Mushkin Mulholland Drive 2GB USB Drive Review
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Spire Releases TherMax Eclipse II CPU Cooler
Spire has released its newest CPU cooler, the TherMax Eclipse II. The TherMax Eclipse II features five 8mm Direct Touch sintered heat-pipes and 46 stamped aluminum fins for effective cooling of high-wattage CPUs. The Eclipse II is capable of mounting two fans simultaneously for faster heat removal. It is compatible with Intel Sockets 775, 1156 and 1366 and AMD Sockets 939, 940, AM2 and AM3, making it useful in almost any system. The heat-sink is also coated in black-nickel making it look good in any case. The Spire TherMax Eclipse II comes with two BlackStar 120mm fans, eight anti-vibration fan mounts, a PCI fan control, thermal paste, a back-plate and universal Intel/AMD mounting kits. The Spire TherMax Eclipse II will be available this month retailing at a MSRP of US$52.99.
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Intel Investigating Fake i7 Processors
Reports began to surface over the weekend that Newegg was selling fake i7 processors. Newegg claimed that some customers may have received demo units, but statements from Intel point to them being 100% fake. Nothing in the packaging looked legit, and most the processors appeared to just be a casting. Newegg is offering full refunds or exchanges to anyone that received a fake processor. Newegg received the processors from one of its distributors, and roughly 300 of the 2000 it received were fake. Intel encourages anyone who receives a fake processor to return it to the place of purchase or to notify law enforcement.
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ASUS Core Unlocker Feature on M4A89GTD PRO Boards
The possibility of buying a dual-core AMD Phenom II X2 processor and somehow unlocking the other cores on the processor is an intriguing idea. It's almost like getting something for nothing, as some of the X2 and X3 chips are actually Phenom II X4 processors with one or more cores disabled due either to stability issues or to meet market demand. Enthusiasts used to rely on AMD's Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC) technology to unlock the 'hidden' cores. With the release of the latest 890GX chipset, the ACC technology has been removed, so just how are we to accomplish the unlocking task using the latest boards?
OCC just reviewed the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 890GX motherboard and one of the extras tested was the Core Unlocker feature. Our reviewer was able to use this capability to automatically unlock the other two cores on a Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition processor. The board uses a hardware switch that, when engaged, intelligently scans the installed processor to determine which cores and cache can be unlocked. Of course, your results will vary based on the processor but this is a feature unique to the ASUS board and shouldn't be overlooked as an easy way to boost your system's performance.
We've already seen a couple of users have success with this feature and you can discuss this in our forums here.
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