For such as a Christian orientated company, VIA has been through hell and back in the past 18 months with battles against Intel for rights and blessings to produce Pentium 4 chipsets with their motherboard partners. Today TweakTown has VIA's very first Dual Channel DDR-400 Pentium 4 chipset under the spotlight today in the form of the PT880 from MSI.

21db? 40dB? Richtig, Sie wissen, was leise und laut ist. Kennen Sie auch die Geräusche und Töne bzw. Frequenzen, welche sich hinter diesen Zahlen verbergen? Laut und leise ist relativ. Zudem: Ist gute Kühlung ohne grossen Lärm machbar? 10 Hersteller mit teils unterschiedlichen Kühlkonzepten haben wir unter ungünstigen Verhältnissen getestet. Ob die CPU-Kühler genügen, erfahren Sie in unserem Test... 3dChips

Rage3D have finally got their hands on a Radeon XT to review from Asus and they compare the flagship Radeon 9800XT againist the Radeon 9700 Pro, in their attempt to try and figure out if upgrading from a year and a half old card is worth it! here's a snip.

While ATI has enjoyed worldwide recognition from the press for its R300/R350 series which brought a mini-revolution in the 3D accelerator industry, sometimes having the best card out there is not enough. That's why add-in board partners play a huge role in the acceptance (or lack of) of a said graphics chip in the market. A market which has seen a somewhat strange trend in the past few years, with add-in board partners choosing (or be forced to choose) a single brand instead of the usual multitude of choices we enjoyed in the birth of the 3D accelerator market.

The OCZ 3500 sticks are capable of some decent speeds, all the while doing them at excellent timings They're bit hard to justify for ordinary Athlon users, but FSB overclockers will like the extra headroom. These sticks are best suited in P4 system, though. Using a 1.6 RAM:FSB ratio, the 3500 modules can take a P4 over 3.1GHz, and a 2.6 to almost 3.4Ghz (assuming your board can handle the FSB speeds [260+], and the CPU is willing to go that far), all with tight timings. Unless your going for a more extreme overclock, the 3500 modules are unlikely to be a bottleneck in your system.

Heatsinks are an essential part of a system for enthusiasts. It is hard to choose the right one when you have so many options available to you. There are many companies that have taken air-cooling to the next level. Thermaltake is one of those companies that come into mind when discussing heatsinks. They have extensive line of processor coolers to choose from. Today we will be taking a look at the Extreme Volcano 12 HSF that claims good performance and overclocking enhancements. Let’s see how the Extreme Volcano 12 HSF competes with few of the best heatsinks we have gathered.

Thermaltake has always included matching fan controllers with every one of their latest heatsinks and the Venus 12 was no different. Small bracket controller is made out steel with the knob in the center and Thermaltake’s logo on the right. Second controller that installs in a 3.5” drive bay is built out of aluminum with the knob in the center and Thermaltake’s logo on the knob. The aluminum controller is finely finished and uses the color silver to add to its beauty.

To start off the new week TweakTown have examined two new products from a little known company called Super Flower in Taiwan. They are new players in the heavily populated enthusiast computer case and power supply market. Let's see if they have got what it takes to match up against the big guns of the industry!

OCIA.net checks out the GamerzStuff fuZe Mousepad in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review:

"Upon first glance, you would expect this to be very rough and slow your mouse down. However, the idea is to have as little in contact with the mouse as possible. This reduces friction, and therefore drag. It?s the same idea that is used for mice having feet."

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Looking for an improved cooling solution to chill that new Athlon 64? Madshrimps takes a look at some custom cooling solutions including aircooling and watercooling!
Read it all over here

TweakTown has Thermaltake's latest PC thermal control unit under the spot light today, in the form of the Hardcano 12. It carries over all the solid features of its older brothers but with a bunch of new and intelligent options which make the latest incarnation an even better option for thermally controlling your computer. Read on!

Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound with water cooling! Here's a snip.

As the thermal paste was applied on Day 1, with the MB (motherboard) temperatures at 27C (case temperature) the max clock that was achieved was 3066@3495Mhz with idle temperatures of 35/36C. As any overclocker would try to push the limits of their CPU, it could not clock any higher with stability. On Day 5, the same instability. On day 12, the Full temperatures dropped by another degree, however that was not enough for stability. Thought this might count for the decreased motherboard temperature, however it is not fully accountable for the Full burn temperatures, most of the decrease comes to the Idle temperatures when the motherboard temperature is lower.

The Madshrimps put a brand new FX 5700 Ultra from Sparkle through a series of benchmarks and games tests to see how well this budget-gaming card performs, read the whole videocard review here.

Mike over at TweakTown is back with a review of the Seasonic Super Silencer 460 watt power supply unit. It comes from a company who has been in the PC power business since 1975 who has only recently decided to extend their business to the enthusiast user. Read on and let's see if they deserve a second or third look."

Coolermaster Jet 4 @ Accelenation.com
Creative GigaWorks S750 Review @ Guru3d
DFI 865PE Infinity @ Viper Lair
Enermax UC-A8FATR4 Fan Controller @ A True Review
Cooling The Lian Li PC6077 @ SystemCooling
Olympus C-50 Zoom Digital Camera @ ByteSector

The latest piece of hardware to go through TweakTown's labs is the ASUS K8V Deluxe Wireless Edition motherboard based on VIA's popular K8T800 chipset for the AMD Athlon 64. It contains enough features to put a smile on any geeks face - maybe even enough for yours.

Article Snippit:
"I am thoroughly impressed with this motherboard. Part of what one has to consider when purchasing any type of hardware is what they are getting for their money. What you are getting with the KX18D Pro II is a stable, feature-packed motherboard that overclocks like a dream. I know that a lot of people do not overclock their systems, and so care very little about such things. Frankly, that doesn't matter. The board has so much to offer that even if you never stray from the default settings, you will still be very happy with your investment." Read More over here

Just got word from the guy's over at Bit BenderTech, that their Princeton VL 1715 LCD monitor review is out!

The VL Series of displays from Princeton offer a combination of value and performance. Today we'll be taking a look at their 17" model with built in speakers, and decent specs for the price. The front of the panel is very good looking with a 1" silver bezel all the way around and the On Screen Diagnostic (OSD) buttons easily accessible without the need of hiding behind a drop-down door panel.

OCIA.net checks out the Enermax UC-A8FATR4 Fan Controller in their latest review! Here's a snip

The package came with a healthy supply of adhesive labels for labeling the thermal probes as well as a 3 pin adapter for the CPU fan that allows you to control the speed of the CPU fan and keep track of the fan RPMs. I placed my thermal sensors on my RAM sink, my CPU Cooler, and my video card cooler. I was impressed with the accuracy as the temps all registered within 2-3 degrees F at idle when compared to the temps registered in motherboard monitor.

Plextor PX-708A Dual-format DVD writer Review at Gamingin 3D. After reviewing the Plextor Premium, I was pretty satisfied: it was a fast, quality, and future-proof burner. Why on earth would I want a DVD burner? So I could "backup my movies"? Please....Things have changed quite a bit with DVD recorders in just the last few months. It seems price-slashing and technology updates have been...

Article Snippit:
"The Excalibur IceQ 9800 pro embodies everything I have ever wanted in a videocard. The card is packed full of 256megs of fast DDR2 memory, includes a quiet and efficient monster cooler and for once there are memory sinks installed throughout the card. The performance numbers and results would easily make even the pickiest of gamers happy with the ability to handle quality settings and pump out great framerates without breaking a sweat."