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Our colleagues at techPowerUp posted a review of the Sunbeam SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter. Briefly: "Sunbeam has come out with a nice tool that solves the mystery of how to handle multiple formats of hard drives. The SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter can use 2.5" and 3.5" SATA and IDE drives and easily converts them to a USB…
Our colleagues at techPowerUp posted a review of the BFG ES-800 800W Power Supply. Briefly: "The ES-800 from BFG is an 800W power supply that comes with everything an enthusiast might want. It has support for up to four PCI-Express power consumers and features an unorthodox internal layout. In our testing we saw an…
Our colleagues at Madshrimps posted Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and Red Scorpion CPU Coolers Review . Briefly: "Two HeatpipeDirectTouch CPU Coolers from Xigmatek duke it our in this review. We compare the performance of these enthusiast heatsinks to the best out there to see how they compare. Available for a budget friendly…
Our colleagues at Madshrimps posted GeForce 9800 GTX Extreme Overclocking Experiment. Briefly: "The GeForce 9800 GTX product was received with mixed feelings; on the one hand you had an affordable high end VGA solution, but on the other hand it was not much of improvement over the 8800 GTX. One area where the 9800 GTX…
More info on the very first MSI Wind mini-notebook series was revealed today. During an interview with LAPTOP Magazine, MSI's Director of US Sales Andy Tung shared that the Wind will come in two LED-backlit display-size variations: an 8.9-inch and a 10-inch. The 10-inch model will be available in USA only, starting…
Swiss cooling solutions provider ARCTIC COOLING today announced the launch of the Accelero XTREME 9800, a new exceptional cooler of the Accelero Xtreme series for the latest nVIDIA GeForce 9800 series graphics cards.Designed based on the acclaimed Accelero XTREME 8800, the Accelero XTREME 9800 is an even more powerful…
14 May 2008 - MSI is getting ready to release their Wind PC in middle of June in 3 colors; Black, White and probably Pink. MSI Wind PC will compete against the upcoming ASUS Eee BOX while Wind NB will compete against the Eee PC. VR-Zone has gotten some photos of the actual product and the specs are as follows : Intel…
OCZ Technology Group today unveiled their pioneering Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Gaming Notebook Program. Under this program, users ranging from hardware enthusiasts to mainstream gamers can partake in configuring and building their own gaming-grade mobile solution. The OCZ DIY program enables users to purchase an…
The 30-inch Dell 3008 WFP that has the $2000 price tag and an amazing 117% color gamut is now back online on DELL's online store . It was previously removed from the company's site due to "a small technical issue with the product". Now after the 30-inch monster display is back online, we only need volunteers to buy…
Eurocom has launched the D901C Phantom-X laptop, a piece of machinery you don't see every day. It is no accident that the word server is being used in the title. The Phantom-X can be configured with a server based Intel Xeon X3360 quad-core chip running at 2.83GHz (45nm, 12MB of L2 cache), 17-inch 1920x1200 display, a…
As Solid State Drives (SSDs) are gaining speed quickly, memory manufacturer G.Skill today decided to join in with two SSD drives (model:http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_sata&no=5 FS-25S2-32GB ). Available in 32GB and 64GB capacity, the G.Skill 2.5-inch SATAII drives are robust substitutes for normal hard…
As Solid State Drives (SSDs) are gaining speed quickly, memory manufacturer G.Skill today decided to join in with two SSD drives (model: http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_sata&no=5 FS-25S2-32GB ). Available in 32GB and 64GB capacity, the G.Skill 2.5-inch SATAII drives are robust substitutes for normal hard…
With the approach of the deadline, the PARTICIPANTS in our COMPETITION become more and more, slowly but surely. We would like also to remind thath the final date for admission is 25.05, if you would like to participate, post your materials in the dedicated space. More information can be found in our forum in the…
Our friends from techPowerUp posted a review of the Everglide DKTBoard Gaming Keyboard. Briefly: The Everglide DKTBoard is an incredibly sturdy input device, intended for the hard core gamer. A very compact size, partial aluminum construction and backlight make it perfect for LAN parties." Read the full review HERE…
Our friends from techPowerUp posted a review of the Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P80R Spider Edition case. Briefly: "In our CES 2008 coverage of Lian-Li you saw the awesome Lian Li PC-P80 R AMD Spider Edition case. These cases are just now coming through manufacturing, and TPU is one of the first sites in the world to bring…
