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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…

NVIDIA Releases PhysX System Software 9.09.0408 WHQL

Software · Author Slu4ainik · April 15, 2009 · 3919 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

NVIDIA made an update to the PhysX system software, the common backend for all NVIDIA products that support PhysX: GeForce 8 series and above graphics processors, and Ageia PhysX accelerator cards. Version 9.09.0408 packs the following changes and features according to the company: Updated runtime to improved…

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…

Review of aluminium mouse pad Cyber Snipa @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · April 13, 2009 · 2129 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

As we all know, gamers are nothing without a good mouse, keyboard and mouse pad. The dudes from Cyber Snipa have allways helped gamers by releasing new and interesting game peripherals. For todays test we have one of their pads - Cyber Snipa Aluminium. Let us at ModReactor see if this thing is really good or its just…

Review of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · April 13, 2009 · 2025 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

In 2005 a very strange shooter appeared. It was called F.E.A.R. and it was very promising. And it came to be one of the most succesfull games of 2005. The game offered a lot of shooting, tactics and fear. The game was followed by two expansions but they didn't manage to succeed as the original game. Years after that…

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…

Spire Intros Tool-free EZ Vault HDD Enclosure

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · April 13, 2009 · 2617 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

The newest in toolless technology, the eSATA EZvault is the pinnacle of stylish design and functionality. Made with the highest quality materials combined with outstanding design, the EZvault is vibration proof and excellent at getting rid of and keeping out any heat that could damage your harddrive. Main Features:…

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…

ATI Catalyst 9.4 released

Software · Author Slu4ainik · April 12, 2009 · 2778 reads · ★★★★★ (8 votes)

AMD have just released their ATI Catalyst 9.4 Driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Highlights of the ATI Catalyst 9.4 Windows release include: New Features ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI Overdrive auto-tune application to estimate the over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive…

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 .

XFX Radeon™ HD 4890 and XFX GeForce® GTX 275

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · April 8, 2009 · 216 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

The all-new enemy-punishing XFX Radeon™ HD 4890 graphics card is here. And, for a limited time, it's bundled with Tom Clancy's uber-realistic and unparalleled fly-boy DirectX 10.1 adventure, "Hawx." So what's in it for you? Plenty. Like: The fastest frame rates ever clocked on a single-card system, thanks to a…

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…

GlacialTech launches “X-Wing” Laptop Cooling Pad

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · March 30, 2009 · 174 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

GlacialTech, the diversified provider of cooling, power supply, PC enclosure solutions for consumer and industrial applications,today announced the launch of X-Wing, the cooling pad, for notebooks, to help reduce the load on the system fans will help lessen the noise from your notebook. Though made up of SECC and…

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…

Steampunk MSI Wind PSU @ ModReactor

Tutorials · Author krisko92 · March 29, 2009 · 2504 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

In the current article will tell you about one mini Steampunk project, which exists thanks to the engineers from MSI. You'll see how we managed to mod one regular Wind PC power supply to something very interesting. Read the article HERE

ModReactor @ CeBIT 2009 in Hannover - Patriot

ModReactor · Author krisko92 · March 29, 2009 · 180 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Patriot, a famous american manufacturer of high performance memories and flash products had a very good exhibition at CeBIT. The company unveiled most of its new products, including DDR2 and DDR3 memory for laptops and desktop PCs, for maistream users and gamers/overclockers as well as flash memories with MLC and SLC…

ModReactor @ CeBIT 2009 in Hannover - Edimax

ModReactor · Author krisko92 · March 29, 2009 · 3139 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

We managed to have a look at the booth of Edimax, which are comparativelynew in the market of network equipment. Among with the wireless routers there were many other interesting products that deserve your attention. Edimax had showed many types of IP cameras and others. Read more HERE

Thermaltake Rolls Out With Four Models of ISGC Series CPU Cooler

Cooling · Author krisko92 · March 29, 2009 · 1944 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Thermaltake has announced four models of ISGC Series CPU coolers, ISGC-100/200/300/400.These four models share the same unique ISGC fan blade, and Hydro Dynamic Bearing Technology which extends the longevity and reduces the noise effectively.Designed for Intel LGA775 and AMD AM2/AM2+ processors, ISGC-100 and ISGC-200…

GlacialTech Offers 5610 Plus Series CPU Cooler

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · March 29, 2009 · 2171 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

GlacialTech has launched Igloo 5610 Plus PWM and 5610 Plus Silent CPU cooler for Intel LGA775/1366 and AMD AM2 platforms.The unique design incorporates a specially aligned sinter heat-pipe combination of two pipes that dissipate the heat from the CPU directly into the heat sink fins. The users of PWM version can…

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…