Frenchmen indulge in 3GHz P4 power supply spat

They're having a birthday bash tomorrow in Austin, which is Texas, apparently. If that's anywhere near you nip along...

They're still in the business of testing kit though, thankfully, and here's a look at Matsonic's MS8318E motherboard, which is based on the SiS 740 integrated video chipset. Over here you'll find their perspective on Abit's KX7-333R, which uses the VIA KT333 chipset. And here's a look at the Lian Li PC6090b midtower case.

MBReview has posted a review of VPSD's P4PB 400, based on the recently released VIA P4X400 chipset. That's over here.

Over on Vans Hardware, Nils has been ferreting about for all things Hammer. He dissects some now somewhat-dated documents found on AMD's website that are worth a fresh look at, they say. Wibble over here.

The Monk writes to tell us of Accelnation's look at Shuttle's new petit PC based around its own FS51 mobo that utilizes the SIS651 chipset. They found it a pretty fine unit, they say. Browse this way.

Extremetech has a look at six high-end Intel mobos over here.

And the French hardware sites are posting speculation about any changes Intel may have to force on system builders when the P4 tops 3GHz. inpact-hardware reckons that the fast P4s may require more power, causing mobo makers headaches. x86-secret.com/ disagrees, however.

0.18 micorn Willamette P4s were already up to around 80W which mobo makers were able to accommodate they argue. Also, they say, the 3.06 GHz and 3.2 GHz P4s will be the only ones at 0.13 micron. Later chips will use the 0.09 micron Prescott core they say, which will cut the power requirements to closer to 60W. Have a look over here.

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