June 2001 - Page 2 of 5

Glaciator, Swiftech 462A, Thermalright SK6 Performance Tests

June 26, 2001 admin 0

SUMMARY: A different approach to heatsink testing – how well does a heatsink “push the envelope”. One issue that comes up in the testing we do is how a user can replicate our test results. The short answer is you

Athlon MP: Why Now?

June 25, 2001 admin 0

Back in the bad old days, say, nine months ago, people used to have to judge a bit before buying a CPU. After all, they weren’t disposable diapers, this was something you had to live with for a while. Now

A Fanless Duron 1133

June 24, 2001 admin 0

That was essentially what one of you told Joe. Actually, I thought it rather good given its deliberately limited goals: which were How much cooler is AthlonMP? and How much faster is AthlonMP MHz for MHz than a TBird? The

Anti-Noise?

June 23, 2001 admin 0

What I wonder is why they don’t make an anti-sound device to cancel the noise of the fans. This technology is well-known, simple, reliable and good at dealing with repetitive sounds (like fans I would guess). It’s been used in

A Fanless Duron

June 23, 2001 admin 0

My friend has a PC (Duron 700@999MHz 100% stable) with Arctic silver and CoolerMaster heatsink/Fan combo. One day, the fan just stopped working for a while at some point We were playing some games and we have noticed that it

AMD Palomino – First Look

June 23, 2001 admin 0

SUMMARY: First look at AMD’s Palomino indicates marginal performance improvements over the T-Bird, but will the extra cost justify a switch? I am very interested in the Palomino, mainly due to the inclusion of an on-die thermal diode in its

How To Make a Monitor Cooler

June 22, 2001 admin 0

This guide is meant to give you a basic idea of how to make your own Monitor Cooler. If you feel that something else should be added or something should not be done according to this guide, you’re welcome to

PC Mods Rheo Bus Kit

June 21, 2001 admin 0

SUMMARY: A neat kit for the fan-junkie. The good guys at Crazy PC were nice enough to send us over a neat kit to test out – PC Mods Rheo Bus Kit. For the electrically challenged, a rheostat is a

Maxing Out The A7V133 – Getting The Bugs Out

June 20, 2001 admin 0

Have you ever heard “The players may change but the game is the same”? There are a lot more players now but the game is the same. Lurking in the forums, I often find a post cursing one board or

Radiate – Version II

June 19, 2001 admin 0

SUMMARY: Kevin Croft has updated Radiate to make it an indispensible CPU cooling tool. Radiate is one of those little utilities that, over time, becomes a MUST tool. Kevin Croft, Radiate’s author, has just updated it such that it now