[MDCOMP]DenonSix - General Hardware, Motherboards, CPUs, GPUs

[DenonSix]

Upcoming articles:

- Ratbuddy wants to do a 'reviewing the reviewers' article for Fermi launch and compare with AMD's current offerings of GPUs and older gen cards. (3/24/10)

Some comments from him: "In a nutshell it'll be similar to http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=625408 which is the #1 google result if you type '5970 vs gtx 295' right now. It'll be a bit more in depth, though."

He wants to have it ready on launch day- will check about fast tracking this article...

Focus areas:

- System Builds
- Overclocking Guides - Really trying to get some contributors on the hook for these, but slow going -12/10/09


Article Contributors (members who have submitted articles to you):

ajrettke
ratbuddy
miahallen

Forum Experts (people who you can rely on for fact checking):

Forum Correspondents (members who help you stay up to date on forum activity):

Established writers (members who have sent you repeated content):

Miahallen

Published articles:
Out of the Loop - ajrettke
Are ATI and Nvidia running the same race? - ratbuddy
USB 3.0 Testing on the Gigabyte UD3R and UD6 - Miahallen
Gigabyte P55A Series Motherboards – SuperSpeed USB at the Limit! - Miahallen

Pending articles submitted to editors: -

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks for getting started.

[mdcomp]

Any updates?

I will be working with you. Feel free to PM or post in this thread if you want to collaborate. I would be happy to share my input and ideas to help you get started.

Look forward to working with you.

Matt

[I.M.O.G.]

Gary, I know you've been doing some stuff - I talked to mdcomp earlier. Any updates on this section tho?

[DenonSix]

Added an upcoming suggested system build article...

Going to try to get dates from the contributors as to when they can have them ready...

[DenonSix]

Updated with article ETA

[mdcomp]

Great!
Thanks

Matt

[Neuromancer]

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=603702

Find someone to make that an article. If we do not already have one. I did not read the whole thread, but I am sure this being OCF, that there are plenty of reasons pro and con OEM on this topic.

[DenonSix]

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=603702

Find someone to make that an article. If we do not already have one. I did not read the whole thread, but I am sure this being OCF, that there are plenty of reasons pro and con OEM on this topic.

Thanks for the idea- i'll pursue contributors regarding an OEM vs. Build article...

[DenonSix]

updated status

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks for the update Gary!

[EarthDog]

I just ordered a Corsair Obsidian 800D case. Its a relatively new release and Im not sure anyone here has one yet. So I would like to complete a case review for this. The case arrives Thursday, and I hope to have my parts in by Sunday. Im looking to get an article up by 11/15 if not sooner. I will keep you (or the right section) updated on that progress.

[hokiealumnus]

OMG I'm so jealous. Congrats EarthDog; those are beautiful cases.

[I.M.O.G.]

E_D: Refer to the case review done on the HTPC this week - it's a good start if you want to use a similar format for yours, or improve upon it.

[EarthDog]

I cant tell you how sick and tired I am of having to bother my wife to move my PC since the PA120.3 is external and not mounted anywhere... NOw its going inside on top! Im just wondering about the mounting of the 120.3. Where will the screws come from? (You can PM me if you know so as not to pollute this thread.

IMOG - I saw that review and the format looks solid. Im sure that will be a shell at minimum... :)

[DenonSix]

EarthDog,

I'll be happy to pick up support for this article. I'll check with Ben333 since he's content editor of the mod forum as well.

Thanks- PM me if you have anything else regarding the article you need me to do....

[Ben333]

I contacted IMOG to verrify that I am the editor for cases and modding (not only modding), so I'll take Earth Dog's article unless DenonSix would like to.

[EarthDog]

Yeah I saw modding only in your title in our section, but this isnt modding, its a stock case and will be stock. If cases are a part of that, I would definately have him update that thread title...

However, your title under your name shows "case". So it likely should be under you Ben. I just went by the title in our Content Editor Section which just shows "modding".

[I.M.O.G.]

The Org chart needs updated, I just fixed his title.

[DenonSix]

Ben333 will contact you. Thanks...

[I.M.O.G.]

Hey Gary, ajrettke's article was published today, good work!

[DenonSix]

Updated.

[I.M.O.G.]

Great, thanks. Also, as we discussed in email/PM I updated your thread and rank title. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns.

[Dolk]

I have been slowly working on an article titled The Multi Core War. Its a piece on how the war will be shifting to the GHz war soon.

