Sapphire releases Radeon HD 5550 Ultimate
Sapphire's Ultimate heatsink was introduced back in the days of ATI's 9600 and 9800 cards, and now it has found its way to Sapphire's HD 5550 card. Unlike HIS' low-profile card, Sapphire opted for a full size PCB, but the card still packs pretty much the same specifications. It works at 550MHz for the core, has 320 stream processors and 1GB of DDR2 memory clocked at 800MHz paired up with a 128-bit memory interface.
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MSI introduces Big Bang-XPower X58 motherboard
MSI's Big Bang line of hot-shot motherboards (check out our review of Big Bang Fuzion here (Reviews/Motherboards/MSI-Big-Bang-Fuzion-With-a-Little-Help-From-a-Hardware-Friend.html)) has now been expanded through the launch of the Big Bang-XPower, an Intel X58-powered model that's ready to serve enthusiasts and gamers with deep pockets. The new Big Bang utilizes Military Class components (a Hi-c CAP, Solid Caps, and Icy Chokes) and has a 16 Phase DrMOS PWM, a SuperPipe-equipped passive cooling system, APS (Active Phase Switching), the OC Genie overclocking technology, V-check points, and two 8-pin power connectors providing more watts to the CPU.
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Asus finally announces EeeKeyboard PC
After over a year, Asus has finally decided to officially announce the EeeKeyboard PC, a small home entertainment PC packed in a standard QWERTY keyboard with a 5-inch touch screen. According to the company, the EeeKeyboard PC features an Atom N270 CPU together with Intel's 945GSE chipset, 1GB of DDR2 memory and either 16GB or 32GB of SSD storage, depending on the SKU. It has a two speakers and built-in mic, 802.11bgn WiFi, Gigabit LAN, Bluetooth, Broadcom's 70010/70012 video decoder, and features an internal battery enough for up to 4 hours of usage.
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Samsung ramping up DDR3 production
Samsung, top DRAM NAND manufacturer, has announced that it's increasing production of 40nm DDR3 memory chips as an answer to the higher demand coming from server manufacturers, fueled by the relatively recent introduction of the Intel Xeon 5600 series processors.
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Evercool HPKC-10025EA CPU Heatsink
The HPKC-10025EA cooler is designed for AMD sockets K8, AM2, and AM3, as well as Intel's Socket 1156. It features a low profile design using what is referred to as Heatpipe Direct Touch technology, a 100mm fan on top, and four 6mm diameter heatpipes in a more conventional CPU cooler configuration. The HPKC-10025EA is designed for cases with less than adequate clearance room for a large tower-style cooler such as the Thermaltake Frio reviewed last week by Jonathan Kwan. LINK (http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/evercool_hpkc_10025ea)
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Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI tackle AMD's 890FX chipset
The desire to find the sweet spot runs deep within the enthusiast community. Predictably, then, we spend a lot of our time seeking out the best possible values here at TR. For motherboards, the middle of the pack is usually where it's at. High-end boards are rarely faster than their mid-range counterparts, and they seldom offer dramatically different feature sets. The fact there are so many good enthusiast-oriented boards at around $150 only further fuels cynicism toward mobos well north of the $200 mark. LINK (http://techreport.com/articles.x/18825)
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Thermaltake DH-202
We have taken a look at many enclosures from Thermaltake in the past and this time around we have received the Thermaltake DH-202. It represents an evolution of the DH-102, which features the same general layout and touch screen. Gone is the two tone design and the DH-202 has received a few additional features which we will go into with this review. While Thermaltake has given each version of the DH-10X case a different last digit, the entire range of the new generation is called DH-202 and can thus only be differentiated by the actual model number. We received the version with the 7 touch screen, which is the high-end version of the DH-202 case family. LINK (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/DH_202/)
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SandForce Roundup Corsair Force F100 vs OCZ Vertex 2 vs OCZ Agility 2
Back in January we took our first look at SandForce, in the form of the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro. While that model never saw the light of day, OCZ followed it up in February with the Vertex LE. The LE dropped some of the enterprise level features and backed off on the overprovisioning, leaving more flash available for the user. While this caused a slight performance hit over the previous SuperCap-equipped model, performance was still quite good. LINK (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=911)
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