OCZ has now officially released the Limited Edition Solid State Drive which is rumoured to be the first to utilise the Sandforce controller. Using MLC NAND flash memory, the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition has a 3.0Gbps SATA interface as well as including TRIM support. With reported read and write speeds of up to 270MB/s and 250MB/s respectively, not to mention a sustained write of 235MB/s, the Vertex certainly packs a punch.
Zotac GeForce GT 240 Review
February 21, 2010 – 8:18 pm
ATI have been plugging the low-end mainstream market of their 5 series DirectX 11 cards with the launch of several cards: the HD 5450, HD 5570 and HD 5670 are the most recent additions. With Nvidia’s Fermi launch still several weeks away, the GT 240 bolsters the GTX-200 series and hopes to take the fight to ATI’s previous generation star of the graphics world without extra PCI-e power connections – the Radeon HD 4670.
Weekly News Round-Up (15/02)
February 15, 2010 – 9:43 pm
ATI are releasing more and more budget cards as part of the DirectX 11 GPU series; as a result there’s lots of the reviews on the HD 5450, HD 5670 and HD 5570 cards plus lots more…
Synology Launches DiskStation DS710+
February 15, 2010 – 7:04 pm
Synology® UK, leaders in open source network attached storage solutions announced today the DiskStation DS710+ aimed primarily at SMB and home enthusiast users. Shipping with Synology’s award winning DiskStation Manager 2.2 web-interface, the DS710+ can be set up and configured within minutes without the requirement of extensive technical knowledge.
New Additions Set for Intel Low Voltage Arrandale Generation
February 15, 2010 – 6:40 pm
Intel is set to release the first of its ultra low voltage Arrandale CPUs in the first quarter of 2010; the i5 520UM (a 1.06GHz clocked dual core) has similar features to the desktop processors including “Turbo Boost” which allows the 520UM to hit speeds of 1.86GHz, a 0.8GHz rise.
Weekly News Round-up (08/02)
February 8, 2010 – 8:47 pm
The launch of ATI’s sub £50 HTPC HD 5450 brings with it a host of reviews, many of which sing the virtues of this latest DirectX 11 card – take a look…
First Fermi Cards to be GTX 480 and GTX 470
February 8, 2010 – 8:04 pm
The first Fermi cards to be released are now set to be named the GeForce GTX 480 and the GeForce GTX 470. Naturally, the 480 (being the bigger number) is the beefier GPU and is therefore more expensive. It is now also known that the 300 series branding is reserved for Nvidia’s new DirectX 10.1 chips hence the 480 and 470 instead.
AMD announces HD 5570
February 8, 2010 – 5:00 pm
The sub £50 DirectX 11 sector was filled recently with the launch of AMD’s passively cooled HD 5450 aimed at HTPC and small case users. Just days after, AMD have detailed yet another card, the HD 5570 which should fill in between the HD 5450 and HD 5670 cards.
Noctua NF-P14 FLX Review
February 8, 2010 – 2:23 pm
With the continued flux of PC cooling companies on to the international scene, reputation is key and perhaps it is this, Noctua’s seemingly legendary status as a premium quality cooling Solutions Company that has held them at the forefront of the market for several years since its establishment in 2005. Formed through the merger of Austrian Rascom Computerdistribution Ges.m.b.H and the Taiwanese Kolink International Corporation, Noctua has focused predominately on the cooling of the central processing unit with an array of aluminium heatsinks and fans symbolised by their peach and brown colour schemes.
News Roundup (14/01)
January 14, 2010 – 6:06 pm
Release day for the ATI Radeon HD 5670 budget graphics card is upon us and plenty of reviews to check out the new member of the ATI DirectX 11 series.