Saturday, February 19, 2011

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 18/02/2011



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AXLE GeForce GT 430 1GB Video Card Review @ PCSTATS

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Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic @ PCSTATS
"I was impressed by the AXLE GeForce GT 430 video card, mainly by its cooling ability. Our review of the ASUS ENGT430 GeForce GT 430 video card showed the load temperature reaching up to 73C on that card, while the AXLE GeForce GT 430 barely broke a sweat at 41C. Overclock it a little bit and it still stays around 45C. It is geared more toward Home Theatre PCs, but it can be a decent card for gaming...as long as it is low resolution and you can sacrifice some of the eye candy...."... [LEGITREVIEWS] via PCSTATS

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Intel 310 Series 80GB mSATA SSD Review @ PCSTATS
The Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic, clocked at 900 MHz, has been finely tuned to provide an ultimate gaming experience, while conserving the high performance/watt efficiency demonstrated in all GTX 560 Ti cards. Palit incorporated a dual 80mm fan design, and shrunk down the PCB by a few inches. This compact design makes the Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic an ideal contender for any mid tower case, as well as lowering the overall voltage required to power the card. Currently, the Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic is priced at 259.99 USD, while the reference Palit GTX 560 Ti is priced at 249.99 USD. The low market price of GTX 560 Ti is yet another quality making this card a serious contender in the market.... [BJORN3D] via PCSTATS

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Gigabyte G1 Assassin Motherboard Video Preview @ PCSTATS
As tablets, portable media players, and even ultra-thin notebooks keep shrinking in size, so too will the components they're built around. This is where Intel's new 310 Series SSDs come into play. The 310 Series utilize the same 34nm NAND flash memory technology and controller found on the chip maker's 2.5-inch SSDs, but in a form factor just 1/8th the size. We're talking a scant 2 inches (51mm) long by 1.18 (30mm) wide and flatter than a pancake. And the best part, says Intel, is that despite its diminutive stature, you can expect performance similar to that of the company's popular X25-M 34nm SSD...... [HOTHARDWARE] via PCSTATS

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Seagate Constellation.2 1TB 2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive @ PCSTATS
Gigabyte is back with yet more sexy looking motherboards, this time in an X58 flavor dedicated to gamers.... [ASSASSIN] via PCSTATS

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In Win Dragon Rider Review @ PCSTATS
"When it comes to traditional platter drives, the most innovative company on the block is Seagate. Seagate has many firsts under their belt, more than what I could possibly go into in an article about a single drive. Adding to the long string of innovative products is the new Seagate Constellation.2 Series of products. With a maximum capacity of 1TB and a small 2.5" form factor, the Constellation.2 is already breaking new ground. On top of that, Seagate wasn't content with just a SATA or SAS interface, the Constellation.2 is available in both SATA 6G and SAS 6G. As you might have guessed, the new 2.5" Constellation.2 is a nearline enterprise drive, but unlike the norm in this field the new SATA and SAS Constellation.2 is optimized to be power efficient, using only 3.9 watts at idle."... [TWEAKTOWN] via PCSTATS

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Antec High Current Gamer 520W PSU Review @ PCSTATS
"A great deal of enthusiasts may not have heard of In Win before, they are a Taiwanese based company that specialise in chassis/case manufacture. We have taken a look at some of their storage products in times past via the NA and AMMO. I took a look at the In Win Griffin, which as highlighted in the article had some major flaws in the design. Determined to find some improvement in In Win's case design, I am today looking at the Dragon Rider which is In Win's first full tower case. In fact, this case can accommodate E-ATX motherboards - so as you will appreciate the interior is extremely roomy. We can also expect tool-less mechanisms for attaching drives and cards and there are some alternative cooling solutions inside which look very intriguing. Everyone loves an under-dog, so lets begin our analysis of the Dragon Rider."... [VORTEZ] via PCSTATS

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MSI HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition @ PCSTATS
"The Antec High Current Gamer 520W PSU arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review from Technic3D the next PSU with one +12V rail (40A), 135mm Fan, 6x SATA hard disk connectors and 2x PCI-e 6+2-Pin."... [GAMER] via PCSTATS

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ASUS GeForce GTX 570 Direct CU II @ PCSTATS
Brief: MSI's HD 6850 Cyclone Power Edition comes at 860 MHz, which is the largest overclock out of the box of any HD 6850 available. The card also features a little switch to enable a silent BIOS which reduces fan noise considerably and makes the card a virtually noiseless experience to use, in both idle and 3D.... [MSI] via PCSTATS

