Retail 955XE fixes thermal issues at a price
You may recall that we had some problems with our Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 setup that caused us to delay our review a bit. The motherboard, CPU, and cooler combo we received from Intel for review didn't always cool the CPU sufficiently under load, leading to thermal throttling. We've now tested a production Intel CPU/motherboard/cooler combo, and we have some good news and some bad news...
@ The Tech Report
Wednesday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
CPU Coolers with Heatpipes from Arctic Cooling. @ X-bit labs
XFX 7800GS AGP Extreme Edition Preview @ motherboards.org
Titan Eagle VGA Cooler @ Techgage
Corsair Flash Voyager 128MB USB Drive Review @ HardwareXL
Gigabyte GV-NX73G128D GeForce 7300 GS Graphics Card Review Posted! @ Adrian's Rojak Pot
Cooler Master Stacker 830 & Cross Flow Fan @ BRnR.htm]
Silverstone Strider 560W Continuous PSU @ XtremeComputing
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 PCIe SLI motherboard Review @ ocinside
Aerocool ExtremEngine 3T @ Pro-Clockers
AMD Cool n Quiet @ Phoronix
Thermaltake Toughpower 550W PSU @ techniz
PCChips M861G v1.6a Motherboard Review @ hardwaresecrets
Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 nForce 430 Motherboard Review @ Bjorn3D
HIS X1600XT IceQ Turbo 256MB Dual DVI Video Card @ Bona Fide Reviews
WD's Raptor Still Stands Alone @ HDDsaver.com
Maxtor solves compatibility problems with NVIDIAs nForce4 chipset @ planet3dnow.de
Titan G3T Notebook Cooler @ hardwarezone
Zalman Zm460-aps PSU @ Rbmods
Palit 6800GS Blitz (GeForce 6800 GS 256MB) @ hardwarezone
ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe review @ NordicHardware
Arctic Cooling Accelero X1 VGA Cooler Review @ 3DChip
ECS KN1 SLI Extreme Motherboard @ TheTechLounge
RaidSonic ICY BOX IB-281U USB 2.0 Series Review @ MVKTech
Panasonic ToughBook CF-18 - Rugged Notebook @ TrustedReviews.com
Foxconn WinFast 6100K8MB-RS Motherboard Review @ Hardware Secrets
CMStacker 830 Review @ Techconnect Magazine
Patriot Memory Extreme Performance (EP Plus) 2GB 133X SD card @ Techniz
Titan Eagle VGA Cooler @ Techgage
Peripherals
Logitech Premium USB Headset 350 Review @ Laptop Gamers
BlueTake BT510 Mouse and BT007Si Dongle @ PCApex
Editorials
Nvidia Faces Fighting Words: Artificial Enthusiasts Found. @ X-bit labs
Nvidia in no rush to stamp out dangerous driver bug @ NGOHQ
Flash Memory Then and Now: How Far Have We Come? @ XYZ Computing
The Future Of Storage @ The TechZone
Software
Opera v9.00 Tech Preview 2 (Build 1635) @ Phoronix
Contests
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Crucial 1GB Memory Competition @ TrustedReviews.com
Technical issues : NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Giveaway Contest @ Adrian's Rojak Pot
Dell Outlet competition @ HEXUS
Electronics
Motorola PEBL @ TrustedReviews.com
T-Mobile SDA Mobile Phone Review @ Designtechnica
Games
The Da Vinci Code Screens @ GamersHell
We Love Katamari review @ TrustedReviews.com
Heroes of the Pacific (PC) Review @ Strategy Informer
Call of Duty 2 Review @ OCModShop