-708UF does not have the polish we have come to expect from Plextor products. We gave the PX-504UF a much better score because it was the first external DVD writer developed by Plextor and overall was a good first attempt. But we expected their updated version the PX-708UF to address some of the issues their predecessor had and this simply was not the case. "
<a href="http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review594.html" target="_new"> Plextor PlexWriter PX-708UF @ DesignTechnica</a>
"These fans perform fantastically. Airflow is impressive, the thermistor is a nice feature for those who don't own a fan controller, and the silence is golden. I am seriously considering ordering 2 of these units to replace the remaining Antecs in my Lian-Li case."
<a href="http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/silfan/" target="_New">SilenX Ultra Quiet Temperature Controlled Case Fans Review @ Tweaknews</a>
"It's harddrive review time here at rbmods tonite. We have some sweet drives from Seagate called Barracuda 7200.7. Also we have one IDE and one SATA; both which are on 160 gig that will be compared to each other. And we also have an older 20 gig drive to show the difference in older and newer drives. "
<a href="http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Seagate/160gb/1.php" target="_new">Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 IDE and SATA 160gb drives @ R&B </a>
"To be frank, Albatron has been producing nForce 2 board way back to few months ago where we took a look at KM18G Pro. The only thing that differ these two boards from each other was the form factor, whereby KX18D Pro II came in full ATX size. And talking about full ATX size, full ATX sized board usually offered much better expandability than smaller sized ATX board. KX18D Pro II or should I say the whole line of Albatron products came in blue colored PCB board, whereby it stands for tranquility and trademark of Albatron products."
<a href="http://www.myworldhardware.com/v3/review.asp?ID=76" target="_new">Albatron KX18D Pro II (nForce 2 Ultra 400) Motherboard Reviewed @ myWORLD</a>
"The test copies, reads, and then deletes a file as many times as it can in one minute. The results are based off of these values using a file sized 512B, 32Kb, 256Kb, and 2MB. Higher values are better in this test as well. The drive once again performed pretty well. You obviously won’t get the same speed from the drive using the USB 2.0 interface as you would using the IDE interface but the drive still is working well."
<a href="http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/case_cool/enermax/misc/ener_enc/" target="_new">Enermax EHD-350 USB Enclosure @ Viper Lair</a>
"Before I get to the nitty gritty on the TT Extreme Volcano 12 I would like to explain that I really wanted to attempt to push this product by overclocking my Barton 2500+ on a BioStar M7NCD Pro Motherboard to AMD 3200+ speeds using a 200mhz front side bus and a multiplier of 11. This resulted in an overall CPU speed of 2.2Ghz and an overclock of just under 400 Mhz. Seeing that Thermaltake claims to be one of the best air cooling solutions for overclockers, lets see how well this cooler performs...."
<a href="http://www.3dxtreme.org/TT_Volcano12_p1.shtml" target="_new">ThermalTake Volcano 12 AMD Cooler Review @ 3dXtreme</a>
"The X-Micro's 128MB Apex Flash Stick looks like a great USB thumb drive; it is very small and portable and comes with a few extras. If you are looking for a USB storage device you should take a look at this product."
<a href="http://www.comp-shop.com/Reviews/x-micro/page1.php" target="_new">X-micro's Apex Flash Stick @ comp-shop</a>
"This is not your normal DDR this is the true 256 bit DDRII. Now nVidia were the first lot to give this stuff a go with the ill fated FX 5800, however they only gave support for 128 bit of bandwidth ensuring that it could never truly perform. However the R350 allows the full 256 bit effectively letting the memory have a full head of steam."
<a href="http://www.themodfathers.com/reviews/9800proddr2.php" target="_new">Gigabyte Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb DDR II Graphics Card @ TheModfathers</a>
"Asus' P4C800-E Deluxe was released to add the overlooked features to their top end board (P4C800 Deluxe). While they have added most of the features they left out, they have added a few other issues. The CSA lan is nice as well as the ICH5R southbridge being included, you still get the IDE raid functionality, that you might want, and a overall good board at stock speeds. However with that said, they have failed to bring out a high performance motherboard, that is geared toward the popular overclocking scene..."
