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February 2008 Hardware Roundup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the andriods-dreaming-of-water-cooled-sheep dept.

Tom's Hardware has a nice roundup of some of the new shiny hardware for February '08. Everything from a screaming fast 2 GHz DDR3 to liquid cooled cases and back again. "Unlike previous Zalman cases that used a heat pipe assembly, the LQ1000 has a traditional water pump and flexible hose for connecting the case's sinks to CPU and graphics coolers. A passively-cooled finned side panel and fan-assisted rear radiator remove heat, while a lighted flow indicator shows the bottom-mounted pump in action."

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  1. Stop this. by BeeBeard · · Score: 4, Informative

    Please stop linking to "articles" on the page-o-ads tomshardware site and making them money. They have a hardware roundup every month; there's no need to link to them just to improve their ad revenue stream.

    1. Re:Stop this. by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Informative

      there's no need to link to them just to improve their ad revenue stream. Linking to ad-filled pages is kinda how the internet works.
      If you don't like it, get an ad-blocker, stop visiting those sites, or visit the printer friendly link.
      It's 21 pages in 1:
      http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/01/hardware_news_roundup_january_2008/print.html
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  2. Summary if you don't want to go through it all by Gat0r30y · · Score: 5, Informative

    - a bunch of novelty cases
    - overpriced power supplies
    - and 6 new DDR3 modules at varying frequencies

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  3. Just the opposite, I'm afraid. by BalorTFL · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm not sure who told you that DDR3 RAM was low latency, but the statement is dead wrong. If you RTFA, you'll see that the new 2+GHz DDR3 has a CAS 10 latency!! While it's true that it's clocked more than double a typical DDR2 module @ 800mhz, these DDR2 modules are typically CAS 4 or 5, and timings can sometimes be tightened even further. The throughput of DDR3 memory is certainly boosted greatly over DDR2, but no matter how you measure it, memory latency has not seen the same improvement.

  4. Re:Big and bulky by jfuredy · · Score: 4, Informative

    It sounds like you should be looking at Silent PC Review instead. They focus more on how you can get a moderately powerful computer without it being obtrusive. Maybe a little bit extreme at times, but always good info.