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OCTOBER - NOVEMBER - DECEMBER Winners: Ron Wlock won a $100 prize for his two articles 98 HERE and 99 HERE, as did 100 RoboTech (aka Lee Garbutt) and 101 Jonathan Bell. Click Here for Heatsink and Watercooling Performance Rankings In Stock 106 The Heatsink Factory now has the new 107 Alpha S-PAL8952 and S-PAL8055 coolers in stock for sale. Part II of Let's Go Case-Less More pictures of a naked computer 108 here. Both Joe and I have used similiar setups for quite some time. Interior decorators (including spouse) and Mac owners will probably find it obscene, but it works. THG Going Into Expo Business This could be very, very dumb, or very, very smart. April 29 Danger Den GPU Maze4 Waterblock Test Results 112 HERE. The Puppeteer Jerks The Strings AMD wants some of its review systems back from reviewers. We don't find this specific action by this specific company particularly bad, but it does show the strings on the puppets. We point out you can be hurt by sincere overenthusiam in a review, give you a simple test to evaluate a place, and have 113 an evil suggestion to make about all this. April 28 Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 NX Do you have sub-par sound? Brian reviews an external solution for quality sound 114 HERE. April 27 Jumping To Jonah Intel looks like it's going to try to morph its notebook chip into a desktop as fast as they can get the right-sized fab up. We tell you the 115 short- and long-term effects of this. Ars Technica provides a new reason why 90nm chips are tough to create: 116 signal integrity April 26 New Hammer Stepping We tell you about it, tell you how to tell a new one from an old one, and find some unforeseen 117 surprises and mysteries about it. April 25 Benchmarking Your Heatsink Mike O'Konski 118 provides us with one. April 24 How to Give Yourself a Case Window on a SERIOUS Budget Chris Snow 119 tells us how. April 23 Corsair TwinX1024-3200LLPRO Brian reviews "A Gig of the Good Stuff" 120 HERE. April 22 Overclocking With The nForce 250 We tell you what you should be aware of, including old and new bottlenecks, 121 before you start. April 21 Asetek Antarctica Waterblock - Retail The production version is now available - Test Results 122 HERE. We point out that there's a difference between saying you'll put out a 90nm chip by September and saying you'll put out a fast 90nm chip 123 by then. Two Articles On Linux explain that success on the desktop isn't likely any time soon , 124 and why. Well, they don't really actually say anything, but they did speak up after we pointed out that Hammer isn't selling all too well. We answer the more coherent objections, and then 126 delve into the mind of a 'Droid (it doesn't take long). April 17 Your Next System I tell you what I'm looking for in my next system, but explain why many or even most of you could well end up buying 127 something much different than what I or even you now expect to get. April 16 AVC AMD Athlon 64 and Opteron Heatsink Featuring a thermally-controlled fan - Test Results 128 HERE. April 15 nVidia 6800 It's not only a big step in performance; AMD Earning Reports The real news is that AMD 130 still isn't selling many Hammers. April 14 SilverStone SST-SDP01 6 in 1 Card Reader Brian reviews a 6 in 1 for Home and Away 131 HERE. Your next video card upgrade ought to be heavily influenced by the timing of 132 your next platform upgrade. Well, if you actually read the report and see all the assumptions that were made to arrive at that conclusion, you'll understand why people say there are 133 lies, damned lies and statistics. April 12 Asetek Chipset Waterblock One for your Northbridge - Test Results 134 HERE. We tell you the real reason why Hollywood would 135 seek divine assistance. April 9 More Video, More Power Why increasing GPU heat is as bad for the overclocking scene 137 as CPU heat. Showdown of the LED Fans No, not an overly dramatized review of some products. April 8 Sunbeam LED Case Feet, Revisited Brian takes a second look, with an update on installation 139 HERE. How to Mod a Senfu Waterblock Aaron's radical mod on a failing waterblock 140 HERE. In fact, as far the average reader is concerned, it's going to remain fetal for another three years. Beware of pro wrestling imitators who 141 declare victory before the fight starts. Installing Linux on a Dead Badger I don't know if we're quite that bored yet, but if 142 you do it, and then overclock the sucker, that we'd be interested in that. It's Intel's new idea on making memory better, and the Inquirer tells you all about it 143 here, 144 here and 145 here. April 6 Chieftec "BX" Series Mid-tower Case Brian reviews a perennial favorite with a new face 146 HERE. An Old Way To Get Cold If you're looking for a new type of cooling solution, you might want to 148 look at this for some inspiration. Canadian Court Decision We tell you 151 what it really said about P2Ping, not what somebody wanted it to say. April 1 Free CCFL 153 The Heatsink Factory will include a free CCFL of your choice when you buy any ThermalRight product. Just mention "Overclockers" in the Company field on the order form and it will be added to your order. Intel Prescot Heatsink Intel revamps its Prescot Retail heatsink - Test Results 154 HERE. We explain why what happens around this date will mostly determine how active the overclocking scene will be 155 the rest of the year. Google plans a 156 search-and-destroy mission against other web-based email systems. Dressing Up A Power Supply Brian adds UV camouflage for PC wiring 158 HERE. March 30 The End of An Era With Intel dumping the PIV etc. March 29 PC Water Coolant Chemistry - Part I Lee's liquid look 161 HERE. March 28 DVD Recorder Update We tell you what's going to come out when, along with the one factor that could derail these recorders from becoming the 162 hot gift next Christmas. March 27 TTIC-NPH-101 P4 Heatsink Interesting two fan heatpipe - Test Results 163 HERE. March 26 AMD Says "Later" To DDR2 This presents those wanting to upgrade to the Hammer platform a choice: 164 jump early or later. New production estimates say that AMD doesn't expect to be making many desktop Hammers even 165 a year from now. March 25 Swiftech MCW5000-A Waterblock Test Results 166 HERE. March 24 A Tom Bomb There's an article over at THG that talks a lot about D0 steppings for Prescott. Some folks are putting a lot of time and effort trying to show that Prescott does relatively better against a Northwood as it gets faster. This might have some value for a nonoverclocker, but for overclockers, 169 it's barking up the wrong tree. March 23 SilverStone SST-TJ02 "Glacier" ATX Mid-Tower Case Brian takes an in-depth look at a very nice case 170 HERE. March 22 Taking Care of Preshott Lancelot's Prescott experience and one approach 171 HERE. If Intel stops naming processors after their speed, just how is Joe Sixpack ever going to be able to decide what computer to buy? March 21 Y-E DATA Internal 7 in 1 Digital Media Reader/Writer Brian finds the floppy drive is not dead, just morphed into something new - Details 174 HERE. March 20 The Most Perverted Jobs In Techdom Get your minds out of the sewer. It's dirty work, but it's not dirty, though people buying a new video card might find what these poor people do 175 obscene. More "Me Too" Intel's alt-CPU is looking more like Hammer day-by-day. If You Want To Play with Release Candidate 1 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (or just want to see what it breaks), go 177 here. 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