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Wierdo Parts
In evitably with any “homebrew” project like this Pentium 4 system in a shoebox, you need some strange parts. For the Mocha 620, here are some: * LOGIC Supply Slimline CD to IDE adapter. This slimline CD to desktop IDE adapter is used for converting a laptop CD-ROM or DVD drive with a 50-pin connector…
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NEC 6500A connecotr
NEC ND-6500A 8x4x8x DVD+R/RW 8x4x8x DVD-R/RW 24x16x24x CD-R/RW DL Dual-Layer Slim IDE Optical Burner Drive for Laptops and Notebooks (Black, OEM) The NEC ND-6500A DVD Burner is compatible with most Notebooks and Laptops. The first thing you will want to ensure is whether your current drive’s front bezel has a straight rectangular shape to it…
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Travia C-156
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CPU Decoder Ring
CPU decoder ring – The Tech Report Today, AMD and Intel have abandoned clock speed entirely on some chips in favor of three-digit model number systems that are more or less arbitrary. It’s gotten to the point where you need a secret decoder ring just to understand what you’re getting in a modern CPU. Well,…
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SLI Roundup
AnandTech: nForce4 SLI Roundup: Painful and Rewarding. _Well the results are in, basically, if you are happy with 8xAGP (and there is no difference in real performance right now between that and PCI Express), then use a “nForce 3”:http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2128&p=19 boards like the MSI K8N Neo2, so get one of the two board below if you…
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StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon Reviews StumbleUpon is backed by a community of members who explore and review sites they like. These reviews help everyone discover the best sites and meet like-minded people. Ming and I were recently talking about how personalization is the key next theme for the web. Here’s an example of a “community” browser, you wander…
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CoolerMaster Hyper 48 KHC-L91
X-bit labs – Articles – High-End CPU Coolers Roundup: The Battle for Silence and Efficiency (page 16). _I normally recommend the Thermal Right XP-120 which has a massive 5 inch fan, but they got good results with a smaller cheaper (e.g., less than $50) Cooler Master model._ The best cooler among the models we tested…
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Pentium 600 and 800
[VR-Zone Hardware] – Pentium Announcements The Pentium 4 600 series, and the Pentium 4 3.73EE was announced today. Along with their support for EM64T, Intel’s 64-bit extensions, these new CPU’s also include SpeedStep power saving technology, upgraded security features through Executable Disabled Bit, 2MB of L2 cache. The 660 runs at 3.6GHz, 640 at 3.4GHz…
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Aopen Cube Mini
AOpen prepares Cube Mini Pentium M based SFF PC On the heels of launching the EY855-II XC Cube, its first Intel Pentium M-based small-form-factor (SFF) PC, AOpen is now preparing for the March launch of its smallest XC Cube SFF PC to date, the MZ 855, according to sources at the company. The Intel 855GME-based…
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Sumicom choices
Ok “King Young”:http://kingyoung.com.tw makes some super small form factors machines that both “Logic Supply”:http://logicsupply.com and “Cappucinopc”:http://cappucinopc.com resell. Here are the choices: * S615. This is a fanless 6x10x3″ case that has a downclocked Celeron running at 1.33Ghz, so it should be as fast as an Eden, but is slightly bigger than mini-ITX. $495 from Logic…