Thermaltake Announces the Core X9 Snow Edition Case
Thermaltake's Core X9 case is a unique take on the E-ATX market, as you can see in the OCC review, and now it is getting a new paint job. The Thermaltake Core X9 Snow Edition takes that case and gives it a pure white appearance inside and out, which should help it stand out even more in your setup. The Core X9 features a dual chamber design, with the top chamber containing the majority of the components, and the lower housing the PSU and drive bays. Cooling support is extremely large, as it can fit up to 20 120mm fans, 13 140mm fans, or four 200mm fans, plus any combination of those you see fit. A 200mm fan is installed in the front and a 120mm in the rear to give you a headstart. It also supports water cooling, with 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2" tubing possible, plus up to a 480mm radiator. If you need even more room, grab a second Core X9 case and stack them, so one can house your hardware and the other all your watercooling needs.
The Core X9 has three 5.25" drive bays on the front, with a hard drive cage fitting either six 3.5" or 2.5" drives. There's also a hidden slot by the motherboard tray for one 3.5" or two 2.5" drives. The drive cages can all be customized to fit your needs, too. Four USB 3.0 ports and audio in/out are on the side of the case, as is a large window. Both the window and I/O panel can be changed around to match your style, so they can be on either the left or right side of the case. CPU coolers up to 250mm in height, video cards up to 590mm in length, and power supplies up to 200mm long are all supported by the Core X9.
The Thermaltake Core X9 Snow Edition is available soon for $179.99.
Source: Press Release
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AMD Supposedly Working On a 32 Core Opteron Processor
AMD has been previously rumored to be working on a 16 core APU, but a new rumor is doubling that core count for the server market. The Opteron CPU would pack 32 Zen cores and, being a server part, would not need a Greenland GPU along for the ride. It seems that stripping out the GPU component allows for double the cores. Each core apparently will have 512KB of L2 cache and every four cores share 8MB of L3 cache. The CPU would have eight clusters of four cores each, with support for secure boot, cryptographic co-processing, and eight DDR4 memory channels. Each channel would support 256GB of RAM, so that means 2TB in total is possible. The 32 core model should sit at the top, with fewer cores available as you get further down the line, based on what your server needs.
Again, this is all just rumor, with the 32 core Opteron not likely to arrive until sometime next year. Once we have some confirmation on this and any other AMD part in the works, you can be sure to find it here.
Source: WCCFtech
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Marvel and Telltale Games Announce Partnership; First Games in 2017
Marvel has seen a resurgence in relevance and economic standing, due in no small part to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Comics and movies are big for Marvel, and so is the video game front, with various popular titles released throughout the years. Soon there will be a new video game from Marvel, as the company recently announced a partnership with Telltale Games. Telltale is known for its story-driven titles like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and The Wolf Among Us, among others, and it is that expertise that it will bring to the Marvel Universe. Marvel Games creative director Bill Roseman said the Telltale titles will aim for authenticity, an "eye-popping" visual style, and should please Marvel fans the world over. Marvel's Peter Phillips, the executive vice president and general manager for interactive and digital distribution, said "Marvel is about storytelling," which perfectly plays with Telltale's abilities.
The first Marvel/Telltale games won't be ready until 2017. The platforms aren't known either, but one would think PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and possibly mobile platforms will be included.
Source: Polygon
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MRI Records Vocal Movements at 100 FPS
Our voices and how we speak are part of how we stand apart from each other, but as we age, these can change. Over time the muscles and tissues involved degrade, leading to weaker or strained voices, but some researchers at the Beckman Institute are interested in finding ways to prevent or reverse this. To that end the researchers have used an advanced MRI technique that allows for detailed images to be captured at an unprecedented speed of 100 frames per second.
There are over one hundred muscles involved with speech, spanning from our chest and neck to our jaw, tongue, and lips. To understand how they all work together and how they change over time, the researchers needed a view inside the human body, while the subject was speaking. Actually the subject was singing 'If I Only Had a Brain.' Obviously the person does, as you can see it in the MRI, and much more. The MRI technique was also developed at the Beckman Institute, and at 100 FPS is significantly faster than any other technique. Typical MRIs operate at around 10 FPS.
Source: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
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Hardware Roundup: Friday Edition
The end of the week is here, with some items to help welcome the weekend. There is a review of the Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 Convertible laptop, which has an Intel Core M processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. We also have a new case mod that honors last year's passing of H.R. Giger, the man behind some truly classic sci-fi designs, and has a Xenomorph design worked into the case itself. Lastly there's a new podcast covering the latest news and reviews from the past week.
Laptops/Tablets
Dell Venue 11 Pro 7140 Convertible @ Madshrimps
Miscellany
Case Mod Friday: Xenomorph @ ThinkComputers
Podcast #346 @ PC Perspective
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New Potential Discovered for Double-Walled Nanotubes
Nanotubes are among the carbon allotropes that have piqued the interest of many since their discovery, thanks to their special properties. One of the hopes for these materials is that they can be used to create advanced electronic devices. Now researchers at Rice University have found that some important properties can be tuned for double-walled nanotubes.
Carbon nanotubes are long cylinders of carbon atoms, arranged in hexagons, and come in various forms, include single and multi-walled. Single-walled nanotubes are made of a single cylinder, whereas multi-walled nanotubes are comprised of multiple concentric tubes, and are stronger and stiffer than the single-walled versions. It turns out that double-walled nanotubes exist in a nice place as they have some of the useful properties of single-walled nanotubes, while still being stronger and stiffer. Now the Rice researchers have determined, with atomic-level models, that the properties of double-walled nanotubes can be tuned by manipulating specific properties. For example, the band gap can be controlled by altering the separation between the inner and outer tubes, if the inner tube is semiconducting and outer tube is metallic.
At the moment there is sadly no way to control the growth of double-walled nanotubes with the necessary accuracy, but this research still indicates a great future for such efforts. Also other configurations of nanotubes could have other properties beneficial for various applications.
Source: Rice University
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Batman: Arkham Knight 4K Screenshot Released
Batman: Arkham Knight is arguably one of the most anticipated games of this year. With the minimum, recommended, and ULTRA specifications released just yesterday, the game is likely to be enjoyed by a wealth of gamers upon its June 23, 2015 release. In order to show off just how beautiful Batman: Arkham Knight can look when running on a high-end system, Warner Bros and Rocksteady have released a brand-new 4K screenshot of the game, which successfully showcases its magnificent visuals.
Source: WCCFtech
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