The First Hammer Board Hits the THG Lab

[Beeker25]

I wouldn't touch a Hammer board with a Via chip on it, for me, it's all AMD or nothing, I hope that we don't see another 760 episode where boards will only have an AMD NB and a Via SB, That kills it for me. I hve sworn to never buy another VIA board.

 

[sharkeeper]

Tubes on any computer component are just plain stupid!

Yes I am what you would consider an audiophile. With over 1.1M invested over the years in recording and playback equipment, I just cannot see that point in this. The computer is your source. The source of the sound (16bit 44.1 is quite horrible by any audiophile standards) should be as accurate as possible. Tubes are anything but accurate. Your source should be as uncoloured as possible! Yes if you like the warm sound of tubes, fine. Purchase a true high end tube amplifier! The computer is a source...how many turntables, recorders, <cough> cd players <cough> do you see with tubes?

Audio aspect aside, the vacuum tube has no place in a computer enclosure. It's a source of a plethora of potential problems due to their power supply needs! This is pure marketing gimmick. I'm amazed that people buy this crap. Then again why should I be when the "world's best online service" has over 20 million members!

Cheers!

 

[MadRat]

There is no doubt we will see 32bit sound in the mainstream next year if not some sort of quasi-64bit sound.

 

[bauerbrazil]

Most of the motherboard manufacturers have samples with a clock speed of 1.6 GHz, labeled unofficially as "XP 3200+."

WOW, ClawHammer 1.6GHz = 3200+!!!

 

[majewski9]

I think when they say fsb 100 to 200 they are talking what you can run your memory at. DDR200 - DDR400!

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Tubes on any computer component are just plain stupid!

Yes I am what you would consider an audiophile. With over 1.1M invested over the years in recording and playback equipment, I just cannot see that point in this. The computer is your source. The source of the sound (16bit 44.1 is quite horrible by any audiophile standards) should be as accurate as possible. Tubes are anything but accurate. Your source should be as uncoloured as possible! Yes if you like the warm sound of tubes, fine. Purchase a true high end tube amplifier! The computer is a source...how many turntables, recorders, <cough> cd players <cough> do you see with tubes?

Audio aspect aside, the vacuum tube has no place in a computer enclosure. It's a source of a plethora of potential problems due to their power supply needs! This is pure marketing gimmick. I'm amazed that people buy this crap. Then again why should I be when the "world's best online service" has over 20 million members!

Cheers!

Well, nobody has bought it yet. It certainly maybe a gimmick, but I'll wait for the reviews.

 

[sharkeeper]

Well, nobody has bought it yet. It certainly maybe a gimmick, but I'll wait for the reviews.

Aopen has one (obviously not a hammer!) that is available now. How many have you seen reviewed? I'm sure the tester will have a decent playback setup to hear the "improvement" in SQ as well!

All I want is a mainboard that holds cpu's and memory. Give it one "access port" with a xray laser interface (20TB/S bandwidth) so I can connect all my peripherals up to 10 miles away if I wish. Yeah, I think that will do. Also, it should cost less than $50.

Cheers!