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Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 LP CPU Cooler Review
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 “Looking for a HTPC CPU Cooler? Then the Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 LP CPU Cooler is a great choice for you. This cooler has a compact design, ultra quiet PWM fan, and easy installation for HTPCs. The cooler supports CPUs up to 90 Watts and only Intel LGA 775 and 1156 processors. This silent CPU cooler should be something you should have in mind if you’re designing an HTPC system. Read on further to find out more."
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Ultra LSX 750W Power Supply
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"I know from past experience that other Ultra power supplies haven't quite been up there with the best, but the LSX 750W electrical performance is excellent. The DC voltage load regulation, in combination with very low noise/ripple levels, make for very good DC quality on all the rails. The efficiency, though not quite meeting its 80 Plus Bronze certification following the OCC power supply testing methodology, is still very good at 87% maximum."
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Intel X25-M 120GB Retail Solid State Drive
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"Until Marvell and SandForce released their first solid state drives Intel had a performance lead on all of their competitors. Unfortunately in our testing we found the 80GB Postville SSD lacked capacity and at the time the 160GB version cost substantially more than most consumers were willing to spend. Intel’s ten channel controller was revolutionary, but forced Intel to release drives in odd capacity sizes.
A lot has changed since we last looked at the X25-M Series products. SandForce has released odd capacity sizes, 80GB being one of them. In order to do this each channel uses less flash and it has an effect on performance. Other manufacturers have also gone as far as reducing the number of active channels to achieve smaller drives, Intel being one of them. When this happens performance is lost due to the number of parallel reads and writes being reduced. At first we thought Intel had used this method to deliver a 120GB SSD, making it from a reduced channel 160GB drive, but that was not the case."
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Lian Li V2120 Case Review
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"The Lian Li V2120 Big-Tower is the next PC-Case in the Technic3D Editorship. Aluminum PC cases, the PC-V2120 has a front door panel and the latest in tool-less design. Plus, multi-heat zones and wheels for easy moving that lock in position. Motherboard tray can be easily slide out of the chassis for convenience. Supports HPTX motherboards and 11 PCI-Slots.We will check this in the following Review."
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Inno3D Geforce GTX460 OC Review
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"Some readers may remember that my first review of a GTX460 card was pretty negative – quite simply, the 768MB version I had been sent to test was no better than my GTX275 other than the DX11 capabilities, and in fact scored lower in most benchmarks than my older gen card. However, today I am reviewing the 1GB version – and not only that, the Inno3D “OC” version which is pre-overclocked to 820MHz core, 950MHz memory and a shader clock of 1640MHz – quite a step up from standard clocks (675MHz, 900Mhz, 1350Mhz respectively)."
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ASUS EAH6970 Review
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The latest variant of the HD6970 comes to us via ASUS. Does their voltage tweak BIOS enable extra performance?
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HIS HD6970 & HD6950 Review
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After the confusion of the 6800 naming finally its time for the 6900 series releases! Bring on the HIS 6950 and 6970.
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CES 2011: NVIDIA Talks Tegra 2 and Outs "Project Denver" CPU
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A little earlier today, in a jam packed meeting room in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, we spent about an hour listening to NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang speak about the massive influx of mobile computing devices over the last few years and NVIDIA’s plans to better infiltrate the burgeoning market moving forward. During his address, Mr. Huang spoke almost exclusively about the company’s Tegra 2 processor and its capabilities and performance, although he also dropped a bombshell to close his talk about NVIDIA’s “Project Denver"...
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NVIDIA is in the console world, courtesy of Sony's failure
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"NVIDIA does not seem to be stopping there. The aim is to
create processors which will not only run in consoles and handhelds,
but also higher performing tablets, notebooks, desktops and servers.
Microsoft will soon announce that Windows will now be developed to run
on Arm processors. This opens up a huge world of software and
support, and opens the way for another major processor developer to
compete with Intel and AMD in the desktop market and above."
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PC Boot up in seconds thanks to UEFI-BIOS
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"Starting from next year, there’s a good chance that if you buy a new computer you’ll find that it boots up in only a matter of seconds in a long overdue out with the old and in with the new scenario.
I’m sure most would agree that ‘BIOS’ is now well and truly past its sell by date and UEFI, which has been designed to replace the archaic BIOS system in computers, and which stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, is a much needed upgrade.UEFI of course, doesn’t, and Mr Doran said that the biggest and most obvious benefit for consumers is that we will see much faster boot up times. I’m sure we all would appreciate that. “At the moment it can be 25-30 seconds of boot time before you see the first bit of OS sign-on” he said. “With UEFI we’re getting it under a handful of seconds.”"
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Intel’s Light Peak Transfer Technology
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"While computer manufacturers may just be getting their heads around USB 3.0, it seems there are much bigger revolutions on the horizon. Intel’s Light Peak solution is an exciting new laser technology that is promising transfer speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second, and will give transfer technology somewhere to grow beyond the limitations of copper wire. Intel are expecting Light Peak to obtain 100 Gbps speeds eventually, and that it will have a 10-year plus lifespan in which to do so.
Copper interconnects are fast approaching their limitations, and developers are looking for new ways to transmit information without the electromagnetic interference that goes hand in hand with copper wire. Because Light Peak uses lasers rather than electrical signals, there is less interference and more opportunity for long distance transmission."
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ASUS and MSI at CES 2011
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At a press conference held well before the official CES launch, ASUS unveiled four new Eee models, all of which are touch-enabled and can be considered "tablets". These include the feature-rich and powerful "Eee Slate" 12.1-inch, the Eee Pad Transformer (a personal favorite), the super small Eee Pad MeMo and also the Eee Pad Slider.
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CES 2011: CES UNVEILED Roundup
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The CES 2011 Trade chow produced by CEA will be the largest show held in Vegas since the inception of CES. CES Unveiled the first of press event of CES kicked off at the Venetian on Tuesday January 4th. Over 60 different companies comprised the sneak-peak event held a couple of days before the main trade show begins at the Las Vegas Convention Center this Thursday. Join us as we highlight some of this years exhibition products…
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AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB Video Card in Crossfire
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Our second HD 6970 arrived and it was from no one other than AMD themselves. We knew that there was only one thing to do, though, and that was to Crossfire this bad boy. In October we saw the HD 6800s launch and when we tested them in Crossfire we were amazed at the awesome scaling the series was offering.
While we probably should've done the HD 6950 first, the bottom line was that I was just too excited to see what the HD 6970 could do, so I threw that to the top of the pile. I had my fingers crossed that the scaling we saw in the HD 6800 series was also going to show with the HD 6900s series. There was only one way to find out, though, and that was to test them."
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Thermaltake Toughpower XT 875W Power Supply
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"Thermaltake is well known for their quality power supplies and the examples we have seen here at TweakTown are certainly no exception. The last time we took a look at Thermaltake PSU, it performed almost flawlessly. This time around we are taking a look at something that appeals to more than just the hardcore enthusiast crowd.
The Toughpower XT 875W power supply is beefy enough to support dual GPU's and still offers plenty of connectors for other peripherals inside the computer. Keep reading on to find out all about it and how well it fairs against our gauntlet of tests."
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