(PR) Thermaltake Announces New WB200 and WB100 CPU and Northbridge Water-Blocks
Great news for Liquid Cooling System enthusiasts! New liquid cooling system upgrade from Thermaltake ---WB100 waterblock for CPU and WB200 for North Bridge.
North Bridge thermal issue is often neglected in pc cooling field, but all true pc enthusiasts know it not only important but it also but one of the vital elements to the computer performance.. Thermaltake new WB200 is a perfect solution to North Bridge cooling in liquid cooling application. WB200 is purely copper-made for efficient and speedy heat dissipation in the first place; adding up the flawless contact surface with the chipset and the well-known brazing technology, WB200 should definitely guarantee impressive performance without worrying about leakage problems. Moreover, the Rotational Hose Connector used for connecting the tube and WB200 had made installation extremely easy!
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(PR) QNAP Turbo NAS Series Now Compatible with Seagate 1.5 TB HDDs
QNAP Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB (ST31500341AS) hard drive is supported by the entire TS-109/ 209/ 409/ 509 Turbo NAS series.
"The good news is, our Turbo NAS users now have more choices when selecting the hard drive models and more storage space. For example, the TS-509 Pro supports up to 7.5TB storage capacity," said Laurent Cheng, Product Manager from QNAP. The HDD compatibility list is available here.
The TS-409 and TS-509 series supports Online RAID Capacity Expansion which allows increasing the storage capacity by replacing the hard disk drives with the data reserved and not turning the server off. To read the online tutorial, please visit this page.
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(PR) Chaintech Showcases APOGEE Magic Capsule
Walton Chaintech, the well-known innovative memory product provider, today announced the newest product APOGEE Magic Capsule and APOGEE Sharemate in 2009 International CES, with innovative product design of patented Flash memory technology. Besides, a complete memory products and solutions will also be showcased in International CES from Overclocking memory modules, FB-DIMM memory modules, Flash SSD, Flash USB and industrial standard storage products.
Exclusively designed by the adoption of the patented High Density Flash memory technology, APOGEE Magic Capsule works exactly like magic and is much more than a Flash USB drive. The innovative design and embedded software functions making it a perfect Flash memory companion to consumer’s daily life. With its stylish appearance in classic black diamond shape and a chic, black necklace, each Magic Capsule is consists of 3 pieces of USB drives, the capacity of each USB can be chosen from 2GB to 8GB, users can easily use Magic Capsule to sort out business and personal images files and documents. Each USB can be connected to save space, so that users no longer need to carry different types of Flash USB along just for not enough of storage space or for file organization.
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(PR) Micron Ends Year Bad, Reports $706 Million Loss
Micron Technology today announced results of operations for the company's first quarter of fiscal 2009, which ended December 4, 2008. For the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the company posted a net loss of $706 million, or $0.91 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.4 billion. These results reflect a non-cash charge to cost of goods sold of $369 million to write down the value of work in process and finished goods inventories of memory products to their estimated market values and a benefit of $157 million from first quarter sales of products that were subject to
previous write-downs. In the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the company generated $359 million in cash flow from operating activities and ended the quarter with cash and investments of $1.0 billion.
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NVIDIA GT216 Specifications Trickle-In
The AMD RV740 has been gaining quite some attention lately. Following news of it being the first GPU to be built on the 40nm manufacturing process, there is some information trickling in about NVIDIA's offering to combat it. The GT216, unlike what most speculations talked about being a next generation high-end GPU, is supposed to be a mainstream GPU whose specifications make it a rival to the AMD RV740. This, according to specifications of the said GPU emerging from Beyond3D, part of which they are sure of, part speculation.
For starters, the GT216 will be built on the 40nm manufacturing process. It will feature a 192-bit wide GDDR3 memory bus. Graphics cards built on this would feature 768 MB of memory (with possible OEM variants having just 384 MB). The memory is clocked at 1200 MHz (2400 MHz DDR). There is speculation linked to the rest of the specs at this point in time, notably that it might have 7 ALU clusters (168 SPs). The manufacturing process will make sure the GPU is cost-effective. With this, the next round of mainstream GPU competition sounds even more exciting.
Sources: Beyond3D Forums, Expreview
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Logitec Readying Slim External DVD Burners
Japanese manufacturer Logitec (≠ Logitech) announced the production of two models of external DVD burners under the LDR-PMD8U2L BR/RD (black/red) model series. The drives are simply slim form-factor optical drives in a stylish brushed metal chassis. They measure 133.6 (W) x 160 (D) x 17.7 (H) mm, and weigh 415 g. The drives use the standard USB 2.0 interface for connectivity. They support write speeds of 8x for for DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW media; 6x for dual-layer DVD+R, DVD-R media and 5x for DVD-RAM. CDs are written at speeds of up to 24x. The drives cost US $92 excl. taxes. The black model will hit stores later this month, while the red one follows in early January.
