Kingston SSDNow V Series (2nd Gen) 128GB SSD Review - JMicron JMF618 Makes an Appearance!
Our storage guru takes a look at the revived SSDNow V Series (second generation) line. These drives sport Toshiba flash and a new controller from JMicron. We size up a 128GB model to see how it stacks up against the competition, as well as taking a look at the available Notebook Upgrade Kit....
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RIP: The Linux Razer project
Phoronix posted a bit of sad news for those who want a high DPI mouse on Linux, at least from Razer. Recently they tested the Razer DeathAdder 1800DPI, a version of the DeathAdder 3500DPI mouse with a less sensitive sensor and come up with two questions. The first is why someone would pay the same amount for the two versions, instead of the 1800D...
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If you are one of the few who do, don't trust TPM anymore
Microsoft Palladium, or Trusted Platform Module as it is in its current state is a certification a piece of tech can receive if it follows certain security procedures, mostly to prevent copying. The main purpose is to enable checking if other components in a particular loop also conform to TPM and to be able change their behaviour based on whether...
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VIA Demos Dual GPU S3 Graphics Card at Digital Signage Expo 2010
Taipei, Taiwan, 18 February 2010 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced its participation at Digital Signage Expo 2010, Feb. 24 - 25, Las Vegas. Join VIA at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Hall C1-2, Booth 1240 and experience the latest technologies for next-generation signage syste...
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Corsair announces Obsidian 700D case - loses the hot-swap bays and $50
Great news for readers that loved the look and function of the Corsair Obsidian 800D case but not the price - Corsair just announced the upcoming Obsidian 700D that includes most of the great features of the original like the slick black finish, intuitive and easy cable routing scheme and compartmentalized cooling structure with a lower price. ...
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Pegatron, a new player in the ION game
Not surprisingly, the Pegatron IPX7A-ION/330 has an ION 330 processor on an ION board with an interesting trick. The single PCIe 16x slot on this board is also compatible with PCIe 4x and PCIe 1x which gives you a lot of options if you are considering an addon card like a graphics accelerator or a TV Capture card. The integrated GeForce 9400 is f...
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Catalyst 10.2 arrives
The aforementioned update from AMD to their Catalyst Driver series has arrived. You can grab the 10.2 release from the game.amd.com site. If you are using CrossfireX you owe it to yourself to upgrade as soon as possible to take advantage of the new power saving options, CrossFireX EyeFinity support ...
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A small and sturdy enclosure; the NZXT Panzerbox
The NZXT Panzerbox is a rather small enclosure at 244x455x455 mm, but still deep enough to handle the oversized heatsinks that have become the norm for high end systems. A pair of 190mm fans, one at the top and one in the front provide intake and a 120mm fan provides you with exhaust and the removable motherboard tray is a nice touch. If you are ...
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A Xenomorph, a Predator and a Colonial Marine walk into a bar ...
It is hard to keep track of just how many incarnations of Aliens Versus Predator there has been, from the days of the stand up arcades to the Atari Jaguar version that Gaming Heaven mentions straight through to the more recent PC versions, but most gamers and movie fans still get a chill when they hear the distinctive ping of that motion sensor. I...
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The reason for the excitement about an AMD graphics driver update
There was a time when new graphics driver releases were fairly big news, with major changes happening in each release. Now that both major players are on a 'one a month' plan, things have settled down into a more incremental style of change, with not much happening between one release and the next. The soon to be released Catalyst 10.2 driver is ...
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Who wouldn't want a pocket projector?
The oddly named BenQ Joybee GP1 is a slight larger than a 120mm fan at 136x54x120mm (5.3x2.1x4.7") and can project an 858x600 image up to 2m across. It uses an LED backlight as opposed to a lamp like you would find in a regular projector which means that the little Joybee does not produce quite as bright an image as would a model with a bulb; it o...
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MSI Announces Four New "Classic" Notebooks
Today MSI is announcing the release of four new additions to their Classic Series line-up of mobile computers. The CR600, CR620-030, CR620-033, and CR620-031 all feature 16:9 HD displays at 1366x768 resolution, 802.11 b/g/n, and Windows 7 Home Premium. The CR620 models come with Intel i3 or i5 Arrandle CPUsm 4 GB of DDR3 memory, and a choice of ...
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Core i3-530 and the Athlon II X4 635, two implementations of four cores
You have probably read quite a bit about the Core i3-530 and the Athlon II X4 635 recently, as both are new processors and relatively evenly matched on paper. In the silicon however, there are big differences and that is what The Tech Report wanted to elaborate on. The differences are marked, especially when you look at the Folding@Home performa...
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Bring the Box Office home with the help of Patriot
The Patriot Box Office is a 5.5"x5.75"x1.5" device that will run you $99 and includes quite a kit; the Box Office, composite video cables, a 5' HDMI cable, the remote with the required batteries, and a USB to mini-USB cable. That will give you a network enabled media player with a Realtek RTD1073DD inside that will display full 1080p content. ...
