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Sources close to bit-tech.net and the hard drive industry have revealed information that Western Digital is working on a 20,000 RPM Raptor hard drive to counter SSD drives. Just like the company's latest 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor (300GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB Cache), the 20,000 RPM unit will come in a 2.5-inch form factor…
OCZ is showing off a lot of new products as well. They are now offering gaming memory and power supplies with Fatal1ty branding, with speeds of 1066 MHz at CL5 and 2.2V. The new DDR3 modules with XMP support come with the Core 2 Extreme logo and run at 1600 MHz CL8. On top of that, DDR3 SO-DIMMs are also available in…
Sapphire also has a suite at the Hyatt hotel. They are showing off the usual ATI graphic cards. You will not see any upcoming models at their suite, as these cards have not yet officially been released. Instead the company is showing off two new areas of business. The first are power supplies. These will be aimed at…
Once again there has been some buzz about Intel and NVIDIA not getting along. This time time it's about the license for Intel's next microarchitecture Nehalem. Apparently the two disagree on the scope of NVIDIA's license, which we assume Intel says does not include Nehalem, while NVIDIA says it does. Initial rumors,…
Computex 2008, AMD today announced the availability of its next-generation notebook platform, delivering the ultimate HD visual performance and increased energy efficiency on the go. The platform features new AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors with ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series Graphics for superior 3D…
The environment is important, that is why the next generation MSI P45 series mainboard are equipped with server-class DrMOS which provides high power efficiency, more stable overclocking and lower temperatures. Besides DrMOS, MSI offers MSI GreenPower Genie. What all began as a gadget in MSI engineering lab will now…
Super Talent is now bringing its reduced-cost SSDs to devices in the 1.8" form-factor. The new Micro-SATA MasterDrive KX SSDs are just 5mm thick and are available in capacities of 30GB, 60GB, and 120GB. The SSDs are priced at $299, $449, and $679 respectively. Like the 2.5" MasterDrive MX SSDs that were introduced…
The collegues at VR-ZONE have spotted a RV770PRO demo system over at Computex and we have checked out the settings of the beta Catalyst drivers for RV770 series. The card can be easily overclocked to 700MHz core and as a result, the score for 3DMark Vantage is P6466. Source: VR-ZONE
Western Digital Corp. today announced it is now shipping its new line of WD Scorpio Black 7200 RPM 2.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for high-performance notebook computers and portable storage devices. Available in capacities up to 320GB, WD Scorpio Black hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability,…
ASUS has confirmed the official specs for their ASUS Eee Box desktop PC. Take a look below. Name and Model: Eee Box B202 OS: Linux System / Hardware Compatible with Windows XP Processor: Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz, FSB 533) Memory: DDRII 512 MB / 1 GB / 2 GB (see US configs below) Storage: 80 GB / 120 GB / 160 GB / 250…
From the beginning of this month EVGA started selling its first GeForce 9800 GX2 water block - the Hydro Copper 18 waterblock with a 100% copper design and SLI compatibility. Starting today, EVGA will start offering the block along with an EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 video card (part number: 01G-P3-N899-AR). Regardless of…
In this review we'll look at a budget PSU from the less known at our market manufacturer - Xilence. We wanted to see if the good specifications and awesome looks do hold their ground. Quite possible for most of you the Xilence brand rings no bells, this is fine, since until recently no one imported it in Bulgaria.…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Yuin OK1 Earphones. Briefly: "Yuin OK1 is the name of Yuin's brand new top-of-line earphone. The OK1s are rather special since they can both function as a pair of regular earbuds or as in-ears. The design is also completely revamped. When driven by a proper amp the…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the X-Spice Kira CS 530W Power Supply. Briefly: "Even though X-Spice is not a very well known brand name, they achieved what nobody else could do: building an extremely quiet power supply that is stable and affordable. We are testing the 530W model today and found that it…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler. Briefly: "A while back, we had a chance to check out the latest CPU cooler from Noctua, a well-known maker of high quality cooling products. Noctua didn’t stop with just one CPU cooler; rather, they made a slightly larger version that accommodates…
