September 2000 - Page 2 of 4

Swiftech MCW370 Swivel Block

September 20, 2000 admin 0

UPDATE 9/29/00: Swiftech redesigns the MCW370 and comes up with a winner. Swiftech made a major change to the MCW370 which resulted in significantly enhanced performance: The copper coldplate, originally about as thick as a matchbook cover, was replaced with

Updating Windows Without Windows Update . . .

September 20, 2000 admin 0

Windows Update on a CD: Where to manually download Microsoft’s fixes for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. Keeping up with Windows fixes, updates, and patches has never been easy. With new Windows versions like WinME and Win2000 added to that mix, end-users have

Why Does The BIOS Not Pick Up My Hard Drives?

September 20, 2000 admin 0

I’ve gotten a couple letters like the following: Bios will not find my maxtor Ultra DMA 66 HD, I have 4 IDE connections on my board and 2 are for Ultra DMA HDs. Highpoint sees the HD and I even

LCD Buying Tips

September 19, 2000 admin 0

This article is to help all the poor saps trying to figure out what LCD screen they should buy and what connection to use – DVI or analogue – but receiving nigh on no replies whatsoever. Hopefully, now at least

Jason Bourcier’s Water Cooling System

September 18, 2000 admin 0

Go to page 2 for design templates. The resevoir would’ve taken too long to unbolt for the picture session; I had the camera for only 15 minutes. The interior has staggered cooling fins similar to the interior of the Danger

Asetek Meets Swiftech: SuperCool Slugfest

September 16, 2000 admin 0

In this review, I’ll be trying to bring together two of the heavyweights of super-cooling. I’ll try to show what I feel to be the strengths and weakness of each system. Oddly enough, performance will NOT be a major issue!

InWin Q500 Radiator Mount

September 15, 2000 admin 0

SUMMARY: Adding a BE Cooling double radiator to the InWIn Q500 results in a very nice self-contained water cooling system. I like the InWin Q500 tower case a lot; I like the roominess and the slide-out motherboard tray. I also

Enhanced 6.6ns HSDRAM

September 15, 2000 admin 0

SUMMARY: The performance difference between 6.6ns and 7ns HSDRAM seems negligible – hard to see any justification for premium pricing based on results. Pushing some CPUs through higher FSBs requires high speed RAM to get the most performance advantage. If

Danger Den Copper Waterblock

September 13, 2000 admin 0

SUMMARY: Another new face on the watercooling scene, Danger Den, produces a top performing copper water block and elegant clip. Danger Den is introducing its copper waterblock which can be used for all manner of socketed CPUs. As the picture

Cool-Computers Copper Waterblock

September 13, 2000 admin 0

SUMMARY: A high-performance waterblock for socketed CPUs. Cool-Computers was nice enough to send a bunch of waterblocks to test out – I am going to report first on the socket version pictured below: This block is of the “traditional” design