| OCZ DDR memory reaches 625 MHz on DFI boards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 6, 2005 - 1:45 PM PST |
| Category: Memory |
| More Info: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_5000_dual_c... |
OCZ has reached new DDR heights adding a 625 MHz part to its Enhanced Latency series. But the greater novelty in this case is that its EL DDR PC-5000 Platinum memories are only certified to run on nForce4 motherboards aimed at Athlon 64 processors from DFI – an industry first. Modules run at a default rating of 2.85 volts and boasts 3-4-4-10 latencies. They have mirrored platinum copper heatspreaders and are available in 1 GB dual channel kits (2 x 512 MB). Pricing and availability are yet to be announced.
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| Infineon releases high-density memories |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 6, 2005 - 9:24 AM PST |
| Category: Memory |
| More Info: http://www.infineon.com/memory |
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Infineon announced a bunch of new high-density memory products for notebooks and graphics applications. Novelties in the first group consist of 2 GB dual-die based DDR2 SO-DIMMs with improved thermal condition and power consumption and 1 GB DDR2 Micro-DIMMs (with only 65% of the size of correspondent SO-DIMMs thanks to a new 214-pin “mezzanine connector”). On the graphics front, the company launched a 512 Mb GDDR3 memory – allowing production of cards with frame buffers of 512 MB and even 1 GB – and a 256 Mb DDR2 Graphics RAM.
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| nForce4 SLI Intel Edition announced |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 6, 2005 - 5:03 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce4_sli.html |
The Intel Edition of Nvidia´s nForce4 SLI was officially announced this Tuesday. Motherboards based on it should start to hit retail by the end of the month. The chipset, sporting 20 configurable PCI Express lanes to support multiple graphic cards, is aimed at socket 775 processors and is said to also support the upcoming dual-core Pentium D. It features support to 1066 MHz frontside bus, dual channel DDR2-667 memory, up to four Serial ATA II drives, four ATA-133 drives, ten USB 2.0 ports, 8-channel AC ´97 compliant audio, native Gigabit Ethernet and hardware-based firewall.
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| First motherboard from eVGA |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 5, 2005 - 5:00 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=115-K8-NF31-AX |
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Graphic cards maker eVGA has confirmed its debut in the motherboard market with the release of a nForce3 250Gb model. The 115-K8-NF31-AX board is aimed at 754-pin Athlon 64 and Sempron processors. It includes the usual features associated with the chipset, but the company has changed the traditional positioning of memory sockets and Serial ATA connectors in order to easy the instalation process.
Full specifications are the following:
- 800 MHz HyperTransport FSB
- DDR400/333/266 memory support
- 2x DIMM sockets (2 GB max.)
- 2x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133
- 2x SATA 150 connectors
- 1x AGP 8x slot
- 5x PCI slots
- On-board GbE LAN controller
- Integrated firewall
- 6 channel AC’97 audio
- 8x USB2.0 ports
- ATX form factor
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| Antec launches Performance TX line |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 5, 2005 - 3:51 AM PST |
| Category: Case |
| More Info: http://www.antec.com/us/pro_en_perfTX.php |
Antec has extended its Performance Series of PC cases with a new line called Performance TX. Products feature an advanced cooling system with 120 mm TriCool fans and are said to meet Intel’s Thermally Advantaged Chassis (TAC) design guide. Performance TX is available in four models including mini tower and SOHO file server. The cases also include a side panel vent for cooling the VGA card, a Chassis Air Guide with an optional 92 mm intake fan and mounts for two optional front 80 mm fans. They come with SmartPower 2.0 or TruePower 2.0 power supplies (ATX12V v2.0). Model 1050B (picture) includes a SmartPower 2.0 500 W power supply sporting an advanced cable management system. Prices range from $109 to $179.
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| Rambus unveils tech to boost DRAM |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 4, 2005 - 6:37 PM PST |
| Category: Memory |
| More Info: http://www.rambus.com |
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Rambus unveiled a technology which can increase memory subsystem efficiency through micro-threading. According to the company, this would result in up to four times greater performance when compared to a traditional DRAM in applications such as 3D graphics, advanced video imaging and network routing and switching. The technology is based on partitioning each memory device and saving transaction cycles to provide more usable data bandwidth to requesting memory controllers. Rambus said that micro-threading may be applied to existing DRAM cores without significantly raising cost.
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| Hitachi claims perpendicular HD progress |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 4, 2005 - 5:20 AM PST |
| Category: Storage |
| More Info: http://www.hitachigst.com |
Hitachi announced that it will be able to store 230 Gb per square inch in small HDs using perpendicular recording as opposed to traditional horizontal recording. This would allow 1-inch drives with capacities of up to 20 GB. Last December, Toshiba said it planned to launch a 1.8-inch 40 GB drive using perpendicular technology until March. Other companies working on this method include Maxtor and Seagate.
