NVIDIA Press Releases!          3:40 PM IDT     Adrian Wong

Looking for more info on NVIDIA's new Titanium series of GPUs? Check out their press releases on the GPUs in the new Titanium series as well as the design wins they have garnered so far!

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MegaPak Battery Extender!          11:00 AM IDT     Adrian Wong

Those of you who regularly visit ARP would have already read the Battery Extender Guide in which I showed how you can create your own battery extender using common AA-sized rechargeable batteries. But the truth is unless you invest in really expensive high capacity (2000+mAh) batteries, such a battery extender usually don't last very long.

One solution would be to pack a few sets of fully charged batteries on your trips but that means more money and time (because recharging NiCad or NiMH batteries take hours!). In addition, it's not powerful enough to support more than one portable device for an appreciable amount of time. Is there a better solution? 

How about a 6V, 4,500mAh battery extender? Yes! You read it right - that's 4,500mAh of 6V power, people! This MegaPak battery extender is the solution for you if you want to run your Pocket PC as well as your digital camera or any other power hungry portable device for hours and hours. The instructions and more are now part of the Battery Extender Guide Rev. 2.0! This revision also comes with updates in other parts of the guide.

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Just Back!          07:40 AM IDT     Adrian Wong

Phew! Just got back from a short holiday at Goa. Will be posting a major update soon. Check it out in a moment! :)

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PC Hardware posted a mega cooler roundup! Here's a quote - "Before going to actual tests I have to tell you that you should not compare our test results with the temperature showed by your motherboard monitor. We invested a lot of time in making these results as accurate as possible, but the main objective of this round up is the comparison. The difference between our measurement method and the one displayed by a Omega sensor installed on a Taisol using the AMD method was at most 2.7degrees Celsius, so I think that the results are in an acceptable accuracy interval." You can also check out our very own cooler roundup!

VoidYourWarranty posted a budget heat sink roundup! Here's a snip - "Some of these coolers (the Cyber Cooler in particular) have designs very different than the norm. The tiny Speeze 1U cooler is all copper, and two of the other heatsinks (Speeze and Volcano6) use a copper insert with aluminum fins. The rest of the heatsinks are all fairly similar aluminum heatsinks, and so heatsink design may not be as important as the fan that the manufacturer bundled with the cooler." You can also check out our very own cooler roundup!

RipNet posted a review of the Logitech QuickCam 3000 Pro!

My-rig.com just completed their review of the Arctic Silver 2 thermal paste!

Radeonic just finished their review of the 1.33GHz AMD Athlon! Quote - "''We have been vocal of our support for both processing alternatives here at Radeonic, so to start our CPU reviews let's look at the 1.33Ghz Athlon from AMD. Soon we will review the top clock speed too but with the difference in speed and price in mind, let's start with this version. The CPU is using the 266DDR FSB."

GideonTech just finished a review of the Compex Waveport Wireless LAN kit! Here's a snip - "The host PC will have a different set of software installed, called Soft Bridge. This software provides the 'bridge' between the wired NIC and the PCI PCMCIA Adapter. TCP/IP is definitely needed, so make sure that is installed. The software will automatically take care of binding issues so you wouldn't have to worry about that..."

Overclocker Cafe did a little case modding so if you are into such devious activities, go check them out! They also have a review of the OCZ Dominator - "There are quite a number of heat sinks out there these days, and it seems for the most part price is inversely proportional to heat. What I mean to say is the better cooling job a particular sink does the greater its value, and in the opposite direction too. The greater it sucks the cheaper it is. Well today we take a look at a sink that will not burn a hole through your pocket or your processor."

Back In Malaysia!        03:00 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

Finally, I'm back in Malaysia for good! Actually, I was already back in Malaysia for the last few days but I haven't been able to "reconstruct" my system till today. In fact, I left for a trip down south within hours of touching Malaysian soil. Phew! It has been a very tiring week for me.

Well... back to work now. Heads up for more updates on ARP. Just need to catch a breather before resuming my updates. :) 

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Weird Pages?        02:40 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

Veterans of this site should already know what's going on so just skip this post. I'll have to keep posting this until I get a lot fewer e-mails about this problem.

ARP has a specific bandwidth limit. When we hit that limit, the server starts to do funny things like send you a page different from what you wanted, etc... Here are the most common symptoms :-

• Clicking on a link sends you to a different page or article.
• The page looks abnormal with graphics placed in wrong places.
• The server sends you a 404 error.
• Instead of a full page with text, only some graphics appear.
• The page appears incomplete.

