This review of the Thermalright SLK-800 and SK-7 will illustrate the temperature difference between the two heatsinks, as well as show the cooling effects of three different fans both pushing air onto and pulling air from the heatsink.
Archive for November, 2003
A Tale of Two Thermalrights
Sunday, November 16th, 2003Firewire vs USB2
Sunday, November 2nd, 2003Firewire and USB2 are two welcome replacements for external scsi. With hot plugging, no id conflicts, and no terminators, the headaches of having a fast external drive are now gone. Most computers now come with both Firewire and USB2 built in, meaning the only decision to be made about choosing one comes when buying periherials. With USB2 having a theoretical bandwith of 480Mbit/sec, it is expected to be a bit faster than 400Mbit/sec Firewire. But specs do not always tell the whole story, so here are some benchmarks.