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Crucial Ballistix PC3-17000 DDR-3 4GB Kit @ PCSTATS
ASUS is expanding their triple-slot cooler graphics card lineup. Their GeForce GTX 570 Direct CU II offers amazingly low noise levels as well as low operating temperatures in both idle and 3D. ASUS has also increased to clock speeds out of the box, even though the icnrease is only minimal. But with a price increase of just $10 there is not much to complain about.... [ASUS] via PCSTATS

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HIS HD 6970 graphics card @ PCSTATS
Hardwareoverclock.com has just posted the Crucial Ballistix PC3-17000 DDR-3 4GB Kit review. This memories works with 2133 MHz and 9-10-9-24-1T at 1.65 Volt. So weÂ’ve found a very interesting kit for our Sandy bridge system, that supports memories up to 2300 mhz. But what about the performance? Can the 2133 MHz kit also develop their full power? WeÂ’ll seeÂ….... [BALLISTIX] via PCSTATS

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iP90 Dual Alarm Clock Radio for iPhone/iPod with AM/FM Reception Review @ PCSTATS
Each generation of graphics cards is made up of the kind of GPUs that most people buy, the mid-range and they have the budget ones which quite a lot of others buy. Then you have the monsters, dual chip and single. Today we look at the latter one from HIS, the HD 6970. A giant card with expected impressive performance; though you know this is going to pull a lot of power. Let's see how much. " ... [XSREVIEWS] via PCSTATS

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Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3-1866 BL2KIT25664FN1869 Review @ PCSTATS
The iP90 from iHome comes with an easy adjustable dock to fit our Ipod or Iphone, features dual alarms, EQ, a 3D sound setting, top buttons for different adjustments with backlight and more; the bass is more powerful than the iP49, but it is not as compact as the former. ... [MADSHRIMPS] via PCSTATS

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G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 MHz DDR3 CL9 8 GB @ PCSTATS
Out of the box the Ballistix BL2KIT25664FN1869 kit offers great performance that should satisfy just about anyone. If this isnÂ’t enough these Ballistix sticks offer a decent overclock while keeping the stock timings. Crucial has also put thermal sensors in these sticks so that you can monitor the temperatures with their Ballistix MOD Utility should you really want to push the limits.... [BALLISTIX] via PCSTATS

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Titan Hati TTC-NC15TZ/KU(RB) @ PCSTATS
The G.Skill Ripjaws come in various flavors and capacities, but focus more on the mainstream overclocker. With many different versions and color variants of the kit out there, one could wonder if G.Skill is not simply trying to create models to cover every memory chip they get their hands on. But, we take a look at the 1600 MHz kit and are surprised to find headroom, lots and lots of headroom. ... [TECHPOWERUP] via PCSTATS

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Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic 1GB @ PCSTATS
Mit dem Fenrir (nord. Mythologie Fenriswolf) stellte Titan einen Tower-Kühler mit vier 8-mm-Heatpipes vor, welcher bei seiner Veröffentlichung zu gefallen wusste. Der Hati stammt nicht nur in der nordischen Mythologie vom Fenrir ab, auch die Ähnlichkeit der beiden Kühler ist gegeben. So wird auch der Hati im Tower-Format gefertigt und arbeitet mit acht Millimeter starken Heatpipes, besitzt jedoch nur drei von diesen. Schmaler aufgebaut und auch leichter stellt er die kleinere Variante des Fenrir dar und soll vor allem durch ein gutes Preis-/Leistungs-Verhältnis punkten. Ob dies gelingt, erfahrt ihr auf den folgenden Seiten.... [DEXGO] via PCSTATS

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Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB Phantom Video Card Review @ PCSTATS
“Featuring a shorter PCB design, custom heatsink, and a strong factory overclock, this Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic 1GB graphics card appears to have its sights set high. At a price of about $250, the Sonic doesn't cost much more than the reference Nvidia card, but it comes with much better features. So let's jump in and take a closer look at the Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic and find out just how fast it is.” ... [PUREOVERCLOCK] via PCSTATS

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SSD for PCI-Express: OCZ IBIS vs. OCZ RevoDrive @ PCSTATS
"We haven't seen a lot of the GTX 570 since it was launched. Apart from the reference card we saw from MSI and the original overclocked one from Gainward, there hasn't been much else to look at. Today, though, we're looking at another one, albeit from Gainward again. This one's a little more interesting, though, as it carries with it a new series name. We're not too sure what to expect from the new Phantom series, but this is our first take at it; although we've seen that Gainward have also launched a GTX 560 Ti under the same series. So the question is, what does the "Phantom" series bring to the table and is it something we should be interested in? Are we going to want to look at more cards from the Phantom series or would we prefer to stick to our ole' faithful ones like the Goes Like Hell Editions which have been a bit of a personal favorite for a while now."... [TWEAKTOWN] via PCSTATS

