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CyberPower's Black Mamba Gaming Rig Gets Lethal Upgrade
CyberPower unveiled the latest addition to its Fang Series of high end gaming systems this afternoon. The Black Mamba, the cornerstone of the Fang Series, underwent a complete re-design from the ground up to include a monstrous chassis, custom water cooling solution, and DX11 ready hardware. The new Black Mamba is enhanced, advanced and evolved. The base MSRP of the Black Mamba is $3800.00 and the price goes up from there!
The Black Mamba also features the latest Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor on its high end X58 platform, the ultimate combination for performance and overclocking. The Black Mamba incorporates the latest special BIOS that allows for improved overclocking and support for the latest Intel i7 processors; even the Gulftown that will be released later this year. Providing the graphics processing power is a pair of ATI’s highly touted Radeon 5870 graphics cards, which deliver DirectX 11 gaming experience. The Radeon 5870s in crossfire will churn through all the latest gaming titles with ease and give you smooth, life-like game play.
Posted by | Thu, Dec 31, 2009 - 08:05 PM | Comments
iBUYPOWER to Offer Free Liquid Cooling on Some Desktops
iBUYPOWER announced today that they will now be offering liquid CPU cooling on all compatible desktop systems, including iBUYPOWER’s signature system Chimera II, at no additional charge in an effort to make liquid cooling more accessible to every customer.. The iBUYPOWER liquid cooling solution features a heat-dissipating 120mm radiator with a water block/pump combination and is the perfect fit for a gamer looking for an affordable overclockable rig. iBUYPOWER will also continue to offer the Asetek 240mm liquid cooling solution on all of its Paladin XLC units at no additional charge.
“We embrace new technologies and incorporate them into our builds to offer our customers the best gaming systems possible,” said Darren Su, Vice President of iBUYPOWER. “Liquid cooling has evolved to the point of becoming the standard in our industry and we believe it has become an essential component of competitive gaming. We want to make sure that this technology is accessible to every single one of our users.”
Posted by | Thu, Dec 31, 2009 - 07:57 PM | Comments
SanDisk 32GB Extreme 30MB/s SDHC Memory Card Review
In June of 2009 SanDisk announced that they were coming out with the 32GB Extreme SDHC card, the world’s fastest 32 gigabyte SDHC card on the market. The 32GB Extreme SDHC card features Class 10 performance, up to 30 megabytes per second (MB/s) read and write speeds. Read on to see what we think of this SDHC memory card!
The 32GB SanDisk Extreme SDHC cards are very impressive to say the least. These are the highest capacity versions of SanDisk’s fastest SDHC cards, with read and write speeds up to 30MB per second. They’re ideal for use in the new breed of digital SLR cameras that record HD video, such as the Nikon D90 and D5000. The high performance of SanDisk Extreme SDHC cards help users capture fast-action images like the pros when using continuous burst mode, along with more rapid offloading of images and videos from the cards to computer. The SDHC card format also works on a variety of devices, such as digital picture frames, netbooks, and the new MacBook Pros and iMacs, for easy transfer and sharing of images, video and other digital files. You can never have too much memory, so if you are going all out on your camera body then a memory card like the 32GB SanDisk Extreme should be an easy choice.
Posted by | Thu, Dec 31, 2009 - 07:47 PM | Comments
EVGA Dual Socket Intel LGA 1366 Motherboard For CES 2010 Pictured
Jacob over at EVGA put up a Twitter post this New Years Eve that has a little Easter egg in it for hardware enthusiasts around the world. He posted up a picture of an upcoming Dual Socket Intel LGA 1366 motherboard. This is interesting as in the months ahead Intel will be releasing 6-core 'Gulftown' Core i9 processors that are said to be drop-in compatible with LGA 1366 boards! Imagine one of these EVGA motherboards with a pair of processors that contain six cores and 12MB of cache per chip! Happy New Year indeed!
The Future... Stay Tuned CES 2010! Yes, it is a Classified model :) And all the features one would expect on a Classified.
Posted by | Thu, Dec 31, 2009 - 07:30 PM | Comments
Apple delays Windows 7 support
Earlier this year, Apple's Chairman & CEO Steve Jobs had promised his followers a boot-camp patch to allow full support for the new Windows 7 operating system to be released "by the end of the year." Well, it seems that '09 ended early for Apple, as no such patch has been released which leaves many people wondering whats taking so long as many users have reported getting 7 to work fully on Apple computers already.
