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Written by Mikhail Ivanenkov
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Tuesday, 14 August 2007 |
However as the story is being told it wouldn't be fair to say it's all that perfect. Checking out the rest reveals a lot of issues and unwanted ideas that Zirconium offers. I don't want to desiquality this case in the beginning as there are good sides to it. If you're a casual PC user you'll either like it or hate it. Enthusiasts will most likely pass on to something from Antec, Thermaltake or Silverstone instead.
A closer look at the CF800 CPU Cooler revealed that the product looks to be made of very high-quality aluminum and copper for the base. The clear 92mm fan is secured to the aluminum fins with four plastic snap-on pins. The quality of the fan's construction leaves much to be desired, but it should be more than adequate to run at its’ rated 800 to 2,300 RPMs. The CF800 also has an integrated temperature sensor which will automatically kick the fan into high gear when the CPU reaches a certain temperature and work load.
The little black square you can see on the picture above next to the heatsinks is an IR receiver for the remote control. We’ve tested other brand TV tuners in the past and they do generate a lot of heat – it’s good to see that GIGABYTE has taken this into consideration and take stability and long life seriously.
Sparkle was one of the first on the market with their Geforce 8 series offering, the high end 8800 GTX and slightly more affordable GTS were well received. They did not wait too long to announce their products based on the new NVIDIA mid-range video cards. The 8600 GT from Sparkle is a no frills product, the white box holds only the absolute necessary.
For those of you who don’t know what a thermal compound does allow me to explain. Its job is to transfer heat as efficiently as possible between a heatsink and a processor (or any other such similar setup). Without a thermal compound in place CPUs would overheat, as there are far too many micro imperfections in the base of a heatsink (and top of a CPU) to be able to effectively transfer heat (not to mention that air trapped between the two would hinder this already poor performance). So thermal compound sits between your processor and heatsink and smoothes out all the micro imperfections and removes any air between them to allow as much heat to transfer across itself as possible.
The look of a product's packaging is important to would-be buyers in-store, as is the information it conveys. But, even though buying too cheaply can turn out to be a false economy, the big decider is price, especially now that so many sales are made via the internet where instant comparisons from site to site are just a few clicks away.
If you look around some of your favorite online retailers you will see a listing for the Apevia X-Telstar case. The X-Telstar sports a large see-thru side panel and circular display that gives you all the details on what is going on inside the case. The light aluminum construction is a big bonus as well. Apevia has never been a big fan of the industry standard beige casing. This is Apevia newest case to market, but will it be as popular with us as the newest Q-Pack we reviewed a few weeks ago? Read alone with us and we will tell you.
There are 2 versions of the Flash Survivor, the GT and the regular version. We are reviewing the GT version which only difference from the regular version is that it has faster transfer speeds. The Flash Survivor has a cylinder shape and is made out of extremely strong, CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum. On the front you will see a small flash survivor logo.
The availability of four different hard drive modes (Standard, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID1) allows you to choose the configuration best suited to your needs. Standard mode creates two separately accessible hard drives. JBOD combines both drives in linear fashion for maximum space efficiency. RAID 0 combines both drives in a ‘striped' configuration, which provides the highest performance, enabling speeds up to 23MBps-Read and 15MBps-Write (MBps: Megabytes per second) when using a Gigabit Ethernet connection. RAID 1 causes the drives to mirror each other, providing maximum protection. This means that if one drive fails while configured as RAID 1, the unaffected drive continues to function as a single drive until the failed drive is replaced. The new drive will then be re-mirrored, allowing the DNS-323 to return to its full protection.
To see what makes the 7K1000 special, you have to dig into the drive's spec sheet. Terabyte capacity is obviously what makes this drive unique, but how it gets there is also important. The 7K1000 uses five platters to achieve its industry-leading capacity, perpendicularly packing an impressive 200GB onto each disk. These 200GB platters give the 7K1000 a higher areal density than competing drives that typically feature 188GB platters, and since higher areal densities can lead to better performance by allowing the drive head to access more data across the same physical area, the Deskstar is nicely set up for speed.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 August 2007 )
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