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Odin (the OCAU server)is copping quite a hiding at the moment. Anandtech was one of the first to link to the Dual Palomino Review (scroll down a bit in case you havn't heard already), and then HardOCP and finally slashdot have all linked to it.. so alot of clicks are comming our way. Agg has a little blurb below this about how it's coping in case your still curious. As it's still early morning over in the states, I expect site traffic to increase quite a bit as all the American's wake up and start browsing. That's not about to stop me doing the news however :)
Computex news..
Well, the first day at Computex is over and already there are a swag of articles from all the big names. VooDoo is there on our behalf, so expect some Computex coverage in the near future..
* HardOCP has some pics of an ABIT board based on the nVidia nForce "Crush" chipset, which if you don't already know about is shaping up to be quite decent.
* They also have a very positive article about the nForce platform up as well.
* Also ABIT on HardOCP are pics of a Brookdale-based socket-478 motherboard for the Intel Northwood processor. That's the next generation P4 based on a 0.13µm process. Notice how small the CPU+Socket is!
* Anandtech have an looked at AMD 760MP boards, nForce, i845 PC133 P4 boards and a bit more in their first peice of covergae.
* In their second article (already!) they have all the news on i845 - apparently it supports DDR RAM in it's native state, but due to agreements with RAMBUS they can only release it in PC133 forum until 2002. It's being hailed the next i440BX chipset, which is a pretty big call.
In non-Computex news..
In preparation for possibly the biggest watercooling roundup to date, procooling has written an article outlining how they intend to test and who the contendors are. 25 waterblocks and 7 radiators - That's going to take a while to test.
Futurelooks has managed to get their hands on a US version of the Gameboy Advance, and they've given it a fairly decent rundown. Not PC related I know, but you can't really take your PC with you on the bus. I wonder if you can overclock a GameBoy tho?
If you're still hankering for more Tyan action, Redback has found a spec sheet PDF and chucked it up on Geekthings.net. Bear in mind that geekthings is an OCAU hosted site, sharing the same server which is under a bit of load atm. So it might be a bit slow :)
Not everyone can get to Computex, but they can still preview the nForce chipset as Digit-Life has done. Dependant on price and performance it's going to be a very interesting board. Effectively, you're going to be able to replace a Duron/GF2MX/SBLive/NIC system that takes at least a mid-tower case with a tiny integrated system that'll fit in a BookPC case. It'll make going to LAN's alot more easier, and I predict it'll make PC gaming even more consumer orientated.
It appears Enermax are not limited to making decent quality PSU's, they also make removable HDD kits and HDD bays with thermal sensors in them. Mikhailtech has reiviewed an IDE removable HDD rack with an inbuilt fan.
Other Reviews..
Thermaltake PC2100 DDR RAM on IANAG.
CoolPC Neon & Window Kit on AcidHardware.
Thermaltake Memory Cooling Kit on PCStats.
Elsa Gladiac 920 GeForce3 on DangerousDog.
Realmagic Remote Control on 3DSpotlight, our review here.
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