XBIT LABS tests the
Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 memory modules, another solution to your bandwidth problem. This Intel-Only memory is capable of running at very high frequencies, above 1GHz and is stable below 690MHz with aggressive timings. A good solution compared to the competition of the day - Patriot, Mushkin, OCZ and Corsair.
Bjorn3D reviews another memory module, the
Kingston HyperX DDR2 750MHz or PC2-6000. It forms part of the high end segment of Kingston offerings. It comes with a toll free technical support, a lilfetime warranty and high performance heatspreaders. A surprinsingly short article with an unequivocal conclusion. Good but there's better.
Foxconns' motherboards are becoming more popular thanks to a very impressive value for money ratio. The
NF4K8AB-8EKRS model checked at DoomedPC is an example of Foxconn's experience. It combines a socket 754 with an nVidia nForce 4 chipset and PCIe bus. It comes with a 7.1 sound module, GbE, RAIDed SATA150, dual Firewire and ten USB 2.0 ports. And guess what, they even provide you with a SATA driver disk.
Shuttle's latest baby, the
XPC SN26P is on test at Hardwarezone and it gets the Most Innovative Product award straight away. The model tested comes with two Leadtek PX6800GT TDH graphics card and Shuttle promises 7800GT SFF to come soon. On top of that you have loads of expansion card and a Sound subsystem based on Via's Envy technology. It is much more expensive than the competition but then it comes with all the refinements you can expect from a very high end PC.
Sony new Network Walkman, the
NW-HD5, gets a first look at BIOSmagazine. While it follows Sony's trends in terms of Fashion with good looks and good sounds, the fact that there is so much competition, coupled with Sony's proprietary software makes it a risky purchase. Add in the lack of colour screen, FM tuner and in line recording and you will probably look elsewhere. As the reviewer puts it crudely, wake up sony, it sucks. More SLI stuff coming our way, this time from Malaysia courtesy of PC Modding Malaysia. Two
800GTX are put together in a box in SLI mode and benchmarked. The results span over 23 pages and unsurprisingly, the 7800GTX proves to be a real beast which can burn a gasping hole in one's pocket. One thing that they point out to is the fact that it is useless to have an unbalanced system and that the SLI cards should be surrounded by similarly powerful components.
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