Developers at Apple have had Windows 7 for months and getting it to run on their machines is not that difficult. After all they are Intel machines and operating systems do not usually pay that much attention to what badge is on the box. Reviewers have also managed to get Windows 7 running on Apple machines and reported that it works. We must not be the only ones wondering what's taking Apple so long
Posted by | Thu, Dec 31, 2009 - 09:44 AM | Comments
Richtek Sues AMD, Diamond, XFX, Sapphire and Other GPU Makers
Taiwan-based IC design house Richtek Technology Corportation has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against uPI Semiconductor, AMD, Sapphire Technology, Diamond Multimedia and XFX Technology. The company also filed a lawsuit in northern California. The patents involved in the dispute are US patents No. 7315190, 6414470 and 7132717. It loks like all these patents are dealing with power management on the graphics cards as we looked them up on the USPTO Patent Database this morning.
Disputed Patents
- US Patent No. 7315190 - PWM circuit and PWM integrated circuit for use in PWM circuit
- US Patent No. 6414470 - Apparatus and method for balancing channel currents in a multi-phase DC-to-DC converter
- US Patent No. 7132717 - Power metal oxide semiconductor transistor layout with lower output resistance and high current limit
Posted by | Thu, Dec 31, 2009 - 09:19 AM | Comments
AT&T To FCC: Phase Out Landline Regulations
I don't think we'll see landlines completely eliminated anytime this century if the switch to digital TV is any indication but that won't stop AT&T from lobbying the FCC to set a plan for phasing them out.
A day without landline phones? Some may say that's inevitable, but it looks like AT&T is now starting to try to speed things up a bit, with it recently responding to an FCC request for comments with a 32-page filing that details its position on the matter. That more or less boils down to two major requests: that the FCC eliminate the regulatory requirements that it support a landline network, and that it provide a firm deadline for phasing it out.
Posted by | Thu, Dec 31, 2009 - 07:57 AM | Comments
Spring Design to Unveil Alex Dual Screen eReader Next Week
Spring Design will take the wraps off the Alex, the only dual-screen Google Android-based eReader to fully integrate web browsing and reading, at the Lunch at Piero's media and innovator event during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Alex features a 6" E-Ink EPD display and 3.5" color LCD display, earphones and speakers. A removable SD card will free up library space on the device while letting users archive content for future reference.
Spring Design Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Eric Kmiec, will be avaialble to show Alex's full browser capabilities and patented dual screen interaction technology, the Duet Navigator that enables Alex users to search the Internet on the 3.5" color browser LCD screen while displaying books, periodicals and even personal, educational and corporate documents on the Alex's paper-like 6" EPD screen. The Alex browser and virtual keyboard provide handy access to email, calculator and will accommodate a growing number of programs from the Google Android community.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 08:27 PM | Comments
HIS Radeon HD 5750 iCooler IV Video Card Review
The HIS Radeon HD 5750 graphics card features a dual slot GPU cooler called the iCooler IV. This cooling system moves a massive amount of cool air from the central cooler to cool down the internal fins directly. Heat from the 5750 GPU can rapidly transfer to internal fins that extend under the cooler. Read on to see if the fan performs better than others found in this series!
Pulling the cooler off of the HIS Radeon HD5750 iCooler IV video card you can see that is made solely out of aluminum. In the current times of heatpipes and even the common use of copper for heat dissipation I was a bit surprised to see an aluminum heat sink on a non-reference card. According to HIS the iCooler IV is designed for faster transfer of the heat out of the gpu. The noise level of the iCooler IV is rated for under 30dB's. We will check out how well the iCooler IV works in a bit. First, let's take a look at all the goodies you get with your purchase.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 08:22 PM | Comments
The 13th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity Event at CES 2010
Systemax, Intel and CA are teaming up at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show for the 13th Annual Build Your Own PC Race for Charity. This event has helped raise nearly $2.5 million for charities around the country. This year’s event will be held from 5:30-8:00 p.m. PST on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at the Wynn Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. If you happen to be in Las Vegas for CES 2010 be sure to swing by and check it out! Legit Reviews accepted the offer to be one of the 30 tech journalists in the event, so it should be a blast like always!
Systemax’s 13th Annual "Build Your Own PC Race" for charity, sponsored by Intel and CA, will be held on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort from 5:30 - 8:00 pm. Last year's event put us way over the $2 million mark in case and computer equipment donations for charities around the country! Held on the first night of the Consumer Electronics Show, top industry journalists compete in a race to assemble systems based on an Intel CPU in record time. Last year's winner Al Hernandez, technology & consumer reporter at Fox Morning News, won the race with a build time of less than 6 minutes. He was awarded $10,000 for his selected charity, Challenged Athletes Foundation. Each of the 30 participants are given the system they build, plus other products, to donate to the school or charity of their choice.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 03:24 PM | Comments
DIRECTV HD Gets 50% More Channels Thanks To Satellite Launch
Yesterday the DIRECTV 12 satellite soared into space following a successful launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. As a result DIRECTV customers will soon see a stellar lineup of new HD channels and movie choices. The new satellite will boost DIRECTV's HD capacity by 50 percent, to more than 200 HD channels, increase the number of local HD markets DIRECTV will serve and significantly expand movie choices on the DIRECTV Cinema and DIRECTV on Demand services. DIRECTV offers more than 130 HD channels today and delivers local HD programming to 138 markets, representing 92 percent of U.S. TV households.
