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Thursday Afternoon
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Thursday, 19-September-2002 13:32:56 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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I built a P4 testbed here yesterday - it's time I had a more powerful machine than the AthlonXP 1600+'s I've been using for the last few months and a P4 setup will let me test other P4 bits. The CPU is a P4 2.0A 400MHz-FSB unit that runs at 533MHz-FSB (2.66GHz) at default voltage and, on an impulse, I picked up Gigabyte's SiS648 board - the GA-8SG667. When I bought this board there were no reviews of it around, but there's been a few SiS648 reviews and the chipset certainly looks promising. After I'd finished building the testbed I noticed AnandTech have posted a review of this motherboard yesterday. Shanib pointed out a couple of reviews of Asus's P4S8X, their SiS648 offering here and here. Still waiting for a more mature BIOS for the Gigabyte board, as the current one is woefully short of voltage and memory timing tweaks, but otherwise the board looks like a good 'un. Will I review it? Maybe.. one of the joys of buying hardware is that I don't have to review it. :)
AnandTech also have an article on the Quad Band Memory technology that was announced yesterday.
LetsGoDigital went to Cebit Bilisim.. a big PC show in Turkey.
thetron noticed that Channel 9 have dropped F1 coverage.. hopefully Channel 10 will pick it up, they seem to do a pretty good job of covering the bike racing (apart from giving the results away before the race in Sports Tonight, grr!)
Our RC5 Team has jumped up a spot, thanks Skit.
Firemoth noticed a few ways to spend a billion dollars.
AMDWorld compared the Intel P4 2.4GHz and AMD AthlonXP 2200+ CPU's. For more comparisons, in my XP2600+ review I compare it to a 2.53GHz P4.
DWPG have an article about socketA SMP on the (relatively) cheap.
Reviews:
LiteOn 48x12x48 CDRW drive on TheTechZone.
FIC VC19 P4 ddr motherboard on NeoSeeker.
Kingston 512MB SODIMM memory on MikhailTech.
Soyo P4X400 Platinum Edition P4 DDR motherboard on Active-Hardware.
Asus GF4 Ti4200 on Riva3D.
Xoxide X300 premodded case on SubZeroTech.
SmartDisk FireLite USB 20GB external HDD on Bjorn3D.
Arkua 848X-6B 1RU P4 heatsink on FrostyTech.
ActionTech 54Mbps wireless gear on PCStats.
CoolerMaster Blue Neon LED Fan on 8Balls.
DFI AD77 Infinity pre-release KT400-based socketA DDR motherboard on Hardware-TestDK.
Antec LED Fans on ModTown, our review here.
Nexland ISB Soho net-sharer on ViperLair.
UV Sensitive Case-Modding bits (fans, PSU cover, cables) on OCIA.
TweakMonster Glowing Light Tape on InsideProject.
Everglide Gaming Mat on BlargOC.
Plextor Plexwriter 40x12x30 on InsideProject.
Whitelite FX100 Flexible Keyboard on TechSeekers.
AOpen AX4B-533 P4 DDR motherboard with tube-based audio (video review) on 3DGameMan.
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