Notebook Quads Go Mainstream: Intel Releases the Core 2 Quad Mobile Q9000
AMD Introduces the New and Phenom-enal Athlon X2 7000 Series
Notebook Quads Go Mainstream: Intel Releases the Core 2 Quad Mobile Q9000
Mobile quad core processors used to be the domain of the rich and famous, but that all changed once Intel released the Core 2 Quad Mobile Q9000. This mainstream processor is designed to bring quad core to the mobile masses, while extending the notebook market even more.
AMD Introduces the New and Phenom-enal Athlon X2 7000 Series
Hardware aficionados have been waiting for AMD to release its dual-core version of the Phenom, and now the company finally has - under the guise of a new Athlon X2 processor. The Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition is the flagship model, but at 2.7 GHz, it's still in tough against both the Core 2 Duo and Athlon 64 X2 models.
OCZ Enters the Enthusiast CPU Cooler Market: Gladiator Max Review
The CPU cooler market continues to evolve, with high-end models coming all shapes and sizes. You can add another one of the list, as OCZ has moved up to the enthusiast market with their latest cooler, the Gladiator Max. The heatsink uses the popular copper heat pipes + aluminum alloy fins design, and OCZ has matched it with a low-noise 120mm fan, but we'll see how it stacks up in the cooling department.
14 Million Units and Counting: The Netbook Market Explodes
The netbook is not only the hot holiday gift for 2008, it's also a marketing phenomenon, with 14 million units sold in its first full year. The market is segmenting as well, with 9-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch models vying for your dollar, and a growing series of "lifestyle netbooks" in new colors, patterns and form factors. The only question is whether these will help or hurt the traditional notebook segment.
01/07/2009
Samsung Unveils a 100GB Enterprise-Class SSD Samsung has unveiled a new 100GB Enterprise SSD that has been tuned especially for enterprise-class duties such as video on demand, streaming media content delivery, internet data centers, and virtualization.
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12/30/2008
Tripp Lite Announces Five New Surge Suppressors Protecting all that valuable PC and entertainment hardware from electrical surges is a requirement, and Tripp Lite has expanded their product selection by introducing five new Platinum and Gold premium surge suppressors.
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12/24/2008
Asetek's LCLC Cools Down the Atomic HD 4870 X2 Asetek has announced that its popular LCLC liquid cooling solution is being implemented on the Sapphire Atomic HD 4870 X2 single-slot card, and has produced that they are calling the fastest graphics card ever.
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12/23/2008
VIA Introduces the Three-Chip Trinity Platform VIA Technologies has announced the new triple-punch Trinity platform for the SFF desktop, notebook and embedded markets, which combines a VIA processor, chipset and discrete S3 graphics processor.
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12/17/2008
Micron NAND Reaches One Million Write Cycles Micron and Sun Microsystems have achieved a new high-water mark for single-level cell, flash-based storage, and managed to hit an amazing one million write cycles on its enterprise-class NAND technology.
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12/17/2008
AMD Does a "Cartwheel" with the Athlon 64 X2 7000 AMD has finally introduced a next-generation dual core processor, but the company has stuck to its roots by keeping the Athlon 64 X2 product name, while updating the module number to the 7000 series and the consumer platform to "Cartwheel".
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12/17/2008
Lian-Li Launches the TR-5F Fan Control & Temperature Pack Lian-Li has launched a new peripheral TR-5F combo pack, featuring a fan control and temperature gauge system with a large 5.25” LCD display, and a special LED fan that switches color based on the system temperature.
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12/10/2008
OCZ Unleashes the High-Performance Vertex SSD OCZ Technology is back with another PC storage announcement, this time for the new Vertex Series of Solid State Drives, which OCZ promotes as both high-performance and cost-efficient.
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14 Million Units and Counting: The Netbook Market Explodes - 12/09/2008 The netbook is not only the hot holiday gift for 2008, it's also a marketing phenomenon, with 14 million units sold in its first full year. The market is segmenting as well, with 9-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch models vying for your dollar, and a growing series of "lifestyle netbooks" in new colors, patterns and form factors. The only question is whether these will help or hurt the traditional notebook segment.
Using SECC to Combine Features with a Low Price: SilverStone Kublai KL03 Review - 12/03/2008 Selecting a high-end case can be a difficult proposition, as overall construction, features, platform support, cooling, and especially price, must all be taken into consideration. A pure aluminum design is preferable, but that can also come with a heavy case of "sticker shock". SilverStone may have the answer, as their Kublai Series looks to offer a high-end feature set, but uses SECC steel to help keep costs lower.
Using SECC to Combine Features with a Low Price: SilverStone Kublai KL03 Review - 12/03/2008 Selecting a high-end case can be a difficult proposition, as overall construction, features, platform support, cooling, and especially price, must all be taken into consideration. A pure aluminum design is preferable, but that can also come with a heavy case of "sticker shock". SilverStone may have the answer, as their Kublai Series looks to offer a high-end feature set, but uses SECC steel to help keep costs lower.
The New Core i7 Processor: Intel's Quad-Core of Solace - 11/24/2008 A new Intel CPU + Socket announcement isn't exactly a rare occurrence, but the Core i7 is far more than just a simple revision or die shrink. Instead, it changes the way Intel views a processor, adding functionality like an integrated memory controller and Hyper-Threading, while setting desktop performance records on demand.
Aiming for the High-end Gamer: NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse Review - 11/19/2008 Although the gaming mouse market continues to be dominated by major players like Logitech, Microsoft and Razer, there seems to be no shortage of companies introducing new designs. NZXT is one of them, and this gamer-oriented company is putting its weight behind the Avatar Gaming Mouse, an ambidextrous design with user-configurable DPI settings and 7 customizable buttons.
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