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SUPoX AP55+ GTR Motherboard Surfaces

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · May 17, 2009 · 1933 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Remember EPoX? A reminiscent of that company now operates under the name SUPoX, and seems to have an entire range of PC motherboards including the Core i7 compatible AP58+ GTR. The company is gearing up to cater to the LGA-1156 socket processors with a new feature-rich motherboard based on the Intel P55 chipset called…

Gigabyte Readying Odin GT 1200W PSU

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · May 14, 2009 · 1949 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

Gigabyte has its Odin Pro PSU lineup for about two years now. The company prepared a new model to top the it, with up to 1200W of power output, modular cabling, and a USB data connection to the system it powers. Perhaps a monitoring and/or control software is packed along. The Odin GT 1200W measures 150 (W) x 180 (L)…

Pentium Dual Core E6300 Spotted

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · May 12, 2009 · 3421 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

Intel continues to use the Pentium brand name for its series of downscaled Core 2 series processors between the Core 2 Duo and Celeron lines. Japanese website ASCII.jp spotted a new model under the series, the E6300, originally slated for end of May. A retail box was spotted at a ground store. The most peculiar part…

Point of View Out With 2 GB GeForce GTX 285

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 30, 2009 · 2088 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

nVIDIA partners seem to be gaining interest in releasing GeForce GTX 200 series products with double the amount of memory. Several partners have announced 1792 MB variants for the GTX 260 and GTX 275, while GTX 285 with its lavish 512-bit memory interface is facilitating 2 GB of memory. Point of View now has one such…

Sapphire Atomic HD 4890 Vapor-X Pictured

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 30, 2009 · 2365 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

Sapphire has a new high-end graphics accelerator in the works for launch next week: the Atomic HD 4890. The card features a blue reference PCB by AMD with a few enhancements, paired with Sapphire's Vapor-X cooler to keep this factory-overclocked card cool, and more importantly, quieter than the reference cooler. What…

Patriot Memory Intros New DDR3-2000 Viper Triple Channel Kit

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 28, 2009 · 1604 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

Patriot Memory launched a new high-performance Viper series DDR3 memory kit today. Codenamed PVT36G2000LK, the 6 GB kit includes three 2 GB modules optimized to work at 2000 MHz DDR3 and cooled by special Viper heatspreaders. At this speed each module uses CL8-8-8-24 latencies with 1.65V. In other words, that's one of…

Core i7 975 XE Breaks 5 GНz Barrier, With Air Cooling

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 28, 2009 · 3044 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

Intel's newest high-end processor, the Core i7 975 Extreme Edition is gearing up for launch later this year, on course of which, it already passed a milestone. Xtreme Systems Forums member PcCI2iminal scored one with overclocking a Core i7 975 XE D0 stepping chip past the 5 GHz mark, 5015 MHz to be precise using only…

PowerColor Unveils the Fastest Radeon HD 4890

Hardware · Author HaSLeS · April 24, 2009 · 1837 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today announced a powerful addition to the PowerColor HD 4890 series: PCS+ HD 4890. PowerColor’s Professional Cooling System PLUS or PCS+, delivers the ultimate overclocking ability with GDDR5 onboard memory, 950MHz core speed and 1100MHz effective memory…

Super Talent Launches 6 GB and 3 GB DDR3-2000 Kits

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 20, 2009 · 1731 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today launched a new Chrome Series of extreme performance triple channel DDR3 kits for Intel Core i7 based enthusiast motherboards. The new Chrome Series is Super Talent's highest performance line of DDR3, which…

Photos Emerge of Intel's 32 nm Clarkdale Processor

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 18, 2009 · 2678 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

Not long after Intel was said to have sent out samples of its new 32 nm mainstream processor based on Nehalem micro-architecture, someone over at XS forums, has posted photos of an as yet unnamed Clarkdale processor, running at 2.4 GHz, with 4 MB L3 Cache. The only official information from Intel we have about these…

Pioneer Launches New Blu-Ray Burner

Hardware · Author krisko92 · April 15, 2009 · 3838 reads · ★★★★☆ (5 votes)

