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Radiator Stacking

SUMMARY: Two radiators stacked back-to-back does not give you an overwhelming cooling advantage. Steve Holbert, one of our readers, had some questions about the cooling performance of some radiators he bought and asked me to test them out. As the

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RDRAM/DDR: Part 1, Technical Aspects

Introduction There are three major areas of contention between these two memory systems: The technical aspects The production/cost aspects The political aspects With the exceptions of very low-end PCs and servers, technical factors are the least important in determining which

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WinFast Leadtek GeForce 2 GTS

FIRST LOOK NATA Computers was kind enough to send a LeadTek GeForce 2 GTS for our evaluation. I want to say from the outset, this is one helluva’ piece of work! One of the first things I did was to

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The Peltier Radiator

This is an idea that’s been lurking in the back of my mind for some time: Why not use a peltier as the “radiator” to cut down the bulk and simplify a water cooling rig? So, I finally scrounged together

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Stability – What Is It? A Perspective

Those of us that overclock our CPUs talk about stability of an overclocked CPU without defining the term. The usual measure of stability used in overclocking reports is related to BSOD or “hang ups”. Being an old time hardware engineer

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Duron: The Real Celeron?

This is a quick article to speculate a little bit about AMD’s new challenger to the Celeron, the Duron. We are starting to get details about this chip. What Does It Cost? Initial tentative pricing from Lynn Computers: 600Mhz: $89

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Soyo SY 6 and 7VCA

NOTE: SOYO makes two versions of this board; the 6VCA is Slot 1 and the 7VCA is Socket 370. Joe on the 6VCA SUMMARY: Finally – a VIA board that rivals BX performance! I’ve been looking at some of the