The most damning problem is the fact that refreshing doesn't work. Even if you click the refresh button a hundred times, the problem still remains. So, if you are noticing any of the above problems, just try pressing Ctrl-R to force Internet Explorer to reload the page from the server. This should do the job. But just in case it doesn't, here's the tedious but fail-safe solution :-

1. Clear Internet Explorer's cache.
2. Close the Internet Explorer window that's displaying the problematic page.
3. Open a new Internet Explorer window and go to that page.
4. Internet Explorer should reload that page from the server.
5. If the same page is still displayed (unlikely), just click Refresh and Internet Explorer will be forced to retrieve the correct page from the server.

Terribly sorry about this problem, folks! I'll try my best to get this problem resolved ASAP. Thank you for your patience! :)

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E-Mail          01:25 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

BTW, my e-mail account hasn't been fixed yet so I can't send out e-mails. Don't worry though. I can still receive e-mails although my replies won't be able to go out until Crowz adds my IP to the mail server.

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BIOS Wizard          11:50 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

Unicore Software, the official Technical Support Center and BIOS Upgrade company for AwardBIOS has just released the industry's first BIOS diagnostic utility called the BIOS Wizard! It supposedly examines, identifies and tests the BIOS and chipset features in your PC. And best of all, it's a free download!

I have yet to test it myself but I'll be heading over there to download a copy myself. Let's see what's this utility is about. 

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OCZ Press Releases          5:30 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

Here are two press releases from OCZ :-

• OCZ Dominator 2 with increased fin density, texture fin technology and single piece construction!
• OCZ PC2700 CL2.5 DDR SDRAM!

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Thrustmaster's New Site!          4:20 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

Thrustmaster announces that they have launched their new website at http://www.thrustmaster.com. The new site boasts of a great new look, easy maneuverability and some new features.

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VoidYourWarranty.net reviewed the Alpha PAL 8045 heat sink! Here's a snip - "I was actually surprised that the Alpha + L1A could handle 93.5W of heat at all.  While a temperature differential of 21C isn't great, it translates into a C/W value that is quite respectable and remains nearly silent (21 dBA). The H1A and the Delta at 7V perform about the same, and the Sunon 50 CFM and Delta 68 push the performance of the heatsink even further."

ipKonfig takes a look at one of the nicest cases for LAN party people! Here's a clip - "Pre Modified cases are getting to be a big thing. Mainly to the guys that work 5 days a week and have no real time on the weekend to do a case mod. So for those guys they look into getting a pre-modified case. But there's two types to chose from, look or performance. But Jim Hansoms LAN Case has both of those qualities."

RipNet-UK posted a guide on tweaking the Windows desktop and file system! The guide covers changing the look of your desktop, organising a quick launch toolbar for your favourite apps, renaming and moving document folders, and so on.

The Overclocker Cafe reviewed the ASUS V8200 GeForce 3 graphics card! Clip - "We kept pushing and pushing and when the slider peaked out I couldn't believe it. A 25% overclock on the core. I'm sure there was some more room to go further using NVMax or the Riva Tuner programs. But I told myself I was not going to temp fate with a $300 video card. I'm still having nightmares of the GF2 GTS that got roasted several months back."

LivePC.tv posted the final segment on how to build a home network. This final video covers the task of putting the first two videos together (crimping ends, and building wall plates).

Radeonic posted a review of the ABIT KG7-RAID motherboard. Clip - "Our first KG7R arrived as nothing more than a rather large paper weight, the obvious victim of carriers who had treated it with the care and respect you'd expect from a herd of wild Buffalo. With worldwide interest so high evaluation samples were rarer than rocking horse manure, yet all credit to Scott Thirwell, he managed to source a replacement for us and get it over. It may have taken a month, but with sample boards flying out of Abit's doors faster than rounds from a Gattling gun, we have to say a huge thank you to Abit for hooking us up with a replacement."

PC Hardware posted a review of the Compex DS2216 16 port Fast Ethernet switch. Here's a snip - "An interesting feature that I personally liked is the port-based Priority Setting. Each port can have one of the two priority settings: High Priority or Low Priority. The network in which I work here at the PC Hardware labs (100Base - TX Fast Ethernet) is usually operating smoothly, but from time to time there are moments when opening a file from the server could seem like forever. All it took to solve this problem was to set the server priority to High. Since in a network the most traffic is not going on between clients, but between a client and the server, this really boosted up the overall performance of the network."

