Monday, September 15, 2003

Daily mailbox: Techseekers, Bjorn3D, HardwareZone, Ninjalane — Cormac @ 12:20 

Beginners guide to backing up a DVD movie @ Techseekers

"DVD-Shrink is the program we will use to rip the DVD as it is copy protected and then squeeze it onto a 4.7GB writeable DVD. The reason I chose DVD-Shrink is because it is by far the best all rounder when it comes to quality, speed, features and ease of use. Some programs can be better in a particular area such as speed or ease of use but Shrink packs a heavy punch and has features such as a built in DVD ripper so you can transfer the files to your hard drive and the big one it’s FREE!!"

Read more at Techseekers.

MSI 865PE Neo2-FIS2R Motherboard Review @ Bjorn3D

"Thanks to MSI, we have the 865PE Neo2-FIS2R board up for review today. Not only does it sport some of the best features available for an Intel board, such as Hyper-Threading, Serial ATA (four ports!), Gigabit LAN and dual-channel DDR, but it also sports some innovative, MSI-exclusive features like CoreCell and Dynamic Overclocking Technology. It looks great on paper, but you have to check out the rest of this review to see how it really performs."

Read more at Bjorn3D.

HWZ review: Athlon XP vs. Pentium 4 : The Ultimate 32-bit CPU Showdown

"After more than a month of grueling tests and benchmarking, we´ve come to a final conclusion. There´s not a single doubt that the 32-bit processor performance crown belongs to Intel Pentium 4. We think the Pentium 4 will stay this way for a while as we know Intel has really big plans to further expand the performance and value of this processor."

Read more at HardwareZone.

Thermaltake Silent Boost Review @ Ninjalane

"With fans being the major contributor of noise in any PC you need to decide, what do I want more, good cooling or quiet heatsink? With the Silent Boost you might be able to get both."

Read more at Ninjalane.