Our friends from Rbmods posted a review of the Noctua NH-U9B CPU Cooler Review. Briefly: "Noctua, makers of some of the best case fans on the market, has branched out into the CPU cooler market, which is a move that makes sense since they already dominate the high-end fan market. They sent us one of their new CPU…
Our friends from techPowerUp posted a review of the Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P80R Spider Edition case. Briefly: "In our CES 2008 coverage of Lian-Li you saw the awesome Lian Li PC-P80 R AMD Spider Edition case. These cases are just now coming through manufacturing, and TPU is one of the first sites in the world to bring…
Our friends from techPowerUp posted a review of the Hiper Anubis case. Briefly: "The Hiper Anubis is an incredibly sturdy chassis, which goes the "trusted and true" route. You will not find any fancy layout or interior screw-less system, but thumb screws instead. The beautifully designed front is one good reason to…
Leaked slides from Intel are floating around the Internet saying that Intel X58 paired with ICH10/R southbridge will be the first chipset combo to support Intel Bloomfield desktop processors, part of Intel's 45nm Nehalem architecture. The following list shows only a few of the new features that will be presented with…
AMD today introduced the industry's first energy-efficient x86 server processors with four processing cores and an integrated memory controller all in a low 55-watt ACP thermal envelope. Blade and rack systems based on five new low-power Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE (Highly Efficient) processors are now widely available…
We saw some mechanical designs on GT200 card leaked out on the internet and we can confirm it is not fake as we got the same file earlier last week from our reliable sources. The D10U card has a total of 16 memory chips onboard up to 1GB GDDR3 memories, in line with rumored 512-bit memory interface which we are…
BIOSTAR TPower N750 offers cutting-edge Hybrid SLI technology, based on industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU benefits when a TPower N750 motherboard GPU is combined with an NVIDIA discrete GPU. BIOSTAR TPower N750 Hybrid SLI increases graphics performance with GeForce® Boost and provides intelligent…
Exclusive shots from the latest ASUS R.O.G. Maximus II Formula (Intel P45) with integrated SupremeFX Creative X-Fi sound card. Let the pictures speak for themselves. Source: techPowerUp!
OCZ Technology Group today announced the Special Ops Urban Elite DDR3 Series, available in high-speed PC3-12800 kits featuring the high densities and stability gamers demand. These blazing fast modules are ideal for users taking advantage of the incredible performance of DDR3 gaming platforms, offering the speeds,…
After making all HTPC owners happy with the release of Freezer 7 LP, Swiss cooling expert Arctic Cooling has now introduced the Arctic RC RAM Cooler, the company's first advanced RAM cooling device. The Arctic RC features extra large aluminium fins designed for optimal convection cooling, no heatpipes are presented…
Cooler Master's engineers have taken the idea of releasing a fanless cooler seriously and have come up with a passive CPU cooler called Hyper Z600 that can cool both Intel and AMD CPUs drawing up to 89W without any fans attached to it. You can add two optional 120mm fans to the opposing sides of the heat-sink in a…
The guys over at HKEPC managed to get hold of an engineering sample MSI P45 Diamond motherboard (Intel P45) that looks in no way inferior to current ASUS R.O.G. and Foxconn MARS products. The Micro Star P45 DIAMOND (MS-7516) has all the features needed to be named high-end motherboard. This early ES sample features…
Although Intel's P45 chipset is set to be here in almost a month, there's plenty to see already. ECS also confirmed two new motherboards are on their way to show skills with other Intel X48 and P45 products. First mainboard has model name X48T-A and uses X48+ICH9R chipset configuration, while the second model is…
Most small chassis users find it difficult to buy a suitable cooler replacement that fits the size of their PC case. In response, ARCTIC COOLING today unveiled the Freezer 7 LP, a cutting edge Intel CPU cooler especially designed for media centre users to fulfill their needs. The revolutionary heatsink design of the…
Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Hyper Sonic AG2 Notebook. Briefly: "With the recent purchase of Hyper Sonic OCZ has added another company to their portfolio, further diversifying their product range. Hypersonic's AG2 Notebook, which we have on our testbench today has been engineered to be light…