-----Motherboards-----
 | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | | | “With this in mind, let's put these four boards into perspective. Each motherboard has SATA RAID 0 and 1 compatibility, at least 6x USB 2.0 ports, a Firewire port, digital audio out through a coax connection, and 10/100 LAN connectivity. However what each manufacturer does beyond these bare features will determine what you should buy. So let's take a final look at these Socket A motherboards...†| |  | |  | |
| | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | "Coming into this review I had high hopes for the AV8's overclockability, primarily because of the success I've had with the KV8-MAX3 and the NF7-S Rev 2.0. Luckily, I did not leave dissapointed. With our Athlon 64 3800+ processor, we were able to achieve a stable overclock of 265MHz, an overclock that was 74MHz higher than what we were able to achieve with our MSI K8T Neo2-FIR board. We ran our Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness tests to see how the board performs when it overclocks." | | | | | | |
| | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | "While I would have liked to seen an integrated audio solution (like the Soundstorm system integrated into nForce2), we can't blame Gigabyte as NVIDIA did not include one in this round of chipsets. That's not to say the Realtek ALC850 audio controller is a slouch in the audio department. This 8-channel (7.1) audio codec is fully AC '97 2.3 compliant and features 16-bit, 8-channel audio with auto-jack sensing which basically auto detects the speakers/devices currently plugged in and adjusts output accordingly; no more guess work." | | | | | | |
| | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | Pricing on the street at around $150, the 600 watt Enermax Noisetaker isn't exactly cheap. Keep in mind that this is not a no name, generic, no frills, gonna die in six months type of unit. You get what you pay for. Three year warranty, native SATA connectors, variable rate cooling fans, separate 12 volt rails and the Smart Fan technology allowing the fans to run for a couple of minutes after system shut down to name just a few reasons the Enermax stands tall. | | | | | | |
| | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | If you have the choice between the 350W SmartPower and the 350W SmartBlue, I might opt for the SmartPower because they generally run cheaper and the LED fans were anything but impressive. The SmartBlue 350W nevertheless proved true of deserving the Antec name and even for those on a budget, there is a power-supply option for you that delivers performance at a reasonable price. | | | | | | |
-----Video Cards-----
[center][url=MSI RX9800 Pro TD-128 @ Virtual-Fusion.com
[quote]' The results achieved by the MSI RX9800 Pro TD-128 were very good prooving why ATI Radeon 9800 Pro is still on of the best price / performance
gpu´s. The cooling of this graphics card seems to be very efective, however the overclocking results were not as good as expected.'[/quote]
23-July-04, 03:25 AM
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