Source: TechConnect Magazine
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(PR) Team launches Diamond (D603) USB Drive
The bling-bling fashion has spread to communication, computing and consumer electronics. Eyeing the developmental potential of the women’s market, Team Group, Taiwan’s leading memory maker, announced today (21st) the brand new Diamond (D603) USB disk. In addition to continuing Team’s fingerprint matchbox appearance and smart design for users to open it with just a gentle push, an eye-catching Swarovski crystal is embedded on the aluminum shell that brings the minimalist style over the top, making the Diamond USB disk sparkle with hip-hop bling-bling fashion. In short, Team’s Diamond D604 is an absolute interpretation of aesthetics and technology.
The handy and cute Diamond D603 is equipped with a contractible USB connector, so that users will not have to worry about losing the cap. In addition to this thoughtful design, the Diamond D603 is really small and lightweight, simply 28.6mm by 13.2mm by 3.2mm and 3g. It is offered in three colors, gold, purple and titanium; and three capacity options, 2GB/4GB/8GB. Together with the zinc-alloy Team shield pendent, users can put it on their mobile, key or in front of the chest to display the bling-bling charm of Diamond D603.
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(PR) SPARKLE Announces GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce 9800 GT Low Profile Graphics Cards
SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today announced the SPARKLE GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce 9800 GT Low Profile 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Cards, providing powerful 3D performance and HD experience to HTPC enthusiasts with low profile design and native HDMI support.
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Atom Not For NVIDIA: Intel
Barely a week into its announcement, the NVIDIA Ion platform, finds itself amidst a potential controversy that has trouble written all over it, reveals a DigiTimes report. The Ion platform is NVIDIA's attempt to bring to market, products incorporating the Intel Atom processor and its own core-logic with embedded GeForce graphics technologies. The controversy involves an internal statement distributed by Intel to hardware manufacturers that they will be able to purchase stocks of Atom processors bundled with homegrown i945GSE and i945GC chipsets, and not just the processor itself.
This leaves manufacturers with inability to buy just the processor. While manufacturers can work around this by buying the entire bundle per unit, in order to use the processor on products based on the Ion platform, it is an expensive way of doing it and substantially increases manufacturing costs. This would then render Ion based products too expensive to fit in the market segment originally conceived. NVIDIA's executives have been lobbying with Taiwanese PC makers to garner support for the Ion platform. Intel responded to the report, saying that it had no plans to validate NVIDIA MCP79 on netbook or nettop platforms. Intel also has no plans to form a partnership with Nvidia to support nettop or netbook platforms based on the Intel Atom CPU, the company added. A response is awaited from NVIDIA.
Source: DigiTimes
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Dell Adamo Nears Reality
Computing giants such as Dell and HP are on an expansion mode with their product lineups. "Adamo" has been quite a buzzword in the gadget circles, which started off with rumors of it being Dell's competition to the Apple Macbook Air. Naturally, it is expected to have the one USP the Macbook Air holds: it's slim notebook form-factor. The advantage Adamo gives is that it happens to be PC, coming with a proper PC operating system installed.
The rumor materialized with a NY Times BITS blog post which showed an extract from UptownLife.net which read:
Rumor has it that Dell is coming out with a computer called Adamo that will rival the MacBook Air. At press time, the company was keeping the product tightly under wraps, but PC users rejoice - word on the street is that something cool is coming your way
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RV740 Successfully Taped Out, Other 40nm GPUs Follow
The RV740 graphics processor by AMD could well be the first GPU in production, to be built on the newer 40nm manufacturing process, giving its makers something to brag about. The RV740 design and specifications are largely derived from the RV770LE (covered here), while bringing the GDDR5 memory standard to the mainstream.
Chinese industrial journals tell DigiTimes that the company has completed taping-out the RV740, and that the GPU is awaiting mass-production by AMD's foundry partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Mass production of products based on this GPU could commence by the end of Q1 2009.
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Details and Shots of the Voodoo Designed HP Firebird 803 Gaming Tower Leaked
Due to show up at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in 2009, the new HP Firebird 803 designed by Voodoo has surfaced early with leaked photos and specifications. Unlike the previous firebird, this design is much smaller, however it does come with its draw backs. To get such a small design, the entire unit is custom built and appears to follow no standard layout or format, i.e ATX, BTX, etc. As such one would imagine that upgrading components would be very limited, so this is more like a laptop or games console in which what you buy is what your stuck with. The tower also appears to be watercooled, but to further reduce the size and heat output, the power supply has been made external and judging by the pictures it's roughly twice the size of a normal laptop power supply.
