Thermaltake Technology announced their most advanced air cool heat sink fan: Silent Boost. Their latest offering is said to incorporate a highly complex Hydro Wave Bearing fan along with high density all copper heat sink. From this product, Thermaltake also designs the series label to present the features of the cooling solution. Silent Boost can match both "low noise" and "performance" functions.

Microstar International, a.k.a. MSI, is going to introduce a new retail package for Nvidia GeForce FX products. The new bundle includes 3 AAA game titles. Currently on the list are Battlefield 1942, Command & Conquer Generals and Unreal 2: The Awakening as well as a wired USB mouse. The mouse appears to actually be a Logitech model. According to MSI the mouse features an 800dpi optical sensor. It's aluminum made and brings a blue LED scroll wheel. Nboxes will be available for the whole FX series. Read more for some pictures.

UK's Hexus.net have snagged a scoop on Intel's upcoming Tejas CPU.

Want to know what the new P4 will look like after Socket 478 and Prescott has come and gone? Tejas is its name and it's a scoop on the packaging. Take a look at it right here. Looks like rumours were correct, the "waffle iron" to swap out chips is present and correct.

Some polish sight frazpc.pl did a review of the Coolermaster Musketeer. Great photos and a video of how it works! Thanks to Mr A. It appears that the Musketeer is a temp and voltage monitor.

VR-Zone has posted some pics and info on the Tejas processor in 775 LGA (Land Grid Array) scheduled for launch in second half of next year.

I was just over at Nordic Hardware.com when I noticed that they've snagged some details and a photo of Abit's IC7 MAX III motherboard.

VR-Zone.com have specially selected several 865PE boards in the market that came equipped with PAT feature and put them together for a roundup.

No doubt the boards that we are going to look at today are the best performing 865PE boards around and these are the boards that consumers should be considering seriously. Among the candidates are ABIT IS7-G, ASUS P4P800 Deluxe, AOpen AX4SPE Max, Albatron PX865PE Pro II, EPoX 4PDA2+ and MSI 865PE Neo2. We will take a close look at the board features, BIOS features, performance and most importantly their overclockability.

Hexus.Net have snagged some photo's and details about AMD's upcoming Thorton CPU.

Well we have heard a lot about this, today HEXUS got some exclusive shots of this new CPU. Basically it is a Barton but with 1/2 the L2 cache - 256 instead of 512KB we have not heard anything from AMD in regards to this CPU. The Thorton is an AMD Athlon XP part; it does not replace the AMD Duron.

Intel Corporation today introduced a new version of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology at 3.2 GHz. Pentium 4 processor-based PCs and Intel® Xeon?-based servers with HT technology are now available across a range of mainstream and performance system price points. With a 512K Level 2 cache, a choice of 400, 533 and 800 MHz system bus speeds, and manufactured on Intel's leading 0.13-micron process technology, the Intel Pentium 4 processor is the leading microprocessor for consumers and business users.

Just spotted this bit of info at Xbitlabs.com!

ATI Technologies will launch another mainstream product code-named RV360 together with its R360 VPU later this year. Apparently, the Markham, Ontario-based company prepares yet-another mainstream graphics processor based on the RV350 architecture. Its code-name is RV380 and it will come together with the R420, as unofficial sources said.

Hardwarezone.com have posted up their sneak peek at Sony's new VAIO PCG-TR1 notebook based on Intel's Centrino mobile chipset.

For all notebook lovers, this is probably the day you have been waiting for - the unveiling of the all-new VAIO PCG-TR1, which is also Sony's first notebook powered by the Intel Centrino Mobile Technology (hence the new TR family). But alas, the PCG-TR1 that we have here is an early pre-production model so we weren't able to run our standard notebook benchmarking routines. Instead, we'll take a look at the other finer details of the PCG-TR1 and tell you why we think this sub-notebook is simply the best-looking VAIO to date yet.

AMD today announced three new mobile processors designed to bring notebook users the features and mobility they need for an outstanding computing experience whether at home, on a flight or in a client?s conference room. All three processors feature 512KB L2 cache that helps increase performance and lets notebook users work more quickly and efficiently.

AMDZone have thrown up their sneak peek at the Shuttle SN45G, which is the nForce2 Ultra 400 based SFF!

