Tech News
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NL: SSD Roundup
Published: Friday, June 11, 2010 | By: WillThese things just keep getting more popular by the minute. I think they come out with a new faster control every other month. So let's round up some SSD reviews.
- OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SSD review @ Elite Bastards
- Corsair Force and Reactor 120GB SSD @ Technic3D
- Corsair Force Series F100 100GB Solid State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers
- Crucial's RealSSD C300 solid-state drive @ TechReport
- OCZ Agility 120GB SATA2 OCZSSD2-1AGT120G SSD Review @ OCInside
- Patriot Inferno 100GB SF-1200 Solid State Drive @ TweakTown
- Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue 128gb @ LanOC Reviews -
MSI Big Bang XPOWER Intel X58 Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
Published: Friday, June 11, 2010 | By: WillAll of the gaming and benchmarking fun that can be had out of this motherboard. Not sure I like the idea of it being named Big Bang. Gives a couple visuals that might not be right, or even shocking at times. Last thing I want is my board going boom on me.
"The MSI Big Bang XPower will support up to six single slot graphics cards for some hefty multi-monitor use. It also supports the latest Quad-SLI and CrossFireX technology from NVIDIA and ATI. If you are looking to do some extreme overclocking with the new Intel Core I7 980X you will need a board that can supply enough power. Under Extreme overclocking conditions the I7 980X can draw around 480 Watts, which is too much for a single 8pin cpu connector to supply. The MSI Big Bang XPower was designed for such a circumstance! The keen folks over at MSI added a second 8pin CPU connector to the Big Bang XPower! There should be no issues with power when pushing the latest processors to the maximum frequencies. They also decided to add a 6pin PCI-e which will aid when overclocking the graphics cards!"
Focus, Focus I was talking all about the board exploding.
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Scythe Ninja3 @ Technic3D
Published: Friday, June 11, 2010 | By: WillThis looks to be a nice cooler, but you know it is posted on Ninjalane news for the one commow thing. Yes, that is right how can we be Ninjas and look over a product named Scythe Ninja 3. It sound like an awesome movie.
"The Scythe Ninja 3 High-End CPU Heatsink arrived Technic3D. See you in the following Review the new Ninja 3 with eight 8mm Heatpipes compared with many other Cooler on a Intel Core i7 920."
Oh yeah, it is a heatsink as well. Just making sure I mentioned that.
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Prolimatech Armageddon CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Friday, June 11, 2010 | By: WillI'm not sure the name of this new heatsink inspires incredible cooling or the end of the world. Still it is a neat design that looks to do a great job without sacrificing too much space around the CPU socket. So that makes life a little easier.
"After releasing their now infamous Megahalems heatsink, Prolimatech followed up with the Mega Shadow which was basically a Megahalems finished in a stunning black anodized finish. They have now released a brand new heatsink called the Armageddon which is designed from the ground up to take advantage of low speed 140mm fans. Can Prolimatech capitalize on the lessons learned after the success of their first product?"
So far they are on a roll.
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nVidia GTX485: Less hot and noisy - insider info @ KitGuru
Published: Friday, June 11, 2010 | By: WillIf the rumor spin doctors out there have something here we might see a great new beast come from the green side. Also if this holds true than the yeilds are somehow getting better. Let's hope so at least.
"While we all like the idea of hot lovers, GPU hotspots are a killer. Each generation of chip gets more and more complicated, creating unwanted ‘electrical friction' - with billions of microscopic components interacting in unpredictable ways to generate current loss and heat. However, give an engineer time and he will find ways to distress the GPU design with the expert touch of a Swedish Masseuse. Will nVidia's GTX485 be able to woo the undecideds?"
Less heat and more power. Muhahahaha!
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Totally back stateside
Published: Friday, June 11, 2010 | By: DennisQuick note, I am back stateside after an extended visit to Taiwan for Computex. It usually takes me a couple days to get adjusted to living in the past after having flown 14 hours into the future.
I still have several Computex related articles to finish and some other things to get caught up on, but neither should take long to do once I get adjusted.
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Biostar TA890FXE Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
Published: Thursday, June 10, 2010 | By: WillBiostar looks to have another winner in the AMD motherboard arena. The amount of full featured boards for the new Phenom II X6 is not extremely plentiful. So the new Biostar board looks like one of the top boards for most enthusiasts liking.
"AMD 890FX is the new high-end chipset for AMD processors and Biostar TA890FXE is a mainstream motherboard based on this new chipset, bringing nice features like four PCI Express x16 slots, six SATA-600 ports, solid capacitors, core unlocking utility and more. Check it out."
I'm sure the price is just right as well.
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Thursday, June 10, 2010 | By: WillReviews for PC gmaes has really slowed down, but they are still coming in. Here is some just in time for the sports season.
Fussball Manager 2010: WM-Addon Review @ TweakPC
"Just in time for the Soccer World Cup in South Africa EA Sports and Bright Future offer a free World Cup Addon/Update for Fussball Manager 10. We played it and can tell you wether Germany will be World Cup Champion or not - virtually of course."
"Metro 2033 is actually based on a licensed property - the story is originally a novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky, first published online, later printed as a traditional book. The story is set in the ruins of Moscow, some time after a global nuclear war, with small pockets of humans struggling to survive underground in the vast metro network of the city. Even in this post-apocalyptic world, people are still split to competing factions that control different metro stations as if they were small nations."
Okay the last one has nothing to do with sports, but the Wolrd Cup is coming up for the first one.
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NL: Computex 2010 Roundup
Published: Thursday, June 10, 2010 | By: WillNinjalane has been posting so more on Computex this week, and it looks like some other sties are as well. So let's share some Computex 2010 good times.
- Computex 2010 Show Girls @ techPowerUp
- Bjorn3D @ Computex 2010 - Gigabyte Press Conference
- Computex 2010: ADATA’s New PSU Series & High Performance Flash Products @ Hardware Canucks
- Computex 2010: Patriot’s USB 3.0 Push, Rugged Flash Drives & SSDs @ Hardware CanucksThat is it for now, but Ninjalane does have more Computex 2010 coverage coming.
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Danamics LMX Superleggera (liquid metal) CPU cooler review @ Guru3D
Published: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | By: WillLiquid Metal Cooling just sounds like the coolest thing ever. I wonder how well this does for cooling? I guess we all just need to go read it and figure out how well it does. Still sounds cool.
"It has been a topic of much discussion, the liquid metal based LMX CPU cooler from Danamics. With actual liquid metal inside a heatpipe loop, which is circulated by a electromagnetic pump creating flow inside the CPU cooler, touching the aluminum heat fins which are armed with two fans to quickly and easily get rid of heat.
Stuff from the future? Hmm, nope... we test the real thing. But is it any good ? You can check out this review right here."Que up the Terminator 2 movie. "Liquid Metal Cooling".
