Arctic Cooling Unveils Silentium T11 Chassis and HC01-TC Hard Drive Cooler
Arctic Cooling today unveiled two new products: the ARCTIC Silentium T11 mid-tower chassis and the ARCTIC HC01-TC hard drive cooler. Both new products are built as silent cooling solutions.
First up is the Silentium T11, a steel-built mid-tower chassis. The Silentium features two USB and audio ports on the front along with four 5.25" external drive slots and one 3.25" internal drive slot. Its 7 expansion slots support graphics cards up to 35cm in length. The Silentium contains two pre-installed 120mm fans which change in RPM dynamically according to the case temperature. The chassis supports standard and micro-ATX motherboards. A unique feature of the Silentium is a VGA air hood to direct airflow onto the graphics card. The Silentium T11 chassis measures 49x43x19cm (LxHxW), weighs in at 5kg and will be available in black and white models.
Next up is the HC01-TC hard drive cooler. The HC01-TC supports 3.5" SATA hard drives and fits in standard 5.25" drive bays. It includes a temperature-controlled 40mm fan to extract hot air from the hard drive, ranging from 1600RPM to 4600RPM depending on the hard drive temperature. The hard drive cooler also includes absorption foam to reduce vibration and noise from the hard drive. The HC01-TC hard drive cooler measures 147x42x187mm (WxHxD) and weighs 508g.
The Silentium T11 case will be available in mid-October for US$59.95 and the HC01-TC hard drive cooler will be available at the end of August for US$22.95.
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Scythe Unveils New Power Supply Series
Scythe has unveiled its newest line of power supplies, the Chouriki 2 series. The new PSUs are 80 Plus Silver certified and measure in at 150 x 160 x 86mm while weighing 2.2 kilograms. Each PSU is finished in brushed stainless steel so each unit is quite the looker. Each unit comes with Over-Voltage, Over-Current, Over-Power, Short Circuit, Over-Temperature, and Under-Voltage Protections so you should be covered in case anything unforeseeable happens. The rear of the PSU has a "honeycomb mesh" pattern to allow for optimal airflow while a 135mm Scythe Kama Flex fan sits up top to cool everything down. The Chouriki 2 PSUs come in 650, 750, 850, and 1000 watt versions with each wattage being available in a modular or non-modular design.
The Scythe Chouriki 2 series can be purchased starting today. The non-modular 650, 750, 850, and 1000 watt PSUs will cost $121, $131, $163, and $175, respectively. The modular 650, 750, 850, and 100 watt PSUs will cost $132, $144, $176, and $185, respectively.
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AMD Focuses on Gamers with 'AMD Gaming Evolved' But What is it Exactly?
AMD has started a new campaign focused on PC gaming. AMD states on its information web page that "Gamers Come First" and that AMD is committed to those of us who value gaming on the PC platform. Surprisingly though the information is pretty vague, and it doesn't go into much detail about what this campaign really is about. Is it a new initiative on designing new gaming hardware? Is AMD starting an AMD Clan?
In the opening paragraph on the Gaming Evolved page it states: "AMD’s Gaming Evolved program represents our deep commitment to PC gamers, PC game developers, and the PC gaming industry to deliver innovative technologies, nurture open industry standards, and to help the gaming industry create the best possible gaming experience on the world’s best gaming platform—the PC."
The basics that I have been able to gather are that AMD is stepping up and becoming a firsthand partner to PC game developers. By offering developers tools and partnership support AMD is doing its part to strengthen PC gaming and help the continued growth of PC based games. AMD is also working with its partners to ensure that PC games run the best they can on new technologies such as DirectX 11. I recently shot off a message to one of AMD's marketing gurus for more information on AMD Gaming Evolved and will keep you updated as we find out more.
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Thermalright Launches MUX-120 Black CPU Cooler
Thermalright, makers of one of the best CPU coolers on the market, has just launched an update to its MUX-120 cooler, the MUX-120 Black. The updated cooler measures in at 133 x 38 x 160mm and weighs 670 grams. It features four copper heatpipes, aluminum fins, a convex base, and is entirely nickel-plated. It comes with Thermalright's X-Silent 120mm fan that is an interesting shade of teal to appear almost black. The fan can reach speeds of up to 1300RPM while staying at 25dBa. The cooler will fit on the three current Intel sockets.
The MUX-120 Black cooler should be available now for 50 Euro.
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Digital Distribution and Disc-Based Game Sales Nearly Equal
The debate has waged on for some time between digitally buying your games and buying a physical copy in a store. Today, that debate adds a new figure as NPD numbers have shown that the two formats are nearly equal in sales. In 2009, digital distribution numbers for total games sold were 21.3 million. For physical copies that number is 23.5 million sold during the year. That is just barely a two million difference and shows that gamers have a near equal preference for digital or physical game copies. The CEO of GameStop believes that everything won't switch to pure digital any day soon. I don't think it will right away but maybe in a year or three. Whichever way you prefer to get your games, it seems that overall game sales are still quite high.
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