August 2003 - Page 2 of 5

Step-by-Step: Building a Quiet PC From The Ground Up

August 23, 2003 admin 0

Very detailed How-To – Chris McQuistion

Sorting It All Out

August 22, 2003 admin 0

You Can’t Tell The Players Without A Scorecard A lot of items have been flying by, let’s see if we can’t sort them out. There will initially be two Athlon64 lines: Athlon 64 Athlon 64 FX The original Athlon 64

What Is It?

August 22, 2003 admin 0

An article comes out saying that some Athlon 64s won’t support 64-bits. I say that, and people tell me I can’t read. The article flat out says the processors are Hammers (that’s what “based on Hammer architecture” means) with a

AMD Blurbs

August 21, 2003 admin 0

No x86-64 for some Athlon64s??!!?? That’s what this says. Excuse the language, but WTF? I’m not easily stunned, but I’m stunned, and not in a good way. With all due respect to XBit Labs, I’m not buying this one yet

A New Duron

August 21, 2003 admin 0

Overnight, I got over three hundred instances of the SoBig F virus sent to me. From some of the email addresses I’ve received, it’s obvious that the addresses are coming from the address books of some of those reading this.

The Monster That Overclockers.com’s Forum Built

August 20, 2003 admin 0

One man’s journey into watercooling – Rich Tanner

No Law, No Order

August 20, 2003 admin 0

Hmmmm, looks like I’m getting about forty instances of the SoBig virus per hour. Gee, that’s just what I bought a computer for. At the moment, the viruses seem to be beating out the spam in the Battle of the

Heatpipes & Thermosyohons – How They Work

August 20, 2003 admin 0

SUMMARY: Heatpipes and Thermosyphons are variations of two-phase cooling systems. A number of readers have asked me to explain how heatpipes and thermosyphons work and to compare the difference between them. Both heatpipes and thermosyphons dissipate heat by allowing a

The $25 CPU 1664

August 19, 2003 admin 0

XBitLabs reports that AMD will be coming out with a cheap CPU codenamed Applebred on it. Once upon a time, AMD planned on having a Duron successor called Appaloosa. They currently make Thoroughbreds, so I guess where the name comes

Prescott Power Ramps

August 18, 2003 admin 0

The Inquirer has an article about the revised power requirements for boards that are supposed to support Prescott. For those of you without current 865/875 mobos who are wondering, “What’s the big deal about this?” perhaps a few graphs will