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Gigabyte X58-USB3 Intel X58 Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
Today we are going to talk about SSDs with PCI –Express interface. This type of devices is free from a common bottleneck – insufficiently fast SATA interface, so this is where we should be looking for a performance leader.... [XBITLABS] via PCSTATS

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OCZ Vertex 3 Pro SandForce SF-2000 Based SSD Preview @ PCSTATS
“With the release of the Sandy Bridge processors and Intel’s P67 chipset you may think that X58 systems are done with, but they are really not. If you are a hardcore gamer or PC enthusiast who wants to get the most out of their CPU the X58 platform is still your best bet. It is also the only platform to support triple channel memory and Intel’s Core i7 processors. The thing that holds many people back from getting a X58 system is the price of the components. Well Gigabyte knows this and has released the X58-USB3 board that is a lower-priced board that still has all the great features yo u want with an X58 setup. Let’s take a look…" ... [GIGABYTE] via PCSTATS

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OCZ Vertex 3 PRO SSD review @ PCSTATS
OCZ TechnologiesÂ’ Vertex 2 series of products are undeniably some of the more popular Solid State Drives currently on the market. Since their introduction, the drives have offered excellent performance, competitive prices (which have dropped considerably in recent weeks), and excellent support in terms of constant firmware updates and guidance / tweaks via the OCZ forum community, from both customers and OCZ staff. While the Vertex 2 is still amongst the elite SSDs available, OCZ is reading a family of follow-up products that are going to raise the bar considerably. Like the Vertex 2, the upcoming Vertex 3 series of products leverages SandForceÂ’s excellent SSD controller technology, but this time around SandForceÂ’s next-gen SF-2000 family of processors are at the heart of the drives. As it turns out, SandForce's SF-2000 improves upon their previous generation of controllers in essentially every way... ... [SANDFORCE] via PCSTATS

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Runcore ProV 240GB SSD Review - Better Than RAID 0 @ PCSTATS
We review the Vertex 3 PRO from OCZ. This SSD reaches read speeds of 550 MB per sec with write speeds of 500 MB per sec and makes use of the SATA 6G / SATA III interface. Granted that if the source is equally fast, that means you could copy the entire content of a CDROM in just over a second towards the SSD. So without further ado, have a peek at the OCZ Technology SATA III based Vertex 3 PRO. ... [GURU3D] via PCSTATS

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Palit GeForce GTX 560 Ti Sonic Video Card in SLI Review @ PCSTATS
One of the most frequent questions we receive with respect to SSD performance is whether the SSD can perform better than a RAID 0 configuration. We have never seen a single SATA 2.0 SSD perform better than any combinations of SSDs in RAID 0, at least not until we started testing the RunCore Pro V and ran a side by side comparison in Vantage HDD Suite. This review is going to examine one of the last solid state drives we received in 2010, the RunCore ProV 240GB SSD and before we start, lets have everybody sit down and fasten our seatbelts because this drive flies! You just might think we saved one of the best reviews until last because of our timing. The test results shown by the RunCore ProV 240GB SSD were such a shock that we elected to do leave the review for the New Year in order to give it the attention it deserves. Not only did it sail past all other single SSDs we have previously tested but, it also exceeded the Vantage HDD Suite results of two brand new Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSDs we had tested in RAID 0. ... [THESSDREVIEW] via PCSTATS

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Samsung BD-C6900 3D Blu-Ray Player Review @ PCSTATS
"Already impressed with what a single GTX 560 Ti is able to offer, it seemed like it was time to see what two of them did for us. For a long time we've known SLI scaling has been excellent and the GTX 460 in SLI was just an absolute beast of a combination, as you had two cards that offered more performance than a single GTX 480, while at the same time offering it at a cheaper price. The particular cards we're dealing with are some 900MHz clocked ones in the form of the Palit GTX 560 Ti Sonic. Since we haven't looked at the card from Palit, we'll be of course looking at what's going on in the package department first up. Once that's done, we'll take a closer look at the card itself, cover the out of the box clocks that Palit are offering and also double check that SLI is up and running. Once that's done it's time to get into the fun stuff and see what kind of performance we've got on offer from the setup."... [TWEAKTOWN] via PCSTATS

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Casio Exilim EX-H20G @ PCSTATS
"After an evening of 3D Blu-Ray viewing compliments of Samsung's BD-C6900, I can see how integrating 3D Blu-Ray into any consumer's home theater system could be considered a good thing. But the real thing to point out with the BD-C6900, is 3D is not where this product ends. With a fully integrated WIFI connection and the additional movie, video and multimedia functionality, this Blu-Ray player is definitely approaching the gray area just before you enter the realm of the Home Theater PC."... [SAMSUNG] via PCSTATS

