[H]ardNews 6th Edition

Gigabyte GA-8S648FX:

It must be “Gigabyte Review Day” and no one told me. Once again we have a Gigabyte mainboard review, this time it is the SiS 648FX powered GA-8S648FX on the review block at Legit reviews. Here is a clip from the action:

My thoughts after I finished my performance testing on the Gigabyte GA-8S648FX Motherboard is that Gigabyte has put together a decent low-end workplace motherboard. However, since this board does utilize the features of the relatively new Pentium 4 "C" processors supporting 800 FSB, you can expect a decent gaming experience on this board even though it is not the best board for it.

New H20 Kit:

Here is a newer watercooling kit called the Wayvet CoolingKing water cooling kit reviewed by the MTB crew. There were a number of issues with this kit that the MTB guys addressed such as a leaky waterblock and damaged components, but overall they rated it high.

The performance of the CoolingKing Water Cooling kit allows for it to be classified under the mid-level water cooling category with more attention focused on silent operation rather than performance in overclocking results. The mild assembly required for the CoolingKing Water Cooling Kit can be easily achieved with some careful planning and using the included or online documentation, which I found to be very helpful.