"With the successful launch of our DIRECTV 12 satellite, we will have the capacity to dramatically expand HD and movie choices for our customers and further extend our content and technology leadership," said Romulo Pontual, DIRECTV's chief technology officer. "With a robust fleet of 11 satellites, including five spacecraft delivering HD programming, advanced transmission and set-top box technology, we are able to provide our customers with an unparalleled viewing experience and maintain a significant competitive advantage for many years to come."
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 12:20 PM | Comments
PQI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Flash Drive Has 97MB/s Read Speeds - Cool Drive U366
PQI recently released their first USB flash drive device in the form of Cool Drive U366. PQI’s U366 is encased in an all aluminum shell with a clear plastic lid that can perfectly fit on the end tip so users need not worry about loosing the lid. What makes this new product so interesting is that PQI’s Cool Drive U366 is one of the few USB3.0 flash storage devices on the market, and it features a read up to 97MB /sec! Those SuperSpeed USB 3.0 enabled motherboards are starting to look more tempting now that USB 3.0 devices are coming out!
The new USB3.0 features 5Gbps/sec maximum bandwidth, which is 10 times the maximum bandwidth of USB2.0 as it eliminates the issue of external connection bandwidth being smaller than the output bandwidth of the storage device. This allows portable, ultra fast and high capacity storage device to flood the market as USB3.0 is deemed to take over USB2.0 as the standard for future external connections!
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 12:14 PM | Comments
Modern Warfare 2 Most Pirated Game of 2009
As 2009 is slowly moving toward its end, we follow up our most pirated movies chart by taking a look at the most pirated games of the year. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the absolute winner on the PC and Xbox 360, while New Super Mario Bros. scoops the title of most pirated Wii game of 2009.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 broke records this year as the biggest ever entertainment launch in history. With 4.7 million units sold in the US and UK during the first 24 hours, it pulled in revenues totaling $310 million. With 4.1 million unauthorized downloads of the PC version alone, the game more than doubles the achievement of last year’s ‘winner‘ Spore. Modern Warfare 2 leads both the PC and Xbox 360 lists, by a landslide.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 11:38 AM | Comments
Huntkey Announces X7 900W Power Supply with Five +12V Rails at 90 Amps
Power Supply maker Huntkey Enterprise Group, claims that they have found the best solution for end-users after considerable investigation and research. Which wattage of power supply is the most useful and suitable to end-users? Through investigation, Huntkey finds that a PSU of around 900W is more and more popular among gamers and DIY enthusiasts. However the expensive price stops most customers. Around the world, the price of kilowatt-level power supply is around USD $240. Can customers have a high-level power supply with higher quality but lower price? The company says the Huntkey X7 900W power supply does. The Huntkey X7 900 is an 80PLUS Silver certified that they are announcing today. Sadly, they don't mention the price of this new PSU even though their press release said that is has a lower price tag than many of the 1KW models on the market today.
Efficiency is the biggest concern of most enthusiasts. How does Huntkey X7 900W PSU measure up? "Interleaved PFC": It turns one traditional big PFC into two smaller CCM PFCs that operate in turns. By doing this, it reduces the ripple currents both of input and output and current stress on PFC FETs and improves the PFC efficiency by one or two percent. "Phase-shifted ZVS full bridge": Lots of PSU on the market now works by traditional "hard switching" topology such as double-forward or half-bridge. "Soft switching" topology such as in the Huntkey X7 900W normally uses high efficiency server power supply and telecom power supply over 3000W to realize up to 90% transfer efficiency.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 10:17 AM | Comments
ECS, Clevo cautious about Shuttle notebook alliance
Second-tier notebook makers Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Clevo have taken a defensive attitude toward the potential impact of Shuttle's announced New Notebook Ecosystem alliance, as the alliance will target their clients, according to industry sources.