Pioneer on Tuesday announced the release of its latest Blu-ray, DVD and CD writer, the BDR-2203. Using SATA interface, the BDR-2203 writes dual-layer Blu-Ray media at up to 8x speeds, equal to about 15 minutes of your time for writing a single-layer 25 GB Blu-Ray disc, or just about 30 minutes for completion of a…

800SP HD 4830 Sneaks up in China

Hardware · Author krisko92 · April 14, 2009 · 2807 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

Radeon HD 4830 is an affordable graphics card from AMD based on RV770LE chip which is priced at around $89.99. Recently, several buyers of HD 4830 find something interesting: the HD 4830 actually features 800 stream processors, instead of 640 ones. The AIB brands involved include Powercolor, Sapphire and Triplex.That…

OCZ Technology Introduces AMD Optimized Memory for the AM3 Platform

Hardware · Author krisko92 · April 14, 2009 · 1435 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today expanded their memory lineup for AMD enthusiasts and power users with new DDR3 kits qualified and optimized specifically for the AM3 platform. The new low-voltage kits were designed exclusively for AMD’s…

MSI U123 Netbooks Now Official

Hardware · Author krisko92 · April 13, 2009 · 2009 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

MSI today also starts the new U123 netbook line-up composed of the U123, U123H and U123T machines. U123 series netbooks are light and compact, they fit into an A4-sized bag, but come with a relatively large screen and keyboard. All four models have very nice exterior design and can be purchased in four different…

MSI mATX X58 Motherboard in the Works

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 13, 2009 · 3767 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

A photo has emerged showing a prototype Micro ATX motherboard from MSI, based on the Intel's X58 chipset. Dubbed the MS-7593 the board comes with six DDR3 slots supporting triple channel, two PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots (SLI compatibility is at present unknown), 7 SATAII ports, 8 channel audio, Gigabit Ethernet and an on…

G.Skill Announces New Trident Series Triple Channel DDR3 Memory Kits

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 11, 2009 · 2851 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

G.Skill International Co. Ltd., a world leader in extreme performance memory with solid quality, today launches Triple Channel DDR3 2000HMz "Trident" series at timings CL 9-9-9-24 designed for Intel Core i7 processors / Intel X58 Express Chipset. The "Trident" series provides the ultimate performance and speed for…

EVGA Adds SuperClocked Variant to GeForce GTX 275 Lineup

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 10, 2009 · 2095 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

Having begun its GeForce GTX 275 lineup with two cards: the 896 MB base-model (896-P3-1170-AR) and its 1792 MB twin (017-P3-1175-AR), EVGA sought to expand it with factory-overclocked models with its usual overclock-grading scheme. The first in its series is the SuperClocked (SC) model (896-P3-1171-AR). The card…

ASRock breaking Overclocking World record!

Hardware · Author HaSLeS · April 9, 2009 · 2069 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

ASRock breaking Overclocking World record of Intel Core i7 950 on X58 SuperComputer! Core speed: 4431.75 MHz For more information click here .

Water Cooled Radeon HD 4890 Launching Next Week

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 7, 2009 · 2830 reads · ★★★★★ (7 votes)

PowerColor will launch the world's first water cooled Radeon HD 4890 next week, less than one week after the RV790 card was officially launched. Part of PowerColor's LCS series, the upcoming Radeon card comes with a single-slot EK-made waterblock that has a copper base and high-flow 3/8" or 1/2" fittings. The…

Albatron Starts Selling ATI Radeon Video Cards

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 7, 2009 · 2325 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

Albatron, an official NVIDIA partner, has gently started producing cards from the red camp without making any announcements. So far Albatron was NVIDIA exclusive, but a few more cards in the portfolio, no matter NVIDIA or ATI, won't hurt much. The first ATI card from Albatron is a Radeon HD 4890 named Radeon HD…

ZOTAC AC Accelero EXTREME GeForce GTX 275 Spotted

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 7, 2009 · 2135 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

