Daily roundup 1 - 07.12.2003

"Once again living up to their name, Thermaltake spared no expense in the manufacturing process of these power supplies. Each power cord on this unit is sleeved, with heat shrink at the base of each molex connector; this provides improved airflow and a more appealing aesthetic look."
Thermaltake Purepower 480W @ XCsystems

"I have procured two of the best performing waterblocks in the world for you… both designs were masterminded by the reclusive and mysterious Stew Forster of Australia, he developed the Whitewater to worldwide acclaim and then licensed production to DTek"
5 Block Shootout @ MHW

"The main feature that sets the Sniper Boomslang 2100 apart from other mice is a dots per inch (DPI) rating of 2100. The DPI is the rate at which the encoder sends signals to the controller as the mouse is moved per inch. Optical mice from Logitech have an encoder resolution of 800 DPI while those from Microsoft have a 400 DPI rating."
BFG Sniper Boomslang 2100 @ NVnews

"The Silent Stream is water cooling for the processor only. The water cooling kit is made for the unmod like crowd for it allows even the basic inept computer person to understand how to accomplish one of, and sometimes the most difficult way to cool a computer. The Silent Stream kit comes in a box with all the parts for water cooling your processor."
GlobalWin Silent Stream Water Cooling Kit @ A True Review

"One of the problems with small form factor (SFF) technologies, particularly the Mini-ITX mainboards, is that there really aren’t many companies making “cases” to hold them in. "
Bleu Jour AS (Appliance Server) Mini PC @ SubZeroTech

"Turn the clock forward to 2003 and VIA is again producing Asynchronous core-logic designs. We have recently introduced the PT880 chipset for the Intel Pentium 4 platform and early Q1 04 will see the introduction of the K8T800 Pro with Asynchronous bus design and 1GHz FSB for the AMD 64 platform."
Interview with VIA @ Viper Lair