Spire Announces CoolNess Laptop Cooler

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 6, 2009 - 1:07 PM PST Category: Cooling More Info: http://www.spirecoolers.com/main/press_news_detail.asp?id=195 Spire has rolled out G12T (SP312), a cooler compatible with laptops featuring displays from 10” to 17”. This copper cooler has one 200-mm fans (1,400 rpm), is powered via a USB port (thus no batteries or power adapters are necessary) and measures 12.83” x 10.55” x 1.06” or 32.6 cm x 26.8 cm x 2.76 mm (L x W x H). No word on pricing. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Mushkin Launches Memories with Copper-made Heatsink

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 5, 2009 - 1:49 PM PST Category: Memory More Info: http://www.mushkin.com Mushkin has launched its newest DDR3 memory kits with modules equipped with copper-made heatsinks. Mushkin Copperhead series is comprised with five dual- and triple-channel kits, as you can see below. 996775: 4 GB (2 GB x 2) DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) kit with CL 8-8-8-24 timings at 1.65 V: Price € 106. 996772: 4 GB (2 GB x 2) DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) kit with CL 7-8-7-20 timings at 1.65 V: Price € 118. 998774: 6 GB (2 GB x 3) DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) kit with CL 8-8-8-24 timings at 1.65 V: Price € 157. 998771: 6 GB (2 GB x 3) DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) kit with CL 7-8-7-20 timings at 1.65 V: Price € 164. 998773: 6 GB (2 GB x 3) DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) kit with CL 6-7-6-18 timings at 1.65 V: Price € 220. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Super Talent Launches USB 3.0 Flash Memories

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 5, 2009 - 1:47 PM PST Category: Memory More Info: http://www.supertalent.com/press_view.php?prid=a8baa56554f96369ab93e4f... Super Talent is the first manufacturer to roll out USB flash memories compatible with the new USB 3.0 standard (a.k.a. SuperSpeed). These new USB memories, called RAIDDrive USB 3.0, are available in 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB, are compatible with USB 2.0 standard and offer a maximum transfer rate of 200 MB/s (by using a special driver the maximum transfer rate go to 320 MB/s). RAIDDrive USB 3.0 flash memories will reach the market next month. click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

VIA Announces Nano 3000 Processor Series

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 5, 2009 - 1:42 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_re... VIA has announced its Nano 3000 series of processors. These new processors are targeted to netbooks and “all-in-one” computers, have only one processing core, support SSE4 instructions, feature virtualization and security technologies and are compatible with NanoBGA2 pin-out (the same as other VIA processors like C7, C7-M and Eden, and processors from Nano 1000 and 2000 series). Nano 3000 processors will enter in mass production Q1 2010. On the table below you can see the models and their main specs. Model Internal Clock External Clock Idle Power L3100 2 GHz 800 MHz 500 mW L3050 1.8 GHz 800 MHz 500 mW U3200 1.4 GHz 800 MHz 100 mW U3100 1.3 GHz 800 MHz 100 mW U3300 1.2 GHz 800 MHz 100 mW U3500 1 GHz 800 MHz 100 mW Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Sapphire Announces Vapor-X HD 5870 and HD 5750 Video Cards

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 5, 2009 - 1:38 PM PST Category: Video More Info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/media/?psn=0004&articleID=2371 Sapphire has announced its Radeon HD 5870 and HD 5750 video cards featuring the their Vapor-X cooler (vapor chamber technology). Both cards are factory-overclocked (just a little bit, by the way), has two DVI connectors, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs and come with the DirectX-11 based game Dirt 2. Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X works internally at 870 MHz (2.35% above default clock of 850 MHz) and has 1 GB GDDR5 accessed at 5 GHz QDR (4.17% above default clock of 4.8 GHz QDR). Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X works internally at 710 MHz (1.43% above default clock of 700 MHz) and has 1 GB GDDR5 accessed at 4.640 GHz QDR (0.87% above default clock of 4.6 GHz QDR). No word on pricing. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (1) top

Gelid Unveils Tranquillo CPU Cooler

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 5, 2009 - 1:36 PM PST Category: Cooling More Info: http://www.gelidsolutions.com/press/en/PR_Tranquillo_eng.pdf Gelid has launched its newest CPU cooler, Tranquillo (CC-TranQ-01-A). Compatible with Intel (sockets 775, 1366 and 1156) and AMD (754, 939, 940, AM2, AM2+ and AM3) processors, this new cooler from Gelid weights 1.42 lb (645 g), has copper base, four copper heatpipes, aluminum fins and one 120-mm fan with speed ranging from 750 rpm to 1,500 rpm via PWM producing a maximum noise level of 25.5 dBA. Gelid Tranquillo cooler has a suggested price of USD 38. click to enlarge click to enlarge   click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Noctua Intros NH-D14 Premium CPU Cooler

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 3, 2009 - 6:14 PM PST Category: Cooling More Info: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=news_list&news_id=51&lng=en Noctua has officially launched NH-D14 Premium, a CPU cooler compatible with Intel (sockets 1366, 1156 and 775) and AMD (sockets AM2, AM2+ and AM3) processors. This cooler measures 6.30” x 5.51” x 6.22” or 16 cm x 14 cm x 15.8 cm (H x W x D), has six copper heatpipes and two aluminum heatsinks equipped with two fans, one of 140-mm (NF-P14; 1,300 rpm) and one of 120 mm (NF-P12; 1,200 rpm). NH-D14 Premium will be available by mid-November at a recommended retail price of USD 84.90. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (2) top

