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Review: Xoxide Acrylic Laser Cut Fan Grills - November 28, 2002
Yes, yes, more great products from good ol' Xoxide! It seems these days everyone cares more about the exterior of their mean machines rather than what's on the inside... Nowadays they have just about anything you can think of to spice up your case; from windows, lights, LED fans, and fan grills; and all in a variety of colors too. Today we'll be looking at an assortment of fan grills, but these aren't just regular fan grills, these are acrylic laser cut grills; and they're BLUE!...

By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)

Review: DFI AD77 Inifnity - November 26, 2002
On paper AD77 Infinity looks very impressive and sports almost every feature you need. Packed with the KT400 chipset the AD77 Infinity is aiming to hit the high performance market. However the overall benefit of this board is it's price. With a $107 (lowest during print) street price along with all the features DFI surely makes an enticing package for consumers to buy.

By: Lucas Wong
(ouikikazz@subzerotech.com)

Review: USB Drive Roundup - November 19, 2002
The floppy drive has dominated small file transfers from computer to computer ever since it's release. At a 1.44mb capacity, documents, presentations and spreadsheets all fit nicely onto one small floppy diskette. Enter the 21st century where transferring the big PDF or images from computer to computer (without network transfers) is a big hassle. You would have to either split the files up into many pieces and pile them into many floppy diskettes or wait for it to burn on CD. Recently many companies have released USB Storage drives from sizes ranging from 16MB all the way to 1GB on a small device around to the size of a lighter...

By: Lucas Wong
(ouikikazz@subzerotech.com)


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Happy Gobble Gobble!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! It is the time of the year where you stuff yourself full of food and tune into the annual Thanksgiving Football games! Of course it also means a day off from work/school for some extra modding time :)

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving, if you have any leftovers, shame on you...
Posted By: Lucas Wong
(ouikikazz@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 28, 2002

Voice your opinion
In an attempt to improve SubZeroTech I have wondered about what method of testing we should use in our future heatsink/cooling reviews.

I created two polls in the forums:

One here on sound levels testing
and
here on temperature testing.

You need to register to vote but if you don't feel like it just email me your answer/suggestions at ouikikazz@subzerotech.com
Posted By: Lucas Wong
(ouikikazz@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 28, 2002

Nostromo N50 Speedpad and N30 Mouse
World OC has posted a review on Nostromo N50 Speedpad and N30 Mouse

Quality, Style and technology are just some of the words that come to mind when I here the word Belkin. Founded in 1982 by three employees in a small garage, Belkin now employs more than 1000 people in offices throughout North America, Europe and Australasia. During its 20 years of existence, Belkin has enjoyed continuous growth. Being the leader of technology advancements within there products ranging from hubs to mice - Belkin uses the latest technology to entice their users.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

Belkin 8in1 Media Reader Review
R&B has posted a review on Belkin 8in1 Media Readew

Well Belkin sent me another product which is the 8in1 media reader. I'm so sick and tired of downloading pictures from my digital camera to the computer because 8 pictures take about 3-5 minutes with a seriall connection. But with this media reader it took 5 secs- that's pretty unbelivable! Belkin means quality and I'm sure I have brought that up earlier! Let's get this review going!

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

VIA P4PA motherboard
PCReview has posted a review on VIA P4PA motherboard

VIA have long been making chipsets for a wide range of CPUs, more recently focusing on the AMD range of processors. With the debut of the P4X266 chipset (the revision before the one used in this motherboard), there were a few legal problems with Intel, claiming that VIA did not have the correct licenses required to produce a chipset for Intel's own P4 range of CPUs. With very few motherboard manufacturers basing a motherboard on this quite reliable chipset, VIA was forced to take matters in to its own hands and produce motherboards based on its own chipsets themselves (much like Intel already do). This motherboard is based on the newer revision of that very same chipset, now the P4X266A.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

Tweakmonster RAMsinks Give-away
Envy News has posted a give-away on Tweakmonster RAMsinks

Another month, another set of cool giveaways - literally! Last month, we raffled off an EPoX P4 motherboard, a Belkin USB Flash drive, Iomega's Zip 750 USB 2.0 drive, and a SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum eX kit. This raffle helped us raise the funds to move the server to a new hosting firm. This month, we have award-winning VGA memory coolers from Tweakmonster.com. No raffle this month, just a straight give-away. No need to register in a forum, or answer skill-testing questions.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

WinBackup review
NT Compatible has posted a review on WinBackup

WinBackup is overall a good and fast backup solution, especially if you own a DVD burner.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

Hercules Fortissimo III review
Guru 3D has posted a review on Hercules Fortissimo III

Honestly, I only talk to myself when the medication starts to wear off. As the resident cheap-o at guru3d, the Fortissimo 3 (the FF3) is a hard bargain to beat. It is tough to get excited about a sound card these days, since motherboard manufacturers simply give them away for free. Some motherboards even have tubes. Hercules’ FF3 definitely has got something to get excited about: 8 channels of sound. It's got to be some record or something. It was also impervious to crashes. Are you excited yet?