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Lenovo is thinking different with their new bright red low cost laptops
The new Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13 is very different from any previous models in this series. Aesthetically they have changed the outside to a quite brilliant red and inside they have changed the keyboard and a glossy screen. The model that Hardware Zone received was powered by an AMD Turion Neo X2 L625 @ 1.6GHz, 2GB of DDR2 and the chipset features...
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ASUS EAH 5750 Formula - Mr. Fancy Pants Edition
The heatsink on this $140 ASUS 5750 Formula is pretty stylish for this level of graphics card, but the big question for everyone who doesn't own an acrylic case is what the cooling performance is like. ASUS claims a 13% increase in cooling ability thanks to the cooler and they also redesigned the PCB in part to put on a standard 15 pin VGA conne...
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Web servers, clouds and vapourizing your infrastructure
Cloud computing has been poised to change the world now for almost as long as Web 2.0 has been. This 'someday really soon' is getting a little long in the teeth but that doesn't mean you should ignore it as it is going to happen in some mutated form, such as Amazon's Web Services (which has been around almost 4 years). The theory, if you are not y...
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Zalman is really moving into the system case business
The few cases that we have seen from Zalman were target towards the crowd that likes case full of features and doesn't mind paying close to $200 for a case. Their new Z7 and Z7 Plus (a Z7 with an eSATA port and extra cooling features) are targeted more towards those who want a functional case but are willing to sacrifice the extras to lower the pr...
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Acer announces Aspire One 532G: ION 2 and Optimus Technology
Today at the Mobile World Congress Acer took the covers off of its latest installment in the Aspire One series of notebooks, the Aspire One 532G. What makes this netbook special is what is on the inside including an Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processor PLUS the NVIDIA next-generation ION discrete GPU (otherwise known as ION 2). This is the fi...
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The platter still has some life; WD Caviar Black hits SATA 6G
Western Digital's Caviar Black has been a very popular series for quite a while and it is getting a refresh with their new SATA 6G 1TB drive. For just $120 you get 1TB of storage and transfer rates that are comparable to the 2TB version or even the enterprise class RE4. Of course you won't see the performance of an SSD, but the storage space is ...
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Corsair Cases
Reading the front page article (http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=8408) has got me thinking. The 800D case or the 700D case.... The 700D case...
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NEW MOBO: Keep EN8400GS Silent or just use onboard Radeon 4200HD?
Title pretty much explains it. Is the Asus EN8400GS Silent outdated enough to the point that the onboard video on the Gigabyte board i'm receiving...
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FS: Xbox 360, Games, S775, Tuners, memory, Dell Server, RAID Arrays, IDE,
Trying to get rid of everything that is not being used and taking up space, plus I need to buy new tires for my car. No trades at the moment Arcade...
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Star Craft 2 Beta is out
Dissapointed that there's not even a thread about it! If anyone has a key they don't want I'm here for you :) http://www.justin.tv/iccup
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Migrated from 32bit to 64bit, will I need to bump voltages?
Hey everyone, proud 64-bit-er here. Now, I have migrated from 32bit to 64bit Windows 7 and I know 64bit is more stressful on the processor. Is it...
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FS: ASUS P5KC and E6300 Retail $130
Howdy all. My backup rig got upgraded and the trusty old ASUS P5KC and my E6300 need a new home. I'd like to sell these as a combo for $130/OBO plus...
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A good video card for around 100 bucks
Any good video card for around a 100 bucks that will play a game like crysis on high settings without a lag? I have a HIS Radeon 4670 IceQ Turbo...
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RAID 1 question
Hey guys, a friend had 2 WD's in RAID 1. Took 1 out,put it in another machine, tried to format it and WD's tools won't recognize it, Kill disk...
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Unknown computers have connected to my network?
My parents have a fairly new computer, about a year old. they have Trend Micro Internet Security. For the past month they have been complaining to...
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some advice on dealing with a landord?
ok so the gist of it is i decided to move closer to work. my main term of my lease has LONG since expired, but has been renewing month to month due...
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WTB a opteron 180 or 185 or powerful socket 939 cpu
I am looking to buy a powerful socket 939 cpu like an opteron 180 or 185 or something else if it looks to be a good alternative. lemme know if you...
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8rda6+pro drivers needed
I have managed to brick my PC by screwing up the registry. I am trying to build a CD bootable OS that operates only in RAM. I need the drivers for...
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Official ATI Catalyst 10.2 Released
Crap! Guess I'll still have to wait for a hotfix as they mention the grey-screen of death issue is still alive and well with these. Don't worry...
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Which version of Win 7 do I need?
I have multiple computers I might end up wanting to put it on...three, actually (mine, wife's, and the work machine). I know there's a version of it...
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Weird issue: Card reader keeping windows from loading faster
I have a rosewill internal card reader. Everytime it's plugged in, it increases windows 7 boot time from 40 secs to about 3 minutes. It works fine...
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