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Monthly Archives: July 2009
AMD Delivers Its Most Powerful Professional 3D Graphics Card and ATI FirePro™ S400
July 28, 2009 – 11:07 am
AMD Delivers Its Most Powerful Professional 3D Graphics Card With Up To Four Times The Processing Power And More Memory Bandwidth Than Comparable Competing Solution.
OCZ ModXStream Pro Review
July 28, 2009 – 9:40 am
Power supplies are often a neglected part of any computer rig. They have neither the interest of a graphics card nor the features of a motherboard and so often finds itself bottom of the list when it comes to building a rig. However, the humble power supply is an essential part of any computer and a bad unit can ruin not only itself but also other components. Other things to consider are the peak output power, efficiency and whether it is SLI ready, but the main thing that a PSU needs to achieve is rock solid rail stability. OCZ sell a range of different wattage units and today we look at one from the ModXStream range that aims to achieve all this and more. Introducing the OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W…
Antec PSU Discovery: Peak Power vs. Continuous Power
July 22, 2009 – 1:06 pm
It has brought to Antec’s attention and now ours, thsat many brands are using misleading power efficiency labels which are not as you would expect. Antec, a global leader in the PC component market, always uses “Continuous Power” on all of their labelling. However other companies are not quite so honest…
AMD Launches New Athlon II X2 245 and 240 Processors
July 22, 2009 – 9:31 am
Today AMD announced the AMD Athlon™ II X2 dual-core 245 and 240 processors delivering 45nm technology-based performance to mainstream PC users. Geared toward the growing segment of mainstream, value-conscious PC users seeking a full-featured product with best-in-class performance to enhance their computing capabilities at home and at play and creates an enhanced digital experience and extreme multitasking performance to help do more in less time.
ASUS Triton 88 Review
July 20, 2009 – 3:07 pm
The release of Intel’s i7 architecture has seen thermal solutions increase in size with more fans, fins and heatpipes in order to try and counter the massive 130W TDP. Many products have tried and failed to really stand out when it comes to working with a Nehalem rig and could simply not keep up with the heat levels produced.
Coolink Introduces SWiF2 Fan Series
July 15, 2009 – 5:50 pm
Vienna / Taipei, July 15th 2009 – Coolink today introduced the new SWiF2 fan series.
Successor to the popular SWiF series, the new SWiF2 family takes its successful predecessor’s proven qualities one step further. Refined blade designs, high-performance hydro-dynamic bearing and support for PWM fan speed control, combined with an exciting new colour scheme, are the cornerstones of the new series.
MSI SyrenSpeaker Mini Review
July 15, 2009 – 12:00 pm
With modern speaker systems, the number of satellites seems to be increasing all the time with 5.1 and even 7.1 setups. These systems are great for use with a desktop PC and provide some stunning sound quality at times but what about for those users on the move. How many decent speaker sets are there that are compact, transportable and still able to provide a high level of sound quality? MSI’s Syren range of sound equipment includes one such product that hopes to tick all these boxes and more. Introducing the SyrenSpeaker Mini…
Genius NetScroll G500 Review
July 14, 2009 – 12:24 pm
Genius already has an extensive and highly successive range of gaming mice so what brings them to release yet another ‘gaming grade’ mouse you might ask? Well this new model despite being classed in the gaming category appears to be a bit more of an all-round design with its less flamboyant exterior and more affordable price tag. Of course Genius has still managed to integrate some new cunning design features into the NetScroll G500 Laser but I won’t spill the beans just yet. Read on to take a closer look…
Eagle Tech Consus Review
July 12, 2009 – 9:04 pm
The external hard drive market has grown quickly with vast amounts of data needing to be moved from one system to another that a USB drive simply cannot handle. The preferred connection method is now by far eSATA with its greater performance namely for read and write speeds. However, many users still require the older USB 2.0 connection as their cases do not allow for easy eSATA usage and so most enclosures offer both connections. Today, we take a look at an enclosure focused purely on the older connection; with the focus solely on the USB outlet, will it be able to punch above its weight and produce some good results? Let’s take a look…