Microsoft Office Keyboard Review!        05:20 AM MYT     Adrian Wong

Marauder's back with the latest PC input device - the Microsoft Office Keyboard! What's new in Microsoft's latest keyboard? Are the changes and additions worth the cost? Or is this just another quick way of burning your wallet? Check out all of this and more in Marauder's review of the Microsoft Office Keyboard!

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Radeonic posted these articles :-

• the Kingmax PC2100 DDR SDRAM DIMM - "What makes Kingmax memory unusual is their use of TinyBGA packaging, an innovation they introduced way back in 1997. This unique form of BGA (Ball Grid Array) DRAM packaging offers several advantages over conventional TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package) packaging including better thermal dissipation, better electrical performance, higher potential capacities and lower cost. Let's take these assets one at a time."
• the heat sink/fan test program - "So, the most pressing problem I had was "how the heck am I going to cool this CPU that I'm going to kick right in the pants with a huge dose of voltage and front side bus"? Of course, the answer was to add the world's best heatsink/fan unit to my already prohibitively expensive wish list. And finding "the best" was going to be a piece of cake....or was it."

PC Hardware reviewed the Epox 8KHA+ KT266A motherboard! Here's a snip - "The expandability provided by this design is quite large. The memory limitation of most KT266 solutions is also over passed, but not totally; 1.5Gb is a lot of memory, but 2Gb would have been better. Around the CPU socket there is enough space to install one of the largest coolers available, Swiftech MC462, although at a first look it may seem that the space is quite limited."

ipKonfig posted the following reviews :-

• 60GB IBM Deskstar 60GXP hard disk - Hard drives just keep getting faster, larger and cheaper. And the latest IBM Deskstar drive proves to do just that. Being available in 10, 20, 40 and 60gb versions this drive will fit any budget.
• Fortis A102 heat sink - In today's world of heatsinks, someone is always trying to improve the performance. This heatsink on the other hand is that of a different stroke. The Fortis heatsink was designed by overclockers themselves, bringing forth something that overclockers can lean more on. Now add to this, a tube of silver heatsink compound with the package.

GideonTech posted a review of the Vantec CCK-6027D cooler! This one is smaller, but sports ~10 more fins than its big brother!

OCZ Goliath          01:00 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

OCZ just announced the release of the new OCZ Goliath CPU cooler! So, what's new about this cooler? Check it out here!

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E-Mail Server          12:40 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Crowz just added my IP number so I have been going through the stack of accumulated e-mails and answering them. Phew! If you have not received your reply, just hang in there.

BTW, if you have a question about hardware, software or any of our reviews or articles, please DON'T e-mail me. You will get a faster reply by posting them in the forums. Don't forget. If you e-mail me, you will have to wait till I'm free to actually check my mailbox. If you post in the forums, not only will I try to help you, so will the rest of Team ARP and not to mention, the other members of the forums. So, make use of this facility and post in the forums! :)

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IAmNotAGeek reviewed the Samsung SyncMaster 171MP 17" TFT monitor! Here's a quote - "On the 171MP unlike the 170MP the TV-tuner is an optional feature.  This is most likely because if you are going to take advantage of the fact that this monitor is HDTV ready you will need to use a set top box anyways which works as the tuner.  The term "HDTV-ready" means a higher resolution monitor, but requires a digital set-top box to decode 720p or 1080i digital HDTV signals.  It will work as-is with regular television (if the optional tuner is installed), laser discs, and DVDs."

3DGameMan reviewed the ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card!

ipKonfig reviewed the Ice Hole. The Ice Hole is basically a Funnel Attachment, but it also has a few more bells and whistles added. Lights, Colors, Fan speeds.0

ExplosivePC, another new site, is holding a contest for the Thermaltake Active Memory Cooling Kit!

Extreme Overclocking reviews the PCMods Rheobus and shows you how to install it!

The Overclocker Cafe just reviewed the MacPower Digital Doc 5! Quote - "Once the unit is programmed to your liking you just sit back and watch. Now I monkeyed with things to force the fans to go above and below the trip temperature by covering intake fans that raised the case temperature. I really got a kick out of my normally noisy box being quiet and as the temp went up having additional fans come on one set at a time to drop the temp down."

Ripnet UK posted an article on WYSIWYG! This article looks at its origins, how it works, and what has made it so important.