Shuttle has headhunted the general manager of ECS' notebook business to operate the alliance and the clients that the general manager brought from ECS will become the base for the alliance to enter the notebook industry, the sources noted. The sources also revealed that Flextronics will also joined the alliance, which will provide more threats for Clevo and ECS. To counter Shuttle's move, ECS has dissuaded its component suppliers from participating in the alliance and will consider shifting orders from suppliers who disregard the warning, the sources pointed out.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 10:03 AM | Comments
In Win Ammo 2.5-inch HDD RFID Enclosure Review
Hard drive enclosures seem to be a dime a dozen lately as storage prices continue to drop and users have more data than ever to backup. In Win, however, has an enclosure that stands out from the crowd in a couple of ways. Check out the picture below to see if you can find the In Win Ammo sitting next to a DPMS AR-15 rifle! Read on to find out more about this ammo cartridge-shaped enclosure with RFID encryption technology.
In Win has definitely developed a unique product that will likely appeal to a many first-person shooter gamers. As pictured above, the Ammo enclosure was closely modeled after the ammunition cartridge of an AR-15. Even the groves down the cartridge are in similar positions. Even one end of the Ammo enclosure is angled in order to give the illusion that the clip is curved when, in fact, it is not. Besides having a uniquely themed product with a practical purpose, In Win also brought data security to the table. This will no doubt be an important feature to this market as most anyone would rather know their data is secure in case the enclosure was lost or stolen. Without an included RFID tag, the drive is locked down and does not even show up in Windows until the enclosure is unlocked.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 09:38 AM | Comments
A-DATA Announces N002 Combo USB 3.0 and SATA II Flash Drive
A-DATA Technology launched the industry first ever combo flash drive this morning that features both USB 3.0 and SATA II interfaces, designed to maximize data transfer speed for end users. Adopting the industry-leading 8-channel architecture, N002 is able to boost transfer speed tenfold compared to ordinary flash drives with USB 2.0 interface by delivering up to ultra-fast 200 MB/s and 170 MB/s in sequential read/write performance respectively.
Ready to hit the market by January, 2010, N002 makes USB 3.0 a reality. It supports all latest platforms that come with USB 3.0 ports, while also being backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports at a lower speed performance. Available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB, N002 is ideal for users who are thirsty for super-sized storage capacities with unrivaled speed via the innovative USB 3.0 and SATA II dual interface. A combination of speed, storage and portability altogether into one device, N002 is by all means the most effective solution to access and transfer large amount of data, including high-resolution images, multimedia files and whole lot more, at an instant and on the go.
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 09:34 AM | Comments
December 30 News from Around the Web
Swiftech Apogee XT High End CPU Water Block Review @ Madshrimps and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
Swiftech is not a company to rest on its laurels. After they successfully launched their Apogee series of CPU water blocks they were at the top of the performance charts for many months. But as time went by, competitors improved over the Apogee GTZ's performance. Today Swiftech is back with a vengeance, the Apogee XT takes on 14 other CPU water blocks in this review. Can it beat the best? Time to find out
Posted by | Wed, Dec 30, 2009 - 09:03 AM | Comments
McAfee Predicts Facebook, Twitter Will Be Platforms of Choice for Emerging Threats
Today McAfee Labs unveiled its "2010 Threat Predictions Report". The focus of its message suggests that McAfee believes cybercriminals will target social networking sites and third-party applications in the near future. McCafee also believes these criminals will use more complex Trojans and botnets to build and execute attacks to take advantage of HTML 5 for these emerging threats. McAfee Labs also predicts 2010 will be a good year for law enforcement’s fight against cybercrime.
Facebook, Twitter, and third-party applications on these sites are rapidly changing the criminal toolkit, giving cybercriminals new technologies to work with and hot spots of activity that can be exploited. Users will become more vulnerable to attacks that blindly distribute rogue apps across their networks, and cybercriminals will take advantage of friends trusting friends to get users to click on links they might otherwise treat cautiously. The use of abbreviated URLs on sites like Twitter make it even easier for cybercriminals to mask and direct users to malicious Web sites. McAfee Labs predicts that cybercriminals will increasingly use these tactics across the most popular social networking sites in 2010.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 29, 2009 - 04:36 PM | Comments
AT&T resumes online sales of iPhones in NYC
AT&T suspended online sales of iPhones to New Yorkers over the weekend for unknown reasons, then abruptly started selling them again just as mysteriously Monday. Bloggers speculated that the sales suspension was a means of managing data traffic, since AT&T has acknowledged that its network is overburdened with iPhone users in New York and San Francisco.
Spokesman Fletcher Cook said only that the phone company periodically "modifies" its distribution channels. He had no further comment on the resumption in sales, and officials with phone maker Apple did not immediately return messages for comment.
Posted by | Tue, Dec 29, 2009 - 10:32 AM | Comments
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