THG Looks at ClawHammer Mobo 204
An anonymous reader writes "Tom's Hardware Guide managed to get a first look at the new Socket 754 ClawHammer motherboard. While they don't provide the benchmarks that you might be looking for, they do an excellent job and providing pictures and an overview of the ClawHammer Platform."
isnt there a saying... (Score:5, Insightful)
Interesting (Score:5, Insightful)
On a side note, I like the number of pins on the cpu socket. Hammer is gonna be interesting to say the least.
memory (Score:2, Insightful)
Hedley
Re:Vacum Tubes (Score:2, Insightful)
Does it just fire right up after you drop it?
I think, vacuum tubes or not, dropping a computer is not a good idea.
Re:Interesting (Score:2, Insightful)
Jeez. Pay $60 for a Turtle Beach card and be done with is unless you LIKE overheating, humming audio, and replacing tube.
Re:32 Bit PCI (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:At least they're smart enough (Score:5, Insightful)
Most people don't want to OC. I've done it before and I won't do it again - the added speed isn't worth the instability. Especially if you're planning to keep using the computer for several years.
As others have said, adding yet another fan is a detriment for normal use. It's another mechanical part that will fail - especially since most of the bundled fans are as cheap as they can afford to keep prices down.
One of my buying criteria on a motherboard is passive cooling for the north bridge. I don't need the active cooling and I really don't need the added noise.
Re:Why vacuum tubes? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:memory (Score:5, Insightful)
Vacuum tubes? (Score:5, Insightful)
Besides, they just look ugly. 3 big balls of glass sitting on your motherboard. And then when one blows, you'll have to replace it.
Take the damn things off please!
Sweet Review (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Tube Board. (Score:3, Insightful)
Besides, people are just going to connect indpendantly (solid state) amplified speakers to this thing and cancel out the potential benifit.
Re:Interesting (Score:3, Insightful)
It seems dumb to put those tubes on the motherboard. I would much rather see that space used for three more PCI slots--the sorts of things that audiophiles and amateur musicians always find some use for. No matter how you do it, doing the D/A sound conversion inside the case will always suck. I don't know why the market for PCI cards that connect to D/A-A/D break-out boxes is so small.