Lepa splashes color coatings on its CPU coolers
You know those black- and white-coated Enermax ETS-T40 heatsinks we reviewed last September? At CES this week, Lepa (Enermax's sister brand) had some similar designs with blue, green, and red finishes on display. Scott captured a video of the blue model, which was outfitted with a disco-style fan:
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MSI's new Socket FM2+ boards are primed for Kaveri
AMD will release its first Kaveri desktop processors on January 14. At CES this week, MSI was showing several new Socket FM2+ boards ready for Kaveri. Most of them conformed to either Mini-ITX or microATX form factors, but there was one full-sized ATX model in the mix.
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Tiny Steam machine with AMD guts coming from Maingear
There was one system missing from that big list of Steam machines Valve published last week. As it turns out, Maingear is prepping a version of Gigabyte's Brix Pro small-form-factor PC with AMD hardware under the hood. Scott got a (literally) hands-on look at it during CES this week:
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Lucid GameXtend conserves power with just-in-time frame delivery
We hadn't heard much from the folks at Lucid for a while, but they were back at CES 2014 with an intriguing new application for their suite of GPU virtualization technologies. Lucid President and founder Offir Remez gave us a tour of their new product, dubbed GameXtend, which he called "a bit the other side of the same coin" compared to the firm's existing offerings. Rather than seeking to improve performance via smart control of virtualized GPUs, GameXtend attempts to reduce power consumption in cases where the GPU runs faster than needed for the display.
GameXtend runs on Android mobile devices, and it cuts SoC power consumption by ensuring that games don't render frames any faster than needed to supply a steady stream of updates to a 60Hz display. Unlike some of Lucid's other products, GameXtend is not stand-alone software; it ...
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Diamond shows $40 external sound card with volume knob
A good sound card is kind of a must if you have half-way decent analog speakers or headphones. But not all systems have room for a PCIe sound card—especially microATX and Mini-ITX builds. That's where Diamond's new Xtreme Sound 7.1 USB audio box comes in.
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Corsair's new USB thumb drive has full-size-, Micro-USB ports
Wouldn't it be great if all tablets had full-sized USB ports? You could plug in thumb drives and all manner of other devices without adapters or other workarounds. Happily, some slates out there are blessed in this fashion—but most aren't.
Enter the Flash Voyager Go, a USB thumb drive from Corsair that has a full-sized USB ...
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This Cooler Master keyboard lights up keys as you type
That Cherry MX RGB keyboard from Corsair isn't the only one to put a new twist on backlighting. At CES this week, Cooler Master showed another novel backlight design, which dynamically lights up keys as you type. Check out Scott's video:
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Cherry MX RGB switches give Corsair keyboard technicolor glow
Remember the MX RGB keyboard switches Cherry introduced last month? Well, they're on display at CES inside a special version of Corsair's Vengeance K70 keyboard—and the configurable, per-key backlighting is a sight to behold. Scott was on location and recorded this video:
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Micron provides DDR4 details for servers, high-end desktops
Micron is showing DDR4 memory at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. The company had a DDR4 demo last year, too, and the new one isn't much different. However, the next-gen memory type is closer to market, and the company shared some details about when we can expect the first modules.
DDR4 memory for servers will start selling in the spring. The initial modules will target early adopters, and they'll be available directly from Crucial's website, among other sources. (Crucial is a ...
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The SSD Endurance Experiment: 500TB update
I am running out of ways to introduce our SSD Endurance Experiment. This long-term write endurance test began in August, and we've published numerous updates since. Now that our subjects have crossed the 500TB mark, it's time for another checkup.
The rationale for our endurance test hasn't changed, which is why these intros tend to channel the same theme. Solid-state drives use flash memory that has limited write endurance. Every time data ...
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MSI shows sub-$60 Mini-ITX mobo with Bay Trail-D onboard
Intel's Bay Trail Atom processor has popped up in plenty of tablets since its launch last September. This month, MSI will release a Mini-ITX motherboard featuring Bay Trail-D, the desktop incarnation of the processor. MSI had the board on display at CES, and Scott was on the scene with a camera and notepad at the ready.
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Mini-ITX MSI board teases socketed Kabini APUs
Since its debut in May 2013, AMD's Kabini APU has only been available soldered onto motherboards and inside of pre-built systems. Now, a socketed version of the low-power chip appears to be in the cards. While visiting MSI at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Scott came across a Mini-ITX board with a 721-pin socket primed for Kabini APUs.
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SteamOS gets support for AMD, Intel graphics
When Valve released the first SteamOS beta to the public last month, folks with AMD GPUs and Intel integrated graphics were left out in the cold. The beta supported only Nvidia graphics.
Well, that's now changed. The freshly released "alchemist" update to SteamOS adds support for both AMD and Intel graphics solutions. Only Optimus graphics setups (i.e. Nvidia discrete plus Intel integrated graphics with ...
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BBC: Valve prepping development tools for VR headsets
Valve is definitely keeping busy. Fresh from unveiling
the first batch of commercial Steam machines at CES, the company is
about to release a software development toolkit for virtual-reality
headsets.According to the BBC , which learned about the project from Valve's Brian Coomer, Valve will release the VR toolkit next week at its Steam Dev Days conference in Seattle. The toolkit will "give game makers a standard ...
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