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Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Silverstone Treasure TS01B RFID Enclosure. Briefly: "The Silverstone Treasure TS01B is a very unique 2.5" SATA hard drive enclosure. You may not only use it as a plain USB 2.0 powered unit, but may also set it up to safely encrypt your hard drive as well. The two…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the OCZ PC2-6400 ReaperX HPC 4GB Kit. Briefly: "The OCZ ReaperX HPC memory series is the newest variant of the heatpipe cooled memory available from the manufacturer. Its new design improves on the cooling with dual heatpipes and finer fins to keep the parts cool. In our…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Cooler Master Real Power M850 850W. Briefly: "Cooler Master's Real Power M850 power supply is one of the first power supplies that has six 12V rails. This should be enough power for all your SLI or CrossFire needs. Like many other PSUs today, the M850 comes with a high…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the A-DATA S701 & SDHC Eee PC Editions. Briefly: "A-DATA's S701 & SDHC card Eee PC Edition are themed flash storage parts which go especially nice with the ASUS Eee PC subnotebook. The SDHC card is a Class 6 Device which means it can offer write speeds up to 6 MB/s. Both…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Cooler Master Centurion 590. Briefly: "The Cooler Master Centurion 590 is a very affordable entry level case that brings a lot of features from much more expensive enthusiast class enclosures. Its nine 5.25" drive bays offer ultimate expandability, large video cards…
Continuing its longstanding tradition of delivering superior performance with no sacrifices required, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today began shipment of its fourth-generation 7,200 RPM mobile hard drive, the Travelstar 7K320. The new drive delivers 60 percent higher capacity than its…
id Software announced today that it has begun production of DOOM 4, the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe, and is currently looking to hire fresh new designers to help with the development of the game. No further details were presented. No story line, no platform or any hypothetical release date, just a…
7 May 2008 - ASUS launched the world’s first stand-alone color processor with a modularized graphics card – the ASUS Splendid MA3850M; which combines a video enhance card with the ASUS Splendid HD processor and a modularized VGA card. The overall length of the Splendid MA3850M is 27% shorter than generic ATI Radeon™…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the In Win B2 Stealth Bomber Case. Briefly: "Today we take a look at the InWin stealh bomber case and as the name reveals is inspired from an airplane. Inwin has been in the case market for a long time and they have now started to focus on designed cases which you might see if…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Geeks HP Jornada 728. Briefly: "Looking for something smaller than a laptop to fulfill your computing needs? Many have turned to handheld PCs as a substitute, but some lack all the features/applications needed. Geeks.com, popular online retailer of computer hardware, offers…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Spire SP332CB 3.5" Internal Card Reader. Briefly: "Since the early 90s you may have found a cooler made by Spire in your computers. Spire is known of its cheap CPU coolers which are mainly used in low-end and home user computers. On the other hand, Spire has been well known…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the Tuniq Miniplant 950w Power Supply. Briefly: "Tuniq has recently come out with a new series of power supplies called the "Miniplant". This new line of power supply comes in three versions: 1200W, 1000W, and 950W. In this upcoming review, we will be going over the…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the OCZ Rally2 Turbo 4GB USB 2.0 flash drive. Briefly: "The Rally2 Turbo lived up to the caliber of performance we've come to expect from OCZ. This isn't just a sleek-looking drive; it's a sleek-looking drive with the transfer rates to match. With fast read and write…
Mushkin, a global leader in high-performance computer products, announced the launch of a new high performance line of memory modules aimed at the power gamer market. Called Ascent, the new line raises the bar on its Redline and XP premium memory offering by using eVCI (enhanced Vapor Chamber Interface) cooling…
NVIDIA has launched a new web based "Game Browser" that allows you to search for games by price, genre, ESRB rating or any combination in between. With every selected game you'll find a brief information about the story line, and information regarding publisher, developer, genre, release date and so on. Head over to…
