Internet SCSI explained

ISCSI the Open E-Way is not an open source article. No, it is an iSCSI on a chip product that integrates an ATA interface with some clever Linux based product, all fitting nicely in a cuppa - see the website for more info. iSCSI is SCSI the internet way. Open-E iSCSI is compared to DataCore SANmelody solution and in the majority of cases the former wins.

Meanwhile, the Tagan Easycon 580W Modular PSU is under stress at PCmoddingMY. This high end PSU features flexible cables, two EMI shielded Power connectors and four SATA power connectors. It also has two separate 12v rails and a 120mm fan. Conclusion? A decent power supply but not strong enough for overclocking. It comes with a three year warranty though.

Trusted reviews fires a roundup of X1900XTX video cards. Sapphire, Club3D and Connect 3D are on the starting block. The cards are actually quite cheap at £399, a full £85 cheaper than the GTX512. You already know the specs. Nvidia wins on some, ATI wins on Some with the latter generally more impressive and let's say it, better. All three cards on test perform similarly. The Sapphire one is better since it has quite a good bundle at a very low price.

PC pro reviews the Sony VAIO VGN-FE11S which is a Dual Core Duo laptop with a white keyboard. It is not as expensive as we could expect and it comes with a Geforce Go 7400. The processor is clocked at 1.83Ghz, 1GB PC4200 memory with a huge 160GB hard disk drive. YIt is stylish, runs for two hours and the OS is a WIndows Media Center Edition 2005. The screen is only 15.4-inch but you can expect it to be as good as any Sony screen.

Xbitlabs has an interview with the Appro Company which manufactures Xtremeservers which are AMD opteron based servers. The sales manager gives very little about forthcoming AMD Opteron products but does mention that nowadays, 4-way processor servers or octo-cores are going mainstream. Surprisingly, their best seller is a rather hefty 4-way 3U Opteron server.

Anandtech checks the Biostar TForece4U 775 which uses the Nforce 4 Ultra Intel Edition. Although aimed at the entry level, the board has overclocking qualities that do not correspond its price. The board is not faultless and the biggest mistake of all might be the fact that there's no GbE. There's no firewire as well. The review also looks at the consequences of some BIOS updates as Biostar's sufficed to make the board outperform the 975x. µ