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

ATI Radeon 9500 PRO
Beyond 3D has posted a review on ATI Radeon 9500 PRO

When we look at the multi-texturing fill rate, the 9500 PRO takes off from the normal 9500 and is now much closer to the 9700 PRO. Multi-texturing on the R300 requires multiple clock cycles to achieve, so here 8 pixels per clock are not trying to be squeezed through the memory bus. In this sense, the 8x1 (pixel pipelines by texture sample units per pipeline) design on 9500 PRO is acting more like the 4x2 design we've seen on other 128-bit cards such as Radeon 8500 or GeForce 4 Ti.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

Overclocking 102: Taking Your Overclock to the Next Level
MODTHEBOX! has posted an article on Overclocking 102: Taking Your Overclock to the Next Level

There are three brick walls that any overclock will hit which can be compensated for. As was previously discussed, the first obstacle to overcome is heat. This is the easiest obstacle to overcome, simply by employing some form of cooling solution. That can be as simple as a CPU cooler upgrade, or as complex as a state-of-the-art phase-change cooling system. The other scenarios that will hinder your overclocking progress need some understanding of motherboard and CPU design. After explaining how the system works at stock speeds we will identify why it hinders higher overclocks, and then describe how to compensate for it. This article will address higher front side bus values and their effect on the entire system, while a future article will look at processor design and how to compensate for running a CPU beyond it's designed frequency

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

CoolerMaster HSC-V62
RadiativeNZ has posted a review on CoolerMaster HSC-V62

The CoolerMaster HSC-V62 is an all copper affair which surprised me somewhat, as it's not something I expected from CoolerMaster. I recently stated that they are better known for having very simple heatsinks, so the surprise was in fact more a matter of me having to eat my own words.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

OCZ 512MB PC2700 DDR Rev3.2 EL Module
Neoseeker has posted a review on OCZ 512MB PC2700 DDR Rev3.2 EL Module

RAM is a hot commodity for hardcore and performance hungry users alike. Sometimes, there's confusion about whether RAM can actually give you a performance boost or not, as in the case of DDR400 performance results from tests like our KT4 Ultra and Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra reviews, but here we found that that increasing your memory bandwidth with faster, low latency RAM can lead to measurable performance increases.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

Albatron KX400-8X KT400 Motherboard
Overclockers New Zealand has posted a review on Albatron KX400-8X KT400 Motherboard

Albatron brings us another good motherboard, the KX-400 8X. Its performance is near the top of the KT-400 pack. It packs a good selection of overclocking options and they all worked flawlessly. (None of that warm-reboot issue, etc.) This board would serve great as a system board or a moderate overclocking board.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

EL Cable PC Modding Kit Review
Overclockersclubcanada has posted a review on EL Cable

So you just bought your new case with really big windows on top and on the side panel, and you're wondering what to do with it? If interior case lighting isn't your fancy, then you can consider getting some neon glow wires and create some wireframe art for other people to see. What's so special about neon wire is that it can be shaped to just about anything, and the light is visible from any angle, so you can really let your creativity shine.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

How-to : Stealth Drive
CyberCPU has posted an article on how to stealth drive

One of the easiest and what I believe the best detail in moding is the stealth drive bay. Basically all you need to finish this mod is the drive blank you took out when you put your CD-Rom in.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

Iomega External USB 2.0 48x24x48x CD-RW
HWZ has posted a review on Iomega External USB 2.0 48x24x48x CD-RW

This drive may not have the form factor which the Predator series are well-known for, but nonetheless, the External 48x24x48x is a candidate to consider if you ever need a robust CD-RW outside your casing. One you know that will survive a couple of knocks here and there, and yet able to perform up to expectations as a basic CD-RW drive.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

3DCOOL Monitor Cooler
XtReMoDs has posted a review on 3DCOOL Monitor Cooler

Let me ask you a question, is your monitor the most expensive individual component of your PC? Well, it is the most expensive part of mine. So, why don't you take care of it like you do the rest of your computer? This is when I decided to go out and buy the Monitor Cooler from 3DCOOL.com.

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

mATX Chilli Pro Computer Case Review
Technoyard has posted a review on mATX Chilli Pro Computer Case

Micro ATX cases are gaining much popularity at present times due to the widespread requirement for space saving mechanisms. While the demands are very high, not many case manufactures make high quality Micro ATX cases since they focus on other solutions. That's about to change as we take a look at this new case called the "Chilli Pro"

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Posted By: Julian Guerrero
(crazy@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

ATI Ships RADEON(tm) 9500 PRO
ATI Ships RADEON(tm) 9500 PRO Within Weeks of Launch

First to bring DirectX(r) 9.0 support to performance mainstream users in time for the holiday season

MARKHAM, ON, November 27, 2002 - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today announced that the RADEON(tm) 9500 PRO is now shipping to leading retailers and add-in-board partners worldwide. Based on the highly acclaimed RADEON(tm) 9700 PRO visual processing unit (VPU), the RADEON 9500 PRO brings many high-end features, including Microsoft(r) DirectX(r) 9.0 support, to the performance mainstream market.

"ATI is dominating in every market segment with the addition of RADEON 9500 PRO to the holiday line-up," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "Over the past couple of months, ATI has revolutionized the graphics industry with the sheer power and performance of the RADEON 9700 PRO. Now, ATI is continuing to lead the industry by bringing DirectX(r) 9.0 to the performance mainstream market."

Microsoft's DirectX(r) 9.0 is the platform for which many game developers are creating their new titles. ATI's RADEON 9500 PRO, RADEON 9500 and RADEON 9700 are the only products that allow performance mainstream users to access high-end DirectX(r) 9.0 features this holiday season.
Click here to read the full release.
Posted By: Lucas Wong
(ouikikazz@subzerotech.com)
Posted: November 27, 2002

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