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(PR) iZ3D Previews Three New 2009 3D Display Prototypes at CES
iZ3D LLC, designer, marketer and enabler of advanced 3D visualization systems, will be featuring a hands on demonstration of three of its upcoming product prototypes for 2009. iZ3D is located in meeting room #25118M in the Gaming Showcase downstairs in South Hall 2 of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
"We are continually pioneering new areas of 3D display for consumers with new display products, stereoscopic 3D software drivers, 3D player groups, events, and networking, 3D content certification and enablement, and system solution partnerships," stated Thomas Striegler, CEO of iZ3D LLC. "Introducing three cutting-edge 3D prototypes at CES is once again proving iZ3D is the defacto industry leader in 3D solutions," he added.
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Kingston to Sell SSDs Co-Branded by Intel
A DRAM major is incomplete without a product lineup that includes solid-state drives (SSDs). Kingston is looking to fill the void in its lineup with SSDs. The company looks to update is lineup as early as by January 2009. Due to time constraints and to play safe with intellectual property terms, the company looks to source its products from manufacturing sources, with a monthly shipment goal of 10,000 units, according to a DigiTimes report.
Source: DigiTimes
Kingston co-founder David Sun stated that Kingston does not intend to cover the manufacturing part at this stage, as SSD technology involves numerous intellectual property (IP) items. Therefore, Kingston will enter the market follow the same path as for NAND flash products (memory cards and flash drives), by securing supply for its SSD products with Intel, Sun indicated.
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(PR) Microsoft Announces Quarterly Earnings Release Date and Notes Upcoming Events
Microsoft Corp. will release fiscal year 2009 second-quarter financial results after the close of the market on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the Microsoft Investor Relations Website.
The company will also host the following event for the financial community:
Financial Analyst Briefing at the 2009 International CES Conference
Thursday, January 8, 2009, 3:00 p.m. PST, Robbie Bach, president, Entertainment and Devices Division
Interested parties can listen to a webcast of this event on Microsoft's Investor Relations Website.
Source: Microsoft
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(PR) ASUS Triton 88 CPU Cooler Supports Latest LGA1366 Chipset Socket
To keep up with the latest trends in processor technologies, ASUS has been constantly launching powerful CPU coolers to cater to the demands of gaming enthusiasts worldwide. However, one of the most eagerly-awaited would no doubt be the latest ASUS Triton 88 CPU cooler. This "fierce-looking" exterior of the Triton 88 comprises of an exclusive twin-pillared heatsink design, a 120mm inner-fan with a Diamond blue LED, and 6 copper heatpipes. With this ensemble of thermal features, it is able to deliver ultimate cooling performances for up to 180W and can support multiple applications-including the latest Intel Core i7 processor (LGA1366).
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(PR) World of Warcraft Reaches New Milestone, 11.5 Million Players are Now Playing
Blizzard Entertainment today announced that World of Warcraft, its award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is now played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. This new high was reached following the November 13 release of the game's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. Within its first 24 hours of availability, Wrath of the Lich King sold more than 2.8 million copies, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. In addition to winning a number of editor's choice awards from major gaming publications, the expansion has now gone on to sell more than 4 million copies in its first month, setting a new record for monthly PC-game sales. Both sales records were previously held by World of Warcraft's first expansion, The Burning Crusade.
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DRAM Makers in Taiwan Could Get $6.5 Billion USD Bailout
Digitimes are reporting that Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) may have drafted about NT$200 billion (US$6.50 billion) to bailout the DRAM industry there, although there has not yet been any official confirmation, it has certainly stirred up a commotion, $6.5 Billion USD is a lot of money wasted should the bailout go ahead and fail.
Source: Digitimes
Chii-Ming Yiin, Taiwan's minister of economic affairs, did not deny the speculated bailout amount. According to Yiin, any bailout measures for local DRAM makers are subject to risks, costs and benefits on their impact on economic growth and they will be carefully evaluated. Yiin believed that the bailout applicants were not just looking for cash injections, but mainly requested that the government negotiate with local banks and help sort out their debt problems and schedules.
