Archive for April, 2010
Nice deal on the Tyan 4985 Quad 1207 motherboard
Posted by admin in Computer Builds on April 24th, 2010
The bad news is newegg stopped selling the Tyan 4980 Motherboard I featured in my 16-core workstation build last year. Fortunately, they are selling a better one now. The TYAN S4985G3NR Thunder has FOUR expansion slots to the 4980′s one. This means you can improve the built-in raid controller, add a good video card and still have some slots leftover. Its on sale for $299 right now, which means its probably getting replaced by a better, more expensive Tyan Quad board in the near future. I’m tempted to upgrade my workstation!
The trouble with 802.11 Wireless-N
Posted by Ivan Bohannon in Wireless Networking on April 15th, 2010
(Ed: This was originally written in 2009 when I was reviewing the WNR 3500)
As I finish up the third day of frustrating testing with the Netgear WNR 3500 Wireless-N Gigabit router, I’ve come to a simple realization: There just aren’t enough channels at 2.4 Ghz to make 300 Mbps wireless N work. Read the rest of this entry »
