MSI Launches N285GTX HydroGen Video Card

Author: Cássio Lima Date: May 4, 2009 - 6:19 PM PST Category: Video More Info: http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=779 MSI has launched N285GTX HydroGen, a factory-overclocked video card based on nVidia GeForce GTX 285 GPU that comes with an all-copper waterblock (part used on watercooling systems). This card works internally at 702 MHz (8.33% above default clock of 648 MHz), accesses its 1 GB GDDR3 at 2,600 MHz DDR (8.33% above default clock of 2,400 MHz DDR) thru a 512-bit interface and supports 3-way SLI, CUDA and PhysX technologies. N285GTX HydroGen has two DVI and one S-Video connectors. No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (1) top

PeeWee Launches Laptop For Kids

Author: Cássio Lima Date: May 1, 2009 - 8:47 AM PST Category: Mobile More Info: http://www.peeweepc.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=70&idcategory=2 PeeWee has announced the launch of PeeWee Pivot Tablet Laptop, a netbook designed for kids aged 3-10. This product is equipped with Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz) processor, has 1 GB RAM, 60 GB hard disk, 8.9” touch screen LCD display (native resolution of 1024x600) that can be rotated turning the netbook into a Tablet PC, Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, built-in 1.3 Mpixel webcam, card reader (SD/MMC), 6-cell battery and comes with Windows XP operating system installed. PeeWee Pivot Tablet Laptop weights 3 lbs (1.36 Kg), measures 9.5" x 7.5" x 1.5" or 24.13 x 19.05 x 3.81 cm (W x H x D) and costs USD 599.99.     Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Arctic Cooling Launches Accelero L2 Pro VGA Cooler

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 30, 2009 - 9:04 AM PST Category: Cooling More Info: http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/images/Accelero_L2_Pro_Press_Rel... Arctic Cooling has unveiled Accelero L2 Pro, a VGA cooler compatible with several nVidia and ATI video cards. This cooler features a 92-mm fan with speed controlled by the video card via PWM (900 rpm to 2,000 rpm), measures 4.68” x 3.7” x 2” or 11.9 x 9.4 x 5.1 cm (L x W x H), weights 8.8 oz (250 g) and comes with pre-applied thermal grease. Accelero L2 Pro will reach the market next June costing USD 16. Below you can see the video cards supported by this new Arctic Cooling product. nVidia GeForce 9800 GeForce 9600 GeForce 9500 GeForce 9400 GeForce 8800 GeForce 8600 GeForce 8500 GeForce 7950 GeForce 7900 GeForce 7800 GeForce 7600 GeForce 7300 GeForce 6800 GeForce 6600 GeForce FX 5950 GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon HD 4850 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 4650 Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 3870 Radeon HD 3850 Radeon HD 3650 Radeon HD 3470 Radeon HD 3450 Radeon HD 2600 Radeon HD 2400 Radeon X1950 Radeon X1900 Radeon X1800 Radeon X1600 Radeon X1550 Radeon X1300 click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Cooler Master Unleashes HAF 922 Case

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 30, 2009 - 8:53 AM PST Category: Case More Info: http://www.coolermaster.com/news/hotnews_content.php?language=en&year=... Cooler Master has just officially launched HAF 922, a steel mid-tower case equipped with five 5 ¼” external bays (one of them could be converted to 3 ½” bay), five 3 ½” internal bays, one 3 ½” external bay, seven slots for expansion cards, one 200-mm frontal fan (700 rpm / 19 dBA), one 200-mm top fan (700 rpm / 19 dBA), one 120-mm rear fan (1,200 rpm / 17 dBA), one 120- or 140-mm bottom fan (optional) and one 120- or 140-mm side fan (optional). This case also comes with two USB ports, one eSATA port, audio connectors, watercooling support and tool-less mechanisms. No word on pricing and availability.         Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Arctic Cooling Launches Alpine 64 Pro CPU Cooler

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 29, 2009 - 11:08 AM PST Category: Cooling More Info: http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_43&mID=... Arctic Cooling has just launched Alpine 64 Pro, a simple CPU cooler designed for AMD processors based on AM3/AM2+/AM2/939 sockets. This cooler has a 92-mm fan where the speed is automatically controlled (500-2,000 rpm) by the motherboard via PWM. Alpine 64 Pro weight 428 g (15.09 oz) and will likely reach the market next month costing USD 10.90. click to enlarge click to enlarge   click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Manufacturers Launch Radeon HD 4770 Video Cards

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 28, 2009 - 12:56 PM PST Category: Video More Info: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/3853 Check out below a list of the manufacturers who already launch video cards based on the newest AMD/ATI GPU, Radeon HD 4770. PowerColor Sapphire MSI Gigabyte HIS XFX Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (1) top

AMD Unleashes Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 28, 2009 - 12:52 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543_1594... Paired with the launch of Radeon HD 4770, AMD has rolled out Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition, a 65-nm dual-core processor clocked at 2,8 GHz featuring 1 MB L2 cache, 2 MB L3 cache, 3.6 GHz HyperTransport bus and a TDP of 95 W. By being a “Black Edition” model, this new processor has its clock multiplier unlocked and thus targeted to overclockers. Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition has a suggested price of USD 69 (at 1,000-units). Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (1) top

