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Gigabyte Prepares Odin Plus Series PSUs
Gigabyte is preparing some new additions to its power supply line-up, the Odin Plus series. The Odin Plus series are targeted at mainstream users and will be available in 500W, 600W and 700W variants. All PSUs in the series will contain Japanese-made solid-state capacitors, 6+2 pin PCIe power connectors and multiple +12V rails. The new PSUs will also meet the ATX 2.3 standards along with the RoHS and WEEE specifications. Each PSU will include a 24 pin ATX, 4+4 pin CPU, at least three molex and at least four SATA power connectors depending on the model. The Odin Plus series are eligible for 80 Plus Bronze certification and are expected to be available in the near future for around US$165 to US$210.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC Beta Pushed Back
The PC Beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been pushed back to 'early next year'. DICE says that it needs more time to put the final touches on the PC Beta, causing the delay. Some of the features DICE is enhancing on the PC version include support for up to 32 players in multiplayer (compared to 24 players in the console version) and support for dedicated servers to ensure a smooth gameplay experience. In the meantime PC players can feel good knowing that DICE has confirmed that Bad Company 2 will support DirectX 9, 10 and 11 although DirectX 10 and 11 will be available for Windows Vista and Windows 7 only. It is expected the beta will release early next year and all signs point to a January launch; as the saying goes: "quality takes time".
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LHC Breaks Energy Record
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has had something of a troubled time since construction was initially completed. After an electrical fault caused liquid helium to leak into the tunnel that contains the collider last September the schedule to commence particle smashing was set back considerably. However, since the machine was restarted on November 20th it has been smooth sailing. The LHC can now officially be called the highest-energy particle accelerator in the world, after engineers increased the energy of a pilot beam to 1.18 trillion electron volts on Sunday (23:44 GMT). The previous record of 0.98 TeV was held by the Tevatron accelerator in Chicago and if all goes well should be continually improved upon, as the LHC ramps up its energy to an expected seven trillion electron volts. Cern's director general is reportedly happy with progress, though the real celebrations will begin once the serious science begins in 2010.
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