As of right now I am not working on my articles till school dies down. But you may see a couple things pop up in the future.

[I.M.O.G.]

Tacked on GPU's for completeness with your "general" theme - thansk to ratbuddy for bringing this to my attention.

[DenonSix]

Dolk, i'll keep in touch over PM regarding your article(s).

[Neuromancer]

Upcoming articles:
"Perspective" - Rainless (Computer companies making things too complex for common users to develop an economic industry based on tech support)
The War of Multi-core and Ghz -Dolk

Contacted both writers and a new one, they should all be contacting you soon if they have not already (Rainless got back to me today and said he would contact you, have not heard from Dolk, and I just PMed Tyranos, hopefully he will contact you soon).

New article from Tyranos (unknown subject) He made some insightful posts about the FAB process at TSMC, so expecting something on that, but left the subject up to him of course :)

[DenonSix]

Updated the OP.

[Dolk]

Quick update, I got most of the article punched out. Need to contact a couple people for creditable source. You guys should get it by the end of this week. That is to say my physics test doesn't rape me.

[mdcomp]

Thanks dude!

Good luck on physics...that is not easy stuff.
:)

Matt

[I.M.O.G.]

Any updates Gary? Your article lineup looks great btw.

[DenonSix]

Ratbuddy's article is in hand and under review- the rest are still in work- will update eta's this week.

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks for the update!

[I.M.O.G.]

Your overclockers.com Editor account has been created. Let me know if you have any trouble logging in, or any questions. A guide explaining how the workflow will work is forthcoming - trying to get everyone handling all content within wordpress as soon as possible.

[Dolk]

My article still needs time, its to much half ass and not enough thinking behind it. I'll let you know on further development.

[mdcomp]

Gary, any updates? I know its been sort of a tough area to source content, but I wanted to check in with you. See your ideas and what's upcoming.

Thanks!

Matt

[DenonSix]

Its been a little rough going the past few weeks with the writers of the articles in work hitting some busy scheduling issues. That being the case i'm trying to get a couple more article ideas in work this week- i'll update the status accordingly.

[MIAHALLEN]

Gary...my SSUSB article will be ready for you in a few hours...LMK if you need anything specific :)

[I.M.O.G.]

Thanks Miah, and thanks Gary for your continued efforts! Good jobs!

[MIAHALLEN]

Man this is a lot of data I'm swimming through...it's tough to figure out how to organize it best :p

[hokiealumnus]

Graphs are your friend. :beer:

[MIAHALLEN]

OK, ready and waiting :beer:

[MIAHALLEN]

Alright, it's up! Thanks guys :beer:

[hokiealumnus]

You're a machine...thanks Miah!

[mdcomp]

It's been a while since I heard from you Gary. Hope your holidays went well!

Any updates?
:)

Matt

[MIAHALLEN]

Gary...SSUSB part three is just about ready...my write-up is complete...I just need to add photos of the Asus mobo (within 24 hours)...I'll let you know :)

[DenonSix]

Dolk had to back out of his article due to timing constraints.
Updated status with Miahallen's article.

[MIAHALLEN]

Alright buddy, it's ready :beer:

[I.M.O.G.]

Yo Gary, anything shaking recently?

[sno.lcn]

I'm writing an Intel Core i5 IGP vs. AMD 890GX IGP article in a couple of weeks, maybe less. I'll keep you updated as I know more about my timeline for this :)


*Edit: I'm having second thoughts about this. There's really not that much to say about htpc performance. Obviously I can do gaming performance and 3d bechmarks and the like, but neither of these are meant for 3d-intensive applications.

[hokiealumnus]

That'll be sweet!

[DenonSix]

Great! Looking forward to reading it...

[DenonSix]

Updated with Fermi vs. AMD- Reviewing the reviewers article...

[ratbuddy]

It's slow going. Many of the launch reviews were pretty crappily written, and I'm finding it hard to even draw enough data for meaningful comparison. Might be a while before it turns into something presentable.

[DenonSix]

Thanks for the update. I'll keep in touch.

[mdcomp]

Yo Gary!
:)

Any updates? I'll try to brainstorm on some possible topics. System build suggestions might be good, like the ultimate PC or something along those lines. Just a fun piece perhaps.

Matt

[Super Nade]

Working on an article about a barebones-laptop. Typing it up in Word as Wordpress is driving me mad.

Here is a super-rough draft. I'm going slow as time permits but it will certainly be different and a bit more hard-data oriented than traditional reviews.