A new site called BurnOutPC has just been launched! Check them out! They have just posted a review of Operation Flashpoint! Quote - "For you people who have been living in a cave the last few months, Operation Flashpoint is a PC game that is very popular and becoming a very big title for this year. When you look at the box the first thing you say is "It's a first person shooter", well that's true, but its unlike your normal shooters such Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament as it has one important difference, it strives for realism." They also have a review of Star Trek - Birth Of The Federation - "This game has been around for a while, and is hardly breaking technological barriers anymore. The game may be old, but don’t let that discourage you. Underneath the old age lies a commendable game, which is still every bit as fun as was back then. I have yet to find a Star Trek, or any other Sci-fi strategy game to date that is as good, and I eagerly crave for another game to retire this."

PC Hardware reviewed the MSI MS-8833 GeForce2 MX400 graphics card! Here's a snip - "Although this video card is equipped with only 32Mb of memory, the 5ns EliteMT memory succeeded to reach 231Mhz. The card performance is quite high for a MX400 card due to the exceptional overclocking level. The red layout, S-video and composite video in/out and dual BIOS make MS-8833 a reputable player on the video card market."

Overclocked Cafe posted a review of the Silver Pro Gamer, an aluminium case from CoolerGuys.com!

Radeonic posted a look at the Intel i845 chipset! Here's a clip - "Technology stands still for no company, and as we've seen on so many occasions you can't always make the next generation embrace the past. When Intel drafted the P4 architecture, they were immediately opening themselves up to the kind of accusations we've seen. In what way? let me explain. Intel are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to introducing radically new technology in that its components are visible. By that I mean that the individual components need to be purchased separately, an act that immediately draws attention to them."

Pocket Printer!        12:30 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Yet another portable device review from Marauder! This time, it's a printer! Yes, now we have a printer that's as pocketable as your Pocket PC or Palm PC. Introducing the SiPix Pocket Printer A6!

Small enough to lug around in one of your pockets, this beauty can actually print 2.5 meters of paper! But how did they make a printer this small? Find out about this and more in Marauder's review of the SiPix Pocket Printer A6!

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Radeonic posted a review of the Cyberdrive 16x12x40x CD-RW drive! Quote - "There are so many writers available these days, and while it's always great to have a wide choice, the casual user can get somewhat confused over which product represents the greatest value and best suits their needs. The market is saturated with so called 'budget solutions' and today I will be looking at at drive which not only incorporates some great features with a great turn of speed, but one that also represents significant value for money too. Let's find out how the Cyberdrive 'CW083D' (16x12x40) performs..."

Chillblast reviewed the Absolute MultiMedia Nemesis GeForce2 MX graphics card! Here's a snip - "Yes ppl, that's right, they have coloured the PCB black! Kewl with a capital Q! This is a great looking card and it is even colour coordinated with our Soyo Dragon (extra respect). The only thing to note at this stage is that there are no RAM sinks. This was a pre-production sample and the full retail version will have ALL the bells and whistles attached. The card has the ridiculously sexy looking little blue orb-like fan on the GPU"

Bluescreenofdeth reviewed the Thermaltake DragonOrb 3 CPU cooler! Snip - "Getting off to a good start, the Dragon Orb 3 is a pretty hefty looking bit of kit - the blue bottom bit is just a big block of copper, with some little fin type surface increasing things machined into it. The actual blue fins are just aluminium, and probably don't do much except look pretty. The top half of the unit houses a nice little 7k RPM fan, which should solve the power lack that previous models had. You can actually buy just the top half seperately in the form of the storm orb, designed fit onto things like the chrome Orb for an upgrade." You should also check out our definitive review of the Thermaltake DragonOrb 3 as well.

The Overclocker Cafe is giving away an AMD 1GHz AVIA Y stepping Thunderbird! Check it out here!

BurnOutPC posted the following articles :-

• Severance - Blade of Darkness review - "It didn't run particularly well on my system, and was incredibly frustrating difficult at times. Other people looked at the demo, and were immediately put off. But somehow I managed to see through the bad points of the demo and enjoy it, and after reading a review in a magazine went out and purchased the game."
• preview of their Project "wicked" - "We thought about why not make a nice project, well we're going to do that, this is a preview of what we gonna do with a normal case with only a Window in it, As first i would like to thank Tweakmonster, NorthstarPc and Susan Lee over @ frontX for letting me first review the products, after that it will become project "Wicked", lights lights and more lights :D"
• an article on modding - "More and more people are modding there pc, but what if you don't know what everything is ? on this first page i'll explain what the difference is between a neon light and a Cold Cathode, as the pages goes by you know more about modding and what you can mod. Many people like lights, why not put one in your pc ?"

