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Written by Mikhail Ivanenkov
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
The ECS NF650iSLIT-A motherboard supports every Socket 775 processor on a 533/800/1066 MHZ FSB, from the Celeron D to the Pentium 4/D/XE series, and of course the Core 2 Duo/Quad processors. It will also do 133MHz FSB through overclocking, so that potentially brings the Intel Penryn core into the fold as well. Onboard goodies include dual PCI Express slots for SLI, a Gigabit network connection, 7.1 channel High Definition audio, four Serial ATA II ports, two IDE channels and the usual collection of USB jacks. The ECS NF650iSLIT-A is built with the nVidia nForce 650i Northbridge (C55) and nForce 430 (MCP51) Southbridge.
Vantec LapCool 5 at Modders-Inc:
The LapCool 5 has 2 sets of rubber with set of feet on top and another set located on the bottom with the feet on the bottom being larger than the ones on the top. The bottom feet are sloped to allow the laptop to sit at an angle for ease of uasage.
The first thing most people will notice is the finish on the PSU. Clad in what Ultra calls their Titanium finish, the X3 is a high gloss beauty, just begging for a windowed case to shine through. The housing is on the long side, though, and may cause troubles installing in smaller cases. Just something to bear in mind. I would have to remove my Kandalf's top mounted ports to install the X3.
Dell does of course have larger screens – it has just released its second generation 30in display, but these have a higher resolution of 2,560 x 1,600. The physical size and resolution of the 30inchers is such that they’re out of the price range of most, especially as the resolution means that if you want to play games on it, you need serious horsepower to run them acceptably at native resolution, which only adds to the already high cost. What’s more you need to use a dual-link cable just to run the thing. A 30in display then is like a fast car, expensive to buy and with high running costs.
The modules are fairly ordinary-looking, with G.SKILL's standard silver-finished heatspreaders. Timings are rated at 4-4-3-5 - fairly low especially with regards to tRAS - while voltage is above JEDEC specification at 2.1V. G.SKILL includes Extended Performance Profile (EPP) information. This works in conjunction with NVIDIA's nForce chipsets to provide clock-speed and timing information beyond that of the regular SPD (Serial Presence Detect) tables.
Genius have come up with a unique design and shape, this will be the first keyboard that has a 3-in-One interface that has been laid out in this way. The construction of the keyboard is solid made from a transparent crystal base in two color schemes, black and silver, not overly exciting but a sleek look that will match your equipment you may have at home without looking out of place. The surface of the face plate used is plastic but it has a rubberized texture on the remote, mouse and the keyboard edging that is a coating that gives anti-grip control over your keyboard.
After removing the retail packaging, I finally got my first hands-on look at the Master Panel II. I reviewed the first version of VIZO's Master Panel, so I can discuss the many improvements and changes that have been made to this version. First of all, the original Master Panel was only designed to support IDE and SATA devices. I believe VIZO's first attempt was just to give people access to typical ports that you would find your motherboard's back I/O panel or inside the case itself.
The demands that are put on memory these days are enormous. With image/video editing packages and games requiring more and more memory, 1GB of memory is hardly enough anymore. Games like Battlefield 2142, F.E.A.R., Splinter Cell Double Agent, and many more require a minimum of 2GBs to play at high resolution. Upcoming games being released in 2007 will further benefit from having 2GB of memory installed. Additionally, Microsoft Windows Vista operating system requires more memory than XP. I would recommend nothing short of 2GB of memory if you are installing Vista. Also, most new memory has tight timing and can be pushed to very fast speeds. Let's see what this memory can do.
The charger is a separate beast and is quite large. It can act as a resting place for the mouse when not in use, but I think that the majority of users would never actually put it there. It has a USB port in the bottom of it for the USB dongle that actually houses the wireless receiver. This way, a user could carry the batteries, mouse, and dongle without needing to tote the charger if he or she believed that he or she wouldn't need to charge the batteries for a while.
Cooler Master Stacker 832 case at techPowerUp:
Inside the case you will find three distinctive items. An installation manual, a bag with coasters so you can move the case around, and a white box. Inside is a large bag of screws, rails to install additional hard drives inside the case, and 5.25 inch to 3.5 inch adapters for the front of the case. There are two additional parts for securing 5.25 inch devices screwlessly, just in case. As it will turn out later, it is a good thing that these are included.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 June 2007 )
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