<a href="http://www.thecrucible.ca/reviews/p4c800-e/" target="_new">ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe @ TheCrucible</a>
"Yep it's time for another review for you from RipNet-UK, Lee has been busy again tapping away at a Microsoft keyboard. Now a keyboard may not be the most exciting preipheral in the world but when you stop to think how much you actually use the thing to interact with your PC, isn't it worth spending a little more to get some high quality kit?"
<a href="http://www.ripnet-uk.com/reviews/input_devices/msmmkbd/index.shtml" target="_new">Microsoft multimedia keyboard review @ RipNet-UK</a>
"It's the 21st century; do you know what's in your email box? There's a dirty little secret in cyberspace and it's that more people than not -- even people who should know better -- don't know how to handle a lot of the attachments they receive with their mail. If it doesn't say .doc, .gif, .jpg or .zip (on a PC) and .sit (on a Mac), they freak. Dealing with an .xls, .tga or .mp3 is easier than you think. So, the next time you get a mysterious attachment in your mailbox, stay calm, and consult the cheat sheet below."
<a href="http://www.futurelooks.com/display.php?i=215&p=1" target="_new">File Attachment Blues @ FutureLooks</a>
"Unfortunately the PX-708UF does not have the polish we have come to expect from Plextor products. We gave the PX-504UF a much better score because it was the first external DVD writer developed by Plextor and overall was a good first attempt. But we expected their updated version the PX-708UF to address some of the issues their predecessor had and this simply was not the case. "
<a href="http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review594.html" target="_new"> Plextor PlexWriter PX-708UF @ DesignTechnica</a>
"These fans perform fantastically. Airflow is impressive, the thermistor is a nice feature for those who don't own a fan controller, and the silence is golden. I am seriously considering ordering 2 of these units to replace the remaining Antecs in my Lian-Li case."
<a href="http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/silfan/" target="_New">SilenX Ultra Quiet Temperature Controlled Case Fans Review @ Tweaknews</a>
"It's harddrive review time here at rbmods tonite. We have some sweet drives from Seagate called Barracuda 7200.7. Also we have one IDE and one SATA; both which are on 160 gig that will be compared to each other. And we also have an older 20 gig drive to show the difference in older and newer drives. "
<a href="http://www.rbmods.com/Articles/Seagate/160gb/1.php" target="_new">Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 IDE and SATA 160gb drives @ R&B </a>
"To be frank, Albatron has been producing nForce 2 board way back to few months ago where we took a look at KM18G Pro. The only thing that differ these two boards from each other was the form factor, whereby KX18D Pro II came in full ATX size. And talking about full ATX size, full ATX sized board usually offered much better expandability than smaller sized ATX board. KX18D Pro II or should I say the whole line of Albatron products came in blue colored PCB board, whereby it stands for tranquility and trademark of Albatron products."
<a href="http://www.myworldhardware.com/v3/review.asp?ID=76" target="_new">Albatron KX18D Pro II (nForce 2 Ultra 400) Motherboard Reviewed @ myWORLD</a>
"The test copies, reads, and then deletes a file as many times as it can in one minute. The results are based off of these values using a file sized 512B, 32Kb, 256Kb, and 2MB. Higher values are better in this test as well. The drive once again performed pretty well. You obviously won’t get the same speed from the drive using the USB 2.0 interface as you would using the IDE interface but the drive still is working well."
<a href="http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/case_cool/enermax/misc/ener_enc/" target="_new">Enermax EHD-350 USB Enclosure @ Viper Lair</a>
"Before I get to the nitty gritty on the TT Extreme Volcano 12 I would like to explain that I really wanted to attempt to push this product by overclocking my Barton 2500+ on a BioStar M7NCD Pro Motherboard to AMD 3200+ speeds using a 200mhz front side bus and a multiplier of 11. This resulted in an overall CPU speed of 2.2Ghz and an overclock of just under 400 Mhz. Seeing that Thermaltake claims to be one of the best air cooling solutions for overclockers, lets see how well this cooler performs...."
<a href="http://www.3dxtreme.org/TT_Volcano12_p1.shtml" target="_new">ThermalTake Volcano 12 AMD Cooler Review @ 3dXtreme</a>
"The X-Micro's 128MB Apex Flash Stick looks like a great USB thumb drive; it is very small and portable and comes with a few extras. If you are looking for a USB storage device you should take a look at this product."
<a href="http://www.comp-shop.com/Reviews/x-micro/page1.php" target="_new">X-micro's Apex Flash Stick @ comp-shop</a>