Month: September 2005

MuteMat sound absorption kit

MuteMat is basically a competitor to the likes of AcoustiProduct: Sheets of damping material that can be applied to the inside panels of a PC case to help make it quieter. The big difference is that it’s not foam. Instead, it is an “unwoven micro-fibre that can supposedly absorb more noise than acoustic foam due

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Archive: SPCR’s PSU Test Platform V.3

PSU reviews have become bread-and-butter articles at SPCR. There are very few serious PSU reviews on the web; in this context, ours have stood out. However, in the last 18 months, PC power supplies have undergone tremendous changes. As a result, weaknesses in our testing setup have become evident: * The accuracy of our AC/DC

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Zalman CNPS9500 LED heatsink/fan

It’s hard to believe, but the 9500 is Zalman’s first CPU heatsink to use heatpipes. They’re no strangers to heatpipes, having used them in many other cooling devices, such as VGA and HDD coolers; never before in a CPU cooler, though. But the waiting might have been worthwhile. The CNPS9500 could be the most sophisticated

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Paradigm Shift at Intel: IDF Fall 2005

It’s a big concept to apply to what is now a routine semiannual industry PR / info event, but paradigm shift best sums up how we see what’s happening in the PC industry. Intel is smack in the center of this industry, and it’s shifting its focus in a big way. This change will most

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