AMD/ATI Launches Radeon HD 4770

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 28, 2009 - 12:41 PM PST Category: Video More Info: http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd4700/index.html AMD/ATI launched today Radeon HD 4770, its first GPU built on 40 nm process. Radeon HD 4770 works internally at 750 MHz, accesses its 512 MB GDDR5 at 3,200 MHz DDR (800 MHz real) thru a 128-bit interface, has 640 shader units, supports Shader 4.1 programming model (DirectX 10.1) and CrossFireX and Unified Video Decoder v2.0 technologies. This card also comes with two DVI connectors and takes two slots on the computer case. Radeon HD 4770 is priced at USD 100. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

Sparkle Intros Fatctory-Overclocked GeForce 9800 GT Plus

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 27, 2009 - 1:29 PM PST Category: Video More Info: http://www.sparkle.com.tw/News/SP9800GT_plus/news_SP9800GT_Plus_en.html Sparkle has announced the launch of GeForce 9800 GT Plus, a factory-overclocked video card based on nVidia GeForce GTX 9800 GT. Working internally at 675 MHz (12.50% above default clock of 600 MHz), this card accesses its 512 MB GDDR3 at 2,200 MHz DDR (22.22% above default clock of 1,800 MHz DDR) thru a 256-bit interface, its 112 shader processors work at 1,674 MHz (11.60% above default clock of 1,500 MHz) and supports SLI, PhysX and CUDA technologies. Sparkle GeForce 9800 GT Plus also features two DVI and is a dual-slot solution. No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

New PSUs From ASUS

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 24, 2009 - 1:30 PM PST Category: Power More Info: http://www.asus.com/News.aspx?N_ID=zuyKrs2yQcbc7DCT ASUS has launched its first two power supplies within G series, G-850HA (850 W) and G-1000HA (1000 W). These new units are ATX12V 2.31 compliant, have active PFC, efficiency up to 86%, Japanese caps, five 12 V rails, modular cabling system, a 135-mm fan and protections against overvoltage (OVP), short-circuit (SCP), over current (OCP), over temperature protection (OTP), under voltage (UVP) and overload (OPP). No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

OCZ Intros Z-Drive PCIe SSD

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 24, 2009 - 1:29 PM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/press/2009/337 OCZ has officially introduced Z-Drive, a PCI Express x4 SSD unit equipped with a RAID controller and 256 MB buffer. Z-Drive is available in 250 GB (read speed up to 450 MB/s and write speed up to 300 MB/s), 500 GB (read speed up to 510 MB/s and write speed up to 480 MB/s) and 1 TB (read speed up to 500 MB/s and write speed up to 470 MB/s) capacities. No word on pricing and availability. click to enlarge   click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (1) top

Scythe Launches Kaze Q 3.5” Fan Controller

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 24, 2009 - 1:27 PM PST Category: Cooling More Info: http://scythe-usa.com/product/acc/060/sfg120_detail.html Scythe has launched its newest fan controller, Kaze Q 3.5". This product takes one of 3 ½" bays available on the computer case, is colored either black or silver, and can control up to four fans. Its MSRP is of USD 16.75.   click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink top

New AMD Phenom X4 Processors

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 23, 2009 - 1:02 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.amd.com AMD has launched two quad-cores Phenom II processors: Phenom X4 955 Black Edition (3.2 GHz) and Phenom X4 945 (3 GHz). Both are manufactured under 45 nm process, are based on AM3 platform, have 6 MB L3 cache, 4 GHz HyperTransport bus, built-in DDR3 memory controller and TDP of 125 W. Black Edition model has its clock multiplier unlocked and thus targeted to overclockers. Phenom X4 955 Black Edition is priced at USD 245 (at 1,000-units) and Phenom X4 945 is priced at USD 225 (at 1,000-units). Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

AMD Unleashes 12 Opteron Models

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 22, 2009 - 1:28 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.amd.com/ AMD has increased its Opteron processor line-up with the launch of 12 45-nm models: See them on the table below. Model Internal Clock TDP Price (at 1,000-units) 8393 SE 3.1 GHz 105 W USD 2,649 2393 SE 3.1 GHz 105 W USD 1,165 8389 2.9 GHz 75 W USD 2,649 2389 2.9 GHz 75 W USD 989 8387 2.8 GHz 75 W USD 2,149 2387 2.8 GHz 75 W USD 873 8381 HE 2.5 GHz 55 W USD 1,514 2381 HE 2.5 GHz 55 W USD 575 8379 HE 2.4 GHz 55 W USD 1,165 2379 HE 2.4 GHz 55 W USD 450 2377 EE 2.3 GHz 40 W - 2373 EE 2.1 GHz 40 W -   All of them have 6 MB L3 cache. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (0) top

New 120-mm Fan from Noctua

Author: Cássio Lima Date: April 22, 2009 - 1:25 PM PST Category: Cooling More Info: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=news_list&news_id=43&lng=en Noctua has launched NF-S12B, a 120-mm with “bite” blades to reduce noise level and increase air flow. According to Noctua this blade design increases air flow by 10% compared to standard fans. NF-S12B is available in two versions: NF-S12B FLX, fan speed of 1,200 rpm, 900 rpm or 600 rpm, and NF-S12B ULN, fan speed of 700 rpm or 500 rpm. This fan is priced at USD 24.90. click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark This News | Permalink | Comments (1) top