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Not so very long ago we took our first look at Corsair's XMS memory offering in the shape of their XMS3200 CAS2 and despite a little initial scepticism we had to conclude that this stuff was simply faster than anything we'd seen previously. Based on those results you can guess how thrilled I was when The Overclocking Store asked if I'd like to take a look at a stick of the newly announced XMS3500 CAS2 although the biggest doubt at the back of my mind was how on earth I'd find a system willing to be pushed far enough to test the claimed specs.

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Chaintech 7NJS can be described as a all-in-one-box solution. Why do we say that ? Well, the reason is because the Zenith series has included most of the things you would think of and they feature the nVIDIA nForce2 SPP + MCP-T chipset, 333Mhz FSB support, Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM up to 3GB, AGP 8X, CMedia 8738 6 Channel Audio, Promise PDC20376 Serial ATA RAID controller, 6 x USB 2.0 Ports, Onboard LAN, SPDIF, IEEE1394, CBox2 (DigiDoc, IEEE1394, USB2.0, Audio in/out).

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This review will focus on the AGP 8x My ViVo (Video-in & Video-out) edition of the card which retails at around £110. As mentioned above, the card/package has been updated and re-released to meet with AGP 8x specification, and improved ViVo software. The mainstay of the review will be considering the ViVo aspect of the card, and only minor reference to game performance will be included thus saving you 10 pages of benchmarks that you will have already seen.

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ATI’s newly announced All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro capitalizes on its award-winning R300 GPU, and keeps everything, including the clock speeds the same. However, this new AIW (All-in-Wonder) card raises the stakes for would-be home-movie buffs, and those seeking some of the best desktop-video functions currently available.

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Something that we didn't expect when we first recieved this block and started to write this review is that it will also fit on a Radeon 9700. This DD GF3/4 waterblock was released a couple of months before the Radeon 9700 was made public but because the pin holes on the card is on the same position as on a GeForce 3 the waterblock will fit on a Radeon 9700 also without any problems at all.

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"The Lian Li PC-9300 Aluminum PC Case is a great desktop case with a small footprint which will conserve space. Although, since it is so small a micro ATX motherboard and a small Power Supply is required. With 2x5.25", 2x3.5" internal bays, 2 sleeve fans and cool looks it's sure to please if you are in the market for a compact desktop case. Watch the Video to find out more..." ~3dGameMan.com.

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I had known of Dual Monitors since it was introduced in Windows 98 (although I believe Win NT 4 supports Dual Monitors as well) but I never gave any thought to investigating it. Well, earlier this year I was given a 15” monitor, and I had a PCI Trident '94 Video Card sitting in my cellar, so I decided to give it a try. In this article I'll share my findings which may surprise you in how beneficial it can be.

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After seeing the new Abit Ti4200 OTES card, the first thing that came to my mind was that it needed to be modified. Why you ask? Well the main reason is that it takes up 2 slots in the back of your system. From what I was able to tell from pictures of the card, it just might fit in one slot if it could be modified. But my sights were not set on putting it in a typical computer system.

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I had known of Dual Monitors since it was introduced in Windows 98 (although I believe Win NT 4 supports Dual Monitors as well) but I never gave any thought to investigating it. Well, earlier this year I was given a 15” monitor, and I had a PCI Trident '94 Video Card sitting in my cellar, so I decided to give it a try. In this article I'll share my findings which may surprise you in how beneficial it can be.

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Even before finishing one Beyond3D Intel motherboard review Intel announce a whole host of updates to their chipset line-up and no sooner than the previous review was finished did one of Intel's new desktop boards, based on one of these new chipsets, turn up on the doorstep.

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I used to run a self assembled watercooling system and while it was a lot of fun to setup and run, I have to say I enjoyed the simplicity of hooking up the QuietPower hardware to my system. Attaching a pair of waterblocks is something anyone can do and shouldn't be scared of. Water and PC's really do go together if done properly and it's done properly here.

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Even though I know that if the motherboard conforms to AMD keep- out -specs the MCX462+ should fit, my eyes tell me that there is no way that this nearly 1 1/2 lb hunk of metal is going to fit on my EPoX 8k3A. So I carefully sit it on top of my XP 2000+. To my surprise it fits fine. In fact the closest component to the MCX462+ is the Power Supply. That's when you appreciate how the bottom edges are machined for component clearance.

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The Stealth-X from ColorCases.com is somewhat of paradox from a review standpoint.
The reason I say this is because at first glance, the case looks like an outstanding ATX case. It has some really nice features including a pre-fab window, a great looking face with translucent plastic that has lots of potential for being lit up with LEDs or EL wire. It also has one of the best tool-less drive retention mechanisms I have seen. But...
The case has some major design flaws that make what could be an outstading case into just a mediocre one.

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He also reminded us that PCExtreme has been working hard to get a HUGE LAN event together that they are calling FragFest 2003. They are planning to draw 2000-3000 people to the event. It is still in the planning stages, but they have gotten the financial backing they need to pull it off and are now working on getting some major sponsors to be there - including nVidia, AMD, MadOnion, and TechTV just to name a few. All current info of FragFest 2003 can be found at http://www.pcextreme.net/fragfest2003

A week ago we reported that NVIDIA cannot fulfil the demand on the GeForce4 Ti4600, Ti4200 and GeForce4 MX440 chips with AGP 4x support. Apparently, the Santa Clara, California-based fabless semiconductor developer started to produce the GeForce4 MX with AGP 8x support instead of the same GPUs but with AGP 4x. This caused temporary shortage of the graphics chips, but everything should be on track soon. The lack of the GeForce4 Titanim processors was caused by the shift of the GeForce4 Ti4200 to AGP 8x specifications and end-of-life (EOL) for the GeForce4 Ti4600 GPUs.

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Our only complaint is the fact that I don't see anyway for someone to easily access the fan controls out of the box. Opening up your case all the time is going to be a bit of a hassle. I was getting annoyed myself during testing. Then again, if you know what you want out of the Volcano 7+, you can set it and your desired speed level, and leave it be.

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