| Wednesday Hardware Roundup Aug 29 |
| Written by Maxit |
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Gigabyte P35-DQ6 Motherboard Review "When INTEL released the P35 chipset, many people were wondering what the big deal was. In all honesty, its a marginal upgrade form the immensely popular P965 chipset it replaced, at least in many instances. But for those who overclock, the P35 chipset provides a pretty significant upgrade over its predecessor. Those who had the pleasure of using one of Gigabyte's many P965, especially the P965-DQ6, will tell you that they are fantastic overclockers. So does that mean we can expect a similar performance boost from their P35 offering? With INTEL set to unleash the X38 catering to the extreme enthusiasts in less than a month, should users look to the Gigabyte P35-DQ6, or should they wait? Read on to find out...." Review URL: http://hardwarelogic.com ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus Motherboard Review @ Virtual-Hideout “ASUS has been one of the leading manufacturers of motherboards for a number of years, and is the preferred board of the VH staff. The motherboard under the scope this time around is the P5N32-E SLI Plus, which uses the 650i chipset - a lesser version of the 680i which means a lower retail price. Although this is a newer motherboard using a less powerful chipset, they did make some changes to it and got dual x16 PCI-E SLI support. Another cool feature is the Stack Cool design which helps pull heat away from the components around the CPU. Another heat reducing feature are the heatpipes that cover each of the chipset chips separately. With so many features letÙs get on with the review and see how things work out.” Samsung SyncMaster 940UX 19-inch LCD Monitor Review @ ThinkComputers.org "There's no
denying that you have a lot of options when it comes to selecting an LCD
monitor to accompany your computer. Some of these monitors are designed to
attract your attention with their exceptional refresh rates, contrast ratios, or
viewing angles, whereas others attempt to grab their segment of the market by
tossing a mediocre panel into the most attractive-looking package possible. The
Samsung SyncMaster 940UX is a 19-inch standard ratio LCD that boasts a feature
you probably won't find on most other monitors: it can connect to your computer
using USB.”
Review URL: http://www.thinkcomputers.org ECS P35T-A Motherboard "The P35T-A is a full size ATX motherboard that features the
Intel P-35 Express chipset. Among other things in this view, you will note the
purple color of the motherboard PCB. Something to distinguish this ECS product
from many of the other motherboards on the market. While most of the P35
motherboards on the market feature some type of heatpipe cooling for the
chipsets and power management circuit, this board does not."
Article URL: http://www.overclockersclub.com Intel Updates vPro Platform Technology w/ New Chipset “In this effort, the company has certified the Core 2 Duo E6550, E6750 and E6850 processors for vPro, and is releasing the new low-power Q35 Express chipset with a companion ICH9-DO Southbridge, and 82566DM Gigabit Network controller.” Article URL: http://www.hothardware.com DDR2 Memory Roundup Summer 2007 Part 1 @ Madshrimps "We take a look at the performance numbers of 9 DDR2 2x1Gb Kits from OCZ, Kingston, Mushkin, Team Group and Corsair on the Intel P965 platform. Join us as we try to determine who's got the fastest and most overclockable kits out there in Part 1 of our summer DDR2 Roundup." Article URL: http://www.madshrimps.be Sapphire Radeon HD 2400 XT + HD 2600 XT "AMD have got their whole mid-range lineup well and truly going now and we had a look at Palit and their HD 2600 cards the other week; now itÙs time to have a look at the Sapphire HD 2600 XT and HD 2400 XT. The question is though, is it enough for us to recommend them over the 8600 series? Well at the time of writing about the Palit cards, almost! Since then a new driver set has come out in the form of the Catalyst 7.8 and some serious speed increases were seen for the mid-range cards. This could be enough for them to be the card of choice for users on a budget." Article URL: http://www.tweaktown.com Synology Cube Station CS407 @ HotHardware.com "This do-it-yourself NAS device and server comes configured "bare-bones", ready for installation of up to four SATA hard disks with RAID 0, 1 and 5 capabilities. In addition to its compact form-factor and clean lines, Synology's CS407 provides product differentiation through support for a multitude of cross-platform features like UPnP MultiMedia support, iTunes server functionality, a Web Server with PHP and MySQL support and even an integrated photo management system called PhotoStation2 that has a decidedly "flickr-like" look and feel to it. Anyone in the market for a feature rich network attached storage device should check this article out…" Article URL: http://www.hothardware.com GlacialPower GP-PS550BP Power Supply"GP-PS550BP is a very simple 550 W power supply manufactured by GlacialPower with all sales handled by GlacialTech, featuring passive PFC and no extra fancy features, coming with a MSRP of only USD 65. We completely disassembled this unit to take a look. Is this a good buy? Let's see. "
Article URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com
Palit HD 2600 XT - Speed vs Memory "In a war that has spanned over decades which has caused tension between the enthusiast and the noob, we all ask whatÙs better; more memory or more speed. Palit continue to expand the “Super” and “Sonic” line up with each new release from AMD. The latest participants to the epic battle is the HD 2600 XT, coming standard with 256MB of GDDR3 memory Palit have taken it upon themselves to offer three models. ThereÙs the standard model which we donÙt really care about, because everyone knows that standard is boring. We then have the Sonic which is an overclocked 256MB GDDR3 card, and in the other corner we have the Super which comes in at stock clocks but carries with it 512MB of GDDR3 memory." Article URL: http://www.tweaktown.com
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