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BIOSTAR Unveils High Performance MB at Cebit 2011 @ PCSTATS
“So you took tons of photos on your vacation, but you can't remember exactly where you were when you snapped each picture. Plenty of cameras can geotag your photos with location information, but a handheld GPS radio requires an unobstructed view of the sky to get a GPS signal. If you're shooting photos indoors, you're probably out of luck. Unless you're shooting with the 14.1-megapixel Exilim EX-H20G.”... [TECHREVIEWSOURCE] via PCSTATS

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Realize as much as 75% in Energy Cost Savings with GlacialLight's LED Spotlight @ PCSTATS
At CeBIT 2011 (March 1-5), BIOSTAR will be presenting a rich variety of Mother Board & Graphic Card solutions, with demonstrations taking place in Hall 17, Stand E65.
Year by year, the demand for high performance components have been increasing in the realm of computing. In catering to such demands and expectations, BIOSTAR, a leading company in the new digital era, has developed innovative products with the best price to performance ratio.
In the area of mother board, this year's focus will primarily be on Intel latest P67 / H67 chipset family supporting Intel Sandy Bridge processor. Another high light would be USB3.0 built on-board providing super data transfer speed. ... [BIOSTAR] via PCSTATS

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Asus Xonar DG Headphone Amp Sound Card Review @ PCSTATS
www.pcstats.comGlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is excited to announce a new product for indoor and outdoor use. The GL Procyon Series-Flood Light (SP100W-CW/WW), using only 100W of power, provides the equivalent amount of light as a 400W mercury lamp. GlacialLight's new lighting solution is designed for use in Architectural Lighting, Landscape Lighting, Spot Lighting, Security Lighting, Parking Lot Lighting, Construction Lighting, Park Lighting, Stadium Lighting, Public Place Lighting, as well as other indoor and outdoor settings. With a life-time of more than 20,000 hrs (more than six times as long as the average mercury lamp life-time) and an energy savings rate of 75% over mercury lamps, users such as a car dealer could reduce his monthly lighting bill by simply replacing his car lot mercury lamps with GlacialLight's GL-SP100 Procyon Series LED spotlights. Moreover, this car dealer would also realize a reduction of his CO2 emissions from 1,120kgs per year to 284kgs per year for each spotlight used. In short, GlacialLight's GL-SP100 Procyon Series LED spotlights are both environmentally and business friendly.
With no warm-up time required as well as very low heat emission levels, the all-new Procyon Series - GL-SP100 LED spotlights have no harmful UV or IR radiation emissions and operate at power efficiency levels of greater than 80%. Taking an AC power source input voltage of 100-240V, these LED spotlights can operate in temperatures ranging from -20°C to +40°C and be positioned with a beam angle of 30º or 60º as desired. Dust-proof and able to withstand high-powered jets of water, GlacialLight's GL-SP100 Procyon Series LED spotlights are perfect for indoor or outdoor applications. Offering a 2 year warranty, GlacialLight stands behind the quality of each GL-SP100 Procyon Series they manufacture.
Specifications
Power Consumption: 100W
Input Voltage: 100-277VAC
Luminous Flux (lm): 5,060lm(CW)/4,000lm(WW)
Luminous Efficacy: 50lm/W(CW)/40lm/W(WW)
Operating Temp. Range: -20°C to +40°C
CCT: 3000K(WW)/6000K(CW)
CRI: >80(WW)/>70(CW)
Beam Angle: 30º/60º
Warranty: 2 years
GL-SP100 Procyon Series LED Spotlight Features
For indoor/outdoor use
Low power consumption – energy-saving green product
Power conversion efficiency > 90%
Power factor > 0.98 at 115VAC; Power factor > 0.95 at 230VAC
Lifetime > 20,000 hrs
Eco-friendly: RoHS Compliant
No UV, no IR, & no mercury
IP65 dust proof
Cool operating temperature & no warm-up
Design of LED lighting products is based on three core technologies including electrical design (LED drivers), mechanical design (cooling devices), and optical design (lamp holders), respectively performed by GlacialPower, GlacialTech, and GlacialLight in the GlacialTech family. With the three core technologies in hand, GlacialTech has integrated all the resources required for exceptional designs and manufactures excellent LED lighting products you can trust. ... [GLACIALLIGHT] via PCSTATS

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Gigabyte E350N-USB3 @ PCSTATS
"Asus' Xonar line continues its impressive lineup with the Xonar DG, proving to be an exceptional value at $30. It does a good job providing richer, fuller sound over speakers, but the built-in headphone amp is where this card really excels." ... [TWEAKNEWS] via PCSTATS

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB graphics card review @ PCSTATS
More Fusion you ask? Look no further as we test Gigabyte's first ITX board featuring AMD's new baby.... [MAINBOARD] via PCSTATS

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