The critical question in 2002 for AMD is “how much bandwidth can the Athlon (as opposed to any particular platform for it) handle?” AMD apparently plans to stick with a 133/266MHz FSB throughout 2002. Are they doing that because faster
We’re going to try a little experiment here. I’m going to tell you what I find to be the bare essentials about the LSN and Gigabyte 8IXRP board, you tell me if it’s enough or not. The Cooler I used
We’re beginning to see some reports from the pioneers on Northwood, most particularly at VR Zone, and even this early, we can draw a few conclusions: Before beginning, if you go to the link, “LN2” stands for liquid nitrogen. Don’t
KT266 boards have been out for a while now. KT266A boards are just beginning to come out. What’s the difference? Essentially, the North Bridge has been revised to improve memory performance. You definitely want a KT266A board rather than a
No, this is not the RAID method. It involves copying the entire data from one hard drive to another in such a way that the newly created drive will boot as if it was an identical twin. If anything ever
This is my SuitCase PC: I did it myself using a Dremel and some other power tools – LOL. It’s a standard metallic suitcase – the suitcase is a little smaller than a midi ATX tower. I use a wireless
At the beginning of this year, I thought this whole DDR thing would be a nightmare. I was wrong; it’s been worse. I expected Bozo the Clown, instead I’m getting Waiting for Godot. You buy an AMD DDR board, you’ll
(Ed.note: These are comments from those who built or have been intimately involved with the construction and/or operation of dozens to hundreds of machines. You can see that these folks have had much different experiences. Maybe it might be a