Just got word that RadikalMod have thrown up their lastest hardware roundup! which looks at AMD Heatpipe CPU Coolers from Aerocool DP101, DP102 and nPowerte NPH-2.

Heatpipe technology is not unknown among the PC enthusiasts, Zalman has created a very succesfull line for graphics card coolers and also a fanless HDD cooler. Now it reached CPU coolers as well, and since the first ones arrived to Hungary and to our test lab, we will test three heat sinks.

ViperLair reviews the Enermax EG375P Noisetaker PSU.

Though it's something that a lot of people look into, a quiet PC is something that isn't something enthusiasts really consider. Let's face it, a noisy PC usually means an overclocked and speedy one. Granted, the growing popularity of water cooling has addressed the noise problem, but there are plenty of other areas we can look into to lower the volume in the den. One area is the PSU, and Enermax has addressed this with their Noisetaker line of products. Today, we'll be taking a look at their 375W EG375P-SFMA FCA Noisetaker PSU.

Tech-Critic got their hands on a very unique item! Yes its a one of a kind! Its the mouse with a fan and blue led. Ever had one of those moments when you are on the computer for a while and your palms start to get sweaty, yes we all have once or more. No need to worry because now there is a mouse that wont ever let that happen again. Check out the review of the mouse Here

GamePC have posted their AMD and Intel CPU Comparsion that looks at Server chips in the shape of AMD's new Opteron 248 and Intel's new Xeon 3.2 GHz/1MB processors!

When looking at these two CPU's on paper, both have advantages when it comes to data serving. For example, the Opteron's integrated DDR memory controller will decrease latency to system memory, while its Hyper-Transport linked bridge chips will allow for more bandwidth with populated PCI-X bus connections. On the Intel side, the Xeon has a massive 1.5 MB of on-die cache, which runs at full 3.2 GHz clock rate, 1 GHz faster compared to the fastest Opteron's cache speeds.

Just spotted this bit of Info over at AnandTech!

We've already brought you coverage of Intel's 2004 CPU and Chipset roadmap but have failed to point out one glaring fact: none of Intel's forthcoming chipsets seem to offer AGP support.

News.Com: Intel plans to demonstrate a 64-bit revamp of its Xeon and Pentium processors in mid-February--an endorsement of a major rival's strategy and a troubling development for Intel's Itanium chip. The demo, which follows the AMD64 approach of Intel foe Advanced Micro Devices, is expected at the Intel developer conference, Feb. 17 through 19 in San Francisco, according to sources familiar with the plan. Intel had code-named the technology Yamhill but now calls it CT, sources said. Read on at sources website.

The Inquirer reports that yesterday we saw Intel's latest roadmaps which confirm that it will be able to offer a 4GHz Pentium 4 for sale by the end of the year. Intel's been broadcasting these hopes for quite a while.

And as revealed elsewhere today, Intel 925X and 915 are the names for the Alderswood and Grantsdale chipset.

The critical mass of rumours regarding 64-bit enhancements for Intel?s 32-bit processors has probably been reached recently: all the online and offline media report about Intel?s own implementation of the so-called x86-64 conception. A story at News.com suggests that Intel would demonstrate its Xeon and Pentium processors ?CT? with 64-bit extensions as early as next-month.

Linksys have released a new firmware for theWRT54G Wireless router.

This firmware is for v1 v1.1 and v2 of the WRT54G



As yet the Changes are not updated to show what has changed.

TheInq: AS WE WON'T SIGN NDAs (non disclosure agreements) and therefore Intel has not given us a Prescott Pentium 4 to test, we've found a way to get some scores before everyone else's NDAs expire on the 2nd of February next.

Just got word that the guy's at 3DCenter have snagged some Info on Nvidia's upcoming range of grahics cards NV40, NV41, NV45! as the the sites in German, I've added a Babel fish translation.

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NvNews reports that I was pointed to perhaps the first real benchmarks of PCI Express cards. The cards in question are a PCI express version of a GeForce FX 5200 card from NVIDIA and a PCI express version card of a 9600XT from ATI.

Digital-Daily have thrown up their Pentium 4 Coolers Roundup with Coolers from FSP ,Spire , Glacialtech ,Titan and Intel.

The emergence of first Prescott processors once again revealed that the problem of heat emission is increasingly hampering the rise of clock speeds. To put it right, the major problem is the increased of leakage currents, and the increased heat emission is the consequence of this phenomenon. However, that does not change the fact of the matter: everyone who buys computers in 2004 will face the need for effective cooling.

Just got word from Dave Baumann over at Beyond3D that their chat with Dany Lepage of Ubisoft is out!

Ubisoft developer, Dany Lepage (Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell X) has dropped in some thoughts on Shader Model 3.0 and how he feel PCI-Express will alter life for games developers.

We have put together the first in a series of Tech Papers which outline some of the terminology and technology behind the brands. Find out a bit more about Nvidia's graphics chipsets by clicking Here and find out more about ATI's chipsets by clicking Here.

To complement those, we've also put together a Group Test of mid-range and high-end graphics boards, taking reference boards based on the 9800XT, FX5950, 9800Pro, FX5900XT, 9600XT and FX5700 chipsets. We've tested them, overclocked them and come out with conclusions as to which chipsets we think are the best for their target markets. Read the article by clicking Here

Hardware Zone have thrown up their 46 page Athlon 64 motherboard shootout with boards from Abit, Albatron, AOpen, Asus, Biostar, Chaintech, Epox, Gigabyte, Leadtek, MSI, Shuttle & Soltek.

When AMD launched the desktop processor based on the new AMD64 technology in September during the annual Computex show in Taipei, users all around the world heralded the dawn of 64-bit computing. The Athlon 64 managed to get a lot of users' attention mainly because of its flexible architecture which allows one to use the processor even in current 32-bit environments. That in itself could help move the industry into the 64-bit space as it allows users to run current legacy codes while they wait for new operating systems and applications to be made available.

Just a recap of the earlier news on the pics released. You can check out a comparision of the FX53 with the FX51 in similar test.

We are lucky enough to have the AMD 64bit FX51 in our hands to compare them and run a few simple test. It puts a few things in perspective, the AMD FX51 runs at 2.225MHz vs 2.673MHz

The Inquirer reports that GZEASY has a picture of what it claims is a sample of an Athlon FX53 on its web site, together with a snap of an AMI BIOS screen and a CPU ID capture.

Just got word that AMD3D have thrown up their Soundcard Roundup with cards from Creative , Hercules and Nvidia's soundstorm.

In this review I'm going to be looking at a range of cards from the onboard NVIDIA SoundStorm on the ABIT AN7, the Hercules Fortissimo GameSurround III, the Creative SB Audigy and the Creative SB Audigy 2.

Just spotted this bit of Info over at Overclockers.com.

What's Wrong With Prescott? Going to a thirty-stage pipeline at the last minute, and delaying Tejas for six months indicate that there is something seriously, fundamentally wrong with how Intel makes them.