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| AMD may Advance Dual-Core Opteron Launch |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: April 1, 2005 - 12:53 PM PST |
| Category: CPU |
| More Info: http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20050401A4013.html |
Taiwanese website DigiTimes says that AMD may lauch its dual-core Opteron processor in the middle of the second quarter instead of the third quarter, as originally planned. AMD may lauch dual-core Opteron 200 and 800 series CPU, codenamed Italy and Egypt, in the second quarter. It is also expected the release of Opteron 100 series in the third quarter.
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| User can choose game bundle on Sapphire VGAs |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 31, 2005 - 9:46 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/pressrelease/sapphire-select.pdf |
Video cards from Sapphire will no longer come with a "fixed" set of games. Sapphire is lauching Sapphire Select, a DVD bundled with their video cards where the user can try and choose the games they want. Each game is playable for up one hour. Then, the user chooses the games he/she wants and an activation code is sent to the user. Sapphire Select also gives the user the opportunity to buy the games that were not not chosen from the bundle for a discounted price.
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| ECS PF-88: LGA775 and Socket 939 on the same motherboard |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 30, 2005 - 6:19 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
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ECS has just announced a motherboard model that everybody thought that would be impossible: it accepts both Intel and AMD CPUs. The PF88 motherboard has both socket 775 (Intel processors) and socket 939 (AMD's Athlon 64 processors) at the same time, making it an unique product in computer history. Actually this motherboard is a socket 775 one, based on SiS 656 chipset. Then, ECS sells an adaptor board with a socket 939, two DDR400 sockets and SiS 756 chipset. By installing this daughter board you can "transform" your socket 775 motherboard into a socket 939 one. The other features from this unique product also includes four DDR2 memory sockets compatible up to DDR2-667 (used only by Intel CPU since AMD CPU will use the memory installed on the daughter board), Gigabit Ethernet and Firewire ports. Accordingly to ECS, the adaptor board will cost one third of the cost of a "complete" motherboard.
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| HD Cooling and Silencing Products from AC Ryan |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 30, 2005 - 6:02 AM PST |
| Category: Cooling |
| More Info: http://www.acryan.com/_xtor/index.shtml |
AC Ryan has just released a new series of hard disk drive cooling and silencing devices, called XTOR. So far, three products were released:
- Tanky (ACR-HD3206): A noiseless HDD cooling system, made of aluminium.
- APC (ACR-HD3213): Standing for Armoured Personnel Carrier, this is a hard disk drive enclosure that holds up to three hard drives and fits two 5.25" bays from you case. A 80 mm ceramic fan cools down the hard drives. It also has a fan filter, preventing dust from entering your case.
- Xilencer (ACR-HD4098): A hard disk drive cooling and silencing device. Made of aluminium, it has no fans, so it is noiseless. Just install you hard drive inside Xilencer and it will cool down your hard disk and lower its noise level at the same time.
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| AMD and OCZ Rebate Bundle on NewEgg |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 30, 2005 - 5:42 AM PST |
| Category: Memory |
| More Info: http://www.newegg.com/promo/amdocz/index.asp |
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From now till April 6th NewEgg customers can purchase OCZ memory products and an AMD 64 CPU and save up to US$35! Patrons can select from nine OCZ renowned memory products including parts from the Platinum, Gold, Performance, and Premier series. In addition to getting the very best processor and memory available, customers will also receive a free downloadable copy of Half Life 2 as an added bonus.
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| Speed Premium DDR433 series from TwinMOS |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 29, 2005 - 11:48 AM PST |
| Category: Memory |
| More Info: http://www.twinmos.com/dram/dram_p_sp_ddr433.htm |
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Memory manufacturer TwinMOS has just released a new memory series target to entry-level overclocking: Speed Premium DDR433 series. It uses Winbond BH-5 die, which is known to be the best memory chip for overclocking. Accordingly to TwinMOS you can easily reach 466 MHz with this memory module, even though it is rated 433 MHz. It uses 2.5-3-3-8 timings, is powered by 1.6 V and you can find it in 256 MB and 512 MB versions.
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| Thermaltake lauches new company: ThermalRock |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 28, 2005 - 3:04 AM PST |
| Category: Cooling |
| More Info: http://www.thermalrock.com |
Thermaltake has just lauched a sister company called ThermalRock. ThermalRock is specialized in the design and manufacture of aluminum,
copper and metallic alloy cooling and casing products. ThermalRock is also providing series of digital entertainment style PC peripherals. Take a look on their new website and check out their new products.
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| New Radeon X800 XL from Sapphire |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 28, 2005 - 2:57 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/x800-xlult.asp |
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Sapphire has just released a Radeon X800 XL model with a different kind of fan that produces very low noise. Part of the Ultimate series, this VGA is based on the new PCI Express bus, has 256 MB GDDR3 memory, runs at 400 MHz (core) and 980 MHz (memory) and comes with RedLine overclocking utility from Sapphire. The board also comes with PowerDVD 5.0 and two full games: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow and Price of Persia.
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