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Last week we posted a killer deal on an Intel based quad-core barebones system, this week we have a sweet dual-core AMD barebones system that comes with an Athlon 64 X2 4400+, 2GB Crucial DDR2, Western Digital 160GB HDD, mid-tower case with window and a Biostar K8M800, all for only $199.99. You can’t beat that deal with a stick. Get in on the deal while the getting is good!
Cases & Modding
SIGMA Luna Type W Tower Chassis @ ExtremeHMz
Cooling
Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler @ Mikhailtech
WC-202 Water Cooling Kit @ FusionMods
ETC.
Asus Eee PC 900 @ HotHardware
Motherboards
ASUS Striker II NSE nForce 790i SLI @ BmR
Is running four GeForce 9800GX2 in your system practical? Ummm, no. Is it cool? Yes. Why would anyone do such a thing? Because you can. I’d be happy with a couple of those 9800GX2s. While this set-up is excessive, maybe a Quad SLI set up would be more to your liking.
At first I laughed at this, then it hit me what a really good idea this is for guys.
Innovative PR stunt or recipe for disaster? I like the idea, I just hope the Mozilla IT team is ready!
The Firefox evangelists at Mozilla have a novel goal: they want to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. To get there, the open source browser builders declared a Download Day and are soliciting pledges to grab the browser on release day, which hasn't yet been announced.
BFG Technologies®, Inc., the leading North American and European supplier of advanced NVIDIA-based 3D graphics cards, power supplies and other PC enthusiast products, announced today the limited edition BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 OCX™ 1024MB PCI Express® 2.0 graphics card, which is factory overclocked to the highest stable level to provide maximum performance in demanding 3D games and HD video applications.
“We took the already blazing fast BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 and safely increased the core clock by 80MHz, the memory data rate by 100MHz, and the shader clock by a whopping 174MHz”, said John Malley, senior director of marketing for BFG Technologies. “This OCX version is perfect for customers who want to squeeze every last drop of performance out of the fastest graphics card currently available, but don’t want to take the risk of overclocking this complex dual GPU graphics card themselves.”
Reuters is reporting that Saints Row 2 has been delayed by a month and a half citing “product quality, marketing issues.” Hopefully they get everything hammered out, I for one, am a big fan of the first game.
THQ Inc said on Wednesday it will delay release of a key video game, "Saints Row 2", by nearly two months due to product quality and marketing concerns.
Hackers have hit Comcast, defacing their website and WHOIS records. Unfortunately, as with all hack attacks, this will simply garner sympathy for Comcast and take the spotlight off their shady practices.
This morning many people will be celebrating as reports circulate that in the last few hours Comcast has been the subject of a hacking which defaced its homepage (mirror here). The hackers appear to have changed the Comcast DNS/WHOIS records which were pointing at a non-Comcast address.
We encountered a number of issues during our evaluation of the ASUS P5N-T Deluxe and the whole process took far longer than we anticipated because of it. In the end we realized the P5N-T, for a number of reasons, just isn’t a board we could recommend. Hit the link for all the details.
Editor's Note: I think it is worth mentioning that yes, this review is very "late." Products such as the P5N-T that show stability issues sometimes prove to be 3x or 4x the workload of a board that works properly. Still we try to work through and make sure that we are not doing something wrong rather than just assuming it is a hardware problem. This is one of the reasons we use two completely independent reviewers, operating systems, and equipment to review each board. Basically every board is reviewed twice.
ETC.
Hiper Type M 780W PSU @ Mikhailtech
X-Spice Kira CS 530W PSU @ techPowerUP!
Memory
Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB @ Overclockers Club
Video
Asus EN9800GTX 512MB @ Hardware Logic
iChill GeForce 9600 GT ZEROtherm Hurricane @ Guru3D
Corsair today announced that it will launch a new 4GB DOMINATOR DDR3 memory kit running at 2000MHz at CompuTex 2008, held June 3-7, 2008 in Taipei. Tested and guaranteed for operation at the lightning fast overclocked speed of 2000MHz, this 4GB DOMINATOR kit provides superior performance for desktop platforms. “Corsair is focused on building the industry’s fastest memory available in the largest densities,” said Richard Hashim, Sr. Director of Marketing at Corsair. “This new ultra-fast DDR3 4GB DOMINATOR solution demonstrates Corsair’s commitment to lead the memory technology transition from DDR2 to DDR3 and from 2GB solutions to 4GB solutions. Enthusiasts worldwide demand it and we are happy to support their requirements.”
