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Shuttle Introduces SG45H7 Media-Center Mini PC Platform

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 13, 2008 · 1741 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Shuttle Inc., the market leader in the Mini-PC segment and manufacturer of Multi-Form-Factor solutions today announces its brand-new XPC Barebone with Intel G45 Express chipset. The Shuttle XPC Barebone SG45H7 is ideally suited to deliver high-resolution 1080p picture quality. Furthermore, heat dissipation and noise…

Kingston Launches New HyperX T1 DDR2 and DDR3 Overclocking Friendly Memory Kits

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 13, 2008 · 1518 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Kingston Technology Company announced today that it is starting to ship select DDR2 and DDR3 HyperX memory modules with its new T1 heatspreaders. The taller heatspreaders utilize HyperX Thermal Xchange (HTX) technology to further diffuse heat buildup when overclocking. HTX technology is the latest innovation from…

Review of MSI N280GTX SUPER OC - the beast at single core cards segment @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · November 12, 2008 · 1452 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

The launch of the new generation of video cards by AMD and Intel was a very interesting moment, because the two companies were preparing new graphic processors for their video cards, promising ultra high performance and beter price-performance ratio. Now we at ModReactor want to test the highest model nVIDIA launched…

Noctua Presents NH-U12P SE1366 for Intel Core i7 CPUs

Cooling · Author krisko92 · November 12, 2008 · 2593 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Noctua today presented a new special edition of its flagship NH-U12P CPU cooler for Intel Core i7. The NH-U12P SE1366 includes the highly reliable, easy-to-use SecuFirm2 mounting system for LGA1366 as well as Noctua's pro-grade NT-H1 thermal compound and two NF-P12 120mm fans for superb quiet cooling performance on…

Fujitsu Releases New Energy-Efficient 500GB 2.5 inch HDDs with 256-bit Encryption

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 11, 2008 · 1979 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has developed two new 500 GB 2.5" hard disk drive (HDD) models that feature a rotational speed of 5,400 RPM and deliver industry-leading levels of energy efficiency. The MJA2 BH series will be available from the end of December 2008, and the MJA2 CH series will be available in…

Toshiba Introduces The World’s First Laptops With Three NVIDIA GPUs

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · November 10, 2008 · 2525 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 is unique from a very special point of view, it is the first laptop sporting no less than three graphics processors from NVIDIA. Toshiba has backed up the integrated GeForce 9400M GPU with two discrete GeForce 9800M GTS GPUs to give its atest creation the very best graphics performance, while…

RV770 Meets GDDR4, PowerColor Radeon HD4850 PCS+ D4 Planned

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 10, 2008 · 1621 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

In an exhibition of pure technological flexibility by AMD, the RV770 graphics processor is going to be used along with GDDR4 memory, in PowerColor's newest Radeon HD 4850 PCS+ GDDR4 graphics card. The inclusion of GDDR4 memory is to boost the memory clock speeds and to provide room for a little more memory…

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 200 Series Begin Shipping with Limited Far Cry 2 Game Bundle

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 10, 2008 · 1505 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of NVIDIA-based graphics cards and motherboards, today kicks off the holiday season with a new premium software bundle featuring Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2. The new premium software bundle will be available with the award-winning ZOTAC GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 280 AMP! Edition,…

Thermalright Ready With Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT

Cooling · Author krisko92 · November 10, 2008 · 2076 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Thermalright, better known for aluminum fin blocks based coolers, is ready with a Core i7 supportive variant of the Ultra-120 eXtreme cooler. The cooler comes with the same Ultra-120 eXtreme heatsink, consisting of 52 aluminum fins across six heat-pipes, with the required bolt-through retention module for LGA-1366…

Glacialtech UFO Release Grade CPU Cooler Pictured

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 10, 2008 · 1736 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Glacialtech, one of Intel's stock-cooler suppliers, has taken a step into the branded high-end cooling segment with its UFO CPU cooler. Expreview took a few snaps of the cooler, which shows a large fin array suspended on four heatpipes, on which two 38 CFM, 92 mm fans blow air downward. The two fans sandwich the…

