Bookmarks/hardware

• Build A PC - custom PC configuration guide by Jef Poskanzer
• Silent PC guide

• AnandTech

• Tom's Hardware
  • DVD Burner Test

• VIAHardware.com
  • ABIT KT7 FAQ

• ocworkbench.com
  • ABIT KT7 RAID review
  • ABIT KT7A RAID review

• The Register: Data-corruption bug hits VIA 686B chip

• CD/DVD firmware hacking:
  • The firmware page (DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R, DAT, including region-free DVD-ROM patches)
  • Yamaha CD-RW firmware download page

• Alcatel Speed Touch hacking (in italiano)

• Memtest86 - thorough, stand alone memory test for i386 architecture systems.

CPU

Intel

• Voltage Requirements for Pentium III Processors

AMD

• AMD Athlon Processor System Configuration Recommendations
  • Thermal Solutions

• AMD Athlon XP processor

Model	Clock speed	Ratio
1500+	1333 MHz	1.125
1600+	1400 MHz	1.143
1700+	1467 MHz	1.159
1800+	1533 MHz	1.173
1900+	1600 MHz	1.187

Motherboards

• ABIT
  • KT7A, KT7A-RAID (VIA KT133A)
  • KG7, KG7-RAID (AMD761/VIA 686B, DDR)
• ASUSTeK (Taiwan) (German mirror site)
• Gigabyte
  • GA-7VTXE (VIA KT266A AGPset)
  • GA-7VTXH (VIA KT266A AGPset + LAN)
  • GA-7VTXH+ (VIA KT266A AGPset + LAN, ATA133)

• AMD Athlon 64
  • AMD Athlon 64 Chipset Shootout
  • The Athlon 64 Motherboard Shootout

Graphics

• ATI
• Matrox
• NVIDIA

• 3DFX
  • Voodoo 5

• The Tech Report's graphics comparison table

CD-R

• The CD Information Center
• The CD-Recordable FAQ

DVD

• DVD FAQ

Misc

• 3Com
• Adaptec
• Canon PowerShot 600
• CNet (Taiwan)
  • Network Adapters

• IDE Configuration using Cable Select

• Serial Port Pin Configurations - come costruire cavi null-modem