Techconnect Review Round-up 19/6/09
CPU & Motherboard
- BIOSTAR 945GC-330 @ InsideHW
- Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition [D0 Stepping] Processor @ Futurelooks
- AMD Phenom II 955 @ Rbmods
- Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P Motherboard @ Overclockers Club
Storage
- 1 TB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up @ Hardware Secrets
- Patriot Torqx 128GB Indilinx MLC Solid State Disk @ TweakTown
Graphics cards
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M @ Phoronix
- Sapphire Toxic HD 4890 @ FiringSquad
- Sapphire HD 4890 Vapor-X @ Neoseeker
- Gigabyte GeForce GTS 250 1GB @ bit-tech
Enclosures & PSUs
- GMC X7 X-Station Gaming Case @ Hardware Bistro
- Cooler Master Gladiator 600 case @ techPowerUp
- Arctic Cooling Fusion 550RF Power Supply @ Legit Reviews
- Corsair HX850W PSU @ DriverHeaven
- Kingwin 1220W Mach 1 PSU @ PureOC
- Enermax ECO80+ 350w ATX PSU @ OC3D
- Kingwin ABT-1000MAIS Power Supply @ Bjorn3d
Displays
- ViewSonic VX2433wm 23.6 Inch DVI/HDMI TFT LCD Monitor @ Big Bruin
Cooling and modding
- Corsair Ice T30 Memory Cooler @ HotHardware
- GlacialTech UFO V51 Silent CPU cooler @ Hi-Tech Reviews
Peripherals
- Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 @ I4U News
PCs
- Acer Timeline 5810T @ Hexus
Photo and video cameras
- Kodak EasyShare Z915 compact camera @ RegHardware
Sound
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Cards @ iXBT Labs
Other
- ASUS RT-N15 Gigabit N Wireless Router @ X-bit labs
- Palm Pre @ AnandTech
- EVGA Bigfoot Networks Killer Xeno Pro @ HotHardware
- Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB @ Digital Trends
- Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman phone @ RegHardware
- Dell 2330dn - Mono Laser Printer and Samsung i8910 HD @ TrustedReviews
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Dell's Vostro 1220 12-inch laptop pictured and detailed
The Vostro family of business-oriented laptops will soon welcome a new member into its loving arms, and while Dell hasn't said anything about it, you can already see it in the pics below. The Vostro 1220 comes with a 12-inch LCD screen (1280x800 pixels resolution), Windows Vista Business or probably Ubuntu, and boasts a 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo T6750 processor, 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, a DVD writer, and GMA integrated graphics.
The upcoming laptop also boasts an ExpressCard slot, a fingerprint reader, WiFi, Ethernet, and a D-Sub output. The Vostro 1220's release date and pricing are yet unknown but you can't have it all in one leak.
Photos courtesy of Engadget.
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Zalman to roll out ZM-RHS90 FET heatsink for Radeon HD 4890/4870
Zalman is just about to make available a new cooling solution for Radeon HD 4870 and HD 4890 cards, the ZM-RHS90 heatsink. The aluminum-made sink weights 55 grams and is specifically made to cool off the VRM, MOSFET area of the cards already mentioned, although it's unclear if it will work on non-reference models.
Making use of push-pins for installation, the ZM-RHS90 should become available very soon at around (just over?) 10 Euro.
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Sony to pump up Blu-Ray with movieIQ feature
Sony is planning to bring Blu-Ray and its potential back into the spotlight this Fall with the introduction of a new feature called movieIQ. Made using Gracenote technology, movieIQ will provide owners of BD-Live compatible players with a real-time film database which they can go through and find various info about what they are watching - the cast, crew, trivia, soundtrack, and more. The catch is that the feature requires an internet connection (but that's a requirement of BD-Live anyway), and for the movie Blu-Ray discs to feature it. To tackle the latter issue, Sony has already announced that it will offer movieIQ with 'all major catalog titles', and with new releases.
"It has always been our goal at Sony Pictures to offer fans the ability to truly connect with their favorite movies using BD-Live", said Lexine Wong, Senior Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. "We know many people interrupt their movie-watching experience to look up the filmography of an actor or to find out more about a song playing in the background. Now through movieIQ, movie lovers can dive into constantly-updated information about the movie they are watching without leaving their sofa, further enhancing the experience of watching movies in this always-connected age."
Alright, time to get your Blu-Ray on, if you haven't already.
Photo courtesy of Engadget.
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Seagate readies 640GB FreeAgent Go portable HDDs
Still SSD-less, Seagate is preparing to update the FreeAgent Go family of portable 2.5-inch hard drives with a 640GB model. Set to come in Titanium Silver and Tuxedo Black, the high-capacity drive measures 12.5 x 80 x 130 mm, weights about 160 grams, features a USB 2.0 interface, and comes bundled with a black leatherette carrying case.
