Dothan desktop motherboards appear en masse

AOPEN LAUNCHED the i855GMEm-FLS desktop board. The board is still based on the older 855GME chipset. But coupled with the newer Dothan Core, it produces an outstanding overclocking platform that fears no one.

Nvidia finally gets to revamp the Opteron chipset family, replacing the old AMD-8800. The last products under investigation are a quaturo of input devices from Microsoft, the Wireless Optical Desktop Pro and its Elite version which is Bluetooth enabled.

Biosmagazine lays its hands on yet another networking devices. This time it is the 3Com Office Connect 8-port Gigabit switch which is investigated. It is cheap and cheerful and won't take that much space.

Singapore website Hardwarezone reviewed the Intel desktop board, the D915PCY, some days ago. They actually around a dozen boards based on the i915 chipset in the last week or so. This no-frill, no-thrill motherboard from la-Intella shows what basic really means.

Some miles away, another hardware site, hardwareXL, has a thorough look at the Coolermaster Stacker casing. Supporting up to 11 drives, it accepts both BTX and eATX motherboard and might prove the perfect casing for your server needs.

DFI released its first desktop motherboard for the Pentium M. Techreport has the beast inhouse, the DFI 855GME-MGF motherboard is coupled with a Pentium M and fights against an array of competitors amongst which a Pentium IV 3.8Ghz and an Athlon 3200+.

Still another triple whammy. This time from cooltechzone which reviews the Xmicro Flash drive. Is it yet just another flash drive? Find it out here. The second preview covers the new nVidia nForce chipsets, the 2200 and the 2050 MCP. µ