Transcend Unveils DDR3-1333 Memory Kits

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 3, 2009 - 5:57 PM PST Category: Memory More Info: http://www.transcendusa.com/Press/index.asp?LangNo=0&axn=Detail&PrsNo=... Transcend has announced the launch of a DDR3 dual-channel memory kit targeted to the Intel socket 1156 platform. This new kit is available in 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) capacity, its modules works at 1,333 MHz with 9-9-9-24 timings at 1.5 V. The kit is now available priced at USD 117. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

EVGA Launches GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 3, 2009 - 5:51 PM PST Category: Video More Info: http://www.evga.com/articles/00503/ EVGA has launched a video card equipped with two different GPUs, each one in charge of a different task. The new GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition (012-P3-1178-AR) features a GeForce GTX 275 GPU for graphics processing and one GeForce GTS 250 GPU to execute physics calculations. This video card has 896 MB GDDR3 for the GTX 275 chip and 512 MB GDDR3 for the GTS 250 chip. It is a dual-slot solution, has two DVI connectors and comes with Batman: Arkham Asylum, an action game that has PhysX support. EVGA GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition is priced at USD 349.99. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (2) top

Akasa Launches Freedom Xone Mid-tower Case

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 2, 2009 - 4:05 PM PST Category: Case More Info: http://www.akasa.co.uk/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=18... Akasa has launched Freedom Xone mid-tower case (AK-BKXNE-01). Featuring four 5 ¼” external bays, one 3 ½” external bay, five 3 ½” internal bays and seven slots for expansion cards, this new case from Akasa is built-up in zinc-coated steel (SECC) and measures 17.51” x 7.87” x 18.97” or 44.5 cm x 20 cm x 48.2 cm (H x W x D). As for cooling, Freedom comes with a 120-mm fan on the frontal panel (1,200 rpm; white LED), one 140-mm fan on the top panel (1,000 rpm) and supports the installation of three optional 120-mm fans (two on the side panel and one on the rear panel). This case has two USB ports, one eSATA port, tool-less mechanism for hard drive installation and water-cooling support. No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Enermax Announces NAPPA Series of External HDD Enclosure

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 2, 2009 - 3:54 PM PST Category: Case More Info: http://www.enermaxusa.com/news/NewsDetails.php?ID=167 Enermax has just announced its newest hard drives enclosure series, NAPPA. Enclosures from this series feature an aluminum body wrapped into black (EB210S-B model) or brown (EB210S-BN model) leather, measure 0.55” x 3.14” x 5” or 1.4 cm x 8 cm x 12.8 (H x W x D), support 2.5” SATA SSDs or hard drives (4,500 rpm to 7,200 rpm), have USB 2.0 interface and are priced at USD 18. Buying one of the NAPPA enclosures you also take home a water-resistant carrying bag and a mini screwdriver. click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (1) top

DFI Launches LANParty BI P43-T34 Motherboard

Author: Cássio Lima Date: November 2, 2009 - 3:33 PM PST Category: Motherboard More Info: http://www.dfi.com.tw/portal/HOME/homepress DFI has expanded its LANParty Blood Iron series with the launch of BI P43-T34 motherboard. This ATX motherboard supports Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad socket 775 processors, is based on Intel P43 + ICH10 chipset, has four DDR3-1333 sockets, a PCI Express x16 slot, six SATA-300 ports, one IDE port, 12 USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio (Realtek ALC885 codec; 24-bit, 192 KHz sampling rate and SNR of 106 dB). No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Thermaltake Debuts Element V Full-tower Case

Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 30, 2009 - 1:29 PM PST Category: Case More Info: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/851 Thermaltake just unveiled its newest full-tower case specially designed for gamers. Element V (VL20001W2Z) is built-up in zinc-coated steel, measures 21” x 8 ¾” x 21 1/8” (H x W x D), weights 37.5 Lbs (17 Kg), has five 5 ¼” external bays, six 3 ½” internal bays, one 2.5” internal bay, seven slots for expansion cards, two 120-mm frontal fans, one 200-mm top fan, one 230-mm on the left panel, one 120-mm on the rear panel and supports a 200-mm or 120-mm optional fan on the top panel or two 50-mm optional fans on the rear panel. Element V also comes with a with a controller for the fans where you can adjust not only the speed from the fans, but also the LED color and blinking pattern, four USB ports, one eSATA port and supports watercooling systems. Its suggested price is USD 170. We’ve already reviewed this case, as you can read clicking here. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

New SSD Series from A-Data

Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 29, 2009 - 5:16 PM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.adata.com.tw/en/newscenter.php?news_id=542 A-Data has announced S596 series of 2.5” solid state drives. Available in 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB, drives from this new series have DDR2 cache memory (the amount was not published), SATA-300 interface, a mini-USB port (allowing the user to use it as an USB external drive) and read and write speeds of 250 MB/s and 180 MB/s, respectively. No word on pricing and availability. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

PowerColor Unveils Radeon HD 5870 LCS

Author: Cássio Lima Date: October 29, 2009 - 4:53 PM PST Category: Video More Info: http://www.powercolor.com/Global/NewsInfo.asp?id=814 PowerColor has launched Radeon HD 5870 LCS, a factory-overclocked video card based on AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5870 GPU equipped with a waterblock (piece used on watercooling systems) from EK. This card works internally at 875 MHz (2.94% above default clock of 850 MHz), accesses its 1 GB GDDR5 at 5 GHz QDR (4.17% above default clock of 4.8 GHz QDR) thru a 256-bit interface, has two DVI connectors, an HDMI connector and two DisplayPort outputs, and comes with the game DiRT2. PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 LCS will reach the market next month, not priced yet. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (4) top