ANOTHER LOW COST WATERCOOLING article posted, the Asetek LCLC System is on display at Hot Hardware. The LCLC doesn’t include a fan, so Michael used a Scythe S-FLEX 800rpm fan and ran it against Intel’s stock cooler and a SilverStone NT-06 (2600rpm give or take). Overall they were pretty happy with the results. Acoustics were top notch since the Scythe fan only ran at 800rpm, although it’s reasonable to assume a better/bigger fan will cool the radiator end of business even better. Read HH’s review here.
Bit Tech, here in Albion, has had some hands-on time with Asus’ latest eeePC, the 900 model. The differences are in the screen size/resolution – the unusual 1024x600 8.9-inch screen, a gig of DDR2 RAM as standard and 12 to 20GB of storage, other specs remain practically the same. The increased storage copes with a new option: Windows XP Home. Yes, good ol’ XP. It’ll be available from the beginning of May in the UK. Check out Bit Tech’s
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It’s taken a while, but sites are finally coming up with reviews of Intel’s “mid-range” Quads – like this Q9450 at OCC. Remember that certain games/apps will top out at the graphics card, while others at the CPU. OCC’s testing shows some decent numbers for the Q9450 (although we’re a bit surprised that AMD’s Phenom 9600BE actually outscores a QX9770 in Crysis@1680x1050. Getting back to real life, the Q9450 outperforms it’s Q6600 sibling, as expected. They “only” managed to OC it to 3.7GHz, though... read the review here.
For some reason, AIB partners think it’s useful to solder on 512MB (or more) of GDDR3 to budget solutions like the HD 3650, like you’d be gaming at resolutions over 1280x1024. Well, Sapphire does it, and PC Perspective is reviewing it here. Although the 3650 is built on a more advanced process than Nvidia’s offering – at least the one PCPer compared it to (an aging 8600GTS), the power, performance and end results were actually below average. However, you do get the DX10.1 goodness and HD decoding as we’ve said so many times, and according to PCPer there’s a more ample offer of mobos to slot in multiple HD 3650s –
although we’re wondering who’d do such a thing.
Remember the 8800GT? Yes, we’re talking about something that was launchedless than 6 months ago, but keeps on getting “upgraded” by AIBs with aftermarket coolers. Such is the fate of the Inno3D GeForce 8800GT iChill Edition. You’rebuying a cooler, quieter card with lots of OC performance and bang for your buck. This is in essence an “ultimate” 8800GT that performs like a second-generation 8800GTS. 200 €urobucks is the price, but you also get GR:AW2 thrown in. Read the great Guru3D’s review here.
Seagate’s Momentus line is getting hacked to bits at TweakTown. The 250GB, 2.5-inch drive was compared to WD’s Scorpio. The benchmarks were pretty good illustrating the Momentus can o’whoopass being opened on WD and Hitachi’s TravelStar. TT doesn’t hesitate in recommending it as one of the fastest 5400rpm drives on the market. Read the rave here.
Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/15/daily-wibble-15apr2008