NVIDIA Readies Affordable Quadro Graphics Solutions - Quadro FX 470 and Quadro FX 370

Press Releases · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · November 7, 2008 · 1899 reads · ★★★★☆ (5 votes)

With today’s traditional workstation model pricing, many organizations can only afford to deploy professional graphics solutions to select designers and engineers, leaving a significant portion of the workforce with sub-optimal products. This is about to change as NVIDIA Corp. announced today NVIDIA Quadro FX 470, the…

Xigmatek Releases the Cobra D984 Processor Cooler

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 5, 2008 · 3644 reads · ★★★★★ (7 votes)

Xigmatek, best known with its RED SCORPION S1283, today announced the Cobra D984 - yet another direct heat-pipe CPU cooler with a name borrowed from an animal. Cobra D984 is a high end cooler build upon the company's ”Fin connected to HDT base” and ”H.D.T. Technology” where four 8mm heat-pipes are in direct contact…

Palit Creates Monstrous Radeon HD 4870 X2: The Revolution R700

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 4, 2008 · 2744 reads · ★★★★☆ (7 votes)

Palit is ready with what appears to be, a monstrous graphics card based on the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 (R700) design with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, called the Palit Revolution R700 Deluxe. What makes it monstrous apparently is its width that spans across three expansion slots. Under the shroud of the cooler is an elaborate…

GlacialPower Releases GP-AL650 Power Supply

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · November 4, 2008 · 2003 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

GlacialPower made an addition to its AL Series high-efficiency power supplies (PSUs), with the GP-AL650. The PSU provides 650W of continuous power output, and is ATX12V v2.2 certified. The power output distribution diagram shows this PSU to feature two +12V rails of 26A and 21A.The unit is cooled by a 120mm fan, some…

Review of AMD HD4870 512MB video cards - MSI R4870, MSI R4870-OC @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 1867 reads · ★★★★☆ (7 votes)

The last 2 years have been very hard for AMD. The company went down after Intel released their Core 2 processor, from other side the buying of ATI had made the situations bad with the video cards. When nVIDIA released the G80 GPU in the end of 2006, AMD didn't had anything to put against it. In the end of 2007 the…

Review of "Dead Space" @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 1905 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

What should I (Tenebrus-sensei) say about this game...the storyboard is very standart for every third person survival-horror shooter. Lost in space, spaceship full with nasty aliens waiting to kill you. Here is our review at МodReactor: Review on ModReactor

Alienware Introduces New M17 CrossFire X M17 Gaming Laptop

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 2001 reads · ★★★★☆ (6 votes)

High-end laptop maker Alienware is now offering a new M17 laptop model that is not to be mistaken with the mighty M17x from the same company. Like most of its siblings, the new M17 is highly customizable. Starting at $1399, this 17-incher is the very first CrossFire X-enabled notebook, that can be outfitted with a…

Shuttle Updates X27 Barebone with Dual-Core Atom 330

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 1944 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Barebone and nettop specialist Shuttle, has introduced a new version of the X27 nettop barebone, featuring dual-core Intel Atom 330 processor, running at 1.60 GHz. The X27D measures 250 (L) x 185 (W) x 70 (H) mm, and houses an Intel 945GC-based ITX motherboard featuring Intel GMA 950 graphics.The motherboard feautures…

Gingle Announces Tri-channel DDR3 Memory for Intel X58 Platform

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 1719 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Gingle, a relatively new entry to the DRAM market, has announced its first set of tri-channel DDR3 memory kits for the upcoming Intel X58 platform. There are two kits available with sizes of 3x 1GB and 3x 2GB. The memory can operate at 1600 MHz, with DRAM timings of 8-8-8-24, at 1.65V or 1800 MHz with the same timings…

