Tech News
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Sandy Bridge Infomation Released
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisSeveral sites have scooped up Sandy Bridge content and with the pending release we're likely to see more. For those of you that may be out of the loop Sandy Bridge is the code name for the next generation of Intel LGA 1156 processors designed to upgrade the Lynnfield line.
Sandy Bridge is the next major architecture from Intel. What Intel likes to call a tock. The first tock was Conroe, then Nehalem and now SB. In between were the ticks - Penryn, Westmere and after SB we'll have Ivy Bridge, a 22nm shrink of Sandy.
Anandtech has some great info on Sandy Bridge so be sure to give it a read.
SandyBridge Part 1 @ Anandtech - Architecture Preview and Naming
SandyBridge Part II @ Anandtech - Mobile Roadmap
Cannot promise we'll have a SandyBridge chip on launch day, but as we all know the future is not set and anything can happen
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NL: Review Block: Motherboard Blowout - GiggaWhat?
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisGigabyte has been in the news a lot lately between new product releases, reviews, and GO OC. Well here are some more reviews for your viewing pleasure.
- GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 Motherboard @ TechwareLabs
- GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- Gigabyte H55M-USB3 @ Bjorn3D
- Gigabyte X58A-UD9 review @ Guru3D
- Gigabyte X58A-UD7 @ ocaholic
- Sapphire IPC-AM3DD785G Socket AM3 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard Review
Be sure to check out our Gigabyte reviews as well. We have the GA-H55N-USB3 and the GA-890FX-UD5 already posted and awaiting your approval, (or flameage, whatever works) -
NL: Review Block: Video Cards and Cooling
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisVideo Cards
- OC3D: Gainward GTX460 Golden Sample Review
- GTX 460 768MB and 1GB: Single and SLI @ Technic3D
- AXLE GeForce GTX 468 Ace 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- XFX Radeon HD 5970 4GB Black Edition Limited with Eyefinity @ HardwareHeaven
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB @ PureOverclock
- Funky Kit Review: Gigabyte Radeon HD 5770 Silent Cell
Cooling - Heatsinks and Stuff
- Thermolab BADA2010 Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Cooler Master V6 GT CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU Cooler @ TT -
End of an Era - ATI is Outta Here!
Published: Sunday, August 29, 2010 | By: DennisWell not really, as some of you know AMD bought ATI several years ago and has been doing the merger thing slowly over time. Well it would seem it's time to finally ditch the ATI name and just use the brands they created
ie Radeon and FirePro
If you just bought an "ATI Radeon" and are proud of that fact, fear not. Existing products, including the Radeon HD 5000 series, will not be re-branded. Instead, AMD says the first products to carry the "AMD Radeon" brand will be introduced later this year.
Pretty cool stuff really, watch the news wire, there will be other similar stories coming out all week.
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Intel Core i5-670 Benchmark-Comparison with i5-661 @ TweakPC
Published: Friday, August 27, 2010 | By: DennisI never really paid much attention to reviews like this in the past but now that Team Ninjalane has become competitive on HWBot it pays to look at performance differences of processors and which one might get you the best points from a competitive standpoint.
You tend to spend less money that way.
Today we send another CPU throuh our benchmarc-parcours: the Intel Core i5-670. How does it perform?
The review is in "de" language so be sure to click the little American flag for a google translated English version
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GIGABYTE Announces GO OC 2010 Worldwide Final
Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 | By: DennisAnyone who has been around overclocking knows a little something about mfg sponsored overclocking competitions. Most of the time they are small regional events designed to highlight a select crowd and maybe sell some product. That is not the case with Gigaybe. In fact Gigabyte hosts one of the largest competitions in the industry with several regional finals held in 5 countries with contestants from 33 countries competing for a spot in the finals held in Taipei Taiwan.
Well the votes are in and the hard work has paid off for the regional winners, come September 25th one of them will be crowned the grand champion.Taipei, Taiwan, August 24, 2010 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and computing hardware solutions today proudly announced the 3rd annual GO OC (GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship) is soon to get underway. Contestants from over 33 countries have competed in the local and then regional finals which were held in Indonesia, China, Mexico, Spain and USA from June to August. The victors of the regional events will meet on the battlefield in Taipei, Taiwan at the Hua-Shan Creative Park (East 3 Hall) on Saturday, September 25th, 2010.
Sadly we were not invited to cover the event, however much like a golf or football game the scores will be posted for all to see and we will be watching the reports closely.