6 May 2008 - ASUS has announced the new ASUS P5Q series of motherboards; which feature the new ASUS EPU-Six Engine. This new version of the EPU is able to detect current PC loadings in real time and automatically moderate the power supply for complete system level power savings. With automatic power management for…
6 May 2008 - The P45 chipset based boards war is heating up as we speak as motherboard manufacturers are gearing up to launch their boards. Gigabyte has unveiled their EP45-Extreme specially for the enthusiasts with features such as Hybrid-Silent Pipe - a combination of air and water cooling, DES Advanced that phase…
One more Xbox 360 Blu-Ray rumour goes down. Last week DigiTimes reported that Pegatron Technology has secured an order from Microsoft to manufacture Xbox 360 consoles with Blu-ray support for release this fall. Microsoft today officially denied the report. As we have stated, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray…
OCZ Technology Group today premiered the world’s first PC3-16000 4GB (2x2048MB) DDR3 kits to provide even greater performance and productivity on the latest DDR3 platforms. Designed to offer the earliest adopting enthusiasts the advantages of high-density memory coupled with the highest speeds available, the OCZ…
Noctua presented today its new premium class CPU cooler NH-C12P. Being equipped with 6 heat pipes and the award-winning NF-P12 120mm fan, the NH-C12P achieves excellent performance and outstanding quietness of operation. The down-facing c-type design allows for lower height and also provides additional cooling for…
The leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear, SteelSeries, today announced the U.S. release of its new gaming keyboard, the SteelSeries 7G. The keyboard, designed with 18-karat gold-plated mechanical switches, sets new industry standards for advanced key combinations and Actions-Per-Minute (APM).
A-DATA Technology, a worldwide leader in high performance DRAM module and flash memory products, today announced its largest capacity USB flash drives in two models, the 32GB PD2 and PD9 that it is expanding its USB flash drive family lines with new 32GB capacity offerings.
Jaakko Haapasalo, project manager of 3DMark Vantage, confirmed on the Futuremark/YouGamers forums that a hotfix for the Vista exclusive benchmark is on the way. The patch is said to fix all current issues such as having to enter the product key twice, and having to ponder about an error popup on the first run. In…
Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. We continue to believe that our proposed acquisition made sense for Microsoft, Yahoo! and the market as a whole. Our goal in pursuing a combination with Yahoo! was to provide greater choice and innovation in the marketplace and…
EVGA is proud to announce the first ever EVGA designed GeForce 9800 GX2 water block - the EVGA 9800GX2 Hydro Copper 18 waterblock (part number: 200-CU-HC18-B1) with a 100% copper design and SLI compatibility. Being a full cover block, the Hydro Copper 18 is compatible with all referent 9800 GX2 cards and can be used…
n connection with the numerous reports of Grand Theft Auto IV freezing up on some PlayStation 3 consoles, Take-Two's technical support today posted a 12 step remedy that should fix the problems. Sony also confirmed the existance of the freezing issues with GTA IV and said that it is working with all concerned parties…
I don't know how reliable these scores are, but the link to the original article came from one of my trustworthy sources. Judging from the results, all ATI lovers should be very pleased, the latest Radeon HD 4870 cards are much faster than the current NVIDIA flagship - GeForce 9800 GX2. Some of the main components…
Sales indicate consumers aren't ready for Blu-ray yet. The consumer market was very happy to switch from VHS to DVD, but it appears that the transition to high-definition media isn’t being met with the same enthusiasm.Cost is likely a top factor in the slow adoption of Blu-ray Disc, as even the cheapest player is…
According to a recent report by the DigiTimes, which cites Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) newspaper, Pegatron Technology, an OEM subsidiary of Asustek Computer, has won the order to make Xbox 360 consoles equipped with a Blu-ray Disc drive.Shipments of such a console are supposed to commence in the third…
The company has just come forward with information on their latest graphics card, that being the AXLE3D GeForce 9600GSO which comes in two flavours; one with 384MB memory and the other doubling up to 768MB. Core, Shader and Memory clock speeds on both cards sit at 550MHz/1375MHz/1.6GHz respectively. The choice of…