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LG Comes Up With Energy Effecient, Easier to Read LCD Panel for Outdoors
LG Display has developed a new technology, which in outdoor environments, has the LCD to go into a mode which not only allows the screen to be seen more easily than conventional LCD displays, but also save power in the process. Currently one of the biggest drains on battery life for mobile devices is to power the backlight for the display, which is normally worstened in outdoor environments due to a need to increase the backlight brightness. The new 14.1 inch display from LG actually uses sunlight to illuminate the screen outdoors, the technology has been dubbed Backlight Data Signal Switching Technology and it will be available to see at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2009).
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GeForce GTX 285 Pitted Against GeForce GTX 280
Following the industry-wide launch of the new 55nm GeForce GTX 260, NVIDIA would launch its fastest single-GPU graphics card: the GeForce GTX 285. This card is based on the 55nm G200b core. It has identical specifications to the GeForce GTX 280, except for its higher reference clock speeds, and lower power consumption. Due to these, NVIDIA seems to have given it the "285" number, while the 55nm GTX 260 continues to hold its "260" due to identical reference clock speeds as its 65nm counterparts.
ChipHell sourced two NVIDIA company slides which show some of the specifications of GeForce GTX 285 and its expected level of performance in comparison to the GeForce GTX 280. There is also a little mention about the testing conditions: a Core i7-based machine running 32-bit Windows Vista. Across the various synthetic and real-world gaming tests, the GeForce GTX 285 is rated to perform over 10% faster compared to the GTX 280. In games such as Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty: World at War, and FarCry 2, the leads were below 10%.
Source: ChipHell
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Phenom II X4 940 Tested at Stock Speeds
BreakTheLimt.net, a Malaysian hardware portal tested the Phenom II X4 940 at its stock speed of 3.00 GHz, and posted a sting of benchmark results of the said chip. It was tested on a platform consisting of a MSI DKA790GX Platinum motherboard, with 2 GB of DDR2 1066 MHz memory and a ASUS Radeon HD 4870 TOP graphics card. All components were set to run at stock speeds. The chip was put through Super Pi 1M and 32M, Cinebench R10, PiFast Multithreaded, WPrime 1.5, Aquamark and 3DMark06.
Source: BreakTheLimit.net
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(PR) Ridata Introduces eSATA SSD External Drive, Big Capacity in a Small Package
Advanced Media, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of the popular Ridata brand of recordable DVD, flash media, electronic storage products, and digital accessories, has introduced its eSATA external flash drive. The product, one of the first of its kind to hit the market, will be on display at the upcoming 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in South Hall 3, booth #31761.
“Our new dual-end eSATA or USB flash drive is at home in either business or general-use applications,” stated Harvey Liu, president of Advanced Media, Inc. “It is the perfect answer for anywhere a large capacity, ultra-fast portable storage device is desired. Offering true plug-and-play connectivity and fast boot up, it provides the best of both of these popular storage technologies.”
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(PR) S3 Graphics and CyberLink Combine to Deliver Cutting-Edge Hi-Def Playback on PowerDVD
S3 Graphics, a leading provider of graphics and multimedia technologies, today announced the availability of CyberLink PowerDVD 8 software for Blu-Ray playback on the Chrome 500/400 Series graphics processors.
The combination of S3 Graphics' ChromotionHD 2.0 video engine and CyberLink's leading high-definition movie playback software gives users a higher level of theatre-quality HD video playback experience. Immersive realism in single and dual-stream (PiP) Blu-ray playback can now be experienced on the latest desktop and mobile platforms.
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Thermaltake Launch 2009 Sweepstakes Survey
Thermaltake have launched their 2009 Survey along with a sweepstake for people who have completed the survey. The survey lasts approximatly 3 mintues and 38 seconds and ends January 19th, 2009 11:59pm PST. The prizes up for grabs are as follows:
1x Toughpower 850W
1x Speedo Advance Package
3x SpinQ CPU Cooler
5x V1 AX CPU Cooler
15x BlacX HDD Docking Station
15x Vi-ON 2.5" Enclosure
For more information and to take part click here
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EVGA Precision Tool Version 1.40 Released
EVGA has released a new revision of its EVGA Precision overclocking utility for NVIDIA based graphics cards. Version 1.40 adds new skin engine for easier skin modification, and some minor enhancements:
- EVGA On-Screen Display Server has been updated to version 3.0.0. New server supports skinned user interface (more skins coming soon!) and provides more quick and easy beginner friendly access to On-Screen Display customization features. The server's On-Screen Display profiles are upgradable now and no longer lost after installing new version of Precision.
- Now the first graph is automatically selected when opening monitoring tab in advanced Precision settings to make On-Screen Display, G15 LCD and tray icon monitoring settings more simple for beginners.
Source: EVGA
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