It seems that ZOTAC has also borrowed Arctic Cooling Accelero EXTREME VGA cooling for some of its high-end graphics cards. Soon enough ZOTAC will make an announcement for its third GeForce GTX 275 card, the Accelero equipped ZOTAC GTX275-896D3 with 896 MB. The upcoming card is based on the P897 PCB with a 6+1 phase…

MSI launches the N275GTX Twin Frozr OC

Hardware · Author HaSLeS · April 3, 2009 · 2270 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

MSI launches the N275GTX Twin Frozr OC with a dual-fan and 5-heatpipes design. The N275GTX Twin Frozr OC comes with 240 stream processors, 896 MB and 448 bit DRR3 memory. With the N275GTX Twin Frozr OC edition, gamers can bring their gaming performance to the highest level. MSI’s Twin Frozr on N275GTX has an…

Leadtek launches WinFast® GTX 275

Hardware · Author HaSLeS · April 3, 2009 · 221 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

LEADTEK Research Inc., world acclaimed for its extreme visual graphics leading brand technology, proudly announces the WinFast GTX 275. This new enthusiasm level graphics card is based on the NVIDIA Best-in-class GeForce GTX 275 GPU. With 240 stream processors, it comes with high-speed 896MB GDDR3 and works at 448-bit…

Radeon HD 4770 Pictured, Slated for May

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · April 2, 2009 · 2768 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

AMD may be inches close to launching its high-end Radeon HD 4890 accelerator, but in its shadows, an equally exciting product-line is taking shape: the Radeon HD 4700 series, which AMD refers to as "A new paradigm of performance and price", rightly so, with the new 40 nm process the RV740 GPU is built on, and the…

Intel Adds Five New Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Solo and Celeron Mobile Processors

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · March 31, 2009 · 1957 reads · ★★★★★ (5 votes)

Following the big release of Intel Xeon 5500 series processors, Intel today also launched a few new mobile chips that will replace older processors in their segments. Have a look at their specs and prices: * Core 2 Duo SP9600 2.53 GHz 6 MB L2 cache 1066 MHz FSB - 316 dollars * Core 2 Duo LV SL9600 2.13 GHz 6 MB L2…

DFI Prepares LANParty JR 790GX-M3H5 AM3 mATX Motherboard

Hardware · Author krisko92 · March 30, 2009 · 2306 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

Famed for its LANParty JR "junior" series high-end mATX motherboard lineup, DFI is preparing an addition: the JR 790GX-M3H5. This one features the AM3 socket, made for the latest AMD processors supporting DDR3 memory. Respecting the constraints this form-factor has, the board goes on to cover every feature one would…

AMD пуска Accelerates Radeon HD 4890

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · March 29, 2009 · 212 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

We said that NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 will be offered with lower clocks on April 13th. On the contrary, it seems that AMD can’t stand the itch because they decide to put forward the launch date of Radeon HD 4890 to April 2nd. Gigabyte and HIS have rushed out Radeon HD 4890 in Hong Kong, with pricing of HKD2280 (294…

AMD пуска Accelerates Radeon HD 4890

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · March 28, 2009 · 2136 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

We said that NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 will be offered with lower clocks on April 13th. On the contrary, it seems that AMD can’t stand the itch because they decide to put forward the launch date of Radeon HD 4890 to April 2nd. Gigabyte and HIS have rushed out Radeon HD 4890 in Hong Kong, with pricing of HKD2280 (294…

MSI Launches GeForce GTX 285 SuperPipe Graphics Cards

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · March 28, 2009 · 1685 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

MSI introduced its first line of graphics cards under the 'SuperPipe' branding the company came up with. The name is derived from the heatpipes employed in the cooler, which have varied thicknesses. The two cards on offer are identical, but for the clock speeds they come with. Based on the GeForce GTX 285, the cards…

AMD Announces FirePro V7750 Workstation Graphics Accelerator

Hardware · Author Slu4ainik · March 28, 2009 · 1964 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

AMD has now announced its ATI FirePro V7750 Workstation Graphics Accelerator. Based on RV730 chip, FirePro V7750 comes with 320 stream processors, 1GB memory, Dual-link DVI and displayport output for 30-bit image quality. It also features High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit and 16-bit per RGB color…