Sunday, July 12, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechConnect Magazine) 12/07/2009


TechConnect Magazine
Techconnect Review Round-up 11/7/09
CPU & Motherboard

- DFI LANPARTY DK X58-T3eH6 LGA1366 Mainboard @ X-bit labs

Storage

- OCZ Vertex SSD @ PureOC

Graphics cards

- MSI NGTX260 Lightning Black Edition @ InsideHW
- Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 @ motherboards.org

Enclosures & PSUs

- Gigabyte ODIN GT 550W PSU @ Rbmods
- SilverStone Sugo SG05 Case and FSP300-60GHS Power Supply @ Hardware Secrets
- In Win 'Na HDD Enclosure @ HiTech Legion

Cooling and modding

- GELID Xtreme & GC2 Thermal Paste @ Bjorn3d
- Zalman CNPS10X Extreme Universal Heatsink @ PC Perspective

Peripherals

- Razer Salmosa 3G Gaming Mouse @ OCModShop

PCs

- Acer Aspire One D250 10.1" netbook @ Test Freaks

Photo and video cameras

- Pentax X70 Digital Camera @ TrustedReviews

Sound

- Plantronics .Audio 995 Wireless Headset @ TrustedReviews

Other

- Amazon Kindle DX @ Hardware Secrets
- ION Comparison - ASRock and Zotac @ DriverHeaven

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Lexar readies the Crucial M225 solid state drives
Micron subsidiary Lexar Media is gearing up to introduce a new line-up of solid state drives under its Crucial brand to take on OCZ, Patriot, and others. Coming in a 2.5-inch for factor the upcoming M225 series drives feature MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash memory chips, a SATA 3.0 Gbps interface and deliver read/write speeds of up to 250/200 MB/s (256GB model), 250/190 MB/s (128GB ), and 200/150 MB/s (64GB ).

It's unclear what controller the M225 SSDs use but all should be revealed on July 20th, that's Lexar's promise anyway.


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