If You Need RAM          02:30 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Just to let you know that if you are looking for SDRAM or DDR SDRAM DIMMs or even CompactFlash cards, Crucial Technology is offering 10% discount on all its memory products. So, if you want to get quality RAM at discount prices, click here!

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Questions          01:40 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Again, if you have a question about hardware, software or any of our reviews or articles, please try not to e-mail us directly. You will get a faster reply by posting them in the forums.

Don't forget - if you e-mail us, you will have to wait till we're free to actually check our mailboxes. If you post in the forums, not only will I try to help you, so will the rest of Team ARP and not to mention, the other members of the forums. So, make use of this facility and post in the forums! :)

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BurnoutPC posted their second part of the Modding article!

IAmNotAGeek posted a guide on how to modify the HP A1097C fixed resolution 20" monitor to work with a normal VGA card! Quote - "So after doing some searching around I found this article which had instructions to  modify this monitor.  So I went to work doing the modifications and had success.  Unfortunately there are no pictures at all in the original article, so I have decided to do a more detailed article on how to do the modifications with pictures.  Incase your thinking, why do I care how do this modifications I don't have one of these, there is a link at the end of the review to a store that has these monitors for only $99.95 CDN."

Extreme Overclocking just reviewed the Minion IMT 4000 mid-tower case! Snip - "This case is definitely not your run of the mill, sporting two huge vents on each side to aid in airflow, along with front USB ports and other cool features."

ipKonfig reviewed the Alpha PAL8045U copper insert heat sink! Clip - "Weighing in at almost 2 pounds, and being almost a year of seeing anything new from Alpha, the long arrival is finally here. Alpha is very well known just for their designs of heatsinks, but also have been a great cooling performer for some time. Not a whole lot has changed from their previous designs, but the mounting of this monstrous heatsink is that of something else. For starters, motherboard removal is required. Second, it's not that often we have a chance to see, let alone touch, a heatsink of this magnitude. But most of all, it's great seeing another fine heatsink from the makers of Alpha. As with most Alpha heatsinks, this was not designed for the average person..."

Void Your Warranty just posted their DIY guide on adding better cooling to your graphics card! Quote - "Clamp the heatsink down firmly to a work surface. I wrapped the clamp in tissue paper to avoid scratching the surface of the heatsink. Make sure your work surface is away from any electronic equipment as the metallic particles produced can be dangerous to said equipment since they are electrically conductive. Good examples of such electronic equipment include your computer and your video card. I suggest you put it in an antistatic bag while you work.Using the 2mm drill bit, make holes at the center of the two markings you made."

Water Cooler MegaReview!        02:40 PM MYT     Adrian Wong

Are you a serious overclocker with an eye on water cooling? Well, check out Chai's megareview of the OCH Z3 Blizzard Intercooler water cooling kit! If you want the low-down on every aspect of this kit, check this definitive review out!

With the entire review chockfull of pictures and important information, you don't want to miss even a single page. When it comes to such expensive kits, it pays to do a little reading, doesn't it? Here's a snip from that review :-

"Afraid of water cooling? Well, it's getting easier and easier to add a water cooling system to your computer. Just hook up the system, fill in the correct amount of water, check for leaks and you're ready to roll! Commercial kits are pretested for leaks before they reach your doorstep so there's no excuse for newbies not to try out water cooling.

The kit I'm going to cover today is so easy to use that it can classified as 'newbie friendly'. Best of all, unlike my old DIY water cooler, this water cooling kit is almost maintenance-free! Do you need to add water every week or every few days? Not any more!"

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BurntoutPC reviewed the Cordless Desktop Optical Kit from Logitech! Quote - "I always wanted a Cordless mouse and keyboard, after searching alot on the internet, i found this kit, it's a well designed keyboard and mouse, with Optical Technology intergrated. Black and Fancy looking. But what do you get for those 100 dollars?"

3DGameMan reviewed the Vantec CCK-6027D copper cooler!