You'll find the full press release in the forums
Maybe next year someone from Team Ninjalane will get invited to attend, only time and clock cycles will tell.
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MadMouse Glaciator Thermoelectric Chiller @ PureOverclock
Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 | By: DennisI have to admit I never believed in the power of "chilled" water in a watercooling loop until I had to build a chiller for a recent overclocking escapade. The chiller was extremely simple and consisted of a regular watercooling loop with an old Danger Den Maze 4 placed inline before the CPU waterblock. The waterblock was then attached directly to my phase cooler and within minutes the water was down to near freezing temperatures.
PureOverclock is looking at a TEC version of the same concept that uses a dual loop design. One loop cools the hot side of the TEC while the other cools the processor.the MadMouse Glaciator is a thermoelectric water chiller designed to effectively cool your processor and avoid some of the trappings we've seen in other manufacturer designs. As we'll see, the Glaciator is a compact and lightweight chiller that can be integrated into any water cooling systems to chill PC or server components, able to chill the coolant to sub-ambient temperatures. Is the Glaciator is a hit or miss? Let's find out.
It is really amazing how simple a chiller really is, just comes down to how much heat you can remove to obtain the coldest liquid possible. -
NL: Review Block: Video and Memory
Published: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | By: DennisTime for another review block featuring products from around the web.
Video Cards
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 5770 Super Overclock Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 SOC (Super Overclock) review @ Guru3D
- OC3D: MSI N465GTX Twin Frozr II Review
- ECS Elitegroup GTX460 black edition @ Hardwareoverclock
- SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 768MB @ PureOverclock
- Sparkle GTX460 768MB GDDR5 @ LanOC Reviews
- Asus EAH5830 HD 5830 DirectCU Voltage Tweak Videocard Review @ Tweaknews
Memory
- G.Skill Flare Series PC3-16000 (2000MHz) 4GB Kit @ TweakTown
- Mushkin Ridgeback 4GB DDR31-600 CL6 @ PureOverclock
- OCZ RevoDrive 120GB PCI Express SSD @ Techgage
- OCZ 60GB Agility 2 SATA II SSD Review at CCE ReviewsMore to come so stay tuned.
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A tribute to my under-appreciated home file servers @ The Tech Report
Published: Monday, August 23, 2010 | By: DennisGeoff Gasior over at the Tech Report has posted a little something about is "under-appreciated home file servers". I think this post started as a question on their weekly podcast about home servers and if anyone used them. As a person who knows a little something about fileservers I can honestly say they are a must for anyone who deals with mission critical information and needs to have access to it from wherever they happen to be.
I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time in front of my desktop PC. It's my workhorse, and the system that I endeavor to keep the most up to date. My home-theater PC gets used daily, as well. This system has coveted spot in the living room and even a glamorous role in the entertainment business. My sleek ultraportable notebook? She can often be found sitting on my lap, back arched, letting me push all her buttons.
My particular situation is a little different then Geoff's. I have 2 servers running 24/7. The first is a A64 running Linux, the linux box (as I call it) acts as my network firewall, Subversion repository, and backup fileserver. The second server is used for development and consists of a P4 dual core running Windows Server 2003.I need a system like this so I can test and tune my asp.net applications, however its use doesn't stop there. This server also hosts a 1TB RAID 5 that I use to store everything I need to have access to. Movies, music, software..etc..
The server also stores the files I need for running Ninjalane.com including benchmark software, review images, and website content. Of course If I didn't have a business need for an application server I could easily get by with a NAS unit and hardware router, but in my case that is not an option.
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BitFenix Colossus Case Announcement
Published: Thursday, August 19, 2010 | By: DennisWe didn't really follow any of BitFenix hype during Computex but several people got to see a prototype of the Colossus computer case featured here. Based on the coverage the product seemed very unique.
Well after a few months of waiting the BitFenix flagship product is ready for public consumption.
Here are some of the key features
- Choice of Monolith Black or Glacier White
- Two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports
- PWM Fan Controller for fine tuning fan speeds with greater precision
- Multimode Light Controls (on, pulse, off)
- Advanced LED Lighting System with user-selectable red and blue
- BitFenix S3(TM) Storage and Security
- Complete cable management
- Seven hard disk bays and eight PCI slots
- Install up to two 230mm fans, three 140mm fans, or three 120mm fans
- Easy Installation and setupQuite the laundry list, but when it comes to computer cases it's not all about if it can hold your gear, it also needs to look good.
For more information on this flagship chassis check out the Youtube trailer or follow the link below.