ZOTAC Expands Mini-ITX Lineup, Introduces New nForce 630i-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX Mainboard

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 31, 2008 · 3570 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of NVIDIA-based graphics cards and motherboards, today unleashes its latest mini-ITX form factor motherboard -- the ZOTAC nForce 630i-ITX WiFi – a new high-performance platform that occupies minimal space. The new ZOTAC nForce 630i-ITX WiFi combines the power of NVIDIA…

ECS X58B-A Motherboard Pictured

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 31, 2008 · 1956 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Here's ECS with its X58 motherboard. Over the past month or two, motherboard manufacturers have been taking the opportunity of flashing their offering based on Intel's newest chipset, supporting the upcoming Core i7 Processors. Product launch dates for the processors itself had been see-sawing, with early estimates…

XFX Releases Low-Profile GeForce 9500 GT

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 31, 2008 · 2140 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

GeForce 9500 GT makes for a decent graphics accelerator for HD entertainment, productivity and light-gaming. XFX has released a graphics card (model: PV-T95G-YALG) based on the said GPU, using a half-height PCB that makes it low-profile, and compatible with small form-factor PCs.The card uses the GeForce 9500 GT…

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB GDDR3 Scores

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 29, 2008 · 2575 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

After last week's brief introduction of the first dual RV770 Radeon HD4850 spotted in the wild, we've now managed to find some benchmark scores for you thanks to the guys over at VR-Zone. Apparently they have the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 card in their lab and have decided to pair it with an Core i7/X58 platform…

Review of Gelid Solutions Silent 12 fans @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 1964 reads · ★★★★☆ (4 votes)

A little more than a week. This is the time our friend HaSLeS needed to put his mind and do the review. And the fans themselfs - Silent 12 of Gelid Solutions turned out to be a very good product. Here is our review at ModReactor: Review on ModReactor

Review of "PURE"- Complete Madness @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 1714 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Its autumn. The mountains are already cold and covered with snow. There's only one place where is sunny,muddy and dirty and its full with crazy people. People on the tracks with their ATV's ready to do some crazy trick. This is the world of PURE and we at ModReactor are going to enter it. Review on ModReactor

Zotac Introduces GeForce 9800 GTX+ with 1GB of GDDR3 Memory

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 2123 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

ZOTAC International, a leading manufacture of NVIDIA-based motherboards and graphics cards, today expands its GeForce 9800 series line up with the new ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB. The ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB pairs the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+ graphics processor with 1GB of high-speed GDDR3 graphics memory…

VIA Demos First VIA Nano Processor Board at ESC Boston 2008

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 2023 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

VIA Technologies, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and embedded platform solutions, today announced it will be demonstrating the first VIA Nano processor-based Mini-ITX board this week at the Embedded Systems Conference, Boston, MA in booth 914.The VIA VB8001 board is a full featured…

ASUS Launches Limited Edition Gold-Aureate Axe Square CPU Cooler

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 888 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

ASUS, producer of top-notch thermal products, has today released the latest flagship model in the ASUS AMAzing series—the Axe Square. Decorated with a dazzling gold-aureate color that complements the uniquely axe-shaped design, this high performance cooler exudes the ultimate in aesthetic appeal; and comes in a…

Radeon HD 4830 Has 640SP

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 27, 2008 · 1952 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Seems like Radeon HD 4830 will have 640 stream processors instead of the 480 as we learned previously. It comes with 256-bit memory interface with 512MB GDDR3 memories. Since AIB partners are free to design their own cards therefore we should be seeing different card solutions with different clocks and memory…

G.Skill Announces New 64GB and 128GB 2.5-inch Solid State Drives

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 27, 2008 · 1951 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

G.Skill International, a world leader in high quality, extreme performance memory, today unveils affordable ultra-performance SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drives (SSDs) with 64GB and 128GB capacities. With NAND MLC flash storage medium, G.SKILL SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drives (SSDs) provide cost effective, ultra reliable…