ModReactor has just published a review regarding MSI's small PC - Titan 700 based on the VIA C5 2GHz CPU. We have also compared it to some other Intel based systems. The review will be available in English in day or two HERE
S3 Graphics, a leading provider of graphics and visualization technologies, today announced its latest S3 Graphics Chrome 440 GTX desktop cards. Boards are now available at online retail affiliate GStore, with future shipments by key European partners in addition to multiple retail partners in Asia.The Chrome 400 GTX…
This interesting class of not too powerful but very compact computers - the barebones is becoming ever more popular. In this review we'll play with one such system based on the VIA C7D 2.0G processor, and we'll compare it to two other machines one up to date and one with properties similar to the barebone. Thanks to…
ASUS today released the ASUS P5N72-T Premium motherboard. Equipped with the ASUS exclusive EPU technology for astounding energy savings, this high performance motherboard supports enhanced specifications of the front side bus and memory - able to reach an FSB of 1600MHz (originally 1333MHz) and 1200MHz (originally…
Corsair today announced that it will launch a new 4GB DOMINATOR DDR3 memory kit running at 2000MHz at CompuTex 2008, held June 3-7, 2008 in Taipei. Tested and guaranteed for operation at the lightning fast overclocked speed of 2000MHz, this 4GB DOMINATOR kit provides superior performance for desktop platforms.…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Glacialtech Altair A380 HTPC Case. Briefly: "The Altair A380 is an affordable slim HTPC case, with a very clean look coupled with a very durable construction. The included power supply is 80 Plus certified and can easily power today's mATX boards with multi core CPUs.…
There are some talks about GeForce 8 series card supports Hybrid Power before NVIDIA’s Hybrid SLI comes out, but after the launch only 9800GX2 and later cards have this feature. But hey, Zotac’s new 8800GT have Hybrid Power by adding two extra chips. let’s look at the card first. This card coded N8800GT-1024D3 HP with…
Thermaltake Technology announces today, its 3 core products - chassis, power supply, and cooler, have been certified by AMD as AMD GAME! ready. Thermaltake is the world's first manufacturer to offer AMD GAME! certified chassis, power supply, and cooler at the same time. Source: techPowerUp!
Super Talent Technology today announced the immediate availability of its DDR3 SO-DIMMs. Super Talent’s new 1GB DDR3-1333 SO-DIMM supports transfer rates up to 10,664 MB/sec. That equates to 66% higher bandwidth than DDR2-800 SO-DIMMs, making this the world’s fastest production DDR3 SO-DIMM. In addition to the faster…
Zalman has updated its cooling product portfolio today with a new CPU cooler named CNPS9300 AT, or what looks like to be the little brother of CNPS9500/9700. The pure copper and aluminum cooler, measuring 61.35x108x132.5mm (L x H x W) comes in Zalman's patented curved heatpipe design with four heatpipes and its own…
Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 4GB USB Stick. Briefly: "We take a closer look at the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB stick, testing performance and durability in this article which is first in a series. Can this supercharged USB stick serve as a portable HDD, available…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Corsair Flash Voyager GT 16GB. Briefly: "Flash memory has gotten bigger the past year and we have reviewed sizes up to 32 GB already. Today we are going to look at the Flash Voyager GT with 16GB of memory and since it is the GT line it's supposed to be a bit faster than the…
The Intel P45 mania of making uber-equipped products seems to be rubbing off somewhat with MSI preparing the release of one very special, GeForce 9600 GT Diamond. The card, pictured below, has almost everything you'll want from a graphics card, in terms of features - for starters, a nice, big heatpipe-boasting cooling…
It will be equipped Atom CPU, 8.9-inch screen and ASUS also added other functions such as Blu-ray and added more metal materials in the keyboard and touch pad, etc.Its price will be about 650$ (Windows system). Source: HARDSPELL
Foxconn has today taken the covers off its newest motherboard and it comes under their new Green Series of products.It will be a rather affordable motherboard based on Intel’s G31 Express chipset with onboard GMA 3100 graphics and support for the latest Core2 Quad and Core2 Duo processors up to 95W power rating and…