Shuttle has followed up their SN41G2 with the SN45G based on the nForce 2 Ultra 400 chipset. We enjoyed their SN41G2 which is based on the nForce 2 IGP chipset, but the SN45 goes without the integrated video which cuts costs, and support for 400MHz FSB Athlons is added.

x86-Secret has just published an article on the PAT technology that comes to confirm all the information heard these last days. On the contrary of what Intel is stating, PAT is present on ALL i865 and i875 chipsets and is moreover activated by default on these 2 chipsets for all modes less than FSB800/DDR400. However, the i875 is the only one to keep PAT activated in FSB800/DDR400 mode due to a better chip quality. Manufacturers like AsusTek, followed by others these last weeks, have found a workaround for the i865 chipset by making it believe that the CPU is at a 533 FSB setting, even when it's at FSB800. So what is PAT really? Marketing or technical argument? For the time being, x86-Secret thinks that the first statement might be true even if Intel, during the chipset fabrication, did not think it would have so much good yields on its i865/i875 chipsets. So for the moment, before Intel changes the revision of its 865 chipsets, these chips are very well positionned in front of the 875 ones, as the 30$ increase in price can't be explained.

Evan Lieb at AnandTech.com has thrown up his 20-way 865PE/875P Motherboard Shootout! Here's a snip.

Even after finishing our 5-way memory compatibility comparison that tested seventeen different Pentium 4 motherboards we still had lots of work ahead of us. Today we bring you the first part of a two-part 865PE/875P roundup series. Part 1 includes twenty different 865PE and 875P motherboards while Part 2 will include another thirteen to fifteen P4 motherboards. We will announce the runner-ups in Part 2.

In terms of the enthusiast, AMD Athlon's XP processor has now taken second stage to Intel's all conquering Pentium 4 processor and army of Dual Channel enabled chipsets. AMD continue to battle it out with the support of third party chipset manufacturers, VIA Technology and nVidia, who keep the Athlon XP in the battle for the enthusiasts? loot. Today TweakTown's Shawn "Toxic" Baker puts nVidia's Dual Channel nForce 2 up against VIA's Single Channel KT400 and KT400A chipsets. There can only be one winner, which will it be? Read on and discover the answer!

Developed and monitored by PCI-SIG, PCI Express will be the upcoming standard for add on cards in personal computers. The PCI-SIG provides a forum for its 800+ member companies who develop differentiated, interoperable products based on its specifications. PCI Express architecture retains the PCI usage model and software interfaces for investment protection and smooth development migration. The technology is aimed at multiple market segments in the computing and communication industries, and supports chip-to-chip, board-to-board and adapter solutions at an equivalent or lower cost structure than existing PCI designs. PCI Express currently runs at 2.5Gtps, or 250MBps per lane in each direction, providing a total bandwidth of 16GBps in a 32-lane configuration. AnandTech is taking a look at the possible benefits here.

Western Digital Corp. yesterday introduced its WD Caviar Special Edition (SE) Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive, the world's largest 7,200 RPM SATA hard drive. Carrying on the heritage of WD Caviar SE hard drives as industry-leading performers, these new SATA-equipped hard drives feature capacities as large as 250 GB, an 8 MB buffer and three-year warranty, to fill acute demand in market segments such as high-end PC, workstation and entry-level servers. The company also introduced its robust SecureConnect SATA cable technology, which is designed to solve a weakness of first-generation SATA hard drives and cables by strengthening the drive-cable connection by more than 500%, while ensuring the hard drive maintains backward compatibility with legacy SATA cables and backplanes. This strengthening of the drive-cable connection is intended to eliminate SATA connector breakage as well as reduce the number of related product returns to hard drive makers and systems manufacturers.

Ocworkbench have got the low down on why some Springdale are faster than other 865PE boards. Today we spoke to a good friend of us and he gave us an insight into making i865PE board perform like a 875P.

Just spotted this article at Xbitlabs.com.

In the fourth quarter of this year or in the first quarter of 2004 Nvidia also reportedly plans to launch an improved version of the NV36, the so-called NV36X. Just like I thought, the code-named NV40 will hit the road in Q4 2003 or Q1 2004. As always, the high-end GPU will be aimed on the enthusiast market, whereas its companion chip available in the same timeframe - the NV36X - is intended for performance market. In the end of the second quarter 2004 all NVIDIA?s NV3x graphics processors will be replaced with variety of NV4x solutions. The NV36X will be replaced by NV41, whereas the GeForce FX 5200 aka NV34 will be succeeded by the NV43. There will be also the NV42 to come in the middle of 2004.