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Abit has a reputation for designing original products, and regularly surprises us with the quality of its innovations. That's the case we've been presented with again with the arrival of the Siluro OTES Ti4200 graphics card. OTES stands for "Outside Thermal Exhaust System", and is a concise description of the very interesting new cooling system that comes equipped on the Siluro OTES.

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Both the cards have heatsinks on the core as well as memory, however, we think that the MSI one looks better with a copper plate and a clear fan on top. MSI also sticks some thermal paste on the RAM chips as well as behind the core as you can see from the picture which is definitely a very good thing. The heatsinks on the Gainward were very firmly stuck and since we have to return the card to the distributor we couldn't really fight much with it.

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The unit is very compact, it's only 18,3 cm, and its design is roundish, very pleasant and typical of this manufacturer. Nothing to say about the packaging, it contains all you need to install the drive and start burning: everything is explained in a well-done user manual.
The programs bundled with the SW232 are Easy CD Creator and Direct Cd +, that are really simple to use and are therefore suitable for beginners while power users may prefer to switch to better burning programs.

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Roommate always bugging you to use your computer cause YOURS is the one with the CDRW? How about sick of having to either FTP or email your work home with you on your lame ass dial up connection? Our friends over at Atechdigilog have a solution that is not only cutting edge, but not restrictive in any way. What we are looking at is a type of external enclosure that leaves you to decide what goes in it. Hard drive, burner, DVD you name it, if its on a parallel IDE connection, you can put it in here.

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While AMD is frantically working to produce their next generation CPUs, motherboard manufacturers have been hard at work doing what they can to move AMD users into the next generation by providing the newest features of the latest VIA chipset. The new revision of the VIA chipset has arrived, named kt400, and boasts some great added features. Alas the new VIA KT400 brings features like USB 2.0 support, CPU die thermal monitoring and AGP 8x finally enticing users of the aging KT266a chipset to upgrade.

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The whole point of this exercise was to create a CD with Office XP with Service Pack 2. I know some may be thinking that this is a lot of work, but think of it in the long run. You'll now have a backup of your original CD, since I hear a lot of dubious stories like "I lost my originals!!", as well as a backup of your CD key. No longer will you need to apply Service Pack 1 and/or SP2 whenever you reinstall.

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It's rare that I do one of these first-person 'editorially' pieces but they do come around once in a blue moon. What inspires them, you may ask? Usually there's a handful of information that I've come across but it lacks any sort of common theme, there's just new news from all over the industry that I'd like to update you all on.

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With the amazing performance and success of the new ATI Radeon 9700 card which is battling the GeForce 4 TI 4600 from NVIDIA for market supremacy, the GeForce 4 MX440 is now somewhat of a lower performance graphics card. In today's review we take a look at the GeForce 4 MX440 from Chaintech.

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As you would expect, a part that is required in EVERY PC has meant a substantial range of heatsinks and their combined fans has grown. There is a HSF for every application be it power cooling or silent cooling – and with a power hungry processor like the AMD Athlon the demand is even higher for efficient cooling solutions. Speeze supply solutions for a range of cpus but here we will be looking at a selection of Socket A coolers for AMDs Athlon XP range of processor.

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There's a new chipset on the block from Intel and it's the 845PE. It gives a bunch of new features to the Pentium 4 processor line, including official DDR-333 support and Hyper-Threading. Today TweakTown takes a look at two new motherboards from ASUS and Gigabyte based on the new chipset. Which board shall win the battle of supremacy? Read on and find out!

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Thermalright was one of the first manufacturers to get it right. Their debut heatsink, the SK6, was made entirely of copper and appealed to the majority of the AMD overclocking crowd, mostly out of a simple and effective design. The SK6 certainly wasn't a budget minded heatsink and i can vaguely remember that less than a year ago they were going for around $40. The SK6 rated high not only among enthusiasts, but with hardware review sites as well, mostly due to the fact that some of the best heatsinks from manufacturers like Swiftech, Kanie, Alpha, and others were actually at the same level or worse than the SK6.

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The Overclocker Café has a new contest up. This time around, it is for a set of X-Bags, which easily are the best monitor and case carrying apparatus around. Both are a fast and convenient way for making life for the LANer or person transporting a computer and monitor much easier. Between now and Sunday November 17th, get your name in the hat to claim your own set of X-Bags.

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A light case isn't just all that. It also needs to have enough room for all of the components that the user will install. Installation must be simple, and after installation, maintenance has to be a simple job, not having to remove both side panels and then going at it with a screwdriver. For the gamer, it's gotta be less time trying to fix something, and more time to have fun. Today I'm going to see how well the Aspire Turbo Gamer ATXA2ESW Aluminum Case stands up to these requirements.

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Since fan grilles aren't Space Shuttle components, and since you only see one side of them, it's acceptable to leave gunk on the reverse side. If it bothers you, you can grind it off yourself; knock off any bigger lumps with the chipping implement of your choice (this Biohazard grille was the only one I got for review that featured a slag-lump anywhere near as big as the one in the middle of the picture above), and then use some wet-and-dry paper to dress up the surface.

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While I admit, I've never heard of jab-tech before. I just recently stumbled over there, and for one, was amazed by their low prices. So if you want to trick out your case, or need some supplies, head on over there. So speaking of jab-tech, today, I'll be looking at some Quad LED Fans from jab-tech. These are probably the fans you will want to put in your case, regardless of it you have a window or not. These really put out the light. Actually, it makes the blue cathode in my case seem very, very weak. Forget the cold cathode and do LED fan lighting? I think so!

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