[H]ardNews 7th Edition

4BEAV Review:

Overclockers everywhere can now look forward to their friends saying “Gee Ward, I think you were a little hard on the BEAV last night” Thanks to EPoX. I am barely old enough to remember “Leave it to Beaver” re-runs, but even I know 4BEAV might be an “odd” choice for a motherboard name. Techwarelabs has the BEAV on the bench.

Today, they release their first motherboard that implements Bluetooth wireless technology: the EP-4BEAV, or "beaver" as EPoX likes to call it. The 4BEAV is based on the Intel 845D, but is optimized to support Intel's latest 533 MHz FSB Pentium 4s. The complementing Bluetooth header revolutionizes the personal connectivity market by providing freedom from wired connections; enabling links between mobile computers, mobile phones, portable handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet.

Heavy HSF:

The Zalman CNPS 6000cu HSF is that fat daddy of the HSF realm. Well, at least by weight standards from Intel / AMD. Does all that weight aid in cooling or just strain your socket? Find out.

The heatsink alone weights 462g (exceeding in 162g the specification from AMD, and 282g the specification from Intel). This situation has a good side and a bad (or at least, dangerous) side. With more metal to dissipate the heat from the CPU, you will lower its temperature, but by being so heavy, you will have to be extra-extra careful when you move your computer.

CAK Shootout:

Mmmmm, CAK. VR-Zone does a big ol’ HSF shootout, but all this talk about CAK is making me hungry.

There's 3 main factors many of us are very much concern when we wanna spent that couple of bucks on a brand new cooler fan, namely - Effectiveness, Performance & Noise Level.