IAmNotAGeek posted a review of the AGP Airlift graphics card cooler! Quote - "We’ve talked all about the AGP Airlift, but now we to look at some temperatures! All tests were conducted on a P4 1.7 GHz System with a Gigabyte GF2 Pro. The temps also reflect only the CPU and Case temps as indicated, as I do not have access to a thermal probe. I'm sorry, but I didn’t get any overclocking temps. This shouldn’t be a big deal as you can get a pretty good idea of how the AGP AirLift performs."

UniqueHardware.co.uk posted a guide on how to clean your PC! Quote - "Its amazing how efficently the 120mm fans suck unsuspecting bugs out of the air and deposits them inside the case, where they can be seen being buffeted around inside through the window and illuminated by the Cold Cathode."

Think Techie posted a review of the Canon Powershot S110 digital camera! Quote - "The Canon S110 has my vote for smallest camera for sure, though we all know size doesn't matter! (HeHe!)."

PC Hardware posted a review of the DFI NB72-SR i845 motherboard! Quote - "I think that it is very important to know how the 845 based solution performs in a professional network environment. In the last two or three months we received several requests from companies which wanted to replace their Pentium III servers with solutions based on Pentium IV CPUs. The database server is a critical part of a network because no matter how fast a web server is it must wait for the database answer. I asked our network administrator to design a small database playback script with complex select scripts. We used a MySQL database of 300Mb under Linux Mandrake 8.1, and we loaded the database contents into memory."

The Overclocker Cafe just reviewed the Alpha PAL8045 heat sink! Clip - "High performance heatsinks production WAS a small niche in the market. Now there are more makers of performance heatsinks than you can shake a Thermocouple at. Alpha slowly faded into the background like “Shane” riding off into the sunset. Well, guess what? Old “Shane” is back with an attitude and a thirst to be back on top. Alpha isn’t playing games either; with the Alpha PAL8045 they are gunning squarely for the Swiftech MC-462." The also reviewed a simple and easy window mod kit from Umax - "When Dean called me up and asked me if I wanted to do a window review, I wasn't looking forward to it. I had seen so many of these that were terrible redneck hack jobs at best. I didn't want to do this to my new case just for the sake of an article. However when I took a look at this thing I was pleasantly surprised. This Umax window was an amazing window kit. Everything was perfectly laid out in the instructions. The contents of the kit were easy to figure out and even easier to install. Even the most dim-witted idiot could install this window kit, Dean just didn't want to."

OtakuPC just posted a review of the iCute aluminum PSU! Clip - "Since its inception, the OtakuPC has sworn by the PC power and cooling 'Turbo Cool' series of power supplies.  PCP&C's reputation for quality and air flow have become legendary.  Innovation, however, has been absent for quite some time.  iCUTE Tech Corp, known primarily for its cases, recently entered the performance power supply market.  Today we will be looking at the iCUTE aluminum PSU.  Although it comes in many flavors, OtakuPC is examining it's primer model."

GideonTech posted a Liquor Case Mod Guide! Snip - "First of all, keep in mind that if you can't find the exact value for a resistor, you can buy several resistors and hook them in series. This way, their total value is equal to the sum of each resistor. e.g. if you need 5k and the store doesn't have it, you could buy 5 1k resistors and hook um in series to make 5k. You can do the same thing with pots. You CANNOT do this with capacitors. Caps must be hooked in parallel for this to work."

ExplosivePC takes a look at the ACPI implementation in Win2K! Quote - "ACPI is a relatively new technology, and is just starting to be implemented by motherboard and BIOS makers. Whether or not it'll work on your system depends on the level of compliance that your hardware manufacturers decided to abide by. I prefer a system with ACPI, however, you can still do most of the things you in ACPI using APM and standard plug and play interfaces."

Radeonic reviewed the Nanotherm Ice thermal grease! Here's a snip - "What makes Nanotherm unique is that it uses a blend of ceramic powders to bind together and order the compound into a unique nanocomposite material. The microscopic particle in the active ceramic material lock together and actively fill surface imperfections to offer, in theory at least, a stable and resilient interface between processor and heatsink."

CyberwizardPit posted a fix for the MSI-6330 BIOS bug in WinXP! It's in the form of a beta BIOS. Note that this is only for users of the MSI-6330 family of motherboards!

PC Fusion Australia posted their review of the Klipsch ProMedia 4.1 speaker system! Quote - "The 4.1's have been a dream to review and I'm very proud to own a set. I hope you and your visitors enjoy reading this review as much as I enjoyed forcing myself to listen to these speakers for the last month! Start saving your hard earned cash because these are worth every cent!"