The 640GB FreeAgent Go will be offered with a five-year warranty. No word on pricing just yet.
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PowerColor paints a couple of Radeons green
AMD AIB partner PowerColor has started playing the 'green/eco' game too by introducing a new line-up of graphics cards, the Go! Green series. The first products to be part of the Go! Green family are nothing all that special as they are the previously-released HD4650 and HD4350 Silent Cooling Solution (SCS) models.
Coming equipped with passive coolers, the HD4650 SCS3 and HD4350 SCS are claimed to consume 38% and 24% less power than their competitors the GeForce 9500 GT and 8400 GS, respectively, have 512MB of DDR2 memory clocked at 800 MHz, GPUs set to 600 MHz, and DirectX 10.1 support. The HD4650 SCS3 has a 128-bit memory interface and 320 Stream Processors, while its little eco-friendly sister has a 64-bit interface and 80 SPs.
The HD4650 SCS3 and HD4350 SCS are available in European stores priced at about 47 and 31 Euro, respectively. PowerColor's full PCIe graphics card line-up can be viewed here.
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Google Books updated with embedded links, thumbnail view, more
Search giant Google has now rolled out quite a few new features for its Google Book site, making it more easy for people to share its content and navigate through thousands and thousands of pages. Without further a due, the Google Book updates are:
- Embeds and links - enables users to embed a preview of a full view or partner book in any websites or blogs.
- Better search within each book - it's now easier to see exactly where your search term appears within a book by showing you more context around the term, including an image from the part of the page on which it appears.
- Thumbnail view - click on the thumbnail view button in the toolbar to see an overview of all the pages in a public domain book or in a magazine.
- Contents drop-down menu - above the book itself, you'll find a Contents drop-down that allows you to jump to chapters within the book - or articles within a magazine.
- Plain Text Mode - if a book is available in full view, you can click the 'Plain text' button in the toolbar to see our HTML version of the text (derived via OCR for full view books).
- Page Turn Button and Animation - in addition to scrolling through the book, you can now also click the page turn button at the bottom of the screen, even if you haven't yet finished the page. An animated line moves with the page turn to make it easier to keep track of your location in the text.
- Improved Book Overview Page - on the Overview page you'll find an assortment of useful data about the book, including reviews, ratings, summaries, related books, key words and phrases, references from the web, places mentioned in the book, publisher information, etc.
To check out the 'new and improved' Google Books visit books.google.com.
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Acer reveals new 19-, 22-inch 'Eco' LCD monitors
Acer Japan has just introduced a couple of monitors which are claimed to consume significantly less power than similar offers. The 19-inch V193WBbmd, which is said to require 25% less power than other LCDs, features a native resolution of 1440x900 pixels, has a 5ms response time, a 10000:1 contrast ratio, 300cd/m2 brightness and two 1W speakers.
The 22-inch V223WBbmd cuts power consumption by 36%, has a resolution of 1680x1050 pixels, two 1.5W speakers and pretty much the same specs as its little brother.
The V193WBbmd and V223WBbmd are priced at about $184 and $235, respectively.
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Joost shows PlayStation 3 some love with new site
Ad-supported video streaming site Joost has now launched a Joost Labs project that will most likely appeal to PlayStation 3 owners, a new website that has been customized for running on Sony's console (and a large panel TV).
The website can be accessed via the PS3 browser by visiting http://labs.joost.com/tv/ and has a simple interface that can be navigated through using the Sixaxis and DualShock 3 controllers. Since the PS3-loving site is a work in progress, the Joost team is happy to get feedback from users, feedback which can be sent to this mail address.
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Roadmap shows Lenovo prepping Calpella laptops for Q1 2010
Already delayed, Intel's 'next-gen' mobile platform, Calpella, may be coming a little later than currently expected as some leaked slides of Lenovo's ThinkPad roadmap shows that the company will have Calpella laptops next year, in early Q1.
Intel has earlier this year pushed Calpella's release from Q2 to Q3 and it was expected that laptops based on it would arrive in late Q3 or Q4. This may still be the case, just apparently not for Lenovo. The Beijing-base company is planning to introduce no less than 11 Calpella laptops in early Q1 (probably at CES 2010) - the 12-inch ThinkPad X210/X210c/X210t, the 14-inch SL420/SL420c and T410/T410s, and 15-inch SL520/SL520c and T510/T510-1. The upcoming portable machines will feature 45nm Clarksfield or 32nm Arrandale processors, DDR3 memory and a Ibex Peak-M motherboard.
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