When the Pentium 4 was first released back in November 2000 it became Intel's fastest offering to date, although there were some specific circumstances under which it was outperformed by the Pentium 3 in some benchmarks. In addition, AMD’s Athlon became the choice for many computer enthusiasts during that time for many reasons. The Willamette core, the first variation of the Pentium 4 based on the .18 micron process, experienced issues due to the fact memory technology hadn't yet caught up with its enormous hunger for memory bandwith.
Today’s victim in our testing lab is the all new Xoxide Z40 Insight case. The
Z40 Insight is custom modified by Xoxide’s factory partner and sports
some interesting features. The first thing you’ll notice is the rather
basic design of the case. The Z40 Insight is a standard steel mid-tower
ATX case that has been given a slight make over. Xoxide.com sells the
Z40 Insight for only $42.99 USD.
The topic of this review is the X300 Premod case by Xoxide.com. This is
a great case for anyone, the hardcore computer enthusiast, or the
beginner. It has great looks, great airflow, and a free cold cathode
light. But, just like everything else it has its down sides. This
review will expose both the good and the bad.
Let’s face it,
Intel has taken the lead in processor performance and AMD is falling
behind. Many AMD fans have switched over to Intel because AMD is unable
to offer a reasonable solution for hardcore users. Although AMD has
announced the Athlon XP 2700 and XP 2800 models, we are just now seeing
the XP 2400 in stores!
