February 12 News from Around the Web

[Amy]

Antec Sonata Elite Review

"Looking around the rest of the case, there is a 120mm normal exhaust fan with its own molex power adapter neatly wrapped up like its blower style counterpart. The fan also has a three-speed speed switch built into the back of the case again with the H, M, and L labels. Behind where the hard drives are installed is the main and only air intake slot, as you might have seen in the drive picture. The fact that it is passive is an impressive statement on Antec's part, and I am really interested to see what kind of temperatures this case achieves. As advertised on the display box, there is a dust filter over the intake that can be easily cleaned by simply pulling it out with the built in grips."

@ Overclockers Club


Thursday Web Reviews:

HARDWARE

Correction: Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler @ OCModShop
3GB vs. 6GB Memory Performance Analysis on X58
ASUS P5E3 Premium/Wifi-AP.N Motherboard Review
Foxconn Quantum Force X58 BloodRage Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane
Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Graphics Card Cooler Review on Technic3D
Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler Review @ OCModShop
NVIDIA demo Windows 7 multi-tasking on ION (video)

[KnightRid]

WOW - you have to read the Accelero review - just for the translation...argh

Concluding remark
Betrachtet man Grafikkarten einmal abstrakt als Schwerter, so ist der Accelero Twin Turbo eines mit zwei Schneiden. Looking at video cards once abstractly than swords, the Accelero Twin Turbo one with two cutting edges. Auf einer Seite stumpf und kampfuntauglich - da zu laut und im Vergleich mit Produkten aus dem selben Hause bei der Kühlleistung unterlegen; die andere jedoch ein durchaus wohlgesonnener Gefährte im Kampf um die Lautstärke, wenn auch mit leicht höheren Temperaturen. On one side, dull and kampfuntauglich - there are too loud and in comparison with products from the same home with the cooling capacity has been unsuccessful, the other, however, a perfectly wohlgesonnener companion in the struggle to control the volume, albeit with slightly higher temperatures. Da letzten Endes die Steuerung per PWM durch die Grafikkarte vorgegeben ist, können wir hier nur ein bedingt geltendes Urteil fällen, welches zumindest für die X 1800XT "empfehlenswert" lautet. Because ultimately, the PWM control via the video card is set, we can only conditionally valid verdict, which, at least for the 1800XT X "recommended" reads.
Den nächsten Accelero wünschen wir uns mit der Lautstärke des Accelero Twin Turbo auf 30% Leistung und dem Kühlvermögen eines Accelero S1 mit Turbo Module - ein unbestritten siegreiches Duo. The next Accelero we want with the volume of the Accelero Twin Turbo to 30% performance and Kühlvermögen an Accelero S1 with turbo modules - an undisputed winning duo.

WTF?

From the graph I see it is worse than the S1 - guess that it what this says

Mike

[Amy]

Wow - that is a rough translation...I guess when they didn't know the English word they just left the German...