Thursday, May 23, 2013

IT News Head Lines (X-bit labs) 24/05/2013


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Asrock's A-Style Mainboards Set to Be Waterproof
Asrock's New Intel 8-Series Mainboards to Feature Conformal Coating

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Nvidia Announces PhysX and APEX Support for Microsoft Xbox One
Microsoft Xbox One Games to Use PhysX and APEX

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Innodisk Rolls-Out Single-Chip 4GB - 64GB Solid-State Drives
Innodisk Releases World's First Industrial-Embedded SATA nanoSSD

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Intel's New Chief Exec Begins to Shake Up the Company
Intel Wants to More Aggressively Address Emerging, Mobile Markets

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Seagate Reveals Industry's First Purpose-Built 4TB Video Hard Disk Drive
Seagate Develops Purpose-Built Hard Disk Drive for Video

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Microsoft Xbox One to Run Two Operating Systems at Once
To Provide the Best Experience, Xbox One Will Rely on Several Operating Systems

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Microsoft Xbox One Will Not Require "Always On" Connection, But Will Need the Internet for Nearly Everything
Microsoft Xbox One Will Need Internet Connection for Majority of Things

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Imec, GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm Team Up for High-Density STT-MRAM
Qualcomm Shows Interest in STT-MRAM, Collaboration with GlobalFoundries

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Intel Dominates Microprocessor Sales as AMD's Shipments Drop Below Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung
Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung Pass AMD in Microprocessor Rankings

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Microsoft Xbox One Will Not Be Backwards Compatible with Xbox 360 Games
Microsoft Drops Backwards Compatibility for Xbox One

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Microsoft and Sony to Start Selling Next-Gen Consoles by End of October
Battlefield 4 Launch Date Reveals Availability Timeframe for PlayStation 4, Xbox One

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Kingston SSDNow V300 Solid State Drive Review: SandForce with New Fixings
You may have the impression that solid state drives on LSI SF-2281 controller have already been studied and tested inside out. However, Kingston managed to come up with a product that turned out genuinely surprising in the most positive way.

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NZXT Kraken X60 Review: The Best Liquid-Cooling System
Finally! A mass production liquid cooling system with realistic price tag outperformed not only the best air cooler, but also some of the best of its predecessors.

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ASRock Z77 Extreme11 Mainboard Review: LGA 1155 Mainboard for Users with Many Drives
This mainboard has unprecedentedly rich functionality, including unique support for a large number of SATA drives. Besides, it has a number of other advantages and very few drawbacks with one of them standing out among the rest.

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NZXT Kraken X40 Compact Liquid Cooling System Review: New Level of Cool?
Larger radiator and a large 140 mm fan, fortified pump and longer tubing, user-friendly software for management and monitoring - will that be enough to outperform the best air cooler?

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AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST: Performance Review
Two new graphics cards in the entry-level price segment entered into a fierce competition against each other. Who will come out on top?

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Evercool Silent Shark CPU Cooler Review
Evercool designed a cooler with a dual-array tower heatsink and one unique peculiarity. However, this wasn't the reason why we really liked it. Read our review to find out why!

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Intel Celeron 847 for Atom: MSI C847IS-P33 Mainboard Review
By combining their energy-efficient Celeron 847 processor with an NM70 chipset Intel created a new desktop platform for SFF PC, which may easily push Atom and Brazos of the pedestal. Our today's test session will show if the new product with Core microarchitecture is capable of competing against specialty energy-efficient and inexpensive processors.

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Roundup: Six Mini-ITX Mainboards on Intel Z77 Chipset
After the launch of the Intel Z77 chipset it became possible to deliver the functionality of a large computer system in Mini-ITX form-factor. Today we are going to talk about six mainboards that could be used as a basis for a compact gaming or overclocking system. These will be the products from ASRock, Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte MSI and Zotac.

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New Level of Gold: Three Seasonic Power Supply Units Reviewed
We are already well familiar with two generations of Seasonic X Series power supply units, which are 80 PLUS Gold certified. But the manufacturer doesn't stop at that and today we are going to talk about the most powerful product in this series as well as a couple of refreshed PSUs of slightly lower capacity.

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MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 Mainboard Review
MSI mainboards look great, have very convenient layout and use only high-quality components. These boards are energy-efficient, fast and work well with default settings. However, there are quite a few things in their BIOS that could use some extra work and the boards do not keep the power-saving technologies up and running during overclocking. Everything we have just said is true for the main hero of our today's review.

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Corsair AX and AXi Series Power Supplies Review: Small Letter Big Difference?
Today we are going to check out two pairs of "Platinum" power supply units with capacities of 760 and 860 watts, which belong to two different series: AX and AXi. Which one should be a preference for those who are looking for the most efficient power source for their systems?

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ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 Socket FM2 Mainboard Review
This mainboard from ASRock has almost the same accessories bundle, design and technical specifications as other top Socket FM2 mainboards out there. Moreover, it can boast a variety of unique advantages that its competitors do not have. Read our review for details!

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Asus F2A85-V PRO Mainboard Review: Very Good Socket FM2 Mainboard
This mainboard looks great, is convenient to work with, offers rich functionality and high performance. However, its price is pretty high and the board is not very energy-efficient. It does have other advantages and a few other drawbacks, which we will unveil in the following review.

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Affordable Gaming Cases: Corsair Carbide 200R and Thermaltake Chaser A41 Review
The system cases in this review belong to two different price categories: while Corsair carbide 200R is one of the most affordable gaming option, Thermaltake Chaser A41 is from more of a mainstream price range.

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32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR3 SDRAM Memory Kits from G.Skill Review
Installing four memory modules with a total capacity of 32 GB into a system with a dual-channel memory controller hasn't been such a big deal lately. Let's check out a few overclocker kits from G.Skill that could fit the bill perfectly.

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